UK to be battered by heavy winds after hottest day of the year
Temperatures are set to fall following the heatwave with strong winds hitting parts of the UK, forecasters have said.
Wednesday became the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 30.3°C at Heathrow Airport, beating the previous high of 30°C in Chertsey, Surrey, on Tuesday.
Following the high temperatures, the Met Office has now warned that it will be “unseasonably windy” across the north of England on Thursday, and coastal areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Forecasters have predicted that inland gusts of 30-35mph will hit on Thursday due to a band of low pressure.
Met Office meteorologist Kathryn Chalk, said that due to the band of low pressure will bring “windy conditions and some rain and showers” for parts of the country.
Despite the band of light rain expected to move eastward across England and Wales throughout Thursday, temperatures will remain warm, especially in southern England.
Forecasters have predicted a high of between 27 or 28°C in southeast England while for large parts of the UK, temperatures are expected to range between 18-23°C.
“An area of low pressure out to the west of Scotland is bringing a change to the UK’s weather conditions,” said Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge.
“As this system is unusually deep for the time of year it will be bringing strong winds to the northern parts of the UK.”
“The strength of these winds are forecast to be well below the threshold for wind weather warnings, but they will bring unseasonable conditions, especially in comparison to the forecast over recent days.”
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Wind speeds are expected to fall on Friday but cooler temperatures are still predicted for the majority of the UK.
Due to the weather front, temperatures are expected to fall to a high of 22°C in London and the wider southeast of England on Friday.
For southwest England, the North and the Midlands, temperatures are expected to range between 18-20°C. Scotland and Northern Ireland will see slightly cooler conditions with a predicted high of 17 or 18°C.
Across the weekend, temperatures are expected to be relatively warm with highs of around 24-25°C, Ms Chalk added.
She forecast that the northwest of the UK is expected to see some rain on Saturday, with much of the country experiencing cloud and patchy rain on Sunday.
The change in weather is a stark contrast to the high temperatures over the past week which saw the number of people seeking heat advice from the NHS website skyrocket.
After the yellow heat health alert, which covered most of the country, came into force on Monday, visits on the websites heat exhaustion page reached 28,116 compared with 13,598 over 22 and 23 June.