DREAMS of the county basking in weather to rival holiday resorts in the Mediterranean have been dashed with predictions that any "heatwave" will be short lived and a severe weather warning issued.

Temperatures are set to rise throughout the week but Pershore-based weatherman Ian Michaelwaite, from netweather.tv, said it was not likely to be the heatwave some had been hoping for.

Instead the county has been issued a yellow weather warning for unseasonable windy weather from today (Monday) and into Tuesday with gusts up to 40 to 50mph.

People are being warned the powerful jet stream stretching across the Atlantic into the UK could lead to disruption to transport as well as a risk of damage to trees.

The widely-reported heatwave which was supposedly see temperatures reaching 28C for two weeks will not be coming to fruition.

Instead, Mr Michaelwaite said Worcester would see the mercury rising to 24C/25C on Friday but there could also be storms and possibly localised flooding.

He said: "Compared to what we have had it is going to feel pretty warm but the only downside is anyone who has allergies such as hayfever will be suffering because the wet weather has held the hayfever season back a bit but it will not be pretty strong this week.

"But I wouldn't go expecting a heatwave - perhaps don't roll out the paddling pool just yet.

"It's not really going to be a heatwave specifically - if you can survive not being blown away first.

"It is first going to get windier particular from this afternoon and evening (Monday) and into tomorrow.

"Things start to improve a bit from Wednesday when we lose the blustery winds and the temperatures will climb above the mid-teens to around 16C/17C.

"There's warm weather and a light and gentle summer breeze then the good news is on Friday temperatures will climb into the 20Cs maybe even touching the mid-20Cs but the bad news is there is there is possibly thundery weather too."

He said Friday would be warm with temperatures reaching 24C/25C but with a risk of storms and flash flooding.

He added that the weekend looks like a return to normal weather for June.