BBC Weather: Southern UK could be dry for more than 10 days
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According to the Meteorological Office, the UK's heatwave threshold requires regions to experience high heat for at least three days. means 28°C is the heatwave threshold in London, 27°C in the South of England, 26°C in the Midlands and South West, and 25°C in the rest of the UK. Maps and charts show the UK has surged above the heatwave threshold from Monday, with a week of dry conditions and high temperatures.
WXCharts' map shows a high pressure system pushing northwards over Africa and southwestern Europe on Monday after a mild Sunday that recorded a maximum of 27 degrees Celsius in London. Temperatures begin to trend upwards.
By 3pm on Monday, maximum temperatures could reach 28C in London and southern England, 20C across the island in Ireland, hotter in the West of England and 22C in Aberdeen in the north. prize.
At the same time on Tuesday, temperatures of 28°C continued to spread across England and Wales, rising from 22°C to 24°C in Ireland and from 22°C to 26°C in western Scotland and northern England. did.
Then at 3pm Wednesday afternoon, parts of London, Bristol, Birmingham, Swindon and Wales will see the UK plunge into 30°C weather, while the rest of the South will see heat between 29°C and 25°C. It is hovering around that level.
At the moment only the Hebrides stay below 20 degrees at 18 degrees, the rest of the country will burn.
Ireland has a temperature of 26 degrees, Northern Ireland has a temperature of 23 degrees, Scotland has a temperature of 21 to 27 degrees, and Northern England has a temperature of 27 degrees.
From Wednesday, temperatures will taper into the weekend Temperatures are expected to continue rising until 3pm on Thursday, reaching 31-33 degrees in England and Wales.
The rest of the UK is expected to be between 22 and 28 degrees, with the hottest areas expected to be Cardiff, Bristol and Swindon.
At 6pm Friday, temperatures will rise again, with 35 degrees Celsius in London, Surrey, Sussex and Essex, and 34 degrees in the Midlands and the rest of the south.
Friday also sees regions with Leeds and Harrogate as north as 30 degrees Celsius.
The rising temperature trend will end on Saturday, but southern England will still be sweltering with 35 degrees weather.
Temperatures will begin to drop on Sunday, but will hit 33 degrees Celsius in the south.
Redding will then see a high of 33 degrees by 6pm on Monday, before mercury returns to 19 degrees on Tuesday, August 16th.
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Ian Simpson, Netweather.tv forecaster said:
"The rest of Scotland, along with Northern Ireland and North-West England, could see significant cloudiness on Monday and Tuesday, but dry and sunny weather will also take hold in these areas from Wednesday onwards.
"It will be very warm or hot in eastern Wales, the Midlands and southern England, and to a lesser extent in the north-east of England. Maximum temperatures will typically range from 23 degrees in the North East of England to around 29 degrees in the South East.
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"By the end of the week, inland north-east England could approach 30 degrees, and parts of southern England could reach 35 degrees.
"Much of England and Wales The area will not receive any rain during the next week, exacerbating the water shortage problem and threatening fires as the ground dries.
"Nighttime temperatures are expected to be clear skies and light winds." However, urban areas, especially London, will be hot and uncomfortable for many."
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The Bureau of Meteorology's chief forecaster Steve Willington also said: . If the temperature above the average temperature lasts more than 3 days he is in a state of extreme heat.
"Many parts of the UK, particularly in the south, will experience temperatures a few degrees above average, but these values are likely to be well below the record temperatures we saw in mid-July.
"Little meaningful rain is forecast as anticyclones form, especially in areas of southern England that experienced very dry conditions last month.
198} "Other parts of the UK, such as northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a rain front will advance against the anticyclone and bring some rain to the north-west of England."