Aidan McGivern takes a closer look at the extended Amber Extreme heat warning, as temperatures build this weekend and early next week for much of England and Wales.
That's the idea - it's why they paint the picture of England in dark red, and it's why they put a darkened photo of a masked nurse staring at the camera on the sides of buses. It's called The Politics Of Fear. It's intentional to scare you, and it's done all the time. It's why they put tanks at Heathrow when terrorism was at a high (utterly pointless). It's all done to scare you, and with you and people like you, it works. Ask yourself how many global scares there have been in the past 30 years - bird flu, mad cow disease, ozone hole, global warming... How many people have died from these global outbreaks?
Don't leave children or pets in the car, even for a moment. Leave out water for pets and wildlife. Birdlife will also struggle in 35-40C temps and water will assist their survival Bring your pets inside. Stay hydrated. Advice from Australia
Thank you very much for all the information it’s much appreciated and we can try to make provisions for the very hot 🥵 days ahead and make sure our children, selves, pets, and wildlife have plenty of water, take care everyone
Urban heat island effect is most pronounced at night when all the built environment surfaces radiate out the heat accumulated during the day. There is also less atmospheric mixing at night to convect this heat away from the surface.
That's why I don't sleep until the morning or camp outside. It's actually cooler to sleep in a tent outside than to be stuck in a building radiating heat until 3am
Nowhere in the Spanish geography has a temperature of 50 degrees been officially recorded. The highest temperature recorded was 47.4°C in Montoro, near Cordoba city the last year. I'm Spanish
@@jositops15 So the news we saw on national television was just not true? They even showed a clip from the city where one of the temperature displays showed 50
@@michaelespeland Never trust those street hour/temp displays, since most of them are directly exposed to the sunshine. They're metallic and dark, so they will get very, very hot. Temperature is always measured in the shade with specialized instruments
Everybody should be able to work from home on Monday and Tuesday. Nurses and doctors can stay in the hospitals, in their air condition units so they do not suffer. Shops can shut and everybody should go round and look after their elderly neighbours.
@@JAMYJIM Most of us here have never experience such heat. I look after two elderly ladies and I am very worried about them. When Wednesday night comes, I know we have safely sailed through this heatwave. Do remember we have no air conditioning here and we have to cope with the heat naturally.
Dogs - please remember that no dog died from missing a walk but many have died from walks in hot weather. Most people are sensible enough to know that dogs die in hot cars, but actually 72% of heat related deaths are from dogs being exercised in hot weather. My dogs are either walked about 6am when it's cooler or on days when it's still too hot then, they will not be walked at all. Yes, I'm a dog trainer and I'm saying for the next few days unless it's cool at 6am, do not walk your dog. (They'll probably be too hot to want to do much but if they are pestering for 'activity' you can use their daily food to put into kongs, licky mats, or even better, hidden around the house etc. as nose work tires them out mentally and makes them more likely to settle.) Also, remember wildlife and put shallow bowls of water out for them. 🙂
I see a lot of electric scooters/bikes sitting around the streets some sponsored and allowed by local councils, will they be impacted by the extreme heat - Fires/explosions?
this chap is my FAVOURITE uk weatherman !!.i went down the hill shops today it made me feel ill. im going to hide for 3 days !!.i HATE … ANY kind of extreme weather.!!!!!.
Must say - my bungalow is very well insulated - and that actually makes it much cooler in the day when it is hot like this (although I suspect it traps the heat in the roof insulation and releases that slowly overnight). Keeping curtains shut helps, but on the continent they have shutters on the outside because they don't trap heat. But curtains are better than no curtains - a bit like desert people have several layers of cloth to keep their body cooler than the outside temps (or at body temperature at least). White clothes also help to keep one cooler. Very lightweight materials like silk, bamboo and hemp allow the skin to breathe - and perspiration evaporates faster off those (which also helps cooling if there's even the slightest wind).
1976 was hot and dry for all of June, July and August....3 months worth. The Government even appointed a Minister for Drought. We were advised to "Take a bath with a friend" and water our plants with that water, afterwards.
@@c4715 No it was genuine advice, there was a massive drought and water standpipes were in the street. We carried bucketfuls to the house. We were brought up differently back then. You were taught to get on with things and cope without all the drama.
@@LittleCarol I vaguely remember the standpipes in the street during a drought during the early 90's (in my childhood), but it mustn't have got as drastic as that.
1976 was several degrees cooler at its worst, even though the drought was very prolonged. We have had drought conditions in West Wales for most of the time since early April, though.
