Met Office forecasts warm UK weather for week ahead
New maps show when a hot spell is likely to return to Britain, catapulting temperatures to around 32C. The UK is just coming down from a scorching weekend, where Coningsby in Lincolnshire topped thermometer charts with 32.2C recorded on Sunday.
According to the Met Office, the mercury will return to around the average for this time of year this week, with mild 19C to 22C highs expected.
But is that it for the hot weather this year? Inevitably not, says Jim Dale from British Weather Services. He told Express.co.uk that rising thermometers throughout next month, arguably the peak of summer, “cannot be ruled out”.
That, and GFS weather charts published today show the country will be hit with round two in mere days – with the South East set to bask in 30C to 32C highs once again on July 6.
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Reports have suggested there will be a two-week heatwave arriving in Britain with one Met Office meteorologist citing high pressure returning “by the end” of July.
He has been quoted as saying: “We can say there is a greater than normal chance of heatwaves for the whole period of the middle to the end of July. Because of the change in climate our extreme temperatures are continuously being pushed.”
While a potential heat spike may come to fruition on July 6, forecasters look to be focusing on the end of next month for when things get really hot.
On July 19 last year, Lincolnshire also topped the charts with a whopping record-breaking 40.3C being reached in what was the country’s hottest day ever.
Mr Dale told the Express: “There is not a lot [of hot weather forecast] unless it happens post July 15. It is mixed and changeable until then with some occasional heat into the south.
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“But it is very unlikely to cross 32C again in that period. Following mid-month I can’t rule out a heatwave, indeed its probably more likely than not but patience and some strong signals [are] required that aren’t there yet.”
El Nino, which refers to the warming of the ocean surface, has started to come into effect, and saw the global sea surface temperatures for both April and May dubbed the highest on record for those months.
This can sometimes have an impact on hotter summers, and wetter winters, with the UK experiencing a knock-on effect. But meteorologists are not yet certain as to whether its impacts will be felt in 2023 or next year.
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