Met Office weather: Britain endured for 10 days of August heat as temperatures hit 82.4 today

Britons will see a return this week of the heatwave that caused a sweltering July last month when temperatures hit the 82.4F (29C) threshold today.

The Met Office has said that the next ten days look set to get hotter and hotter as temperatures start to climb to 86F (30C) on Tuesday, then 87.8F (31C) on Wednesday and reach at least 95F (35C). on Friday or Saturday.

A Met Office spokesman also told MailOnline today that there is a 40 per cent chance the south could see temperatures rise further into the mid-1990s (mid-30s) as the UK continues to continue to face high temperatures for a long time.

He added: “The high pressure will keep it dry and nice and it will stay that way for weeks. The Met Office said on Monday temperatures will start to drop from the mid-90s (mid-30s) but drought conditions could also remain.

It comes as parts of the UK have been banned from using water cannons and more areas could soon be affected. Southern Water imposed a water cannon ban on Hampshire and Isle of Wight customers on Friday, while the measure will apply exactly a week later for South East Water customers in Kent and Sussex. with law breakers considering fines of up to £1,000.

The Met Office’s chief forecaster Steve Willington said: ‘We could see parts of the UK enter heatwave conditions if above-average temperatures persist for three days or more.’ Photo: Bournemouth Beach

Today will see temperatures hitting 27 degrees Celsius (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in the southeast as the UK continues to experience hot temperatures this week

The sun rose behind London this morning on what is expected to be another hot and dry day in the southwest. Persistent dry weather is wreaking havoc across the country with droughts, wildfires and potential tornado bans

Met Office forecaster Steve Willington said: ‘We could see parts of the UK enter heatwave conditions if above-average temperatures persist for three days or more.

‘Many areas of the UK, especially the south will see temperatures several degrees above average, but these values ​​are likely to be much lower than the record temperatures we see. I saw in mid-July.

‘Due to the high pressure forming, very little meaningful rain is forecast, particularly in areas of southern England, which experienced very dry conditions last month.

“Elsewhere in the UK, such as in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the rainy weather fronts will be limited to facing high pressure, bringing some rain to areas. northwest of Great Britain.”

Monday will be mostly dry and bright with spells of sunshine, however variable amounts of clouds will form, bringing the possibility of a few showers across parts of the North.

It will be a drier and brighter day on Tuesday with extended summer sunshine and variable cloud cover.

Rebekah Sherwin, Met Office’s deputy director of meteorology, said: ‘The weather pattern that brings next week’s heatwave is different from the weather pattern responsible for last month’s record temperatures seen. ​Hot air that has been drawn from southern Europe adds its own homegrown heat.

‘This time, it’s much less likely; instead, the temperature will rise steadily in the region where the high pressure exists.

‘There is some uncertainty about next week’s temperature, although in early August the UK sun was unlikely to warm in mid-July as the sun was lower in the sky and the hours of daylight is a bit shorter.

‘Both of these factors suggest that we are very unlikely to see temperatures peak much higher than the lows to the mid-30s. However, it will still be a heat wave. ‘

It comes amid a drought seen as a death sentence for UK wildlife, with blackbirds and warblers unable to find deep into the hard ground to feed their dying chicks. their hunger.

Sunday will be mostly dry and bright with periods of sunshine, although cloud cover will form during the day across northern areas.

Monday (left) will be mostly dry and bright with spells of sunshine, however variable amounts of clouds will form, bringing the possibility of some showers across parts of the North. It will be a drier and brighter day on Tuesday (right) with extended periods of summer sunshine and variable cloud cover

Frogs and toads have no wet place to hide in the midday sun, baby hares are panting for water in a baking hot field and millions of creatures including butterflies and harvest rats have perished. In a forest fire, it is impossible to run away from the fire in time.

With the drought set to worsen in the coming weeks, a warning was issued today that it could wipe out Britain’s dwindling hedgehog population.

A few decades ago, they were one of our most common creatures, with an estimated population of more than fifty million.

Now, largely due to habitat loss and the chemicals we spray on our fields and gardens, there are now less than 900,000, with the number dwindling by the week.

Hedgehog hospitals, which are treating victims in record numbers, say the heatwave and worsening drought have been a killer blow to them.

Marian Grimes stayed with Hedgehog Haven in North Walsham, Norfolk, a county that, together with neighboring Suffolk, still boasts one of the highest populations of spiny creatures in the UK.

“All the Norfolk hedgehogs are packed because of the dry conditions,” she said.

‘There was no water, no worms, the ground was so hard, they just couldn’t find anything. So mothers are abandoning their babies and nests.

‘Because they couldn’t find anything for themselves, they didn’t produce any milk to feed the babies.’

She begged the gardeners to put food and water in shallow bowls so they wouldn’t die of thirst.

The Environment Secretary has urged water companies to be banned from using water pipes, as Britain is forecast to bake in temperatures of up to 28°C on Sunday amid an unusually dry August.

George Eustice said some companies were taking the ‘right’ action to mitigate the impact of prolonged dry weather, while strongly encouraging others to follow suit ahead of what is expected to be Another heat wave next week.

Welsh Water also announced a ban for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire later this month.