@@alayneperrott9693 I live in Wales. And yes the summer of '76 was several degrees cooler...but it went on for 3 months. The hot, dry, weather, was something, for those of us who lived through it, we will never forget.
High temps here in France has affected our power supplies in the past. That was in rural France when I have a feeling it wasn;t a modernised connection. The heat has affected out Internet connection also in the past.
After watching BBC weather forecasts for over 40 years, seeing 40C on the map is rather alien. It’s up there with Jan 1987 and Feb 1991 with snow and -7 daytime maxes as a historic extremity. Rather interesting of note is that the max temp record could potentially be broken yet again. 2003, 2019 and now 2022 is definitely a trend of a warming climate in Britain.
What you did there (whether you're aware of it, or not) is called obfuscation. There has been no change in UK average temperatures in summer for the last 367 years. This is the Met Office's own data. The UK's temp has risen...but not summer's. A one-off, like this week is called weather.
Wait until winter when the government will be rationing energy and then you’ll be crying about the cold but at least you might finally wake up to what’s really going on.
I've got several containers filled with water in the freezer, re-hydration salts ready and baby wipes in the fridge. Tinfoil is cut and ready to go on the windows. If there's anything else I can do... PLMK.
Do you notice that it’s only red alert in the areas that are extremely built up. The local governments need to stop with the increased urbanisation because this is the outcome.
Will it be hotter than Pakistan and India where it continues to stay hot during the summer months. The temperatures will be unbelievable in the next few days. 40C first time in UK.
LOL I'm from Texas right now we have temperatures of 110° with 85 to 95% humidity LOL your temperature is in Britain right now are like spring time here in Texas I'd be having so much fun
The difference is that this heatwave will be hotter. About 4 degrees Celsius hotter. This temperature is on the threshold of what the human body can physically function at.
@@davidjones4762 the irony is you probably don't have a clue about anything related to climatology. "ThEy ArE fRiGhTeNiNg" no, they are informing. If that frightens you then that my friend is your problem. FYI had my family and their pets stayed at home then it would have been very likely to result in a fatality whether it be them or their pets. Fortunately they knew it was coming and left their home and the area.
@@davidjones4762 How am I frightened Dave? I'm sitting in the sun after working in a very hot kitchen. I don't think I would have done that if I was frightened 😂🤔
The fire brigade truck along with the ambulance crew if possible police officers red Cross and the necessary people involved in the event of any problems should be on stand by thank you
No, that INCREASES humidity. A higher humidity doesn't affect temps, but it makes it feel hotter, not cooler. You know that there were some old ladies who used to wipe warts with bacon, then bury the bacon in the garden. Do you believe them, too?
I'd also warn people about low level ozone and other pollutants from industry and transport in weather like this. On the Mendip hills one can see the pollution hanging like a fog/haze on the Somerset Levels.
Give us a fear break, that's warm but NOT hot. If it was reaching 40 that would be hot! Silly over reaction colours on the charts too to make you think the whole of the uk is burning up! Ridiculous.
Wasn't a silly overreaction and the colours on the chart was spot on, i lost someone close to me because of them few days off extreme heat, lets hope it doesn't happen this year.
I don’t care I will just go in the sun it is hardly Dubai. Plus the uv won’t even be that high so I’m just gonna go in the sun and not careless if people tell me to get out.
Jonathan willttes why it's so hot round the world how long is this going to how is how long does it take to cool down around the world I have been to Redditch today it was so hot today I walked outside an outside I had to drive to Redditch today madiba care shaff Jonathan willttes cal sahff and I am sitting at home now I am sweating my body staff is not with what do you say could you could you help please thank you from Jonathan willttes Kimy
It will be bad for our lives as well now we all need to use sun cream to get some ice cold drinks for our people to see what is going on with our advice about the heat conditions for our own health
40 looks scary over England
That's the idea - it's why they paint the picture of England in dark red, and it's why they put a darkened photo of a masked nurse staring at the camera on the sides of buses. It's called The Politics Of Fear. It's intentional to scare you, and it's done all the time. It's why they put tanks at Heathrow when terrorism was at a high (utterly pointless). It's all done to scare you, and with you and people like you, it works. Ask yourself how many global scares there have been in the past 30 years - bird flu, mad cow disease, ozone hole, global warming... How many people have died from these global outbreaks?
Don't leave children or pets in the car, even for a moment.
Leave out water for pets and wildlife. Birdlife will also struggle in 35-40C temps and water will assist their survival
Bring your pets inside.
