A heatwave is set to hit the UK this month and will bring temperatures of 30C. One forecaster has even predicted highs of 35C in some places. It is thought the hot weather will be in fully swing in time for the upcoming school holidays.
Most schools in England are expected to break up on or around July 22. Experts at the Met Office have agreed that highs of 30C degrees are possible in some places, but haven't predicted that temperatures could exceed that just yet.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze spoke to The Sun about the upcoming weather conditions and what to expect. He said: "At the moment long-range computer models are suggesting an increased likelihood of very warm conditions during the last third of July. With parts of southern Europe experiencing extreme heat during the early part of the summer there is the potential for the UK to import some of that if the pressure blocks across Europe and the North Atlantic fall into the right places.
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“Temperatures in the UK reached 32.7C earlier this month and typically the hottest weather of the summer comes in July or August. In recent years periods of extreme heat have become more common in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if temperatures climbed to 35C (91F). To put a little context on that, the hottest day in the entire decade of the 1980s was 34.4C.”
Martin Bowles, a senior meteorologist at the Met Office, agreed that sunny weather is on its way. He said that temperatures will be above average in the south of England, with other areas reaching high 20s to 30C at times.
He told The Sun: "The further ahead you go the more uncertain it is. But looking at the second half of July, around the start of the school holidays, it does look as if the most likely weather across the UK is settled and warm. There are good signals for dry, sunny and warm weather.
"Temperatures will be above average in the South - very warm or even hot at times. The general outlook is for it to be high 20s with a chance of it reaching 30 in one or two spots.
"In July we do sometimes get temperatures in the 30s, but there's no indication temperatures are likely to be higher than the upper 20s." But looking at the second half of July, around the start of the school holidays, it does look as if the most likely weather across the UK is settled and warm. There are good signals for dry, sunny and warm weather.
"Temperatures will be above average in the South - very warm or even hot at times. The general outlook is for it to be high 20s with a chance of it reaching 30 in one or two spots. In July we do sometimes get temperatures in the 30s, but there's no indication temperatures are likely to be higher than the upper 20s."
"The question is really whether those computer models have an accurate fix on those far-away developments. It’s a long way off, in more ways than one!”
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