Preston is set to see the hottest day of the year so far on Thursday.
Temperatures are predicated to soar to 33 degrees during Thursday (25 June).
The city has basked in wall-to-wall sunshine this weekend, helping many festivals and events taking place, and it looks set fair to continue.
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A Met Office amber warning of extreme heat has been issued but it doesn’t stretch as far into Lancashire as Preston although it does cover parts of Chorley and West Lancashire.
Preston will see daytime temperatures of more than 30 degrees from Tuesday (23 June) through to the end of Thursday.
Met Office deputy chief forecaster Tom Crabtree, said in a UK-wide forecast: “The forecast heatwave is developing into an impactful severe weather event, with record breaking June temperatures and very high humidity. The combination of heat and humidity will be oppressive and bring impacts across society from public health and infrastructure, to power and water supplies.
“As well as very high daytime temperatures, there will be consecutive nights where temperatures do not drop below 20°C, which is called a Tropical Night. This will make it very hard for people to recover from the daytime heat, exacerbating the heat stress impacts.”
The UK Health Security Agency has an amber level heat health alert in place for the North West of England. It runs from 11am on Monday (22 June) to 11pm on Friday (26 June).
Here’s how the weather looks for the next week
Sunday (21 June)
Afternoon – temperatures hitting highs of 23 degrees and a small chance of a shower between 4pm and 5pm
Evening – Staying up to 18 degrees at 11pm for the summer solstice, with sunset not until 9.45pm
Monday (22 June)
Morning – 20 degrees by 9am but there is some cloud cover
Afternoon – A 50 per cent chance of a light shower at 3pm before an overcast evening, highs of 28 degrees in the late afternoon
Evening – The tropical night is here, temperatures staying around 19-20 degrees
Tuesday (23 June)
Morning – The heatwave really begins to ramp up, 24 degrees and bright sunshine from the moment you wake onwards
Afternoon – Beer garden at lunch? 27 degrees and beautiful weather with barely any wind
Evening – 21 degrees at 9pm, a warm night ahead to watch England v Ghana
Wednesday (24 June)
Morning – Nearly 30 degrees by late morning, a roasting day
Afternoon – 4pm-5pm will be the hottest period of the day
Evening – still 23 degrees at 11pm, the heatwave is well and truly on
Thursday (25 June)
Morning – the hottest day actually starts with some cloud cover and the chance of a light shower in the mid-morning
Afternoon – any early cloud is burnt off and we’re at 30 degrees from 2pm onwards
Evening – Our Tropical Nights continue, 28 degrees at 7pm and then easing (we say!) to 22 degrees overnight
Friday (26 June)
Morning – A relatively cooler day, cloudy start and 19-20 degrees in mid-morning
Afternoon – The sun breaks through but highs of 22 degrees
Evening – A slightly cooler one as we head into the following weekend which is set to be 20-22 degrees with plenty of cloud cover
