It’s been a hot week in Worcestershire and for the next few days it’s going to get even hotter.

The Met Office has upgraded its weather warning from amber to red for Monday and Tuesday, with parts of the county including Worcester in the hottest part of England.

A red warning means we can expect an “exceptional hot spell” in the early part of next week and that there will be population-wide adverse health effects.

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The Met Office says the outlook for Sunday is largely dry with sunny intervals, “becoming very hot by day with oppresively warm nights as well”.

According to the forecast, there is a 30% chance of rain on Tuesday evening.

“We hoped we wouldn’t get to this situation but for the first time ever we are forecasting greater than 40°C in the UK, said climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, Dr Nikos Christidis.

“In a recent study we found that the likelihood of extremely hot days in the UK has been increasing and will continue to do so during the course of the century, with the most extreme temperatures expected to be observed in the southeast of England."

Here is the hour-by-hour forecast for Saturday (July 16) and a look at the temperatures we can expect to see on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The location was set as Worcester.

 

Saturday, July 16

12am: 16C

1am: 15C

2am: 14C

3am: 13C

4am: 13C

5am: 13C

6am: 13C

7am: 14C

8am: 15C

9am: 17C

10am: 18C

11am: 20C

12pm: 21C

1pm: 23C

2pm: 24C

3pm: 25C

4pm: 26C

5pm: 26C

6pm: 26C

7pm: 26C

8pm: 25C

9pm: 24C

10pm: 22C

11pm: 21C

Worcester News: Worcester is in the red warning zone. Picture: PAWorcester is in the red warning zone. Picture: PA

Sunday, July 17

12am: 20C

1am: 20C

4am: 18C

7am: 18C

10am: 22C

1pm: 28C

4pm: 30C

7pm: 28C

10am: 23C

 

Monday, July 28

1am: 20C

4am: 17C

7am: 19C

10am: 26C

1pm: 32C

4pm: 35C

7pm: 34C

10pm: 27C

 

Tuesday, July 29

1am: 23C

4am: 22C

7am: 24C

10am: 30C

1pm: 35C

4pm: 33C

7pm: 28C

10am: 23C