Scorching 28 degrees or higher on the way, say experts.
Milton Keynes could be heading for a heatwave this week as temperatures look set to soar – and stay high.
Experts at the Met Office say an area of high pressure over southern England will build across a larger part of the UK as the week progresses leading to weather that’s ‘very warm across parts of the south and east’.
“The rising temperatures this week are a combination of several factors,” said Tony Wisson, a deputy chief meteorologist at the weather centre. “Over the next few days, settled weather and warm sunshine will allow temperatures to rise day on day.
“Temperatures will then rise further towards the end of the week as winds turn more southerly and even warmer air over continental Europe will be drawn across the UK. We could very well see several places exceeding 30ºC, which will be the highest temperatures of the year so far.”
For it to be classed as a heatwave, a location must record a period of at least three consecutive days with temperature values meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold for that location. Across Milton Keynes the threshold is set at 28ºC, so a heatwave is quite possible.
“Temperatures are likely to peak in the low 30 Celsius this weekend before easing sometime early week,” added Tony Wisson.
