ondon is set for a new scorcher on Tuesday when the mercury is expected to rise above 30C for the second day in a row.
it comes after temperatures hit 32C in the west London on Monday, with the With Office issue an orange weather warning for extreme heat in much of the UK for the week.
Immediately heat wave The forecasters, who span the country, have warned that temperatures could rise to 35 degrees by Sunday and even higher next week.
Turning to the week ahead, Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said: “We are quite a bit above average across the board, a good minimum 5C above average.
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† Getty Images“We’ve had some places in East Wales and Central/Southern England where it’s been 30C or above today.
“It’s not going to be great tonight either, especially in East Midlands and Yorkshire, places there tonight don’t look like they’re going below 20C, very uncomfortable.
“Technically, if we don’t go below 20C at night it will be classified as a tropical night, so parts of Yorkshire – which sounds ridiculous – will have a tropical night tonight.
“It will be a little less hot in the coming days, tomorrow a very weak cold front will pass over the country, which will lower the temperatures a bit.
“So tomorrow we’ll be looking a little less, probably around 31C and then high 20s for the next few days after that – around 27-28C.
“And then around Saturday the temperature starts to rise again.
“Parts of South East England could reach over 35°C on Sunday, with 32°C quite far into the warning zone.
“Right now we are looking at a 30% chance of seeing the highest temperature recorded in the UK, if that happens we will have to record higher than 38.7°C – which was in Cambridge in 2019.”
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† Getty ImagesHe added that next Monday would be “similar” and added that “35C-plus is possible for the Southeast”.
The Met Office has issued an orange weather warning for extreme heat across much of the UK, pending further rising temperatures this week.
The warning is in effect from midnight Sunday, July 17 to 11:59 PM, when temperatures are expected to rise into the 1930s, but the forecaster added it could be extended until next Monday.
It is used in the East Midlands, East of England, London, South East, North East, North West, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber.
Meanwhile, a Level 3 UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Heat Health Alert is in effect this week for south-eastern areas, and a Level 2 alert for much of the rest of England.
dr. Agostinho Sousa, head of Extreme Events and Health Protection at UKHSA, said: “Heat warnings have now been issued across most of the country, with temperatures set to remain consistently high this week.
“Most of us can enjoy the warm weather when it arrives, but it’s important to keep yourself hydrated and seek shade whenever possible when the UV rays are strongest, between 11am and 3pm.
“If you have vulnerable family, friends and neighbors, make sure they know how to protect themselves from the hot weather.”
Wales recorded the hottest day of the year yet on Monday, with 28.7°C in Cardiff’s Bute Park on Monday, while England narrowly missed another warmest streak after temperatures of 32°C were recorded in Northolt in the afternoon. .
The highest temperature in England so far this year remains 32.7°C on June 17 in Santon Downham, a Suffolk village, the Met Office said.
Elsewhere, Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was bathed in 27.5C and it was 24.2C in Armagh, Northern Ireland.