Hot weather: Maps show Britain to roast in 88F scorcher as heatwave returns
The UK's weather, which has seen storms sweep in and yellow warnings in place, is set to turn warm again in the days ahead as the heatwave returns.
UK weather: Met Office forecasts sunshine and showers
Britons are likely to roast in 88F heat as temperatures are tipped to soar following yellow weather warnings are in place across the UK on Sunday as storms hit with areas badly hit.
The maps show the precise date when Brits will once more see the return of sweltering weather as the hot blast suggests the mercury could surpass 30C in places in coming days.
According to forecasters, the weather is turning warmer by the end of this week.
Simon Partridge, senior operational meteorologist at the Met Office told express.co.uk: "We are currently expecting temperatures to be near average for the time of year during the last weekend of July.
"Forecast always change and evolve over time and the dates stated are about two weeks away, so it is possible things will change in that time."
June was the hottest month on record, the Met Office recorderd as the average temperatures were well above average levels and hotter than the heatwave of 1976.
Records were broken in 72 of the 97 areas in the UK from which temperature data had been collected.
As well as the overall UK June record, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each recorded their warmest June since the Met Office began collecting weather data back in 1884.
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Last year, Britain recorded its hottest-ever day when temperatures topped the 40C mark for the first time, causing disruption to infrastructure including airports and railways, and sparking wildfires.
In the past week, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office issued a yellow heat-health alert (HHA) in six regions of England.
The regions covered by the yellow heat alert included London, South East, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Met Office predicts temperatures of 27C to 28C on Friday and around 30C next Saturday.
The blast of heat will be short-lived, followed by thunderstorms.
Under the new HHA system introduced by UKHSA and the Met Office, a yellow alert means that any impacts likely include the increased use of health care services by vulnerable populations and an increase in risk to health for individuals aged over 65 years or those with pre-existing health conditions, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
The long-range forecast by the Met Office suggested there will be a mix of sunshine and showers initially.
It said: “This set up likely continues through much of the following week, sunshine and showers quite widely, but these perhaps merging to longer spells of rain at times, likely heaviest and most persistent in western areas, and some occasionally slow moving storms in the northeast.
“Thereafter, signals are very weak, but potentially signs of some more settled conditions by the very end of the period. Often breezy, especially in the southwest, with the greatest chance of light winds over the north.
“Temperatures are expected to be slightly below average for most of the period, particularly in wet and windy areas.”
