Temperatures could hit 32C this week - and warm weather may be here to stay

The UK is gearing up for a heatwave - and temperatures could deed highs of 32C (89F) connected Friday.

A plume of lukewarm aerial is being dragged successful from Europe, with the mercury acceptable to emergence arsenic the week progresses.

Sky News upwind forecaster Steff Gaulter says it is shaping up to beryllium lukewarm and settled crossed Britain and Ireland - and volition beryllium "pretty blistery successful the south".

She added: "The settled upwind is past expected to instrumentality astir for the weekend, earlier being dilatory eroded successful the north. The southbound could cling onto the warm, adust upwind for longer.

"The models aren't agreeing connected precisely however agelong it volition last, but immoderate of the models are suggesting it could proceed into July."

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Above-average temperatures volition apt beryllium invited quality for revellers astatine Glastonbury, with the festival acceptable to footwear disconnected connected 25 June.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is yet to contented immoderate vigor wellness alerts for the coming days, which bespeak a higher hazard to over-65s and radical with pre-existing conditions.

The archetypal specified alert truthful acold successful 2025 was issued past week but expired connected Sunday morning.

More than 30,000 lightning strikes and dense rainfall successful immoderate parts of the southbound eastbound of England were reported connected Friday night - starring to flooded roads, landslips and question disruption.

The "vast majority" of the strikes were implicit the sea, experts said.

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The Met Office recommends Britons enactment chill and hydrated during heatwaves, and urges that radical should support retired of the prima betwixt 11am and 3pm, erstwhile UV rays are strongest.

Walking successful the shade, applying sunscreen and wearing a wide-brimmed chapeau is besides recommended.