The mercury is expected to reach 31C on Monday before climbing the a sweltering mid-30s on Tuesday. Temps are expected to cool slightly to 28C later in the week
Britain will be hotter than Bali as a 500 mile-wide “French frazzle” fries the nation.
Temperatures are set to soar towards 35C and potentially beat the hottest day of the year last month, when 35.8C was recorded in Faversham, Kent. Forecasters say we can expect seven days of sunshine as we roast in the fourth heatwave of the summer.
The Met Office said the mercury will reach 31C on Monday (August 11) before climbing to the mid-30s on Tuesday (August 12). It is expected to hit 31C on Wednesday and around 28C for later in the week. Even the North is due 30C.
And heat blowing in from France will make Britain more baking than the 29C forecast in holiday island Bali in Indonesia.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “It’s good news for holidaymakers in the UK, with mainly sunny conditions and temperatures soaring above 30C, as warmth reaches the North as well.
“Temperatures could pip the 35.8C hottest day of the year by Tuesday. It will be a close-run thing.”
Netweather forecaster Nick Finnis added: “A heatwave is on the way, with the UK tapping into heat in the low 40s in France.”
Meanwhile, yellow heat health alerts have been issued from midday on Monday until Wednesday evening covering London, Yorkshire and the Humber, the East Midlands, east of England, the South East and South West.
There could be greater impact across health and social care services including the potential for a rise in deaths, The UK Health Security Agency warned.
Forecasters also warned there is a risk of a few scattered thunderstorms pushing north tonight (Mon) and on Thursday in the West.
Tom Morgan, meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “[There is] definitely a north-south split in the weather [on Monday]. Quite cloudy across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England, the rain tending to come and go, but most persistent in western Scotland.
“Otherwise, England and Wales seeing mostly sunny skies, although there will be more in the way of high level cloud out there compared to on Sunday, so the sunshine [will be] hazy at times.”
Elsewhere, bookies reckon this month could go down as the hottest August ever and make it just 5/2 that it happens.
Ladbrokes spokesman Alex Apati said: “A scorching couple of weeks could be on the cards, and with Brits now bracing for a heatwave, we’ve slashed odds on this going down as a record-breaking hot August.”
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