Met Office issues heatwave warning for most of England with temperatures reaching 32C

The Met Office has issued a warning of extremely high temperatures this week, with some areas seeing temperatures over 30C.

Forecasters say the rising temperatures will come in from high pressures mainly focused in the southeast of the UK. Despite this, heatwave conditions are expected across the majority of England and wales, while some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland will also experience 'unseasonably high temperatures.

The only parts of the country that may miss out on the high temperatures are the far north and west of Scotland which will instead see periods of showery conditions. There may also be a chance of thundery showers in parts of the country from Tuesday, but this will likely be isolated and not spread to other regions.

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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has also issued a Yellow Heat Health Alert which advises vulnerable people to keep cool and stay hydrated during higher temperatures. Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Mark Sidaway said: “High pressure is situated to the southeast of the UK, which is bringing more settled conditions with temperatures on the rise through the first half of this week.

"While the highest temperatures are expected in the south, heatwave conditions are likely across much of England and Wales especially, with parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland also likely to see some unseasonably high temperatures. An active tropical cyclone season in the North Atlantic is helping to amplify the pattern across the North Atlantic, and has pushed the jet stream well to the north of the UK, allowing some very warm air to be drawn north.

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