The UK heatwave could be even hotter than expected as predictions now suggest England could roast in 29C.
The heatwave has been upgraded from 28C on weather maps to an even more sweltering 29C, as June arrives.
A map from WXCharts for June 11 shows 29C heat – a day on from the same charts showing 28C would roast England. It means the UK is tantalisingly poised to set to new record for the hottest day of the year so far.
The data, from the Met Desk, shows the UK could roast in the middle of June, with the sixth month of the year set to sizzle the east of England most.
On June 12, temperatures are set to reach 29C in the south east and the hot weather stretches further across the east of England and the Midlands.
It is predicted to be warmer as well in most areas. A BBC Weather team forecast for Monday 9 June to Sunday 22 June suggests a “drier and warmer outlook”, adding: “Some changes are expected deeper into June.
“In this context, a general return to mostly drier and fairly warmer conditions seems still the more probable outcome. Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to see wetter and windier weather at times, however.
“These conditions could persist beyond mid-month, i.e., the high-pressure could linger in the vicinity of the UK, leading to largely dry and prevailing summery weather conditions. Scattered showers or thunderstorms are still possible.
“With a low pressure system lingering somewhere between Iceland and Greenland, northern and north-western parts of the United Kingdom continue to be prone to wetter, windier and slightly cooler conditions as well.”
(Birmingham Live)
