Santa Pod Raceway (Bedford) weather

Headline:

Fine with sunshine. Very warm for many.

Today:

Early mist patches soon dispersing to leave a fine day with lengthy periods of sunshine. Becoming very warm for many later, with generally light winds. Maximum temperature 26 °C.

Tonight:

Fine during the evening, with late sunny then clear periods. A few mist patches may develop inland later given the light winds. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Tuesday:

Early mist should soon disperse to leave another fine and very warm day, with plenty of sunshine and light winds. Becoming a little cloudier in the north into the evening. Maximum temperature 27 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Fine and increasingly hot through this period, with temperatures climbing by both day and night while winds remain light.

Very warm or hot conditions will likely be the focus of the weather over the weekend and into the start of next week. Temperatures could remain in the low thirties of Celsius across parts of England, with a small chance of approaching mid thirties in some places. Heatwave thresholds may continue to be exceeded across parts of the UK at first. Temperatures overnight will also be very warm and perhaps humid for much of the UK. Across the west of the British Isles, cloudier conditions could bring showers with the odd lightning flash. Winds will also be light for most, and moderate around coasts further west. From early mid week, signs are the heat will ease, with rain and showers, and less hot conditions, perhaps moving in from the west.

A broad northwest to southeast split is likely during this period. The wettest and windiest conditions are expected to be in the northwest, with a risk of some heavy rain at times. More settled in the southeast with conditions drier overall, although some rain may spread across from the north or west at times and there is a risk of isolated heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. Temperatures are expected to be near to or above normal, perhaps with some hot spells in the southeast.