Stay hydrated.
Advice from Australia
I’m not watering birds. If they die they die.
My cats don’t give af about the weather
@@nomnomnommy2955 Gods watching yk
Really concerned about the lack of water this year, I've seen photos of some of the reseverois in the North West and their worrying low.
Thank you very much for all the information it’s much appreciated and we can try to make provisions for the very hot 🥵 days ahead and make sure our children, selves, pets, and wildlife have plenty of water, take care everyone
Urban heat island effect is most pronounced at night when all the built environment surfaces radiate out the heat accumulated during the day. There is also less atmospheric mixing at night to convect this heat away from the surface.
That's why I don't sleep until the morning or camp outside. It's actually cooler to sleep in a tent outside than to be stuck in a building radiating heat until 3am
How to keep yourself cool: live in the Highlands!
Don't forget to keep pets hydrated, and same for wild animals if you can
I always do. For all kind of animals.
Seville in Spain reached 50 C yesterday, which is just absurd
I've seen the temperatures in Spain, Portugal and France. Of course seeing the forecast is nothing compared to feeling the forecast. Best wishes.
@@travellingtom6091 Yes it is. As far as I know at least, it was on the news
Nowhere in the Spanish geography has a temperature of 50 degrees been officially recorded. The highest temperature recorded was 47.4°C in Montoro, near Cordoba city the last year. I'm Spanish
@@jositops15 So the news we saw on national television was just not true? They even showed a clip from the city where one of the temperature displays showed 50
@@michaelespeland Never trust those street hour/temp displays, since most of them are directly exposed to the sunshine. They're metallic and dark, so they will get very, very hot. Temperature is always measured in the shade with specialized instruments
A emergency bank holiday should be declared....stay home, stay safe
Everybody should be able to work from home on Monday and Tuesday. Nurses and doctors can stay in the hospitals, in their air condition units so they do not suffer. Shops can shut and everybody should go round and look after their elderly neighbours.
I say that every weekend
It’s normal in USA LMAO
@@JAMYJIM Most of us here have never experience such heat. I look after two elderly ladies and I am very worried about them. When Wednesday night comes, I know we have safely sailed through this heatwave.
Do remember we have no air conditioning here and we have to cope with the heat naturally.
@@JAMYJIM this isn't OOSA 😆
Dogs - please remember that no dog died from missing a walk but many have died from walks in hot weather. Most people are sensible enough to know that dogs die in hot cars, but actually 72% of heat related deaths are from dogs being exercised in hot weather. My dogs are either walked about 6am when it's cooler or on days when it's still too hot then, they will not be walked at all. Yes, I'm a dog trainer and I'm saying for the next few days unless it's cool at 6am, do not walk your dog. (They'll probably be too hot to want to do much but if they are pestering for 'activity' you can use their daily food to put into kongs, licky mats, or even better, hidden around the house etc. as nose work tires them out mentally and makes them more likely to settle.) Also, remember wildlife and put shallow bowls of water out for them. 🙂
Hot weather during the summer months who'd thought that would happen
I see a lot of electric scooters/bikes sitting around the streets some sponsored and allowed by local councils, will they be impacted by the extreme heat - Fires/explosions?
this chap is my FAVOURITE uk weatherman !!.i went down the hill shops today it made me feel ill. im going to hide for 3 days !!.i HATE … ANY kind of extreme weather.!!!!!.
Bloody hell. The longest weather forecast I have seen. I think now you can go to Guinness record for registry.
47,0 in Portugal was a hottest day in July. The absolute temp record (47,4C) from 1 August 2003 is still unbroken.
🥵 That's brutal
Must say - my bungalow is very well insulated - and that actually makes it much cooler in the day when it is hot like this (although I suspect it traps the heat in the roof insulation and releases that slowly overnight).
Keeping curtains shut helps, but on the continent they have shutters on the outside because they don't trap heat. But curtains are better than no curtains - a bit like desert people have several layers of cloth to keep their body cooler than the outside temps (or at body temperature at least). White clothes also help to keep one cooler. Very lightweight materials like silk, bamboo and hemp allow the skin to breathe - and perspiration evaporates faster off those (which also helps cooling if there's even the slightest wind).
Leave a bowl of water in your Garden for the birds in your gardens people
1976 was hot and dry for all of June, July and August....3 months worth. The Government even appointed a Minister for Drought. We were advised to "Take a bath with a friend" and water our plants with that water, afterwards.
"take a bath with a friend" is amazing! Was that tongue in cheek?
