Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said if temperatures reach 40C it would be “historic”.
He said computer modelling had been “firming up around just how intense the heat will be for Monday and Tuesday, with the emphasis on Tuesday”.
“It’s now considered 80 per cent chance we will see the all-time UK record broken,” Mr Madge said on Friday morning. “There’s stronger indications now of 50 per cent chance of seeing 40C being observed somewhere in the UK, and most likely that would be within the red warning area for extreme heat.The Met Office has issued a red warning for extreme heat in parts of England. He said temperatures reaching 40C would be “historic”.
“If we get to 40C, that’s a very iconic threshold and shows that climate change is with us now,” he said.
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