A "heat dome" is on the horizon for Brits this summer as an El Nino weather wave promises stonking heatwave temperatures of up to 40C in just a few weeks.

According to the Daily Mirror, the UK is increasingly likely to enter into another period of hot conditions in July and August, with temperatures rivalling an exceedingly warm June.

The middle to late July, combined with early to mid-August, is traditionally the warmest period, and the effects of the global El Nino phenomenon is likely to make 2023 another scorcher.

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Global temperatures are breaking records, owing to the Pacific Ocean cyclical warming, warned Jim Dale, the senior meteorological consultant at British Weather Services.

He said that in the UK, there was "every chance" that the country would beat this year's previous high temperature of 32.2C as the summer progresses.

He commented "The heat is not all over yet. It is for now – we've got two weeks of general temperate weather coming.

"But we've still got the rest of July, and then we go into the traditional hottest spell of the year – the first two weeks of August.

"With an El Nino starting to get the ball rolling, as far as the global effects are concerned, it could mean we go back into a heat dome again just as we go into those six to eight weeks of August and end of July.

"We could easily get those heat spikes again from North Africa. There's every chance of beating the 32.2C from earlier this year; that would be a good peak in any normal year.

"But there's also every chance we'll break the 35C mark in the second week of July and August. That's a 50:50 chance.

"The 40C is more likely in August than in July. But there's everything to play for as far as the summer is concerned."

He added that xthere are also huge spikes in temperatures across the world at the moment, with Spain, Texas, the Far East, the Middle East and North Africa all enduring excruciating heatwaves currently.

Countries that typically have their winter seasons in July and August are still experiencing "silly temperatures", with some regions seeing 30C overnight

But, Jim also warned that some thunderstorms were likely this summer, adding: "When you get hot weather that's building up over two or three days, it tends to end in a thunderstorm," adding: "Give ourselves a week, and we might see a bit more of that before we go back into the proper heat."

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