@@c4715 No it was genuine advice, there was a massive drought and water standpipes were in the street. We carried bucketfuls to the house. We were brought up differently back then. You were taught to get on with things and cope without all the drama.
@@LittleCarol I vaguely remember the standpipes in the street during a drought during the early 90's (in my childhood), but it mustn't have got as drastic as that.
1976 was several degrees cooler at its worst, even though the drought was very prolonged. We have had drought conditions in West Wales for most of the time since early April, though.
@@alayneperrott9693 I live in Wales. And yes the summer of '76 was several degrees cooler...but it went on for 3 months. The hot, dry, weather, was something, for those of us who lived through it, we will never forget.
High temps here in France has affected our power supplies in the past. That was in rural France when I have a feeling it wasn;t a modernised connection. The heat has affected out Internet connection also in the past.
Excellent in-depth presentation from Aidan and the Met Office,very useful thank you!
he's so well spoken, such a posh boy
After watching BBC weather forecasts for over 40 years, seeing 40C on the map is rather alien.
It’s up there with Jan 1987 and Feb 1991 with snow and -7 daytime maxes as a historic extremity.
Rather interesting of note is that the max temp record could potentially be broken yet again. 2003, 2019 and now 2022 is definitely a trend of a warming climate in Britain.
I wish it was -7 now 🥵
What you did there (whether you're aware of it, or not) is called obfuscation. There has been no change in UK average temperatures in summer for the last 367 years. This is the Met Office's own data. The UK's temp has risen...but not summer's. A one-off, like this week is called weather.
Wait until winter when the government will be rationing energy and then you’ll be crying about the cold but at least you might finally wake up to what’s really going on.
I've got several containers filled with water in the freezer, re-hydration salts ready and baby wipes in the fridge. Tinfoil is cut and ready to go on the windows. If there's anything else I can do... PLMK.
Ill be honest all i saw was the joel pfp
Are we looking at another high building in towards next weekend and beyond Tim Farnborough hants
Salads will be most definitely on the menue for many in the next few days !
Not for me
Cold shower or at least cold water on feet, arms and head. Cool the major arteries.
i checked the weather for london and it said on tuesday it said 41c
Love these shows, great work Aidan.
what a great presenter
Thank You Aidan.
Do you notice that it’s only red alert in the areas that are extremely built up. The local governments need to stop with the increased urbanisation because this is the outcome.
More trees are necessary. So many streets are bare and also ugly without trees. Trees cool a place down.
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We should be able to stay of school, for The 2 days before I break up from school
never have i wanted to move to the shetland islands more than i did during this heatwave. 17 degrees whilst the rest of us were melting
Will it be hotter than Pakistan and India where it continues to stay hot during the summer months. The temperatures will be unbelievable in the next few days. 40C first time in UK.
will lightening be violent
LOL I'm from Texas right now we have temperatures of 110° with 85 to 95% humidity LOL your temperature is in Britain right now are like spring time here in Texas I'd be having so much fun
@@bearmama8187 well now you know why us Americans invented it LOL and US Texans apply it liberally because if you don't you could die
We american
In 1976 it was very hot 🔥 it was a fantastic summer ☀️ 😊😅
I can’t believe it hotter in London than here in Houston Texas , please stay cool , drink lots of water
I see the thunderstorms could be in Scotland instead
Portugals hottest day on record wasn't yesterday, they had 47.4 degrees before which was hotter
And still get more rain than london
Can I ask what the difference is between the heatwave of 76 to now I remember round about 36 in our area
The difference is that this heatwave will be hotter. About 4 degrees Celsius hotter.
This temperature is on the threshold of what the human body can physically function at.
the media didn't frighten people back then
@@davidjones4762 the irony is you probably don't have a clue about anything related to climatology.
"ThEy ArE fRiGhTeNiNg" no, they are informing. If that frightens you then that my friend is your problem.
FYI had my family and their pets stayed at home then it would have been very likely to result in a fatality whether it be them or their pets. Fortunately they knew it was coming and left their home and the area.
@@jackchurcher4348 so your one of the frightened ones it's ok
@@davidjones4762 How am I frightened Dave? I'm sitting in the sun after working in a very hot kitchen. I don't think I would have done that if I was frightened 😂🤔
Anybody watching this in December 2022 and wishing this weather was back?
