Scotland to be hotter than Rio de Janeiro as temperatures to soar to 29C
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SCOTLAND will wake to the dawn of a Brazilliant weekend heatwave tomorrow morning – with temperatures hotter than Rio de Janeiro.
Aviemore in the Highlands has been tipped to hit 29C (84F) which would make it the hottest day of the year by a country mile.
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Scotland could be hotter than Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow
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Temperatures across Scotland could hit 30C over the next 48 hours
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People across the country have been basking in the balmy conditions
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It will be standing room only in 28C (82F) Glasgow beer gardens this afternoon as the working week ends hotter than Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, just 27C on the Copacabana.
With the scorching weather lasting into Saturday, Midsummer's Day, ASDA say they expect to sell over 7million litres of beer, the equivalent of 12.3million pints or enough to fill just under three Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The supermarket say they will sell twice as many garden paddling pools, reduced to just £12 for the summer.
Alex Deakin of the Met Office said: "The vast majority of people will be having a dry and sunny day, and a hot one at that.
'Temperatures are likely to get up to 30C (86F) and perhaps 31C or 32C (up to 90F).
'It will be a hotter day for Scotland and Northern Ireland and noticeably so.
'Friday evening is going to be very warm indeed, a difficult night for sleeping.'
The warmest day of the year was recorded last Friday at Lossiemouth in Moray, where the mercury touched 25.7C (77F).
You have to go back to the 19th Century to find Scotland's hottest-ever June day.
On 18 June 1893, a temperature of 32.2C (89F) was recorded at Ochtertyre, Perth and Kinross.
Brits set to bask in 29C sizzler today as Met Office says 'heatwave likely' this weekend with temps soaring
Things look very promising today for the second day of the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston, near Edinburgh.
Today, long queues formed on the M8 and M9 as visitors tried to reach the annual event.
On Saturday, the Sex Pistols will kick off the Summer Sessions festival at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, with ScotRail laying on extra trains for fans.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Dan Holley, said: 'The highest temperatures from this hot spell are forecast for Saturday, with low 30s Celsius fairly widely across England, and up to 34C possible in eastern areas.
"Despite this, the more uncomfortable heat will be in northern and western areas initially, where despite somewhat lower temperatures the air will be more humid.
'While Saturday will be a dry and fine day for many, a few showers or thunderstorms will be possible across northern and western parts of the UK, with an increasing risk of some intense thunderstorms developing across portions of north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland later in the afternoon and into the evening hours, which could bring heavy downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and possibly large hail.'
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency say above-average rainfall is still required for water scarcity levels to recover in the east of the country, where some parts have seen below-average rainfall for over a year.
Recent downpours have allowed some river catchments to recover from 'moderate scarcity' to 'alert' on SEPA's warning graph.
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