A yellow heat health alert has been issued for large parts of the UK – with warm summer weather set to return from next week.
The warning has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) from 12pm on Monday until 6pm on Wednesday.
The alert covers Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, East of England, London, the southeast and the southwest.
The UKHSA said the alert means significant impacts are possible across health and social care services due to the high temperatures.
According to the Met Office, temperatures are set to hit 27C in parts of southern England over the weekend, with bright sunny weather in the early part of the week and temperatures expected to exceed 30C in places across parts of central, southern and eastern England on Monday and Tuesday.
Sky News’ Kirsty McCabe said: “High pressure will extend from the Azores allowing temperatures to rise, especially in the south where heatwave criteria is likely to be met early next week.
“The fourth heatwave of the summer will see temperatures reach the high twenties or low thirties, peaking around 33C on Tuesday across central and southern parts of England.
“Overnight temperatures will also rise, leading to some warm and stuffy nights from Monday night onwards.
“The current wet and unseasonably windy conditions across northern Scotland will also clear next week, with warmer weather expected here too.”
But she added the rising temperatures could spark off a few heavy and thundery downpours.
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Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, Steven Keates, said: “We’re confident that temperatures will increase markedly by the start of next week, reaching the low 30s Celsius in parts of England on Monday and perhaps the mid 30s in a few places on Tuesday.
“However, the length of this warm spell is still uncertain, and it is possible that high temperatures could persist further into next week, particularly in the south.”
