The UK is bracing for a 33C heat surge as 25 areas are forecast to see the hottest conditions.
Met Office deputy chief forecaster, Steve Kocher, said: “Temperatures will climb through the weekend, especially in the south, where 30°C is likely to be recorded on Saturday and 32°C on Sunday. Temperatures are forecast to peak on Monday when we could see 33°C recorded in southern England and the Midlands.”
The areas covered here are: Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, Greater London, East Sussex, West Sussex, Dorset.
The Met Office has also warned people heading to the coast that they should “be mindful that sea surface temperatures are not as high as they would be in mid-summer.”
This means swimming still carries risks as water could still be dangerously cold.
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