Yahoo Finance UK sizzles in the heat with temperatures nudging 30C but storms are on the way
Britons spent the day in the sizzling heat as temperatures reached almost 30C, as forecasters warned of “intense” thunderstorms set to move in.
London reached 29.2C at Heathrow compared to the 29.7C in Teddington, Middlesex on Monday, which is currently still the hottest day of 2021.
Cloud & rain will affect parts of the north and west on #Wednesday 🌧️
Elsewhere, mostly dry with sunny spells 🌥️
Windy in NW with a few showers 🌦️
Plenty of sunshine in the south and east, where locally hot & humid ☀️🌡️
Here is the #4cast 👇 pic.twitter.com/1jJnw0tGn0— Met Office (@metoffice) June 15, 2021
Some areas, however, were hotter than top European holiday destinations including Ibiza, St Tropez and Mykonos on Wednesday.
But the hot weather won’t last for long as the Met Office issued yellow warnings of thunderstorms from 6pm, stretching across large parts of England including London and the South East.
It means people could see flooding to homes and businesses, communities becoming “cut off”, power cuts and delays to public transport following heavy rainfall.
Stephen Dixon, a Met Office spokesman, said: “Today will be fine for many with sunshine across England and Wales before an evening of thunderstorms which will last for the next few days.
“There’s a chance some areas in London could get to 30C (86F) today which would make it the hottest day of the year.”
Wales could be as hot as 22C on Wednesday evening, when football fans watch their nation take on Turkey in the Euros.
Areas in central and southern England could reach the high 20s, while Northern Ireland and Scotland, which will see cloud and scattered showers, may hit the high teens.
Mr Dixon continued: “Overnight our weather warnings will come into force, meaning some areas will see intense thunderstorms and torrential rain.
“Parts of south-western England could see up to 30-40mm of rain falling in just a few hours on Thursday, with the warning remaining in place until midnight for large swathes of England.”
Another set of thunderstorms will then move in from Friday morning, Mr Dixon said, with “intense” showers leading to as much as 60mm of rain falling over 12 hours in the worst affected areas.
England’s much-anticipated Euro 2020 clash with Scotland at Wembley Stadium on Friday evening could be hit with bands of “heavy thundery showers”, forecasters say.
Mr Dixon said this was due to to a small, low-pressure system moving in from Europe, with warmer surface-level air meeting colder upper air, leading to thunderstorms.
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