With a funny video that contrasted parents’ efforts to keep their kids out of the sun with more lax childcare in the 1990s, a TikToker today made light of the oppressive heatwave.
With temperatures already rising above 35C (95F), this could be the hottest day on record for the nation.
Penny Endersby, the head of the Met Office, warned that due to the extreme heat today and tomorrow, temperatures could reach 43C. (109F).
However, well-known TikToker Jane Dowden, a mother, tried to make light of the hot problem with a sketch contrasting light-touch parenting methods from the 1990s with modern parents worrying about whether or not their kids have had enough water and sunscreen.
Another man used a table in a paddling pool as his new workstation when working from home, and he posted a video of it on Twitter.
One Twitter user made reference to the classic game Super Mario Brothers among other memes by tweeting a screenshot of it and writing, “Remember that stage in Super Mario 3 where the sun is trying to kill you?” Today is that.
Happy melty Monday, everyone, read a tweet from another Twitter user above a picture of the Wicked Witch of the West from the classic movie The Wizard of Oz.
A third Twitter user made fun of Beyonce’s appearance in a photo from her new album by writing, “Remember to dress appropriately for the harsh temperature conditions.” I’ve planned out my attire.
Mother Jane Dowden was heard saying: “It’s going to be really hot today, okay dear, you need lots of water” in the film comparing the anxious mothers of today to the more laid-back parents of the 1990s.
She is then heard screaming in terror about sunscreen, “Oh my my! We only have factor 30!
In her portrayal of a 90s mother, she lathers herself in olive oil and says, “Cool yourself down if you’re hot,” before tossing a hose pipe on the ground.
In the meantime, Twitter user Jay Commins shared a video of his “commute” in which he can be seen strolling to his paddling pool while wearing swimming shorts and a vest.
He had put up a chair and a folding table there, where he was spotted using a laptop.
As commuters battled gridlock this morning and schools in places like Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, and Oxfordshire closed due to the high heat, social media users began posting memes.
The Hammersmith & City Line was totally shut down owing to “heat related restrictions,” and there was no Metropolitan line between Baker Street and Aldgate.
The District, Central, Bakerloo, and Jubilee lines on the Underground all experienced significant delays.
Transport for London advised all city residents to forgo unnecessary travel.
The UK will be hotter than Nassau, Bahamas (32C), Kingston, Jamaica (33C), Malaga, Spain (28C), Athens, Greece (35C), Albufeira, Portugal (28C), and Dakhla, Western Sahara (Dakhla) due to the intense heat (24C).
Paul Davies, the chief meteorologist at the Met Office, issued a warning that it will be difficult to fall asleep tonight due to the heat.
According to him, tonight will be quite oppressive, making it impossible to go asleep. He said this to Sky News.
And tomorrow is the day about which we are really worried because there is a good potential of reaching 40 or 41 degrees, along with all the health issues that go along with those higher temperatures.
He also asserted that the temperature increase is “absolutely consistent” with climate change and suggested that by the end of the century, the “brutality” of the heat may become the norm.
The meteorological charts Mr. Davies had seen today, he added, were “astounding” and unlike any he had seen in his 30-year career.
Climate change is completely consistent with this. We need that extra lift from human-induced climate change to reach 40 degrees in the UK,’ he said.
Well, in my roughly 30-year career as a meteorologist, I’ve never seen the charts I’ve seen today.
And the rate at which these unusually high temperatures are developing is somewhat consistent with what we said, but as a meteorologist, I must admit that the ferocity of the heat we’re anticipating tomorrow is quite astonishing.
And it really worries me and my fellow Met Office employees that by the end of the century, extreme heat like this one might become the norm.
Furthermore, Mr. Davies claimed that even colleagues from warm nations like Spain and Portugal had called the UK scenes “extraordinary.”
The top forecaster claimed that a “plume” of heat moving over Europe was having different effects in Britain.
According to him, the high temperatures are a result of both that plume and the heat that people are producing for themselves through their activities.
“I spoke with my colleagues over the weekend in Spain, Portugal, and France, and they agreed that this heat is unique.
They have experienced incredible temperatures and, as I said, the harshness of that impact.
“The heat that has been impacting Spain, Portugal, and France is different toward us in the UK,” the speaker said.
Therefore, the specific issues for tomorrow are being caused by the activities of that plume as well as by us producing our own heat.