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Herefordshire is set to experience a heatwave this week, with temperatures expected to reach 30c according to the Met Office.
For a heatwave to be declared in Herefordshire, temperatures must reach 26c for at least three consecutive days.
The Met Office is currently predicting that temperatures will rise to above 26c for at least five days, from Wednesday to Sunday.
From the Met Office:
‘A UK heatwave threshold is met when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature threshold.
‘The threshold varies by UK county, see the UK temperature threshold map below.’
The Met Office forecast for the West Midlands:
Today:
A settled day with early morning misting lifting into cloud and gradually breaking and thinning, allowing plenty of sunny spells to develop into the afternoon. Light winds for all and feeling especially warm in the sunshine. Maximum temperature 25 °C.
Tonight:
Plenty of late evening sunshine leads into a dry and settled night with widely clear skies. Some patchy cloud arriving in the west by dawn, but staying dry. Light winds. Minimum temperature 13 °C.
Tuesday:
Mostly fine with gentle winds and some warm or very warm spells of sunshine developing. However, patchy low cloud towards the west and northwest, forming more widely later. Maximum temperature 24 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
High pressure building from the southwest brings increasingly settled conditions. Dry and fine with plenty of warm sunshine, and with temperatures continuing to rise through the week.
