Forecasters say it means, over the next 12 years, there is a fifty-fifty chance we could see a day with 40-degree-plus heat, as happened three years ago.
After a toasty 29 C last Friday, the mercury is on the move again – climbing day by day this week and expected to reach a scorching 33 C by Saturday.
With a heat health alert now in place for the coming days, we’re officially stepping into heatwave territory.
The heat will build slowly, peaking through the weekend and into early next week as a warm and humid air mass blows in from Europe.
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