Britain braces for first 26 heatwaves of the year and July set to be ‘hot, hot, hot’

The UK is on the brink of a 26C heatwave that will last up to 48 hours as summer finally kicks in. The maps and charts, from WX Charts and InMeteo, which are projected using Met Desk data, show the UK experiencing its first 26C heatwave of the year.

After a dreary start to June, the sixth month of the year will see temperatures soar and soar into the mid-twenties. Exacta Weather’s James Madden said: “Some major overnight improvements in intensity and duration and a slight shift ahead in the arrival of warm to hot weather later next week from the GFS!”

He added: “More to watch in future updates, but the outlook looks hot, hot, hot for July, with a pattern change now very likely (UK and Ireland) and the possibility of much warmer to torrid days before. like next week.”

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The best weather next week will be felt in parts of England and South Wales. Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester and Newcastle were earmarked to feel the benefits of the rising mercury, with the thermometer nudging into the mid-twenties.

The BBC Weather team promised “summer interludes” and said from June 24 to July 7: “During the last week of June, there are signs that high pressure will build up near or over parts of the UK for a prolonged period. This is growing. the likelihood that temperatures will continue to rise and that drier and calmer conditions will settle in for a while.

“There is even a chance of very warm conditions in southern England and Wales later in the week. However, the main risk remains that areas of low pressure in Iceland will cover large parts or at least the northern half of the UK with changeable conditions. With areas of high pressure set to remain close to the UK, there is a greater chance of warmer, calmer and drier weather in the first week of July Given the variable weather forecast patterns, conditions could be more changeable, windier and cooler at times.”