Major European heatwave set to hit 45C – see how it will impact UK weather
A heatwave is expected to bring scorching 45C temperatures to some parts of Europe next week, with weather maps suggesting some of the heat will head to cities across Britain as well
A boiling heatwave across Europe could bring 45C temperatures to some countries in just a few days' time. And the weather in the UK will be affected by these high temperatures.
Parts of southern Spain and Portugal have already started to feel the hot weather, possibly reaching 40C in places today, and those temperatures are set to rise throughout next week - potentially peaking at 45C, according to Netweather. The hot air mass is expected to move northward from Spain, bringing some of those warm temperatures to the UK as next week progresses. And weather maps for the end of next week show temperatures across the country slowly rising.
The GFS weather model shows temperatures next Saturday reaching higher than 30C in the south-east of England.
At 12pm on Saturday, the weather maps show London and the areas south-east of the city could reach 32C. Other parts of the country will also get warm conditions, although not as high at the south-east.
Major cities like Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow could get temperatures in the mid 20Cs, according to forecasts. Conditions in Northern Ireland and Scotland are expected to be cooler.
However, this hot air mass from Spain is due to collide with low pressure from the North Atlantic which means thunderstorms could come with the hot weekend, according to Netweather forecaster Ian Simpson.
He said: "A very hot air mass will develop over Spain and Portugal over the next few days, and then towards the back end of next week, this hot air mass will push northwards into the British Isles, especially affecting the south and east of Britain.
"The heat will not last for long in these parts, being delivered by a "Spanish plume" type of southerly followed by a change to cooler west to south-westerlies, but it could end up quite intense for this early in the season."
The Met Office's long range forecast also predicts warm weather and thunder for June 12 to 21. It states: "The start of this period is likely to be quite unsettled but also widely warm or very warm, perhaps locally hot in parts of the south and east.
"Some showers and thunderstorms are likely to affect most parts but there will also be some sunshine. Over the weekend and into the start of the following week, most parts will become drier. However, there may be another brief spell of rain with a risk of some thunderstorms, before high pressure more firmly builds in from the west.
"The rest of the following week looks like being mainly dry with variable cloud and some sunshine and often warm or very warm. The far north may be largely cloudy with a threat of some more rain at times though."
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