The Met Office predicts a heatwave in the UK in September, potentially breaking records.
The GFS model predicts that September 1 will be the top of the hot phase, with temperatures reaching up to 31C in the south-east of England.
Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden predicts greater temperatures on Sunday, maybe beating the September record set in 1906 (35.6C in Bawtry, South Yorkshire).
Mr. Madden warned of “hot to extreme temperature developments” in the coming week and early September, with temperatures potentially reaching the “high 30s”.
The Met Office, the UK’s official meteorological service, did not mention a record-breaking day in its long-range forecast from August 30 to September 8, but did predict “very warm conditions” in southern parts.
Overall, weather during this period is predicted to be “more widely settled” since “high pressure will tend to be located either over or close to the UK”.
“That said, weak frontal systems could still provide some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain at times, this most likely in more western and northwestern areas, although any amounts of rain away from the far northwest will be typically fairly small,” according to the Met Office.
While a late-summer blast may be on the way, Britons are likely to encounter a wall of rain first, according to a significant weather advisory issued this week.
The Met Office issued a yellow rain warning for southwest Scotland from 3am to 9am on Tuesday, August 27. The alert includes Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Lockerbie, Thornhill, Moffat, and Sanquhar.
Residents in the area have been warned to prepare for probable flooding of houses and businesses, road spray and floods, and bus and train delays.
Rain will also fall in western Scotland (Glasgow, Fort William), northwest England (Liverpool, Carlisle) and parts of Wales (Anglessey, Pembroke).
Flood alerts and warnings are issued for the northwest of England today and tomorrow due to rising water levels and more rainfall.
The warning extends from now to tomorrow morning and includes Keswick Campsite, the rivers Brathay, Rothay, and Winster, as well as the Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck, and Derwent Water.
Check For Flooding encourages individuals in impacted areas to avoid walking, cycling or driving across floodwater. Monitor flood warnings and alerts as they occur.
