Temperatures projected to be in the high 30s here in the East Midlands today. Still comfortable indoors at 10:30. We have the windows closed and the blinds down on the south side of the house.
Covered our small south facing window. Blind down in the kitchen and lounge curtains drawn. We have two large and one small tower fans moving the air around. Solar panels are paying for them ;D . Hoping to see close to 4kW being produced at some time during the day.
Great day for getting the holiday washing done!
I ignored the advice not to travel and made a four mile car journey to Tesco at Ashby. Unpleasant in the car, but outside it felt (at 1pm) like a typical summer day in Croatia or Montenegro. Not upsetting. Very nice and cool in Tesco of course.
Temperature in the house is higher than a couple of hours ago, but tolerable here on the ground floor.
Need the office air con today for sure.
Fortunately at home there is someone on hand to ensure the dog isn't too uncomfortable, but he looks fine, with the closed windows and curtains doing the trick. I popped in myself over lunch and even though it's obvious he's not enjoying the heat, he's showing no signs of suffering either.
Notable that even though 100F is apparently possible locally tomorrow, on Wednesday it will barely reach 70F.
And folk wonder why I insist on going to Greece every summer.
Was reasonably bearable until about 3 when suddenly the heat really hit. Now 34 in Mid Devon and too hot for me to sit out on the patio.
33deg c reached in Ireland today. 33.3 was reached in 1888 but there are doubts about that record due to mis calibration of the equipment concerned. So probably the hottest day ever recorded here. Went to the beach this morning and the cooling breeze made it very pleasant!
It's curbing my appetite somewhat, so hopefully Ill lose a few lbs...
Quote from: Matt2112 on July 18, 2022, 02:31:45 PMAnd folk wonder why I insist on going to Greece every summer.
To pump out more CO
2 to help raise UK temperatures?
35.5C in Chesterfield. It was warm. Forecast to go to about 41C tomorrow. Think I'll give cycling a miss.
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 18, 2022, 07:08:23 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on July 18, 2022, 02:31:45 PMAnd folk wonder why I insist on going to Greece every summer.
To pump out more CO2 to help raise UK temperatures?
To contribute to LBA's carbon-neutral programme. Everyone's a winner!
Been doing the ironing out on the patio to tonight, too warm inside (currently 28.2 degrees)
Quote from: Matt2112 on July 18, 2022, 08:34:59 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 18, 2022, 07:08:23 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on July 18, 2022, 02:31:45 PMAnd folk wonder why I insist on going to Greece every summer.
To pump out more CO2 to help raise UK temperatures?
To contribute to LBA's carbon-neutral programme. Everyone's a winner!
Carbon-neutral my arse. Green-washing bunch of gobshites :)
I love this sort of weather, the hotter the better for me. We won't get 40 degrees here in Blackpool tomorrow though, then Wednesday is back to 20 degrees - boo.
Went for a bike ride in the early evening. 36 degrees and the oncoming breeze felt like a hairdryer on a low setting, but it was tolerable. Took it easy, of course.
Rough night last night. Too hot to sleep.
Just took a walk down the road from the office to grab some lunch from "The Village Pantry"; by the way, they phoned our office to advise they are closing early, which was very good of them (and completely understandable).
According to BBC Weather, the current temp is 36C / 96F, but it must be borne in mind these are recordings from a "properly shaded thermometer"; the "feels like" temperature is given as 38C / 100F.
Sure enough, it does feel like weather familiar from summer jollies in and around the Med; but it's back to business as usual tomorrow.
I got permission to bring the dog into our nice, cool (and today sparsely populated) office, to give him some relief from these freakish conditions. Looking forward to be able to walk him for a bit tomorrow.
Rain here in Devon, sky black, bit like a sauna.
It's hit 100F in Chesterfield today. Didn't think I'd ever see that.
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 19, 2022, 02:55:37 PMIt's hit 100F in Chesterfield today. Didn't think I'd ever see that.
I see you had a large crop fire there. Get yerself in The Tramway Tavern!
36 today in mid wales. cooling down now.
Too hot for Squash.
Quote from: David L on July 19, 2022, 03:17:08 PMQuote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 19, 2022, 02:55:37 PMIt's hit 100F in Chesterfield today. Didn't think I'd ever see that.
I see you had a large crop fire there. Get yerself in The Tramway Tavern!
I'm not leaving the house, all the local roads are melting! I'm sitting in a dark corner with an ice pack on my head!
do you mean you have taken off the stupid hat, or is the ice under the hat? justa wondering.
Just been out its much cooler, watered the pot plants, they were dying.
The rain came and went with a clap of thunder, now back to baking hot
I've just checked the thermometer outside and it's plummeted to 25 degrees. Right, central heating and jumpers on.
Quote from: Rufus_the_dawg on July 19, 2022, 04:32:33 PM36 today in mid wales. cooling down now.
Too hot for Squash.
Apart from the orange or lemon varieties!
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 19, 2022, 02:55:37 PMIt's hit 100F in Chesterfield today. Didn't think I'd ever see that.
And look what it's done to that spire! Blimey. :o
Feels warmer here in my mancave / place of work than it did yesterday morning. But it's a lot cooler outside.
Walked the little Miss to school this morning and, have to say, the cooling westerly breeze felt very pleasant.
The forecast for the next few days looks similarly favourable - it's still t-shirt weather!
Back to normal here, overcast and drizzly. Still in my shorts though.
It was warmer in out house than yesterday, up from 26.5C to 27C, but I've managed to get it back to 25.5C now.
Was still about 25C outside on my ride this morning, but now down to 22C.
Glad that's over for another 3 years.
Still feels too warm in the house, even with windows open. I suspect the brickwork is still radiating heat accumulated from last night, like a Nightstor heater (remember those?)
I wonder what the record range of temperature difference is in the U.K. over 24 hrs?
Very odd weather today... nice blue sky.. with extremely gusty warm winds from the south...
Also bin day today so bins blown over all over the place and lots of plastic and tin cans flying about
Mild here today and no rain. 16C tomorrow here in the E Mids, allegedly and again no rain. Looks like big dollops of sunshine over the weekend. Nice.
