Yes that little ring was also visible on the Meteociel link, but without a label.

 

But the 27C minimum temp is even more remarkable, I think!

 

Incidentally Heathrow was still getting hotter at 6pm, as was Northolt and London City.

Looks like they will just fall short of 30C though.

Edit - Kew Gardens has a highest hourly reading of 29.6C so may have just scraped 30C today.

I am sure it would had reached 32-33C in Heathrow today and here 30C if was sunny because when I walk to the post office I can feel the warmth was ready but blocked by the clouds that formed unexpected at 7.30am this morning.  Now stupid clearing skies because is 7pm and no point excited with it as soon it will get dark in 2 hours time.

Met Office heatwave alerts may have been issued, but why isn’t this being reported on the news?

I know there is a Level 3 warning. But I’m actually shocked they haven’t issued a Level 4

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Luton Airport peaked at 18.50 with 28C. Just shows how the air is warming by the hour.

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Met Office heatwave alerts may have been issued, but why isn’t this being reported on the news?

Same last week 37.8C 100F did not made it well shown headline because they obsessed with COVID  I know we having COVID but please sometimes shut up about it and give us some much needed different news updates.   Also should had been well mentioned because never in the UK climate capable of 30C to 38C in a day which you only see that in the States or Europe, even Cyprus never able to jump from 30C to 38C.  If was 40C lsat week I am sure COVID will be once again on headlines.

So, first day of the heatwave. 3 places got to a rounded 30C. Northolt, St J’s P and Heathrow. I dearly hope at least one of them (or another manual station) managed over 30.0C.

How many 30+ days can we string together? Models imply anything from 6 to 9.

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From an Very IMBY perspective, I'm not sure the day time temps will be that record breaking, 34c perhaps. Still incredibly warm and if we get 7 days above 30 probably a 1st or maybe 2nd after '76. For me it's the nighttime temps that look record breaking perhaps, and as much as I don't like a hot night (apart from a birthday or anniversary of course) we live in a very rural location in Southern England and my max min temp is only 17.9c, I'm sure a few would find that remarkable if living in a city centre like Portsmouth of course. Be nice to break a record again this year, the diurnal went last week at >21c so a good year perhaps for records.

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I know there is a Level 3 warning. But I’m actually shocked they haven’t issued a Level 4

I have a feeling a Level 4 is an 'in the event' trigger, i.e. it has to be extreme at the same of being issued. I think because of the emergency response it then initiates from governmental bodies and the military. In theory they should be on standby already.

 

Personally, I'm braced for an unprecedented run of hot weather here. My location is close enough to the south coast that the sea breeze usually comes in to put a lid on temps by early afternoon. This may happen to some extent tomorrow, though with a tilt to the SE that may mean some sheltering by the Isle of Wight, but Sat-Sun and perhaps Mon, there looks to be enough of a NE wind to counteract the sea breeze effect.

In fact, it may be just the right about to create a swathe of very light winds a little inland of the coast, leading to particularly hot conditions. I'd not be surprised to see my local record of 34.3°C, set 3rd & 4th August 1990, challenged at least once.

Long-term residents may be caught out by the unusual combination of hot air and a land breeze.

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Chris Fawkes on BBC News saying 36C max tomorrow with a chance it can go higher. Given what happened last week I think another 37C is very likely if we keep sunny skies.

I think we will get the fourth hottest day ever recorded tomorrow.

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MetOffice app now has a cheeky 37C for Saturday.

Still a 36C for tomorrow, though I have a feeling that will change also overnight to 37C also

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MetOffice app now has a cheeky 37C for Sunday.

Still a 36C for tomorrow, though I have a feeling that will change also overnight to 37C also

It’s a bit bonkers isn’t it.

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A sobering thought. Could this spell lead to a number of deaths? If Covid doesn’t get you, this ruddy heat might.

A sobering thought. Could this spell lead to a number of deaths? If Covid doesn’t get you, this ruddy heat might.

Its more thanks likely I fear. The heatwave warning system was put in place as a result of the 2003 heatwave. I can’t remember how many excess deaths there where.

The heatwave is so 2020.

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It’s a bit bonkers isn’t it.

It really is Tim. It feels balmy this evening. Crazy to think we may have another week of this 

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A sobering thought. Could this spell lead to a number of deaths? If Covid doesn’t get you, this ruddy heat might.

I tweeted something along those lines earlier. Interesting thing is people are following ONS excess deaths very closely this year because of Covid, so a spike will be noticed (and probably put down to the virus). In 2003 I think we had a few thousand excess deaths. France famously had 30k+. 

If people are being isolated in their rooms in care homes for fear of contagion I can’t see that being great for health during a heatwave. 

Night temps do look high on the models. That’s the (literal) killer. 

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MetOffice App - Heathrow.

Friday: 37C
Saturday: 37C
Sunday: 36C
Monday: 36C
Tuesday: 36C
Wednesday: 33C

Unbelievable. Dangerous. Astonishing.

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MetOffice App - Heathrow.

Friday: 37C
Saturday: 37C
Sunday: 36C
Monday: 36C
Tuesday: 36C
Wednesday: 36C
Thursday: 33C

Unbelievable. Dangerous. Astonishing.

Unprecedented. Never thought I’d ever see a forecast like that in the U.K.

MetOffice App - Heathrow.

Friday: 37C
Saturday: 37C
Sunday: 36C
Monday: 36C
Tuesday: 36C
Wednesday: 36C
Thursday: 33C

Unbelievable. Dangerous. Astonishing.

 Yep, all of those words.

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Yes... truly astonishing is all I can say!

Right click to enlarge.

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It’s going to be a truly bizarre experience watching London bake in 36-37C heat for several days while up here we hover around 24-26C. Can’t even say that I’m mad, it looks genuinely awful.

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