The heatwave will attain a dramatic climax on Sunday – with a yellow warning for thunderstorms in place throughout giant components of the UK.
Temperatures are set to move above 30C (86F) as soon as once more in components of southern England – with a lot cooler circumstances anticipated as a brand new week begins.
But additional north, the Met Office is warning that thunderstorms may carry disruption, and a danger of sudden flooding in some areas.
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A yellow warning is in drive from 2pm to 11.59pm – overlaying a lot of northern England and Northern Ireland, alongside components of Scotland and Wales.
“Unlucky places” may see as much as 70mm of intense rainfall within the area of some hours – with “extra hazards” of frequent lightning and enormous hail.
Saturday was provisionally the most well liked day of the yr to this point – with highs of 33.2C (92F) recorded at London’s Kew Bridge.
And Sunday is about to lengthen the report for the longest consecutive stretch of September days above 30C, with temperatures above this threshold for the seventh day in a row.
Britons are being urged to profit from the hotter climate, as circumstances are set to turn out to be extra typical for this time of yr.
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Showers and longer spells of rain will begin to comb in on Monday – and it is shaping as much as be moderately unsettled within the South on Tuesday.
Sky’s climate producer Chris England mentioned: “It can be cooler and brisker for a lot of, nonetheless fairly muggy within the South East, though not as sizzling as not too long ago.”