It's not right. Almost mid-November and nary frost so far. Seemingly constant heavy rain showers for weeks and then breathless overnight, with very restless uncomfortable dogs despite windows left wide open. Bathroom towels drying quickly at the moment outside on the line due to a warmish blustery wind, followed by periods of dead still calm. Makes me wonder what's next for our seasons and how drastically nature will be affected. Doesn't seem to be concerning one of the neighbours though with their tumble dryer battering on every day, their plastic lawn and imitation falcon perched on a wall to deter small feathered visitors. Clowns.
Blowing so hard here it broke the clothes line earlier this morning... thankfully the wind now easing off
Just back from walking the dog on St Annes beach. A bit windy, but really warm - the car says 17 degrees.
Planning a walk on the North Devon coast tomorrow, what to wear is my main concern.
Horrible weather so far in the East Midlands this week. Very cold, gloomy and fog all day.
2111 posts James.
I'm not normally one for cold weather, but this past week the dog walks in the still, quiet, crisp, freezing nights, our village enhanced by patches of iced-up snow dustings and illuminated mini-Christmas trees sticking out from the front walls of houses, have been most enjoyable (once I got going...).
Yesterday the forecast suggested that the temperature would climb to 0C this afternoon. However the best I'm offered now is -1, between 1100 and 1500. It's -2 at the moment.
I like the cold weather - so long as it's sunny, but when it's dull and misty it puts a downer on things. Don't even feel like going out on the bike, especially as my fleeciest kit is currently hanging stiffly on the line.
I suppose this isn't weather exactly but you get sunset times on every weather forecast so hey.
This is a graph showing the change in sunset times in seconds from the earliest sunset to the latest.
(https://i.ibb.co/vct0YcS/Sunset-Changes.png)
So for example the highest point on the graph is Friday, Feb 10th - on that day, the sunset time is 116 seconds later than the previous day. Whereas, for example, on Jun 25th (the last data point) sunset occurs only one second later than on the 24th.
There's a curious outlier on March 26th when the graph takes a bit of a downward spike - I wonder if that's bad data. That apart though the curve is very consistent. You can see that the sunset time changes most each day during February.
Quote from: Slim on January 15, 2023, 11:09:57 PMThere's a curious outlier on March 26th when the graph takes a bit of a downward spike - I wonder if that's bad data. That apart though the curve is very consistent. You can see that the sunset time changes most each day during February.
The start of BST?
Quote from: pdw1 on January 16, 2023, 09:11:24 PMQuote from: Slim on January 15, 2023, 11:09:57 PMThere's a curious outlier on March 26th when the graph takes a bit of a downward spike - I wonder if that's bad data. That apart though the curve is very consistent. You can see that the sunset time changes most each day during February.
The start of BST?
Ah yes - that must have something to do with it. I don't quite see how but clearly it's too much of a coincidence not to be the case.
Woke up to a covering of snow this morning, which is hanging around even now - brrrr.
A steady fall of fine snow has left us with a pleasant-looking dusting today - however, tomorrow we'll be smack in the middle of an amber alert area, so expecting much heavier stuff to come.
Quote from: Matt2112 on March 08, 2023, 10:22:09 PMA steady fall of fine snow has left us with a pleasant-looking dusting today - however, tomorrow we'll be smack in the middle of an amber alert area, so expecting much heavier stuff to come.
Not at all unremarkable for March, of course, although the media would have you believe it is
Quote from: David L on March 08, 2023, 10:34:10 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on March 08, 2023, 10:22:09 PMA steady fall of fine snow has left us with a pleasant-looking dusting today - however, tomorrow we'll be smack in the middle of an amber alert area, so expecting much heavier stuff to come.
Not at all unremarkable for March, of course, although the media would have you believe it is
Quite; I remember waking up to a winter wonderland scene one April morning a few years ago, which nobody seemed to think was freakish at the time - still got the photo.
We are at altitude though, and it's also not unusual to look down from a snow-covered field down onto the (Happy) valley where there's barely a fleck.
Quote from: David L on March 08, 2023, 10:34:10 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on March 08, 2023, 10:22:09 PMA steady fall of fine snow has left us with a pleasant-looking dusting today - however, tomorrow we'll be smack in the middle of an amber alert area, so expecting much heavier stuff to come.
Not at all unremarkable for March, of course, although the media would have you believe it is
People have short memories.
March snow isn't unusual. Less common than it was, but not unusual.
My bithday is the end of April, there was 4" of snow on my 18th birthday and 2" on my 21st. Mind, the 21st is 39 years ago this year...
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on March 09, 2023, 10:32:16 AMQuote from: David L on March 08, 2023, 10:34:10 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on March 08, 2023, 10:22:09 PMA steady fall of fine snow has left us with a pleasant-looking dusting today - however, tomorrow we'll be smack in the middle of an amber alert area, so expecting much heavier stuff to come.
Not at all unremarkable for March, of course, although the media would have you believe it is
People have short memories.
March snow isn't unusual. Less common than it was, but not unusual.
My bithday is the end of April, there was 4" of snow on my 18th birthday and 2" on my 21st. Mind, the 21st is 39 years ago this year...
O to be sixty again. Without the lockdown of course.
Been bloody hot here in the Caribbean. Hope the snow's gone by the time we get back.
We got the dumping exactly as forecasted all of yesterday and through most of the night.
Today was the calm after the snowstorm though, with the clouds and winds gone and the blue sky and sunshine making for very picturesque winter scenes.
This morning a very kind soul from the neighbouring village shop shovelled away several inches of snow that was preventing me from getting the car off the drive.
There was slight thawing through the day, which meant I could drive the usual return journey home that utilises a cheeky back-street short cut. 🙂
It's shit..very wet ..windy cold dull.. thank god I'm heading to Lanzarote this weekend
Mammatus clouds filmed over Texas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65907292
Clouds are great
Quote from: Slim on March 10, 2023, 08:38:16 PMBeen bloody hot here in the Caribbean. Hope the snow's gone by the time we get back.
