The country’s Meteorological Office warns that the current week will see a prolonged high temperature for the season, which is expected to reach even 32 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday in the southeast.
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The Health Protection Agency of the United Kingdom has upgraded the public health alert to orange instead of yellow due to the heat conditions that have set in in England.
The country’s Meteorological Office warns that the current week will see a prolonged high temperature for the season, which is expected to reach even 32 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday in the southeast.
As early as Tuesday, the mercury could climb to 31C, after Monday’s 30C in southern England and south-east Wales, at the start of a week that will be hotter in England than Ibiza, Ayia Napa and Athens , as pointed out by the British meteorologists.
The highest temperature in the UK this year was 32.2 degrees Celsius on 10 and 25 June.
The public health alert is in place until Sunday night and covers all but the north-east of England, where a yellow alert is in place.
The orange alert means it is very likely that the weather will have an impact on the NHS public health system as a whole, as well as other areas, with the whole population at risk.
The subordinate yellow alert implies risk to the most vulnerable population groups.
On Wednesday and possibly on Thursday, a “tropical night” is predicted, i.e. a night with a temperature above 20 degrees Celsius.
The unusual rise in temperature is attributed to a high pressure system over the UK, which is caused by strengthened air currents due to tropical storms in the western Atlantic and deep areas of low pressure there.
Source :Skai
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