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Drivers are being urged to close the air vents in their car this weekend during the recent climate – in a bid to cool your car down.

In truth, the climate goes to keep heat all by way of subsequent week, solely dipping down to a more manageable 23C by subsequent Thursday.

With the UK in the grip of a baking heatwave this week and temperatures circling round 30C to 34C on the most well liked days, driving can develop into a tough expertise. Sitting in a sizzling car below a windscreen being baked by the solar is much from preferrred, and drivers are all the time searching for methods to keep cool in the sunny circumstances.

It would possibly sound counterintuitive however one methodology to keep your car cool includes closing the air vents.

Drivers are being told to close the highest air vents, and open the underside ones as an alternative.

This is as a result of heat rises – so sticking the decrease vents on as an alternative of greater ones forces sizzling air out of the car.

Breakdown specialists on the RAC stated: “Heat rises, so it makes sense to blast the cooler, air-conditioned air into the footwells, forcing the hot air already inside the car upwards and out of the open windows.

“Shut off the higher vents on the dashboard and on the base of the windscreen in order that the total stream of air into the car is directed upwards.”

Once the aircon has got nice and cold, you should close your windows and switch to circulated air. Then, you can open the top vents again as desired.

Other ways to keep your car cool include putting a blanket over the windscreen, and parking in shaded spots, such as under trees.

This is because of the ‘greenhouse effect’ which makes your car hotter when the sun shines through windows, which can be mitigated if windows are covered up or out of direct sunlight.

Otherwise, leaving your window open during the worst of the sunshine, and covering up your sunroof, can all help.

The Met Office says temperatures will peak at 25C in London on Saturday all the way to Tuesday, before dropping to 24C on Wednesday and finally easing slightly to 23C on Thursday, August 21.

The Met Office says in its forecast for Sunday to Tuesday: “Generally heat, settled and dry, although quite cloudy, particularly alongside the coast. Low cloud spreading inland during the evening, however developing breaks by day. Best of the sunshine probably inland.”