Bloody hot here now. A few clouds have rolled over this last hour or two though.
Thunderheads are rumbling, in a distant overture.
Over to the west though. Please come here and clear the air.
Weather has been glorious this week; i.e. very warm, sunny, refreshing mild breezes.
Sadly it's forecast to break on Sunday when the inevitable thunderstorms get to work.
Finally some rain over here after 5 weeks without. Forecast is thunderstorms, torrential rains. Let's see.
Yesterday afternoon the thunder and torrential rain finally arrived.
And today more grey clouds threatened rain but fortunately there's not been much forthcoming.
Forecast for the weekend looks more promising.
It rained! And it is still raining.
Should really post this in the what made me smile thread :-)
Rain most of today, heavy but not as dramatic as the weekend. Dry now.
Siled it down all morning, then most of the afternoon :(
Nice day today, very warm.
Still at peak sunset time here in NW Leics. Sun set at 9:33:57 tonight. It will set seven seconds later tomorrow night. Four seconds later than that on Saturday. Another second later on Sunday. Then it's downhill again.
Wow!!! Biblical downpour just now.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 08, 2023, 05:58:21 PMWow!!! Biblical downpour just now.
Same here. Positively Noachian. Looked out across the field behind us and it looked like fog.
Here, there's rain in the forecast every day until the 18th. Won't actually pan out like that, hopefully.
First mild, pleasantly calm and dry evening in what seems like weeks.
Cutting the grass this lunchtime felt as warm as it has been this summer.
Hottest day of the year so far here yesterday, for sure.
Yes last couple of days and next few are looking great..
Just happy the temperature drops rapidly at night.
Three weeks of rain expected today into tomorrow. Trains suspended and major roads closed.
The weather for the weekend looks much the same as last weekend, apart from being 10 degrees C cooler. I've been cycling today in shorts and short sleeves, and I suspect that's the last time until March-ish.
It was 24 degrees today here, it's October :o
Awful weather here until the end of the month
(https://i.ibb.co/VWJhJsp/231019weather.png)
And the clocks go back a week on sat/sun...😩
Quote from: Fishy on October 19, 2023, 12:07:49 PMAnd the clocks go back a week on sat/sun...😩
A week?? That's a very long lie in
Quote from: Slim on October 19, 2023, 12:27:47 PMQuote from: Fishy on October 19, 2023, 12:07:49 PMAnd the clocks go back a week on sat/sun...😩
A week?? That's a very long lie in
Wish they went back about 6 months tbh..
Quote from: Fishy on October 19, 2023, 12:42:17 PMQuote from: Slim on October 19, 2023, 12:27:47 PMQuote from: Fishy on October 19, 2023, 12:07:49 PMAnd the clocks go back a week on sat/sun...😩
A week?? That's a very long lie in
Wish they went back about 6 months tbh..
Fifty years is my shout. Best music.....ever!
It's raining.
Don't know if I'll get to Tesco tonight, it's gridlocked in Chesterfield. Might have to be a walk to Sainsburys - but not if it's still raining.
What a grim day! Feels like a total eclipse occurred ten minutes ago.
At last, the wind has changed direction and Alfie gets to chase and bark at the Emirates A380 again.
Actually quite pleasant for much of the day in central London today.
Much better than yesterday, when Storm Ciaran had me fearing our flight from Athens to Stansted Airport could be diverted at the very least, but the final approach and landing wasn't too wobbly at all and we were only 20 minutes behind schedule.
As a rule I don't like the cold; however, these last few nights have been that frosty, pleasantly still sort of cold that makes for an enjoyable walk with the dog, as long as we keep moving! And the sight of a moonbow is always a bonus. :)
We had an inch of snow in the early hours of this morning, and while most of it has now gone, ice will be an issue tonight.
As a rule, I love cold sunny weather like this, especially with a light covering of snow - which lasted the day. But today for whatever reason I've felt chilled to the marrow. :(
Horrible wet weather again and very frustrating as I need to do another 260 miles on a bike this month. But - supposedly there's a run of decent condition days coming up in a week or so. Even the forecast for the 18th only has mist after 6pm.
(https://i.ibb.co/NKK4yc2/weather14th.png)
This is so depressing. Quarter past two in the afternoon and it feels like nighttime already. It hasn't stopped raining for days and even the back garden lawn has puddles. I wonder how the weather compares in somewhere like Devon. I'm seriously sick of winters like these. Must be an age thing.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on December 10, 2023, 02:18:35 PMThis is so depressing. Quarter past two in the afternoon and it feels like nighttime already. It hasn't stopped raining for days and even the back garden lawn has puddles. I wonder how the weather compares in somewhere like Devon. I'm seriously sick of winters like these. Must be an age thing.
Yes, it's been awful this winter so far. We have 2 little Dachshunds and it's hard trying to get them out in this weather. They're OK once out and it starts raining but trying to get them out of the front door when it's raining can be a chore. Of course being so low to the ground is hard for them too as they get splashed constantly.
Where in the UK are you? I think it's crap everywhere. I remember when we lived in Peterhead and it actually snowed in June once.
Oh yes, Peterhead. I had a couple of customers I used to visit there and even in the summer the wind off the North Sea could cut you. I remember being very happy to get back to the car after picking up a sandwich from Morrisons. I live north of Glasgow. Lovely area surrounded by woods and fields (although a lot of house building recently, with more threatened) but definitely suffers from the west of Scotland relief rainfall pattern. I've never lived anywhere else but spent a fair bit of time on the Essex coast in the past. The weather there just seemed that much more settled. Cold in the winter, but without the regular driving windy rain. The reason I mentioned the age thing is that the weather here feels as if it getting worse but I'm not sure if I'm right or if I just feel the cold more.
Storm Pia seems like it's been sat in for at least a week now, trying to ruin the festive spirit.
It won't succeed, but I do wish it would fck off now. :-\
Storm Pia ruining the Christmas spirit (AI image)
(https://i.ibb.co/LZP84fy/1baa51a5-b910-4388-8e32-e9cf59bcb380.jpg)
13C here today, very mild.
