BOURNEMOUTH was part of a “very limited” part of the south coast to have a mid-September heatwave after three days of hot conditions, the Met Office has said.
According to forecasters, a heatwave can only be declared when an area sees three consecutive days of temperatures above a certain threshold.
Temperatures soared across southern parts of the country earlier this week, Met Office meteorologist Matthew Box said the mercury level reached 26.8C at Hurn on Wednesday.
“At the moment it looks like pretty limited heatwave criteria has been met really, limited really almost just to the south coast, or parts of the south coast,” Mr Box said on Wednesday afternoon.
“Areas around Bournemouth have met that criteria.”
Settled conditions will continue through Friday and into the weekend, but by Saturday afternoon there could be some showers in southern counties of England.
Sunday will be cloudier with potentially heavy rain outbreaks for some southern counties, but elsewhere across the UK it will be mainly dry with sunny spells.
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