wales, southern scotland, we have a widespread amber weather warning. impacts to health, impacts to infrastructure are expected. over the next few hours, seeing some showers push into northern scotland. look at these temperatures this is as cool as our weather gets for the next few days, so if you re up early sunday morning, take advantage of this cool air, open your doors, open your curtains, open your windows, let that cool air into your house and into your flat and the first couple of the hours of the morning, shut everything shut the windows, shut the doors, shut your curtains, shut that exceptional heat out. we re going to see temperatures building widely into the 30s across england and wales as well. what follows on monday is a spell of dangerous heat. we ve got sunshine across the board and temperatures hitting 40 degrees celsius or so. the current uk temperature record is 38.7, so this is going to be the hottest day we ve ever had in our country. and it s notjust the daytim
an eye on what is going on around europe, won t we? galgut yes, let s checkin europe, won t we? galgut yes, let s check in with the details. louise has the weather for us this morning. louise, we were hearing about the temperatures that have been taking effect in southern europe. the heaters moving up through spain, france, and will hit us in the next couple of days? the heat is. in recent days in spain and portugal we have seen records broken due to the intensity of the heat with temperatures into the mid a05. it looks highly likely now that we are going to be breaking some temperature records over the next few days. there is a lot on this graphic but i will go through it slowly. the record and england is 38.7. it is likely we will in excess of a1. wale5 could actually be higher in terms of breaking their record. we expect temperatures to peak at 38. that will break their record. there is a possibility through monday and tuesday that we
fare farenheit. that would break the record set just three years ago in the uk of 38.7 degrees celsius. in terms of these deaths, the 237 estimated deaths in spain, that is just for the first five days since this started last sunday through thursday. we re still missing the figure officially from friday. some spanish media say that it will be significant. and in portugal, 240 people have been estimated to die according to authorities there because of this heatwave. such a serious situation there. al goodman, thanks so much. for more, let s bring in meteorologist tyler mauldin. the two areas that we re focus on will be europe as well as the united states. here across western europe, going on into africa and the mediterranean, we have this dome of heat, and it is being dominated by an area of high
translation: it s completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught up in something like this myself. it s hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde. any brief moments of respite don t last for long. jessica parker, bbc news, in south western france. an amber warning for extreme heat is in force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures expected on monday. the warning level will change to red for parts of england, meaning a risk of serious illness or death. temperatures could rise to as high as 41 degrees celsius, a record for the uk, beating the 38.7 set in 2019. our correspondent
look at these temperatures this is as cool as our weather gets for the next few days. so, if you re up early sunday morning, take advantage of this cool air, open your doors, open your curtains, open your windows, let that cool air into your house and into your flat. the first couple of hours of the morning, shut everything the windows, the doors, your curtains shut that exceptional heat out. we re going to see temperatures building widely into the 30s across england and wales as well. what follows on monday is a spell of dangerous heat. we ve got sunshine across the board and temperatures hitting 40 celsius or so. the current uk temperature record is 38.7, so this is going to be the hottest day we ve ever had in our country, and it s not just the daytime temperatures. overnight, ten o clock monday night, we re still widely into the 30s. that s going to be horrendous for getting a good night s sleep, hence the importance of keeping your flats and your houses as cool as possible.