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PA mediaAn Amber Heat Health Alert remains a place for some parts of Britain until 1800 on Wednesday, as the areas of England and Wales officially entered their fourth heatwave this summer.
On Wednesday afternoon, the temperature will rise in the Eastern Midlands, Lincolnshire and parts of Yorkshire, which experiences the hottest weather with the maximum temperature of the 33C forecast on Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday brings “a more complex photo”, the meteorological office has said, as the high temperature coincides with the possibility of thunderstorms in the northern regions.
There will be a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms for parts of Scotland between 14:00 and midnight.
The weather warnings released by the meteorological office covers the North, Central and South-East Scotland, where rainfall is forecast. Conditions can be particularly heavy and thunder.
Downpores may lead to some local disintegration, leading to difficult conditions with road spray and flash flooding.
Scotland and Northern Ireland are expected to have a more heavy and thunder showers on Thursday, with an additional yellow weather warning from midnight to 22:00 pm on Wednesday.
While Scotland and Northern Ireland will not technically not in a heatwave, due to the three consecutive days of rules, the temperature is still well above the average time of the year with a forecast of 25C to 29C on Wednesday.
The threshold is 25 C for most of the UK, but increases by 28 C in London and its surrounding areas, where the temperature is usually higher.
Areas of South-West England, South-West Midlands, North-West England and Eastern Anglias already fulfill the heatwave criteria with already three consecutive days from a certain temperature.
An amber heat health alert issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Met Office means that the effects of weather are likely to be felt in healthcare. It is in these circumstances that we can see an increase in risk for health for persons over 65 years of age, or people with pre -existing health conditions.
Amber Alerts are in place for London, Southeast, East of England, West Middlelands and East Midlands. A yellow heat health alert is in place for southwest, northeast, northwest and Yorkshire and Hamber.
Climate change is making heatwaves like those parts of Britain and Europe, has experienced this summer.
In Europe, extreme weather events should be considered as “a health emergency, not only a climate one”, a World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Group said on Wednesday, which sees the health effects of climate change.
Citing the 2023 report, The PAN-European Commission on Climate and Health said that in the last two decades, the heat-related mortality has increased by 30% in the last two decades, with more than 100,000 deaths.
There is no current law in the UK for the temperature of the maximum workplace, although employers have a responsibility to place it at a comfortable level.
Trade Union Unite has asked to set the maximum working temperature on 30C and stop the work, where the temperature cannot be controlled indoors or when no protection – such as shaded areas – can be provided out.
Overheating can cause heat tiredness or heatstroke. Heatstroke is considered a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment.
Large adults, short children and people with long -term health conditions are particularly at risk.
The highest temperature of 2025:
- England – 35.8C Favarasham, 1 Julia
- Wales – 33.1C Cardiff Bute Park, 12 July
- Scotland – 32.2C Avemore, 12 July
- Northern Ireland – 30 C Magling, 12 July
Summer will relax the most with some thunderstorms and some coolers on Thursday, with low humid air in Friday – but the temperature may increase again in the weekend.
Thursday will still be a very hot day for Eastern and South-East England, in which the temperature will reach 29C. Somewhere else the forecast temperature will be slightly lower from 24C to 27C.
Over 30C in South-East England and England and elsewhere in Wales elsewhere, the temperature by the mid-20s can be warmed again on Friday.
It is then very hot in the weekend. While many times in the morning, especially in the coming days, most of us will still have a lot of sunshine.
Lack of any significant rainfall in the next week is another concern, especially for farmers and producers, as well as for areas that are experiencing drought and tube restrictions.
England suffer from widespread environmental effects due to lack of water, which is killing fields, damaging wildlife and increasing wildfire, the national drought group – including the meteorological office, regulatory, government and water companies – said.
The group experienced the drought on Tuesday by Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire, Greater Manchester Mercesis and Cheshire, East Midlands and West Midlands.
North-East England, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, East Anglia, Temes, Wesax, Salent and South Downs are currently classified as “regions in long-dry weather”, first stages from drought.
Since the record started in 1836, the drought began before the long period of rainfall and the sixth dried spring.
Millions of people in England are now subject to hospipe ban with the aim of limiting water consumption.
