Our neighbours in the UK could have a heatwave on the horizon
An Irish weather expert has weighed in on reports of a 'heat dome' that could be on the horizon for the UK this summer.
He wrote on Twitter: "A few people tagging me in some UK newspaper reports of heat dome and 40C for UK. Well no sign any real heat for the first week of July with actually much fresher air likely. This will help reduce the sea surface temperatures back to closer to normal around Ireland also." "With an El Nino starting to get the ball rolling, as far as the global effects are concerned, it could mean we go back into a heat dome again just as we go into those six to eight weeks of August and end of July."There's every chance of beating the 32.2C from earlier this year; that would be a good peak in any normal year.
This comes after Irish holidaymakers travelling to Spain have been warned to prepare for extreme heat as areas in southern Spain like the tourist hotspots of Seville and Cordoba are being blasted with temperatures of 44C.
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