Quote from: Thenop on December 24, 2023, 06:45:46 PMStorm Pia ruining the Christmas spirit (AI image)
(https://i.ibb.co/LZP84fy/1baa51a5-b910-4388-8e32-e9cf59bcb380.jpg)
Quite like that, it has a "Lynchian" quality to it.
Woke up this morning to a blanket of snow - pretty deep too. I love it, my missus hates it :D
Quote from: pxr5 on January 16, 2024, 10:11:23 AMWoke up this morning to a blanket of snow - pretty deep too. I love it, my missus hates it :D
Snow here as well, not much, enough to cover the streets. I like it, if I don't have to go out (by car).
One of the dogs goes nuts, the other doesn't want to go out.
Yes, had a dusting of about an inch's worth which made the village (and the views from it) look quite picturesque.
As a bonus I was due to WFH anyway so avoided having to drive through any potentially dicey patches.
59 mph wind forecast for Sunday at 11pm:
(https://i.ibb.co/2nzjw7p/59mph.png)
Storm Isha seems to be beginning to make its presence felt. Just back indoors after doing my best to secure all the loose items the builders left lying around on Friday afternoon. Disappointing as all they seem to talk to me about is the weather. I imagine they'll not be too concerned in the pub this afternoon as they look forward to their Monday off.
Seems a lot quieter here now. Another windy day tomorrow, though
Rain starting now.. to be windy later
Kin hell.. really windy last night.. still pretty gusty and rainy. I wish January would just fuck off now..
Least it's pay day..
A neighbour's large tree blew down last night. It was growing two gardens from mine, completely engulfed my next door neighbour's garden taking down two BT cables and landing on my fence and greenhouse. To top it off, the tree belongs to a house just sold which is currently still unoccupied. I just went back to bed due to this horrible chest cold, just grateful that it was someone else's problem. Hopefully the landscape builder working at mine can lop our remaining tall tree. It's a shame but just not worth the worry if these storms are going to keep coming at us.
The fence we share with our neighbour to the left sort of half blew down during the storm; it was left leaning over our garden at a 45 degree angle in the middle. But he's had someone come to take a look with a view to fixing it while we were out yesterday and now there's a whole fence panel missing, so I guess it was a bigger job than anticipated.
I'm not 100% sure it's his fence to be honest .. might be ours. I must try to dig out the deeds.
I am sitting here, at the horses on the land, zero degrees and a full sun is out.
This is nice!
It sucks.. dull grey wet and the fkn heating is still on..
Any advantages from the clocks springing forward have been more than negated by the weather being sh!te ever since. :(
Quote from: Matt2112 on April 03, 2024, 06:18:36 PMAny advantages from the clocks springing forward have been more than negated by the weather being sh!te ever since. :(
I know Easter Sunday was glorious then just back to utter shittyness...
Really sick of it, rain in the forecast nearly every day for the next couple of weeks and it's been like that all year.
Oh great so now another named storm approaching for the weekend... ffs
Quote from: Fishy on April 04, 2024, 05:59:26 PMOh great so now another named storm approaching for the weekend... ffs
We've only got ourselves to blame ;D
Quote from: Fishy on April 04, 2024, 05:59:26 PMOh great so now another named storm approaching for the weekend... ffs
It's not all bad at least the wind will be quite warm...
Quote from: Fishy on April 05, 2024, 10:05:48 AMQuote from: Fishy on April 04, 2024, 05:59:26 PMOh great so now another named storm approaching for the weekend... ffs
It's not all bad at least the wind will be quite warm...
Yes, that's something; on the dog walk last night, as well as the conditions being generally foul, the wind chill numbed my fingers. It's very frustrating having to endure winter weather in April. :(
Quote from: Matt2112 on April 05, 2024, 01:55:49 PMIt's very frustrating having to endure winter weather in April. :(
Bloody whippersnappers!
It is still only April. On my 18th Birthday in 1984 at the back end of April we had four inches of snow. Snowed on my 21st birthday too.
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 05, 2024, 02:50:09 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on April 05, 2024, 01:55:49 PMIt's very frustrating having to endure winter weather in April. :(
Bloody whippersnappers!
It is still only April. On my 18th Birthday in 1984 at the back end of April we had four inches of snow. Snowed on my 21st birthday too.
Could do with not having to tend the log burner every night though. Not good for the old knees.
Getting really rammed off with this rainy windy not very warm weather.. and the forecast for the next week looks bloody awful as well..
We've had 24 hours of dry weather. It's the first time I've seen my patio totally dry this year. My wife and I managed to dismantle and dispose of an old wooden shed. But now we're waiting for a longer spell of decent, dry, still weather to build a new plastic one that's still sat in it's box under the gazebo. I'll need my son too as it looks like a twat of a job going by the reviews.
We've had a lovely few days over here, but tomorrow it is storm, rain and possibly hail. Boo.
And the rain just keeps on keepin' on, right into May.
(https://i.ibb.co/SJB90YT/rainintomay.png)
Seriously considering a mini-break during the next school holidays to somewhere guaranteed to be actually fcking warm and sunny. :-\
This weather is fkn awful.. pissin wet rain again..
Quote from: Matt2112 on April 29, 2024, 04:56:21 PMSeriously considering a mini-break during the next school holidays to somewhere guaranteed to be actually fcking warm and sunny. :-\
Er...pleasantly warm and sunny in Yorkshire today. ::)
Nice day here as well yesterday, apart from the wind. Raining again now.
Yes, dawn to dusk sunshine and warmth here yesterday.
Dull and misty today though - but warm.
Full sun ALL DAY here tomorrow - I'm going to the beach and having chips and gravy on the front - yay. 8)
Warm, some sun but also showers expected. As if we hadn't had enough rain already..
Pissing down here
Warm-ish again but mostly cloudy today - looked like it could rain at any time but hasn't all day.
A wee bit blustery in exposed areas, but other than that - rather glorious! 8)
a balmy 17 today.. normal service resumed tomorrow...
