in the next few hours, showers push into northern scotland. look at these temperatures, this is as cool as the weather gets for the next few days, so if you re up early on sunday morning, take advantage of the cool air, open your doors and your curtains and windows, let that cool air into your house and into your flat for the first couple of the hours of the morning, then shut everything, shut the windows, shut your doors, shut the curtains, shut that exceptional heat out. we will see temperatures building widely into the 30s across england and wales as well. what follows on monday is a spell of dangerous heat. we have sunshine across the board and temperatures hitting 40 celsius or so. the current uk temperature record is 38.7, so this is the hottest day we have ever had in our country. and it s notjust a daytime temperatures, overnight, 10pm on monday night, still widely into the 30s, that will be horrendous for getting a good night s sleep, hence the importance
infrastructure are expected. in the next few hours, showers push into northern scotland. look at these temperatures, this is as cool as the weather gets for the next few days, so if you re up early on sunday morning, take advantage of the cool air, open your doors and your curtains and windows, let that cool air into your house and into your flat for the first couple of the hours of the morning, then shut everything, shut the windows, shut your doors, shut the curtains, shut that exceptional heat out. we will see temperatures building widely into the 30s across england and wales as well. what follows on monday is a spell of dangerous heat. we have sunshine across the board and temperatures hitting a0 celsius or so. the current uk temperature record is 38.7, so this is the hottest day we have ever had in our country. and it s notjust a day time temperatures, overnight, 10pm on monday night, still widely into the 30s, that will be horrendous for getting a good night s
warning from level three to level four the government says that meets the definition of a national emergency. for the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest recorded temperature in the uk was 38.7c in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands and london. a met office red warning means there is a potential danger to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure. our correspondent, simonjones, is in central london. simon. well, it s already feeling really hot here, but the temperature is only 2a degrees. come the start of next week, in certain places, that
largest cities and we are expecting widespread impacts on over recent days the heat has really been building across spain and portugal, some deep red colours showing temperatures way above average and the heat is starting to move northwards and will be across monday and tuesday but the current uk temperature stands at 38.7 celsius but we could see temperatures hit a0 degrees marks and that will bring widespread impacts on every time there is a heatwave in this country we see several thousand people dying as a result of the heat, so if you are elderly or have underlying health conditions, pay attention to this and keep your curtains shot on the sunlit side of the house and your window shut during the peak, and if the heat is getting to you, think about heading to a library where there might be some air conditioning for a bit of respite. temperatures reach the upper 20s and for many is a dry day with sunny spells and showers working south across northern
enough for people to start coming out into squares like this one for a drink. but it s still not clear exactly when this heatwave will end, or indeed whether there will be others like it later on this summer. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, cordoba. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. this is so unusual, isn t it? this is exceptional, this is so unusual, isn t it? this is exceptional, the this is so unusual, isn t it? this is exceptional, the first - this is so unusual, isn t it? t u 3 is exceptional, the first time we ve had a national emergency declared over heat, the first time the met office has declared one of these rare red warnings for extreme heat, they are saying that an 80% chance there will be an all time record for heat set next week. that exceeds the 38.7 celsius that was recorded in cambridge injuly 2019. they re saying there is a 50 50 chance we ll exceed a0 celsius, absolutely exceptional temperatures. exceed 40 celsius, absolutely exceptional temperatures. exceed a0