UK faces 96 hour heatwave with 'four parts of England' hottest

The UK faces a 96 hour heatwave this week as weather maps burn scorching red and the country takes a sweltering turn. The four areas of the country set to experience the worst of the weather conditions are East Midlands, the East of England, East Anglia and the South East.

Temperatures are set to spike at 31C in parts of the country this week with "many places" seeing temperatures in the mid-20s. The forecast for Monday (June 24) from the BBC Weather team explains: "Today most will see a warm day with spells of sunshine, particularly the far south-east as well as northern England and southern Scotland. The odd shower in the far north west."

"Tonight, Northern Ireland and northwest Scotland will see clouds and showers move in from the west. Cloud patches also in northern England and in the far south-west. Dry and clear elsewhere," the BBC Weather team added on its website. "Tomorrow, mostly sunny and very warm in the south and east. Mostly cloudy with some patchy light rain and cooler again in Northern Ireland and Scotland."

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The outlook for Wednesday to the weekend continues on its website: "On Wednesday, northern areas will continue cloudy with showery spells of rain. Drier and brighter to the south and east and continuing very warm or hot. Unsettled in the north-west on Thursday, drier and brighter elsewhere.

"Still very warm in the far south and east. Friday will see blustery showers in the west. Drier and brighter east. A cooler day for all." Although temperatures could reach a peak on Wednesday, June 26, it also looks like we may see the breakdown of this high-pressure from Tuesday night into Wednesday as things turn more unsettled.

The Met Office says this could make the country experience some thunderstorms and showery weather too.