Roads melting
Nice stream
The fire brigade truck along with the ambulance crew if possible police officers red Cross and the necessary people involved in the event of any problems should be on stand by thank you
Old nurses in Germany told me to wet bed sheets and hang them in front of open window! It's keeping rooms cooler
No, that INCREASES humidity. A higher humidity doesn't affect temps, but it makes it feel hotter, not cooler. You know that there were some old ladies who used to wipe warts with bacon, then bury the bacon in the garden. Do you believe them, too?
They told me to do that with my underwear, it works but it smells a bit… shittay
@@jimskirtt5717 where is the bacon, im peckish
@@nomnomnommy2955
Try the vegan ones.
I am utting one arm in a bowl of cold water, cause if one part of the body is cooler the whole body is cooling down
I'd also warn people about low level ozone and other pollutants from industry and transport in weather like this. On the Mendip hills one can see the pollution hanging like a fog/haze on the Somerset Levels.
I didn’t know that.
I live in Southport. I have had one day of warm weather. I have two jackets. On because I'm cold. Wednesday 20th July 2022
This video auto-aimed when I was sleeping surprisingly interesting
So I received a Met Office “live” video and for a moment I’m like whaaaaattttttt!!!!
Then oh…🤷
2019 was very very hot & dry
i love the weather
47C is mentioned at 8:33
People start talking at 8:58
Stay Safe Everyone
my met office app says for tuesday 36 no 40 and im in the red zone??
It's a rough estimate
I think I will set up my tent in the garden and sleep in there with my Dog.
It's 2023 July 14th 17 deg grey wet opposite from last year
Look at the weather in Newzland more aravge ran fall it quite entertaining what is happening with the jet stream
i love all weather
Hopefully we will escape the rancid heat.
Mon n Tue I will live in shower with cold water 🫤 that what I can doo
And get here in Ireland we cant get above 33c 😢
Massive sun
Insulated homes mean it keeps the heat in and the cold/heat out. Its quite simple
Yes in UK it is 38c so hot 🔥🔥🌡🌡
england current record high temperature is 39.8c 25th july 2019
It was 38.7°C
i am so warm
In my country this is considered very cold unfortunately.
South Africa?
Are you from the Sun?
Temperature of whether.....energy factor
Give us a fear break, that's warm but NOT hot. If it was reaching 40 that would be hot! Silly over reaction colours on the charts too to make you think the whole of the uk is burning up! Ridiculous.
Wasn't a silly overreaction and the colours on the chart was spot on, i lost someone close to me because of them few days off extreme heat, lets hope it doesn't happen this year.
i really want it to hit 45c for england
Why?
So you want to die.
A very selfish thought
@@alayneperrott9693 Lmao scared?
Why on earth were people asking him if schools were likely to be closed?
Because 90% of the people are planks.
@@jimskirtt5717 you couldn't be more right
greetings what about moisture content
You forgot 'no alcohol ' because it can be a killer in hot temperatures
How can i lie on the floor? Double hip replaced pelvis reconstructed athritis in hands you try lie in floor duh!
Bro why you so pressed, how he gonna know
Hi I am from india
Hello Met office can you issue a Red weather warning of Extreme heat please
Tell me this is a joke
Warm drinks on hot day to not drop core body temp or your system thinks ya cold and tries to warm you up even more
this is why i hate summer ye, heat kinda rewd innit.
About 22.38 in see something waft across the screen....above his head...
I don’t care I will just go in the sun it is hardly Dubai. Plus the uv won’t even be that high so I’m just gonna go in the sun and not careless if people tell me to get out.
I'm glad I live on the south coast!
Bbc flogg it to death , just use common sense.
Its called summer.
Why is north Scotland so cooler
I really miss common sence
Jonathan willttes why it's so hot round the world how long is this going to how is how long does it take to cool down around the world I have been to Redditch today it was so hot today I walked outside an outside I had to drive to Redditch today madiba care shaff Jonathan willttes cal sahff and I am sitting at home now I am sweating my body staff is not with what do you say could you could you help please thank you from Jonathan willttes Kimy
In Iraq we reached 60 C⁰ 😂😂
Can't wait...
global warming,,,,, crikey , try and stay cool people
Well...last time temperatures rapidly rose...we had an ice age so heres hoping
It will be bad for our lives as well now we all need to use sun cream to get some ice cold drinks for our people to see what is going on with our advice about the heat conditions for our own health
Time for the I-Need-to-stay-off-work shirkers!
I experienced 38C in Rome Cordoba Seville and I sailed thru it with flying colours 40 degrees bring it on lol
So you complain when it rains but complain when it’s the opposite, lol stop being scared, it’s not even that hot I’m from Turkey I’m used to it
Thanks Trump
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