The Met Office chief executive confirmed that “we could see the UK’s hottest day on record” on Monday, but Tuesday is expected to be even hotter, with some forecasts calling for highs of 43C (109F).
Professor Penelope Endersby said on the BBC Radio 4 program today: “We think today could see the UK’s hottest day on record, with the hottest temperatures in the South East, but actually the hottest temperatures are expected tomorrow and those temperatures will be further north as warm air is pushed north. So tomorrow we really see a better chance of 40 degrees and temperatures above that.
“Even possibly above that… 41 is not out of the question. We even have some 43s in the model, but hopefully it won’t be that high.”
She added that such extreme temperatures are not expected after Tuesday, but then the weather service will monitor the possibility of drought in the coming months.
“Well, we certainly don’t see these very hot temperatures sticking around beyond Tuesday, so we’re expecting a big temperature drop, mercifully, overnight into Wednesday – 10 or 12 degrees down from what it’s been the previous few days,” she said.
“We’re still seeing hotter than average in our three-month outlook and very dry as well, and our attention turns after those two days to dryness and when we may see rain, but we don’t see any significant rain coming.”
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