🌡️ Temperatures have exceeded the 30°C mark making it the hottest day of the year so far, with the first heat-health alert in force
“As the heat builds from the south, thundery showers will develop through Saturday afternoon,” he said.
A second yellow warning is in place for midday to 9pm for Wales, Northern Ireland and most of western and central England and Scotland. Parts of east and northern Scotland are likely to avoid the most extreme conditions. “We will notice the humidity rising as we go through the weekend with some really balmy nights on the way.“For Sunday there’s a lot of sunshine around, very warm, very humid but with a greater chance of catching showers and thunderstorms across many western parts of the UK – hail, thunder and gusty winds – and then it is back to sunshine again.”
It means the impact of the heat is “likely to be felt across the whole health service and the wider population, not just the most vulnerable.
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