The Met Office has confirmed a heatwave in parts of the UK after days of high temperatures. In order to meet the threshold for a heatwave, temperatures must be above a certain temperature for three consecutive days and some parts of the country have today (June 13) met this benchmark.
Posting to Twitter, the Met Office said: "Some places across the UK have exceeded the heatwave threshold."
Despite the South West experiencing warm temperatures for several weeks, the temperature has not quite exceeded the heatwave threshold for more than three days, so by the Met Offices' definition, we are not experiencing a heatwave. While it is still hot, however, with temperatures forecast to reach 30C, Bristol is not forecast to exceed it's heatwave threshold this week.
