the met office has issued a rare extreme weather warning for parts of england on monday and tuesday. the uk health security agency has also increased its heat health warning from level 3 to level a the government says that meets the definition of a national emergency. for the first time ever temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest temperature recorded 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. this report from our correspondent simonjones. it is already hot in much of the uk, it is about to get much hotter.
time the met office has declared a red warning for extreme heat, they are saying that there is 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 are saying there s a 50 50 chance that we will exceed a0 degrees centigrade. y? is low pressure out of the west which is sucking hot air up over britain, and we have hot air sitting above the country, which allows us to sit their stationery, the hot sun, clear skies, hot sun coming in, baking under the storm of heat. fiur skies, hot sun coming in, baking under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they are. under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they are. i m under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they are. i m joined - under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they are. i m joined now- under the storm of heat. our climate editor, they are. i m joined now by l editor, they
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it covers many of england s largest cities, stretching from the north of england into the midlands and east anglia. temperatures are likely to reach the 40 degrees mark, that would smash the all time uk temperature record, which stands at 38.7 celsius, and would lead to issues with people s health and infrastructure issues as well. many of us having a dry day, which i was drifting across northern england, into the high 20s for parts of the south of england. service clear away, it s going to be a dry night and relatively comfortable for sleeping as well. it is through the weekend and into early next week that the heat becomes extreme.
east anglia, and there is a much larger weather warning it covers all of england and wales and some of scotland too. this is where we can see impacts to people s health and also impacts infrastructure. the temperatures have been surging in west europe, we just a few tenths of our cell c is away from smashing the portuguese temperature record, and thatis portuguese temperature record, and that is pushing further northwards. we could hit 40 celsius, if we do that would smash the all time temperature record, which currently stands at 38.7 celsius. right now, we have relatively comfortable conditions, and overnight there will be a few showers for northern scotland, temperatures drifting down from nine to 14 degrees. open your windows on saturday morning, like that cold air in, and then shut the windows because it is going to get hotter across england and wales on saturday. dentures will be in the