Members of the public are being urged to walk their dogs early in the morning, rather than during the day, with temperatures set to reach highs of 34c in parts of England and Wales today.
Powys County Council’s Highways team shared the following message on social media:
⚠️ 🌡 🐕 HOT PAVEMENT WARNING ⚠️ 🌡 🐕
In this sunny weather pavements can often be deceptively hot and will usually be much warmer than the air outside. Although dogs paws may seem tough, they can be easily burned by hot pavements.
Avoid walking on dark asphalt pavements in particular.
Walk early morning before the pavements get too hot.
Seek out natural shade and natural surfaces such as grass for a cooler walk.
Herefordshire placed under heat-health warning.
Herefordshire has been placed under a ‘heat-health’ warning by the Met Office and the UK Health Security Agency, with the upcoming heatwave set to cause issues for vulnerable people.
Yellow Heat-health alert has been issued
Alert is in effect until 1st July at 6pm.
Significant impacts are possible across the health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including:
A rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions. There may also be impacts on younger age groups.
A likely increase in demand for health services.
Internal temperatures in care settings (hospitals and care homes) may exceed the recommended threshold for clinical risk assessment.
The heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver services.
Indoor environments overheating increasing the risk to vulnerable people living independently in community and care settings.
For more information, please visit – https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/heat/west-midlands?type=heat
Today:
A warm start to the day with plenty of sunshine for all. Feeling hot by the afternoon with temperatures well above the late-June average. Light winds, and mostly dry though a small chance of a shower later. Maximum temperature 33 °C.
Tonight:
Warm and humid with plenty of late sunshine. Remaining settled overnight though cloudier skies spilling in from the west may bring a few spots of rain and drizzle at times. Minimum temperature 17 °C.
Tuesday:
Cooler than recent days for many with cloudier skies bringing a few outbreaks of rain at times. Still rather warm in the far east. Winds remaining light. Maximum temperature 28 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Fresher for all, with cloudier skies bringing spells of rain, these sometimes heavy on Wednesday and Thursday, but some drier, brighter intervals as well. Temperatures near or slightly above average.
