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Heatwave Alerts

A Heat-Health Watch system, running from 1 June to 15 September and based on Met Office forecasts, will trigger levels of response from the Department of Health and other bodies.

• Green - Awareness – summer preparedness and long term planning
• Yellow - Alert & Readiness - Triggered as soon as the risk is 60% or above for threshold temperatures being reached in one or more regions on at least two consecutive days and the intervening night. 
• Amber - Heatwave Action  – Triggered when the Met Office confirms threshold temperatures for one or more regions have been reached for one day and the following night, and the forecast for the next day is greater than 90% confidence that the day threshold will be met. 
• Red – Emergency – Reached when a heatwave is so severe and/or prolonged that its effects extend outside the health and social care system.

 

For more information on heatwaves or other severe weather events visit the emergency advice| section of the website.