Straying slightly beyond the boundary of the thread title, it is also worth watching the temperatures in Belgium over the next couple of days. A national record is possible.

Tomorrow the AROME high res model has a maximum of 37C

http://modeles7.meteociel.fr/modeles/arome/runs/2018072512/aromehd-31-30-5.png?25-17

The Belgian weather service is only predicting a high of 35C.

By comparison AROME is predicting 34C for the UK tomorrow so that is close to what the Met Office are predicting. 

The Belgian national record is 38.8C.

On Friday the Belgian weather service is predicting a high of 37C.

AROME does not go out to 48hr but ARPEGE is hinting at 38C in Belgium on Friday

http://modeles7.meteociel.fr/modeles/arpege/runs/2018072512/arpege-31-54-0.png?25-17

So a real possibility of a national record in Belgium on Friday I think.

Also a possibility in the Netherlands on Friday as that ARPEGE chart has a 38C in the south of the Netherlands. Their national record is 38.6C.

Our regional Met Office forecast goes for a max of 31c today and 34c tomorrow. It wont be above 28c for the vast majority of this region tomorrow so not sure why they are forecasting 34c. Today should be the hottest day of tbe year here i am hoping for a 29c.

While here was 32.1C yesterday and today I expect to see 35-36C and 36-37C tomorrow with minimum around 22-23C.

Tomorrow will be the hottest day as the ensembles for 00z had been showing Friday the peak but not sure why some think today is the hottest day when it not as on the ensembles the cooler air will arrive in the late evening tomorrow. 

Love a potential record day, watching the temperatures rising. Not sure they will reach predicted levels though.

My iPhone weather app has 37C for today so I’m excited to hopefully see at least the July record go.

Some altocumulus here this morning. Clouds better not soil the party like we saw when the record was reached a 36.7C was reached.

Are you sky’s clear there. 

I just walked to the station and already feels very hot.

Well tomorrow will be warmer in the SE but today will be warmer here and most other central and western and northern  areas.

This is why i hate the regional text forecasts they are decieving. The public will read it as being 3c warmer in Yorkshire tomorrow than today.  Perhaps it will be warmer in the far SE of my region but not for most up here. 

Yes and see only few of it in the west and in my mind said go away and leave us alone.  Surprisingly the temperature here last night was 15.5C despite forecast for 18-20C and now quickly rose to 23C.  I think it something to do with very dry ground acting like a desert that can get cool nights but very hot at day time. 

For here the BBC text forecast put 29C here tomorrow so they can get lost.  It will be 36-37C tomorrow and not sure why they are desperate to avoid the real peak heat tomorrow.  Sad that they left the Met office as i saw the screen grab show 37 here tomorrow from the met site map.

It's computer generated, so the raw ECM data for London must be showing 29c and thundery tomorrow.

Biggie Hill 27C at 9.30am so far.

No temperature records are expected to be broken in this part of the world but even as early as 10am this morning, the temperature was already at 20.4ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 22ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 22.0ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Clearly, today looks like being a hot one here in Edinburgh even without the searing heat which is being forecast for SE England.

EDIT:

As at 11am this morning, the temperature has jumped up even further to 22.8ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 24ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 24.2ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

BBC are now forecasting cloudless 27C for here tomorrow with no rain at all. Not sure how likely this is? It was originally down to be 23C, heavy showers all day. Would be nice to squeeze another hot day out of this week 

Yep there seems to have been quite a change.  More cloud and thunderstorms today and dry and hot tomorrow. 

24.0c here now with sunny spells and scattered cloud.   Wont be 30c here today, perhaps 27-28c. 

Yes, cloudy and 25C. 30C once again out of reach. I don't know what it is with forecasters and cloud but they are almost always wrong recently, to the point that the forecasts are essentially useless.

26 July date record gone today, with 33.9C so far the highest.

The temperatures at their peak at 1pm this afternoon, reached 26ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 25.2ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. As at 2pm, the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 26.4ºC. That is enough to make today the hottest day of this month so far at all three of my local station, and the joint hottest day of the year so far at Edinburgh Airport.

Rather frustratingly though, that sea breeze has not only resulted in the temperatures refusing to rise any further at two of my three local stations, but has actually caused the temperature to drop to 24ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 23.2ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh despite the much warmer than average SSTs in the North Sea just now.

date record broken today

I suspect we reached "peak yellowness" today in the #Berkhamsted area. Rain and cooler weather are on the way in the coming days. Here are some pics which sum up the memorable July 2018 heatwave! pic.twitter.com/Gr4YFB9nk9

— TheWeatherOutlook (@TWOweather) July 26, 2018

"Rain and cooler weather are on the way in the coming days."

Then no doubt, that will be it for our summer as any further build of high pressure is in the unreliable time frame of the model output just now.