THE Met Office has issued a red weather warning for ‘extreme and record-breaking’ heat for the first time.
Residents across the north west are being warned to prepare for when the alert comes into force, as it carries a ‘danger to life’ threat.
An earlier issued amber warning comes into force from midnight on Saturday for 24 hours, when it will then be replaced by the red warning from midnight on Sunday, for 48 hours through to midnight on Tuesday.
Here is an hour-by-hour forecast for the north west region during the weather warning period.
Sunday:
1am: 15C – light cloud
2am: 14C – light cloud
3am: 14C – light cloud
4am: 13C – light cloud
5am: 13C – light cloud
6am: 13C – sunny intervals
7am: 15C – sunny intervals
8am: 17C – sunny intervals
9am: 20C – sunny intervals
10am: 22C – sunny
11am: 25C – sunny
Midday: 26C – sunny
1pm: 27C – sunny
2pm: 29C – sunny
3pm: 29C – sunny
4pm: 30C – sunny
5pm: 30C – sunny
6pm: 30C – sunny
7pm: 29C – sunny
8pm: 27C – sunny
9pm: 25C – sunny
10pm: 23C – clear sky
11pm: 21C – partly cloudy
Midnight: 20C – partly cloudy
Monday:
1am: 19C – partly cloudy
2am: 18C – partly cloudy
3am: 17C – partly cloudy
4am: 17C – partly cloudy
5am: 16C – partly cloudy
6am: 16C – sunny intervals
7am: 17C – sunny
8am: 20C – sunny
9am: 23C – sunny
10am: 25C – sunny
11am: 28C – sunny
Midday: 30C – sunny
1pm: 31C – sunny
2pm: 33C – sunny
3pm: 33C – sunny
4pm: 34C – sunny
5pm: 35C – sunny
6pm: 34C – sunny
7pm: 33C – sunny
8pm: 32C – sunny
9pm: 30C – sunny
10pm: 27C – clear sky
11pm: 26C – clear sky
Midnight: 25C – partly cloudy
Tuesday:
1am: 24C – partly cloudy
2am: 23C – partly cloudy
3am: 22C – partly cloudy
4am: 21C – partly cloudy
5am: 21C – partly cloudy
6am: 21C – sunny intervals
7am: 22C – sunny intervals
8am: 24C – sunny intervals
9am: 26C – sunny
10am: 29C – sunny
11am: 31C – sunny
Midday: 33C – sunny
1pm: 34C – sunny
2pm: 35C – sunny
3pm: 35C – sunny
4pm: 34C – sunny
5pm: 33C – sunny
6pm: 31C – sunny intervals
7pm: 29C – sunny intervals
8pm: 27C – thundery showers
9pm: 25C – thundery showers
10pm: 23C – thundery showers
11pm: 22C – thundery showers
Midnight: 21C – thundery showers
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