Chief meteorologist at the Met Office Paul Davies told Sky News he had never seen weather maps like the ones in circulation today. Mr Davies also has an ominous warning that this is how UK summers could play out in the future. It comes as the UK looks set to see its all-time record temperature of 38.7C smashed either today or tomorrow. Mr Davies said: “Tomorrow is the day we’re really worried about. There’s a good chance now we’ll get to 40 or 41C. “I’ve been a meteorologist for about 30 years and I’ve never seen the charts I’ve seen today. “As a meteorologist, to see the brutality of the heat we’re expecting tomorrow is pretty amazing.” Mr Davies said “this unprecedented heat could be commonplace by the end of the century”. He added that “we have to be prepared that this could be what summers are like” because “this is completely consistent with climate change to get to 40 degrees in the UK”. With temperatures peaking at midnight, Mr Davies warned of an extremely hot night tonight. He warned that overnight temperatures in London could exceed 25 degrees Celsius and this is the most dangerous to health. “During the night I would recommend that you try any way you can to cool off.”
