34C..it’s Pluming Scorchio
Spain’s heat blows in with 2020 high as July gloom ends
A SPANISH plume will see temperatures of 34C on Friday, making it the hottest day of the year.
The 500-mile wide superheat will mean British holidaymakers will not need Spain to catch the sun, with temperatures hotter than the Balearic Islands.
Thousands have already scrapped holidays to the Costas after being told they would have to quarantine for 14 days when they returned home.
The Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze said: “There’s no need to go to Spain for heat this week, as heat is coming here from Spain and 34C or even higher could be reached in the south. The sudden heat build-up must be one of the sharpest warm-ups of all time for the UK.”
Rising
The Met Office said temperatures are expected to rise continually over the next few days, with 23C due today and leaping to 27C tomorrow.
Met Office forecaster Grahame Madge said: “Friday is forecast to rival the 33.4C hottest day of the year.
“It’s going to be the warmest day of July.
“The influence of warm air from continental Europe will extend across the UK.
“But thunderstorms are possible into Saturday, with a possible 30C in London, with Sunday back to the mid-20s.” Britain’s average temperature for this July is currently on course to be just 14.1C – one degree less than the long-term average of 15.2C based on records between 1981 and 2010.
So far this month, the highest maximum temperature recorded was 28.5C, on July 17 at London’s Heathrow Airport.
The cool temperatures and wet weather are due to low pressure systems and weather fronts coming through, as well as “unseasonal” winds.
Britain has already surpassed 100% of the average monthly rainfall and only experienced two thirds of the expected sunshine for an average July, according to forecasters.