UK heatwave: ‘Tropical night’ in the North as animals gnaw roads are melting – with 30% chance of record temperatures for days | UK News
There is a 30% chance Sunday will be the hottest day the UK has ever seen – with yesterday’s heat having an impact.
Senior government officials have met to discuss a heat wave response plan for the first time in an effort to cope with rising temperatures, according to the Telegraph.
The UK’s Health Security Agency has declared a national emergency when the weather is so hot that “disease and death can occur in healthy people” as well as vulnerable people. love.
If implemented, it could cause widespread disruption to schools, tourism, health services and even nuclear power plants.
There could also be a possibility of local hose restrictions being introduced, particularly in the south, if high temperatures persist.
It came after the Met Office issued it Amber weather warnings for extreme heat across parts of the UK on Sunday, as temperatures are expected to soar in the 30s.
A rare warning means there may be danger to life or potentially serious illness due to the weather.
It is being enforced on the East Midlands, East of England, London, South East, North East, North West, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber.
“We are now looking at a 30 per cent chance of seeing the highest temperature recorded in the UK, if that happens we will have to record higher than 38.7 degrees Celsius – that is in 2019 in Cambridge,” said the Met Office forecaster. Simon Partridge.
“Technically, if we don’t drop below 20 degrees Celsius overnight to be considered a tropical night, parts of Yorkshire – it sounds ridiculous – will have a tropical night tonight,” he added. .
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How do people handle the heat?
Railroad delays, tips for motorists and the deployment of engines
However, the sun can cause a number of problems such as road closures and delays or cancellations of rail and air travel.
Network Rail has warned speed restrictions will likely be imposed this week on the hardest hit parts of the network.
For those driving, the RAC has recommended carrying water in the car and starting the journey earlier in the day.
The fire service has also urged people to organize picnics instead of barbecues in warm weather following a series of grass fires.
In Hampshire, the council said it was preparing to deploy whetstones to protect cars from melted roads.
In Lincolnshire, high temperatures caused Critical RAF base to halt flights after runway melts Under the sunshine.
Several areas of the UK have seen record temperatures, with Wales recording its hottest day of the year so far after the mercury hit 28.7C in Cardiff’s Bute Park on Monday.
On the same day, the temperature dropped to a low of 30 in the UK, with Northolt, west London, recording 32°C.
Rail lines on Battersea Bridge, in central London, caught fire when a spark ignited wooden beams after speed restrictions were introduced to prevent rail lines from buckling in the heat.
Elsewhere, Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, sunk in 27.5C and 24.2C in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Flames rise from a railway bridge in Battersea, London. Pic: Network Rail
What’s the weather like for the rest of the week?
The Met Office said mercury is predicted to rise to 30 degrees Celsius in London, Chelmsford, in Essex and Sudbury, in Suffolk, on Tuesday while the rest of England is expected to see temperatures soar to the end of the 20s.
The whole of England is expected to experience sunny days with a few clouds next week to match the mid-to-high temperatures of the 20s.
It will be a bit cooler on Friday, with the north-west and north-east of England predicted to see rain with temperatures reaching as high as 19°C.
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Does it get hotter more often?
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Temperatures are expected to soar to 32 degrees Celsius in Reading and London on Sunday and exceed 35 degrees Celsius in the southeast.
Scotland and Northern Ireland meanwhile are predicted to have a more cloudy week, with rain forecast for Tuesday and Friday.
Weather models suggest it’s possible – though unlikely – temperatures can go up to 40C in the UK next weekend.
This will be the first time temperatures have been recorded across the country.