Lovely day yesterday, nice day again today. Plenty of rain in the forecast though. I suppose climate change has done this. More heat, more evaporation of the oceans, more rain.
Pleasant today, mostly sunny spells. Nice May Day weekend weather. :)
Quote from: Matt2112 on May 05, 2024, 06:44:39 PMPleasant today, mostly sunny spells. Nice May Day weekend weather. :)
Started nice and sunny, reminded us of summer. Normal service resumed at 5:30pm. More rain.
Quote from: David L on May 05, 2024, 09:11:58 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on May 05, 2024, 06:44:39 PMPleasant today, mostly sunny spells. Nice May Day weekend weather. :)
Started nice and sunny, reminded us of summer. Normal service resumed at 5:30pm. More rain.
Bugger. Looks like we've dropped lucky as we've had zero rain for a few days now - just in time for our annual village Scarecrow Weekend! Which has been exceptionally good this year, I have to say. :)
It's fucking awful.. rain wind cold.. 15 days to longest day.. feels like mid October here..
Sunny but cool here, with a bit of a breeze. At least it's not raining.
Quote from: Slim on June 06, 2024, 12:10:23 PMSunny but cool here, with a bit of a breeze. At least it's not raining.
Same here. I got blasted on the beach earlier.
Yesterday was freezing cold with snowfall further north. Last night after dark felt more like February. Warmer today with sunshine then intermittent heavy showers but at least the cold wind has gone. A bit like a normal April today but it's approaching the solstice. Climate is bonkers now.
Sunny and cool here. The weather is just being the weather, I remember Derbyshire's Cricket match with Lancashire being snowed off in early June.
It's always warmer post Summer solstice than before, takes a while for the earth to heat up.
Some blue skies here in the South West but too cold to sit out in the speedos.
It's freezing.
Meanwhile today, a potential holiday destination in the Dodecanese peaked at 44C/111F... :-\
15.5 degrees in my living room just now. Think I might light the fire.
We had the heating on for an hour yesterday morning...
String of nice weather days coming up (allegedly)
(https://i.ibb.co/n7QT6F5/niceweather.png)
3rd day here of very nice weather for a change.. sunny.... blue skies...
Quote from: Fishy on June 19, 2024, 12:39:05 PM3rd day here of very nice weather for a change.. sunny.... blue skies...
Back to shit.. dull grey cool.. fucking cunty weather..
Warm and almost sunny :D
30 plus temperatures expected mid next week. Probably to balance the arctic conditions so far this year.
Couple of warmer days in Co. Meath. June finally starting to prise the weather from April's grasp
Quite nice today. :)
In Lerwick the sun will set at 25 minutes to 11pm and rise again 5 hours later. :o
Scorching today, even the dogs frown at me when I want to take them out.
Cloudy grey cool.. shit...
Quote from: Fishy on June 25, 2024, 02:16:59 PMCloudy grey cool.. shit...
Ditto, with builders in the back garden cutting concrete blocks and no breeze to shift the cloud of white dust.
Sunny here, and too hot to ride a bike! But I'm going to anyway.
Quote from: Slim on June 25, 2024, 02:45:03 PMSunny here, and too hot to ride a bike! But I'm going to anyway.
Went out this morning when it was a bit cooler, still hot though. What's left of my brain has been cooked.
Quite muggy today.. still grey.. next few days look fucking awful..
We've reinvented the Gobi desert, feels like it anyway.
Very jealous of the glorious sky over Glastonbury on the lunchtime news. Poor guy delivering my roof ridges this morning is based in Somerset. He said he loves it up here and yet sounded sane otherwise.
Hot, hot, hot! 28 degrees in our lounge at the moment with patio door and backdoor open. All change tomorrow, apparently.
Well after a few days in the mid-20s - which somehow prompt "weather warnings" ::) - it's back to the intermittently drizzly sh!te for the next week by the looks. :-\
Here it's another day in hell. Supposedly a bit cooler tomorrow and then Saturday another warm one.
The spell of roasting hot weather has broken here. Much more comfortable temperature today, a bit breezy too
40 mph winds later and of course rain.. kin hell..
Cooler, windy but dry still here.
July 1st.... Dull cold grey rain and rest of the week is fkn dreadful..
Warm sunny blue skies today.. all turns to shit from tomorrow onwards...
Getting Biblical here: torrential rains, gusts of wind.
The end is neigh!
Rain all day here after a lovely day yesterday. But around 5pm it turned torrential with thunder and lightning - and it stayed like that for a couple of hours. It all stopped 30 mins ago.
It's really cold here today. In fact my wife wanted to put the heating on. No chance, but I did let her out of the shed for a bit.
Just shy of 20 degrees here wkith a little bit of sunshine. Humid though, sticky weather.
Nice yesterday back to grey and rainy but warm...
Yesterday was warm, too much for my liking. Today's alright, about 20 degrees but there's rain coming.
In hell again since yesterday 30 degrees, scorching sun.
27 degrees here yesterday, a bit cooler today.
Glorious day at last today.. warm sunny blue sky..
Rain and overcast skies. No more than 20 degrees. But the heat hasn't disappeared from the house yet which is annoying.
No rain in the forecast for a few days.
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Super, two weeks off from tomorrow.
Thunder n lightning just then after a very heavy downpour.. still rumbles of thunder going on...
Back in Hades company again. It burns.
Grey dull warm..
31 degrees and no wind to speak of, and I am not far from the sea. Not good for me, I am a coldblooded person. Unfortunately the warm weather will be with us for a little while.
So time to slow down and adjust my pace (which I am bad at).
Got to about 28 degrees here, not much wind. As each year goes by I find hot weather harder to take, I'll soon be one of those moaning old folk who I despised.
But one thing I am good at - apart from when cycling - is slowing down. I can easily settle to a life of sloth :)
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 30, 2024, 07:05:05 PMI'll soon be one of those moaning old folk
Time might have gone faster than you think it has ;D
Went to London for the day, stinking hot. But I quite liked that in a way, reminded me of my first summer there in 1995.
