The upper air pattern remains the same with the trough supplying cool and showery weather to the UK, while a downstream ridge keeps the blowtorch going across South and East Europe. The extreme heat remains relentless over southern Spain (44.7C in Cordoba yesterday), southern France (41C), Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy and the Balkans (42C) with widespread mid to upper 30s, low 40s.

RED ALERTS are in place across a large area due to the ongoing intense heat.

https://twitter.com/WMO/status/893423543400239104

https://twitter.com/AP/status/893795973079715843

https://twitter.com/MikkiL/status/893806088998580224

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/893720461023956992

Sahara dust has been blowing off Africa and streaming across southern Spain, the Balearics, Italy and Balkans, another reminder of where this extreme air mass is coming from.

With an astonishing 33.6C minimum, temperatures by day have reached a record breaking 42.5C in Mallorca.

https://twitter.com/AEMET_Baleares/status/892650181937836032

https://twitter.com/AEMET_Baleares/status/893412411507699712

This air mass is exceptionally warm and deep with the freezing level all the way to 17,000ft above Milan, Italy.

https://twitter.com/MeteoGib/status/893424497566416896

Parts of SE France and Alpine Italy have witnessed their hottest August day.

https://twitter.com/l_garcelon/status/893555206553776128

https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/893580694353530880

The French Riviera resort of Montpellier recorded a new all-time record.

https://twitter.com/radiometeo/status/893542740025364481

The island of Corsica as well as parts of Croatia have witnessed new August records.

https://twitter.com/meteofrance/status/893505014852923392

https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/893561902500106240

https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/893249112874921985

 

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