UKHSA Issues 5-Day Heat Alerts as South-East England Nears 30C

5 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 20

Heat health alerts will run from 09:00 Friday to 17:00 Wednesday across much of the Midlands and south-east England as temperatures climb toward 30C over the bank holiday weekend.
London and the south Midlands are most likely to meet the Met Office heatwave threshold first, with Friday to Sunday potentially delivering three straight days above local trigger levels.
30C before Monday would make it the UK's earliest such reading since 1952, while any 30C in England would be the first in May since 2005.
Southerly winds are driving the surge after the jet stream shifts north, pulling hot air from southern Europe and North Africa and replacing last week's colder northerlies.
Most areas should still see 20C-26C even outside heatwave zones, with the warm spell likely lasting into midweek before cooler, more unsettled weather returns from Thursday.

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