GettyStock up on the sunscreen and slap on those shorts because we’re in for a hot one next week.
After a wholly unbearable week of cloudy, muggy weather, Britain will return to its longest, hottest summer since 1976 if bookies are to be believed.
Sounding like a delicious mix of vegetables and halloumi, the ‘Mediterranean melt’ – in fact a blast of hot air from the south – will tip temperatures over the 30°C mark until Friday with Thursday expected to make the UK hotter than Jamaica.
GettyForecasters at the Met Office are confident Brits can enjoy temperatures of 35°C, as bookies slash the odds to 2/1 that the country will hit its hottest day ever, beating 2003’s record 38.5°C.
Today’s almost mild 30°C will be followed by 34°C on Tuesday and Wednesday, possibly going up to 35°C on Thursday and Friday.
Lifehack: office flip-flops are allowed to be a thing during testing times. Trust me, I’m a Cornishman.
Speaking of God’s Country, a million people are predicted to have hit Cornwall in the first weekend of the school holidays, with 375,000 hitting up Brighton, 250,000 heading to Blackpool and a cool 200,000 beach-bumming in Bournemouth and Great Yarmouth.
GettyIf ever there was a time to arrange a tactical sickie, now would be the time to slap on the sunscreen so you don’t get burnt by the boss.
The MailOnline reports Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said:
It’s getting warmer and we could see 35°C by Thursday.
After 30°C on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday look like 32°C, with 34°C possible on Wednesday and a good chance of over 34.5°C by Thursday, and Friday similar.
Heat will arrive from the south, passing over the continent. It will be hottest in the South and East.
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