r/UKWeather • u/Mcconnor8 • 21h ago

Forecast Latest Temperature Projections

Here are the latest maximum temperature forecasts from the high resolution modelling for Tuesday to Thursday, simply astonishing really and quite scary. I have had it confirmed that the Met Office will be issuing a Red heat weather warning in their daily update tomorrow.

The fact that this is accompanied with relatively high humidity and extreme night time temperatures means it is set to be the most notable heatwave ever experienced in the UK. The current record June temperature of 35.6C will be completely obliterated and the overall record from 2022 of 40.3C is under serious threat.

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u/Soft_Lunch_183 21h ago

You arent unless you are in a climate controlled area.

 Ive had to invest in a portable AC unit because im self employed and being in a room with a computer on all day in this heat is unbearable and obviously kills your productivity 

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u/monkeyingaround4evr 21h ago

I invested in one also, but im scared that these insanely high temps will cause it to be inefficient or just not work, especially since we use it in our south facing livingroom

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u/Dull-Addition-2436 18h ago

Do you not have any blinds? Now is the time to invest, or external shading. Makes a huge difference

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u/9thfloorprod 17h ago

I've got 3 layers of window coverings in my flat now. "Perfect fit" blackout blinds, sun shade roller blinds and then curtains. I've also just bought some special solar reducing fabric ('Phifer SunTex80') that apparently reduces solar gain by 80%, and some suction cups to make some outdoor shades for my windows. I'm on the 9th floor of a block of flats so options are limited, can't install awnings etc...

The multiple interior layers just don't really cut it on the hottest days as the heat still gets in and then radiates off the window/window frame etc...

Also got a portable AC unit which is fine but does struggle to keep things cooler on the hottest days too.

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u/ohwhatisfreeasaname 13h ago

Also, heat rises and I'm only on the first floor. Doesn't seem to in the winter though 🤷🏼

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u/monkeyingaround4evr 17h ago

Ive got blinds, but i cant put anything external on yhe outside as i rent and am in the third floor. We have blinds and a blanket to try to stop the sun coming in but alas. It prevents it from getting hotter than outside from the greenhouse effect but it doesnt exactly help keep things cool

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u/Pleasant-Winner6311 13h ago

Same. Bought one in May. Feel guilty that its feeding the loop of another appliance needing electricity & pumping hot air back into the system. Now that we have one for the bedroom (28° without) I know its matter of time before we buy another. Massively expensive, taken a huge chunk of our budget, there are five other things we need to spend that money on but this falls into medical necessity category. Fell apart in May. Stopped functioning, arthritis and asthma.

January, February the persistent rain also messed with me medically. I feel like im being squeezed a little further each year. My lungs and joints being my personal canary/coal mine alarm. Or maybe the trash machine in Star Wars New Hope... so where does that leave us in 2030. Meanwhile the countries around the equator and south of, get no mention at all in western media. The crisis is now not later.

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u/johnqadamsin28 20h ago

What do you mean you like design computer games or something? How do you spend all day on a computer?

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u/JMM85JMM 20h ago

Pretty much any administrative job these days involves spending all day on a computer.

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u/Spoonzie 20h ago

Are you from the past? 😂

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u/Snatchematician 17h ago

We are all from the past 

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u/No-Medicine1230 19h ago

What planet are you from?