Heatwave: Yellow Heat Health Alert issued by UK Health Security Agency as Midlands braces for sweltering 32°C
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a Yellow Heat Health Alert for Derbyshire as temperatures are set to rise.
A Yellow Heat Health Alert will be issued for Derby, Derbyshire and surrounding regions except the North East and North West.
The Yellow Heat Health Alert has been issued today (Monday, August 11) at 10am.
The alert will be valid until 6pm on Wednesday, August 13.
The health alert comes as the country braces for the fourth heatwave of the year.
Double digit temperatures are building for multiple regions over the coming days, with swathes of central and southern England areas likely to surpass heatwave criteria by the middle of the week.
Temperatures are expected to rise thanks to a combination of southerly airflow and high pressure for most of England and Wales in the first half of the week.
Temperatures will exceed 30°C today (Monday) and will likely peak towards the mid-30s on Tuesday in London.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Tom Crabtree said: “Warmth is the focus in the forecast in the first half of this week, with temperatures likely to peak on Tuesday around the mid-30s, but remaining above average in the second half of the week, particularly further to the southeast.
“The exception to the widely warm conditions will be northwest Scotland on Monday, where showers will be more frequent. Warmth will develop there from Tuesday with temperatures peaking in the mid to high 20s.”
Derby is expected to see highs of 28°C at 4pm today.
Tomorrow the mercury is set to hit a sweltering 32°C tomorrow, dipping two degrees on Wednesday where temperatures of 30°C are expected.
Met Office heatwave criteria, where a specific threshold must be exceeded for three consecutive days, are likely to be reached by Wednesday for much of southern and central England.
In addition to high daytime temperatures, warm nights are also likely in south-eastern parts of the UK early in the week, with even a chance of a tropical night in a few places, which is where temperatures do not drop below 20°C overnight.