Quote from: Slim on July 30, 2024, 08:10:04 PMWent to London for the day, stinking hot. But I quite liked that in a way, reminded me of my first summer there in 1995.
The smell of simmering tarmac. And then they say fossil fuels are no good!
I like stepping off the train at King's Cross and feeling how much warmer the air is than at Leeds.
I don't understand today's weather forecast. The headline is "light rain", yet at the same time there's 0% chance of rain all day.
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Quote from: Slim on August 03, 2024, 11:03:38 AMI don't understand today's weather forecast. The headline is "light rain", yet at the same time there's 0% chance of rain all day.
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It's the BBC fulfilling their DEI quotas.
Chucking it down here.. just awful..
28 degrees and rising, tomorrow 33.
Kill me now.
Must be 30s here in Tenerife .. wall to wall sunshine..
Quote from: Fishy on August 11, 2024, 01:18:04 PMMust be 30s here in Tenerife .. wall to wall sunshine..
Same here ;)
Quote from: Thenop on August 11, 2024, 01:09:35 PM28 degrees and rising, tomorrow 33.
Kill me now.
Unbelievable, I am still alive. It is 21.35, the sun went under a while ago and it is still 30 degrees. This going to be a very long and sleepless night.
Predictably and consistently hot and sunny in Paphos with a breeze that feels like bliss when it occasionally manages to be more than a breath.
For the time we've been here the weather apps seem to agree the actual temperature is 32-34 Celsius (and that's from a "properly-shaded thermometer" of course), however it certainly "feels" hotter due to the high humidity - and this is where the apps significantly disagree: Accuweather's "Real Feel" temp is 40C, whereas the ever-vigilantly fact-checking BBC says it "Feels like 46C", which is 115F :-\
I'm inclined to think in reality it's the former, as the latter would surely be almost immediately intolerable.
Scorchio here in NW Leics today. Lovely for cycling in skimpy cycling clothes in the late afternoon with a bit of a breeze.
Rain rain rain... fkn miserable for the whole week
Tail end of some hurricane coming our way.. cunty weather...
Rain, rain, oh wait!
More rain...
Tameside. Strong winds here this morning (60 miles to the SE of the fallen tree) but nothing dramatic.
Biblical rain the whole fkn day. It's like November here..
Agreed. It's only the leaves on the trees that remind me it's still summer. Sitting tonight wearing a fleece. I refuse to put on the heating or light the stove in August. Should still be sitting in the garden at this time of year.
Predictions are 28-30 degrees today, with showers in the evening. Then tomorrow, 28 degrees and rain. Looking forward to that ::)
Dull grey wet cold..
28 degrees and climbing. It's an oven out there. Last 2 days have been the hottest ever recorded here for September.
22 here, and cloudy. Rain this morning. Supposedly a risk of thunderstorms this afternoon. Then rain again later. At least it's not cold.
A month's worth of rain in one day forecast for Scotland today. A good chunk of that must have fallen already as it's not stopped since last night. Some areas expected to see half of their usual monthly rain in one hour (30-40mm). Thunderstorms expected later. Quite dark and miserable here today. Even the dogs don't want out and the local burn rising by the minute. It used to sometimes flood the main road years ago. Fun and games if it repeats that now with the levels of traffic we have. Still, about 50% of them seem to drive monster 4x4s so they'll still be alright for the school run.
Quote from: Thenop on September 02, 2024, 02:08:16 PM28 degrees and climbing. It's an oven out there. Last 2 days have been the hottest ever recorded here for September.
We are in Kent at the moment and it's been very warm and very humid the last few days. Probably the same hot plume of weather that you are experiencing.
We've been down on the Isle of Thanet since last Thursday and the weather has mostly been lovely. We had the most glorious evening yesterday and today, although cloudy to begin with, we had a lovely sunny afternoon in Margate. We feel blessed to have had such luck.
2 decent days ahead so making the most of it.. got the air show here over the weekend which is literally on our door step
27 degrees again today and rain now at might. Tomorrow similar after which the temp will drop.
Back to miserable cold dull wet fucking weather
Indeed, although the house is still warm it is 18 degrees with wind and rain outside.
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Horrible day here today. Persistent rain, occasionally heavy, and an overbearing gloom. Still - at least I don't have to go out in it.
Spectacular lightning last night.
I want to do another 170 miles cycling this month if I can, and the weather forecast suggests that I can't.
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I want to do another 45 miles. Might do it.
Yesterday and today both lovely days. 23 degrees with plenty of sunshine. Couldn't ask for better.
Very pleasant here in the Algarve.. 23 degrees very sunny.. weather at home looks fkn awful for going home..
Bitterly cold wind when out walking the dogs tonight. Really wintry already.
Mild here still but rain most of the afternoon. More tomorrow as well. Feels like the rainiest year for a long time, must check that.
Very autumnal feel now..
Chucking it down here today. Grim.
Quote from: Slim on October 01, 2024, 03:46:15 PMChucking it down here today. Grim.
Barely stopped raining for 48 hours here. Good job it hasn't been heavy all that time.
Slight problem with the BBC weather page this morning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652698
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Glad I'm nowhere near Florida
Quote from: Slim on October 10, 2024, 10:11:23 AMSlight problem with the BBC weather page this morning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652698
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We need BBC Verify ;D
Quote from: Slim on October 10, 2024, 10:11:23 AMSlight problem with the BBC weather page this morning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652698
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Sod's law eh! Coalville gets Florida weather when it's actually worse than what you'd expect in Leicestershire!
It's so dull!
It'll be 20 degrees and full sun over here tomorrow. I am not joking!
Cloudy all day and into the evening today, so was denied any opportunity to see the comet currently in our skies.
The forecast is a lot more promising over the next few days however, so hopefully I'll get to spot it before it fades from view.
Wet n windy weekend to look forward to..
Quote from: Matt2112 on October 15, 2024, 10:51:36 PMCloudy all day and into the evening today, so was denied any opportunity to see the comet currently in our skies.
