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On November 28, 2024 local time, iPhone users in the UK received multiple severe weather alerts, including a 'very hot' warning issued by the UK Met Office . However, the outside temperature was only 39 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), causing confusion for iPhone users.

British iPhone users sent alerts of 'severe high temperatures' of 39F - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/29/british-iphone-users-sent-alerts-of-severe-high-temperatures-of-39f/



At 10:46 local time on November 28, 2024, an iPhone user in the UK received a 'Severe Weather' warning notification. The details of the notification are as follows: 'Severe High Temperatures Warnings', and the detailed description reads 'Test warning Y without WSID. Details are at https://metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings '. The URL in the detailed description is a page that lists weather warnings published by the UK Met Office.



After receiving this notification, user @hiimxyz wrote, 'Is the temperature high? Really?' and posted a screenshot showing that the temperature on that day was 4 degrees.




Another X user, @futureseeing, wrote: 'Checked the weather forecast to decide when to take my dog out and saw it was 5 degrees outside and there was a severe weather warning - 'Extremely Heat Warning' from the Met Office. The light rain stopped after about 10 minutes so I headed out in my t-shirt.'




According to the BBC report , the alert was issued by the UK Met Office, but it was sent via a weather aggregator that sends weather alerts to various devices, including Apple devices, and it appears that the notification was not originally intended to be sent to iPhones of ordinary users. Regarding the reason for the error in this test, the BBC reported, 'It is believed to have occurred during the calculation process.'

A Met Office spokesperson told the BBC: 'We are aware of an issue where test weather warnings are being displayed on some websites and apps. We are working with our partners to have these test warnings removed and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.'

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