The Isle of Wight will bask in glorious summer sunshine over the next week with a heatwave leading to temperatures in the region of 33c in places by Saturday.
IW Met Service says that the Island will see the mercury sitting in the high 20s and low 30s from tomorrow until at least next Thursday (13th August), although things will ‘cool’ slightly to around 28c on Sunday into Monday.
Today has been a little overcast and windy but things will really heat up over the coming 24 hours with tomorrow afternoon feeling uncomfortably hot – the humidity is expected to be around 90%. The wind is set to decrease as the week goes on.
Towns such as Newport and Cowes are expected to be the hottest on the Island, with central and northwestern parts of the garden Isle expected to nudge above 32c at the weekend, prompting a Level 5 heat alert being issued. Of course, the temperature may be slightly less on the coast.
Early indications suggest that the heat may well stick with us, in varying degrees, until at least 28th August.
Islanders should shade or cover windows exposed to direct sunlight and turn off lights or electrical items that are not in use to stay as cool as possible. Other top ways for staying safe when the heat arrives are to:
- Look out for others, especially older people, young children and babies and those with underlying health conditions (keeping COVID-safe)
- Drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess alcohol
- Never leave anyone in a closed/parked vehicle, especially infants, young children or animals
- Try to keep out of the sun between 11:00 to 15:00
- Take care and follow local safety advice if you are going into the water to cool down
- Walk in the shade, apply sunscreen and wear a hat if you have to go out in the heat
- Avoid physical exertion in the hottest parts of the day
- Wear light, loose-fitting cotton clothes
- Make sure you take water with you if you are travelling
For more safety information visit https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather/.
If you or someone else is in difficulty on the coast or at sea, or if you spot what you think may be unexploded ordnance, then dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Further safety information can be found at https://coastguardsafety.campaign.gov.uk/.
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Whoohooooooo!
Good news for the Island tourist industry .get some late cash into the tills and hopefully survive the off season .
Agree, the more the merrier.
Money is not everything if you haven’t got your health
Still gotta pay the bills though .
Oh no. More covid carriers invading the Island. Time to raise the drawbridge.
W@nker
That’s not very nice, Sun lover. Try not to write the first thing that comes into your head.
Even in normal times, we do not want all these people invading our Island. Families, yes for an old fashioned beach holiday. But we appear to be attracting riff raff. I.E, IoW festival, motor cycling racing, scooter rallies, motor cross etc.
Bigot.
Pete, you are a drag. Have a word with yourself. Do you really want to spend your life being such a negative a-hole?
Pete, sir. It’s those with the North Face cagools, deck shoes (no boat, of course), and Ray Bans on their heads who I object to. All standing outside estate agents’ windows muttering about half a million for a four bedroom family house being ‘absolutely nothing, Tarquin… Complete pence!’ I am with you, matey. It’s hard holding on to one’s home and livelihood with terrorists, sorry, tourists like that about, and a grasping council that wants to rip land away from farmers, travellers, our children, and anybody else who likes a green space, as they don’t care because they’ll be dead from a heart attack in a few years due to the hospitality excesses they have enjoyed on foreign jollies we, the taxpayers, sent ’em on!
Councillor Pugwash Stewart on the wireless yesterday said that our beaches are great, tourists are welcomed by all Islanders, please come and have a wonderful time in safety because we are ‘Good to go’! So, the Isle of Purity has vanquished Covid-19? Must be the sea air and sun…
Mayor Larry Vaughn in Jaws said, ‘I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means “friendship”.’