Mike Silverstone is a Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office. He said: “Higher temperatures building over the weekend and into early next week will bring particularly warm, hot or even very hot conditions for some, especially in the southeast and East Anglia and more locally elsewhere in England and east Wales. This in part will be influenced by a heatwave developing across western Europe.”
Mike added: “By the weekend, an area of high pressure will be intensifying and dominating the UK forecast. Conditions will be hottest in the south and east while areas further north and northwest will be relatively cooler.”
Temperatures will generally rise through the weekend for those in the south, with in excess of 30°C possible in the southeast or East Anglia on Sunday, and even higher than that on Monday, in what is currently likely to be the peak of this heatwave for many.
The UK Health Security Agency, which looks at potential impacts in the health and social care sector in England, has issued Amber and Yellow Heat-Health Alerts which will be in place over the weekend and into the start of next week.
Mike continued: “Monday could see temperatures reach around 34°C in some parts, though we will be able to be more precise closer to the time. The heat is most likely to gradually relent from the west on Tuesday and into Wednesday, with a return towards more average temperatures for the second half of next week.”
Wet for some
Friday will be a fairly wet day for much of Scotland, with western areas likely seeing the highest totals. Further rain or showers are likely to affect some northern and western parts of the UK over the weekend and into early next week.
There is also a chance that isolated thunderstorms develop across parts of England in response to the heat and humidity early next week, and these could produce locally torrential downpours with hail and gusty winds, but these details will be firmed up over the coming days.
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