Temperatures up to 35C forecast, triggering heat health alerts and pleas to take care in parched parks and rural areas Paramedics and firefighters are braced for emergencies across the country this week after UK forecasters predicted a fourth heatwave of the year. Temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 35C by Wednesday, triggering heat health alerts and an appeal from fire chiefs to take care in parched parks and rural areas. July has been 3C above average across the UK, according to provisional Met Office data, and with more than a month of summer left, the UK has already faced more days above 30C than ever before. Southern England has had just 1% of its average July rainfall, while England as a whole has had 5% and the UK 20%, according to the Met Office. Forecasters predict this latest heatwave will at least be shortlived. Temperatures are expected to rise from Tuesday, reaching 30C as a high pressure system sits across the east and south-east of the country, before the peak of the heat comes on Wednesday. Temperatures would begin to gradually cool from Thursday, the Met Office said, except in the south-east where another hot day could keep the region in official heatwave
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Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of us In this fragmented but supposedly mild country, watching and talking about the weather forecast is…
View source →Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove says Searches for homes for sale in the UK with air conditioning have more than doubled this summer as heatwaves push staying…
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View source →PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’ Prime minister Andy Burnham has urged “all retailers big and small” to withdraw the sale of disposable barbecues in order to prevent more wildfires this summer, as he…
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