YOU might be mistaken for believing this was a sunrise over the Serengeti - rather than near Bowes in County Durham.
This week, forecasters are predicting a warm spell of humid air heading north from Iberia known as a "Spanish Plume" to bring rising temperatures and a potential for severe thunderstorms.
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