Thanks for confirming this Ally. Not surprised. I honestly can't recall such a hot and uncomfortable feeling night as last night in the Plymouth suburbs. 24c was my overnight low. This is some air mass!

Cheers,

Paul

Tomorrow was always going to be the potential for getting about 100f or even a 40c.   The Foehn effect off the Downs that Darren is dreading

Still no tropical night, last night, 19.6c was the min, maybe tonight?!?

I don't really agree with you there. The focus was initially on Monday and Tuesday. It then got shunted into Wednesday and Thursday, hence the initial red warnings. The red has now been extended into Friday for some areas, but this has been quite a late development. I think I flagged it up either here or on Signal on Tuesday as a possibility, albeit a relatively low one as it seemed at the time. 

Last week yes, but from Monday, Darren and others were flagging up Friday.

Meltdown Monday was a no show!

I think today is likely to be the hottest day. High 36s or low 37s today, max of about 35.5-36 tomorrow. Still, three 36C days in a row is a possibility which has only happened once before.

I didn't think Jersey was included in UK records

Re Jersey no it doesn't count in UK records as far as the Met Office is concerned although TORRO does seem to count it in date records. Jersey has of course already been hotter than the UK, with 37.2 on Tuesday, which was the 2nd hottest ever for the island. Today looks like taking first place from the 37.9C in 2022.

It isn't, as it's not in the UK. 

Meanwhile the MetO raw now has 38 here tomorrow... I don't think people locally to me realise just what's on the way, they seem very complacent! (It's 23.1 and breezy right now).

https://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/united-kingdom-ireland.php?icao=EGDY 

It’s not, which does mildly annoy me as it used to be.  C’est la vie.  Regardless, we are on track to smash our all time record of 37.9c, set 4 years ago.  May get a small mention on the national news.

👍I flagged up  the possibility of Friday being the hottest day on Monday morning. That said, it didn't appear the most likely outcome at that time to me.

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/signal#rep592 

Looking at the satellite the clouds to your east don't look too threatening. And the big storm I mentioned this morning over Brittany seems to have pushed way off to the west, not threatening the heat in the SW this afternoon at the moment.

Coolish breeze from the NE keeping us at 22 C

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30s are knocking on the door of Scotland with 29.8C at Carlisle and 28.7 at Threave.

Yeovilton first with an official 35. Jersey now on a rounded 37.

I fear the north Kent hairdryer will be turned on tomorrow, unfortunately no weather stations to record it, you would have thought Canterbury or Medway would at least have one. Manston doesn't have quite the same effect. Even today down this way it's 28c but forecast only 26c, the 15 miles or so of higher ground to the ENE is doing its thing. Thankfully humidity not as high with a fair breeze so it's bearable in the shade, unlike past two days.