Scotland's scorching 32C heatwave to come crashing to a halt as thunder and lightning hits this week
STORM WARNING Scotland's scorching 32C heatwave to come crashing to a halt as thunder and lightning hits this week
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SCOTLAND'S scorching 32C heatwave is set to come to a crashing halt ahead of thunder and lightning storms.
The Met Office is forecasting heavy rain tomorrow in Glasgow and Edinburgh with highs of 19C.
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Hundreds flocked to Troon Beach over the weekend to catch some rays
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Glasgow was hit with storms earlier this month as shoppers took cover
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Temperatures are due to drop slightly as the UK passes the peak of its third heatwave this summer.
The mercury soared on Saturday, with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all recording their warmest day of the year so far.
The Met Office said Aviemore hit 32.2C, adding that Scotland last exceeded 30C on June 13 2023, and that Saturday is only the seventh time since at least 1961 that the same high has been recorded in the country.
Meanwhile, it was 30C in Magilligan, marking the first time the milestone had been reached in Northern Ireland since July 18 2022.
And temperatures in Wales hiked to 33.1C in Cardiff's Bute Park, beating the 2025 record set on Friday of 32.4C at the same location.
Although England was also hot, with maximum temperatures also hitting 33.1C in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, it did not break the country's current record for the year of 35.8C - recorded in Kent at the beginning of July.
Temperatures are forecast to dip marginally on Sunday, with possible highs of 31C, before Monday brings some relief from the baking heat.
Met Office meteorologist Kathryn Chalk said: "While we've seen the peak of the heat in this heatwave through today it's still going to be very warm on Sunday before turning cooler for many of us on Monday.
"So we've got this ridge of high pressure extending across the UK, helping to keep things settled, but out towards the west an area of low pressure moving through Sunday night and into Monday.
"So if you're not a fan of the heat temperatures will be falling away but also bringing some heavy spells of rain, or welcome rainfall, for many of us."
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Tennis fans will continue to grapple with the heat at Wimbledon following a few days where spectators needed medical attention amid high temperatures.
Meanwhile, Scottish fire crews spent a second day tackling a wildfire in Perth near the M90 in the Craigend area, as an "extreme" wildfire warning is in place for much of the nation.
Elsewhere, a man died after getting into trouble while in Loch Lomond on the hottest day of the year.
In an unrelated death, a 15-year-old boy's body was pulled from the River Kelvin in Glasgow after he got into trouble in the water.
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Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, was busy due to the warm weather
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And a biker has died after a horror six-vehicle crash on a Scots road.
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