The forecast is a lot more promising over the next few days however, so hopefully I'll get to spot it before it fades from view.
This aged well. ::)
Quote from: Fishy on October 18, 2024, 10:57:24 AMWet n windy weekend to look forward to..
Well at the moment this storm is bringing sunshine and blue skies
Very wet and windy here in Oxfordshire
Ok dulled down and pretty breezy but it ain't no storm..
Getting pretty wild here now. Keeping an eye on Flightradar for any aircraft doing a go-around at Glasgow Airport. One so far.
Quote from: Fishy on October 20, 2024, 04:17:54 PMOk dulled down and pretty breezy but it ain't no storm..
Yeah, seems to have calmed down here again after a blustery few minutes with driving rain. Maybe just starting to reach these parts or it's just the outer edge brushing past.
Checking the forecast for here it appears to die down after 7 ish.. still breezy but hey that's the west of scotland for ya
It's been fkn dull and dark all day.. clocks back this weekend.. it's all a bit depressing..
Every the weather turns sour I think: that's it, we had the last nice day of the year.
And then today I walk the dogs in a shirt, 19 degrees, sunny, no clouds.
I raise my head and feel the sun on my face. It is October 25th.
This is more like it.. blue skies frosty dry
Miserable here, wet and cold - 5 degrees, real feel -1, rain all day. Payback for the last few weeks of relatively mild, dry weather.
Snow forecast to arrive by tomorrow morning. WFH it is, then...
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Cold out there .. I shall keep this afternoon's bike ride to a bare minimum. Very light snow when I took this 90 minutes ago. Stopped now.
No snow here but it's bloody cold..
Snow and cold here today - not great for having a new conservatory roof fitted (now into week 2)
Had 2-3 inches of snow which started falling in the early evening yesterday. Looks like it's thawing now.
Quote from: Slim on November 19, 2024, 11:52:06 AMCold out there .. I shall keep this afternoon's bike ride to a bare minimum.
I've chickened out, the roads are too wet. Tomorrow perhaps.
Quote from: Matt2112 on November 19, 2024, 02:34:05 PMHad 2-3 inches of snow which started falling in the early evening yesterday. Looks like it's thawing now.
Same here.
Just pouring here ...
About two inches of snow here, six miles north of Glasgow. Quite elevated here so don't know how the city fared. Wind whipping up strongly now with rain hopefully soon. Aircraft now flying into Glasgow from the west so Alfie didn't get to chase A6-EOH, so he stayed in his new bed. Freddie outside leaving bear-sized paw prints all over the garden. I scraped some snow away earlier to get some bird seed out.
Just driven home from London. Its 14C out there! At 1 in the morning!
17.1 degrees official measurement in the Netherlands today, warmest 24th of November since start of temp measurements.
Snow! :)
Have to go out by car later, but (one of the) dogs much enjoyed the morning walk.
Yep, big dumping of snow overnight.
The dog enjoys it, and I do, so if I feel up to it I'll take him down the park today.
It did snow :) Now rain :(
It looks like neither Bradford or Calderfail council bothered with any pre-emptive gritting even on the main roads, despite heavy snow being forecast since last Thursday. ::)
Shocking flooding in Leicestershire today. Fortunately my own home is built on high ground but some of my usual cycling routes are impassable. Hoping to get out on a bike tomorrow, but may have to improvise somewhat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj6zjjnrlp4t
From what I can make out, the village of East Leake over the border in Nottinghamshire, which I cycled through on Saturday, is mostly underwater.
Just a lot of the usual flooding round here. It means most of my cycle routes are going to be a struggle tomorrow. If it's at all icy then I'll just forget it as water run off on the least used roads will turn them all into skid traps :(
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String of nice weather coming up. In the forecast, anyway.
Don't forget, it's a forecast, not a will be
Quote from: Slim on January 06, 2025, 06:56:49 PMShocking flooding in Leicestershire today. Fortunately my own home is built on high ground but some of my usual cycling routes are impassable. Hoping to get out on a bike tomorrow, but may have to improvise somewhat.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj6zjjnrlp4t
From what I can make out, the village of East Leake over the border in Nottinghamshire, which I cycled through on Saturday, is mostly underwater.
Appropriately named!
Absolutely pristine weather today; cloudless sky, zero wind, wonderfully crisp, a really satisfying crunch as my hiking shoes cut through the compacted snow.
It was the first time this year I've had the energy or inclination to spend more than five minutes outside, which was going okay for a while until I started feeling a bit ropey again - I might have overdone it, but I was soon home and some paracetamol and rest did the trick. :)
Things needing done outside today and it's just started snowing.😡🤬
Lovely over here. Cold this morning, just below zero but clear skies and sunshine.
Snow is just starting to melt - seems like it's been here for ages.
It was exceptionally pleasant this afternoon when I took the dog out.
The combination of a clear blue sky, barely a whisper of a breeze, cool temperatures that seemed mild because they've recently been freezing, the very last isolated patches of icy snow that I went out of my way to trample through in the deserted park, and a rare quietude disturbed only the soothing hum of a Lufthansa A350 about 10 kilometres above me, all did me the world of good in the hour I was out. Lovely.
Think we're going to get well pummelled tomorrow.. 80 mph gusts for a time around these parts
Yeah whole of Ireland in status red warning for tomorrow. No public transport running, all schools to close. Imagine we could well be without power for a time
https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2025/01/23/storm-eowyn-one-of-most-severe-storms-to-hit-ireland-will-bring-dangerous-and-destructive-weather/
Avanti trains have cancelled their strikes - yay. Storms will likely affect travel in the NW - boo. I can still see us having to drive to Harrow on Saturday.
Email from Nationwide ( home ins) with contact numbers as they know we're in the red zone.. I may be phoning them..
Red alert! In the kitchen and just about to start dinner when a loud alarm went off. I'd no idea what it was then realised my phone was in my back pocket. Full page government weather warning advising on safety measures including gathering essentials together. They emphasise it should be items we have already at home but I suppose the roads will now be jammed with everyone heading to Tesco for a bit of panic buying.
