I've got a sneaking feeling that Saturday could end up being the real day to watch.

That will be in range of the Arome soon as well.

I am looking at the excellent site weather.us

Arome has a very clear 38C shown.

And at 4pm as well as the 38C there are a lot of 37Cs across East London too.

My Nissan said 30c at 16:30 was overcast until 1600 then sun broke out here amazing feet

 

With lot of clouds today might be a problem tomorrow because last week we got 34C in Nuneaton east of Birmingham and was supported from near sunny day on Thursday 30th July and 27C.  If was sunny today and 27C as foretasted then 34-35C possible here tomorrow.

Tomorrow Arome has starting temperatures of 21C at 7am

On Saturday the starting temperature will be 24C at 7am

 

We have had five - in 1976!

From the excellent Trevor Harley:

The summer of 1976 was exceptional in containing 5 consecutive days above 35C.

https://www.trevorharley.com/hottest-day-of-each-year-from-1900.html

Interesting though that the max was "just" 35.9C... 

 

I think he is mistaken there. In his page for 1976 he says that there were five 35C+ days in the whole heatwave, but they weren't consecutive.

And looking at the date records from Torro for June:

The 25th certainly wasn't. 26th to 28th were 35C+, but then the 29th isn't mentioned (you'd think if it did reach 35.0C it would be mentioned as the tied for second place below the dubious Camden Square one.

And the 30th clearly wasn't either, so there can't have been more than four in a row even if the 29th was.

I need to find the official Met report for 1976.

The Monthly Weather Report for June 1976 says: "In London temperatures exceeded 32C on every day from the 25th to the 28th, the first time that this value has been reached in London on four consecutive days for at least 135 years".

I'm pretty sure that a mere 32C has been reached on more than four consecutive days at least once since then!

Very hot Ukmo at also around that time 11th a little to go but encouraging signal

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ukmo2.php?nh=0&ech=120&carte=1007

More gobsmacking is that Arome appears to have a 27C isotherm or greater over Brighton right through until 6am by which time the temperature is rising again!

This is as cold as it gets: https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/aromezoom.php?mode=41&x=4821.21&y=2757.98&ech=41&zoom=4

Tiny 27C ring is there.

First 80F minimum? No official weather station down there though...

Long time follower of the TWO forum over 10 years but first time poster.

Looking forward to the next few days and seeing how hot we get. I'm a big coldie but also love the heat and experiencing weather extremes and feel lucky to have experienced some of the UK's hottest days living in this part of the UK.

Last Friday was remarkable but it really didn't feel like one of the hottest days on record. In fact I've felt as sticky today at 28/29C as I did in last week's 37C.

Personally I think we won't get any new heat records but will love experiencing a run of 30+ days, maybe even 35+ days...although i know its not great for everyone and has health implications for many. Stay safe all and enjoy if you can 

What are the dew points like tomorrow compared to last Friday?

Actually tomorrow they look more or less similar to last Friday in London, high single figures. But up to 19C not very much further to the north and west.

https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/aromezoom.php?mode=118&x=384&y=384&ech=29&zoom=0

Hints now from 37c Arpege that as ukmo and  06z gfs ens suggest we could be on the brink of history early next week

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/arpege.aspx?run=12&charthour=98&chartname=uk2mtmp&chartregion=uk-region&charttag=2m%20temp%20C

I am looking at the excellent site weather.us

Arome has a very clear 38C shown.

So it does! Posted here for posterity, 2 PM on Friday from Arome (it's also there on the 3 PM chart):

 

So it does! Posted here for posterity, 2 PM on Friday from Arome (it's also there on the 3 PM chart):

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.

 

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 today though.

Kew was 29.6c at 4pm so it may have reached 30c

More gobsmacking is that Arome appears to have a 27C isotherm or greater over Brighton right through until 6am by which time the temperature is rising again!

This is as cold as it gets: https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/aromezoom.php?mode=41&x=4821.21&y=2757.98&ech=41&zoom=4

Tiny 27C ring is there.

First 80F minimum? No official weather station down there though...

Looking at it and I can see 24C here as they nearest they put is New Arley and 24C next to it.  

More gobsmacking is that Arome appears to have a 27C isotherm or greater over Brighton right through until 6am by which time the temperature is rising again!

This is as cold as it gets: https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/aromezoom.php?mode=41&x=4821.21&y=2757.98&ech=41&zoom=4

Tiny 27C ring is there.

First 80F minimum? No official weather station down there though...

Shoreham?

I think he is mistaken there. In his page for 1976 he says that there were five 35C+ days in the whole heatwave, but they weren't consecutive.

I think you're right! The Met Office helpfully tweeted this earlier:

Spells of 35C or 36C for 3 or more days in a row doesn't happen very often:

🗓️ 26-28 June 1976
🗓️ 1-3 July 1976
🗓️ 2-4 Aug 1990

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1291359210752675841