New weather maps show that the UK hasn’t beaten the heat yet, with temperatures looking set to edge their way back towards 30C and even 35C by the end of this month
Extreme heatwave conditions will burn Brits once again, according to the latest weather maps, which show unbearable highs scorching the country before the month’s end.
New charts have captured an incoming heat blast set to develop in just over a week, causing the mercury to surge back beyond 30C after a much cooler last few days. Just as the heat will appear to have worn off, the maps suggest, temperatures will rise once more back towards 40C, leaving people reaching for their fans and air conditioning once more.
The weather U-turn looks set to push the heat across several hundred miles, searing the country from the south coast to the Midlands and beyond in northern Wales and Yorkshire.
The new maps, from WXCharts, show the heat returning by next Saturday, July 25, when significant warming captured on Global Forecast System (GFS) maps and published by the service capture potential highs of 35C in southern and south-eastern England. The maps turn a deep crimson as they show that heat marching up north.
Temperatures look set to stretch above 30C across central parts of the country, including in Peterborough and Northampton, while Birmingham could be as hot as 34C on the day.
The heat, according to the maps, will easily stretch into the north, with highs in Lancashire and Yorkshire towns and cities becoming the hottest parts of the region by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures in Leeds, Bradford, Preston and Huddersfield will hover around the 30C mark, while York, Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales see highs between 26C and 29C.
There is no corner of the country that looks likely to escape the coming heat, with the coolest temperature in Scotland being a comparatively sweltering 19C in Aberdeen – and the same maps show the heat remaining into Sunday.
The Met Office long-range forecast, which covers July 22 to 31, has warned that, while temperatures are expected to be “above average” during the period, rain could douse the heatwave in some parts of the country. It states: “Most places will be dry at first with sunny spells, especially in the south, while northern and northwestern areas see more cloud and occasional patchy rain or drizzle.
“Through the weekend and into next week, conditions become a little more changeable, with showers and some longer spells of rain increasingly likely, mainly across northern parts of the UK.
“Further south, many places should stay drier overall with some good sunshine, although a few showers cannot be ruled out. Towards the end of the period, confidence becomes lower, but there are signs that more settled and drier conditions may return, particularly in the south.
“Winds will be mostly light or moderate, though occasionally fresh in the north, while temperatures are expected to be near or above average, warmest in the south.”