I suppose that will be the same phone alert we get if any of the planet's current list of madmen decide to lock horns in any serious way. Horrible thought. Good sound for it though. Quite eerie.
My wife got the alert.. I didn't..
Storm starting to hit a lot harder now. Glad to be about 40 miles inland but the Clyde Valley does seem to channel high winds very effectively and that's not too far from here. Very glad that I took down the 50 year old Ash tree a while back. The tree surgeon gave me a 50mm thick slice of the trunk as a souvenir. I could hardly lift it as it was so heavy. I can only imagine how devastating a tree that size coming down must be. Several tonnes of cellulose and water crashing onto a house doesn't bear thinking about. Hope Fishy's doing ok. Stay safe anyone in an affected area.
Been a bit windy in Englandland, At midday I thought it had calmed down enough to go for a ride round the lanes so I got suited and booted. Grabbed the bike, walked down the drive and turned back.
I've ridden in stupidly windy conditions before, but the gust that got me was just a bit too much and it's the gusts which ruin it.
Lights beginning to flicker now so power cut maybe not far away.
Couple of power losses which thankfully only lasted a couple of mins mid morning ..wind started picking up about 6am then really ramped up after 8am.. weather app has us past the peak with gusts now at 80 and gradually reducing in the afternoon thankfully.. still gusty as hell at the mo..
Hope this doesn't get any worse. Quite scarily bad at the moment. Memories of 1968 but that was during the night and I thought it was great fun back then running about the house with my torch. Reports of a tree hitting a car just up the road from us.
Just really, really windy here in Blackpool. Just got back walking with the dogs and saw one tree down. The houses further down our street a bit back on to a woods. I'd be really worried living there.
Had to dive outside to do a running repair to the garage doors which had blown open. The wind really is lift you off your feet strength at present. And freezing cold.
Be safe you guys!
Bizarrely it has now brightened here and the sun is almost out..
3000 homes in the vicinity were without power but we escaped without any loss here. Plenty of branches on the road but nothing to worry about really. Considering it was a status red I think we got off pretty lightly. Another storm due on Sunday but expected to be of a much lower impact than today
I've been hunkering down while working from home all day and popped out briefly for an errand this afternoon.
We were on the cusp of yellow and amber zones and it appears we've got away with it relatively lightly. Yes, there were certainly strong gusts but nothing exceptional - all the junk in the back garden waiting for a bulk Council collection is still present and correct, (un)fortunately.
All calm now.. think we got off pretty lucky..
Just the usual garden chairs getting blown around here. But I did hear of a tree coming down on a car in a pub car park a few miles away.
Mad day. Will have a check around the place in daylight tomorrow as I noticed the neighbours facing my home have sustained some roof damage. It was too dangerous to venture out earlier and a bit nerve wracking when I had to, to pile concrete blocks in front of the garage doors. The roof tile going through our Ford Zodiac during the '68 hurricane has stayed with me all this time. Wild hailstorm an hour or so ago but some welcome calmer conditions seem to have arrived.
Went for a short drive around town to keep the car's battery charged. I expected to see a bit of damage but was quite staggered by the number of trees which were down. Tree surgeons out in force making a tidy sum but I noticed they were only actually clearing anything which protruded onto the road with the remaining obstacles being left until later. I got caught out on a more country stretch of road where the crown of a tree perched on a stone wall alongside some woodland clattered the side of my car. Light branches so no damage fortunately but an almost invisible hazard against a dark sky on a sleety day. Gales tomorrow! "Drill baby drill" is beginning to make me very, very angry.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on January 25, 2025, 12:52:29 PMWent for a short drive around town to keep the car's battery charged. I expected to see a bit of damage but was quite staggered by the number of trees which were down. Tree surgeons out in force making a tidy sum but I noticed they were only actually clearing anything which protruded onto the road with the remaining obstacles being left until later. I got caught out on a more country stretch of road where the crown of a tree perched on a stone wall alongside some woodland clattered the side of my car. Light branches so no damage fortunately but an almost invisible hazard against a dark sky on a sleety day. Gales tomorrow! "Drill baby drill" is beginning to make me very, very angry.
Yes, the man's an idiot
25 degrees here in Marrakesh . Very pleasant
Not much not to like here in the East Midlands over the next few days.
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Quote from: Slim on April 02, 2025, 05:54:51 PMNot much not to like here in the East Midlands over the next few days.
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Yes next week in Arran is looking very nice indeed
Weather has been glorious this week.. all change on Sunday tho..
Another run of nice days coming up here in LE67.
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Back to dreary dull windy wet weather.. fuck!
Greetings from the pits of Hell. It is 36 degrees and counting.
Quote from: Thenop on July 01, 2025, 04:11:49 PMGreetings from the pits of Hell. It is 36 degrees and counting.
I sympathise. Yesterday was a bit warmer and clammier than usual for Glasgow, and my poor big dog just couldn't take it. I had to soak a bath towel to put over him to relieve the distress and the temperature was nothing like what you are enduring. I think I'll consider moving further north.
Heatwave..? What heatwave...
Quote from: Fishy on July 01, 2025, 07:33:09 PMHeatwave..? What heatwave...
Yes, and the one day where the temperature was nearer 30 Celsius than 20 was a Monday...bstard British weather. ::)
It's been building up from Saturday onwards already, culminating in today. Tomorrow around 4pm some showers should arrive and wash away the heat.
Let's see.
Some heavy duty thunder n rain here at the mo..
Quote from: Fishy on July 20, 2025, 04:39:19 PMSome heavy duty thunder n rain here at the mo..
Wish it would shift over here a bit. Might clear the air and give the dogs a break.
After a day yesterday when we didn't get anywhere near the amount of rain forecast, it made up for it today!
Thought I might get out on my bike late this afternoon, but just thinking about it was enough to trigger some massive thunderstorms.
Started to rain just now but I've never seen anything quite like it .. huge raindrops but spaced out a few feet apart. Really odd. And in bright sunshine.
Quote from: Slim on July 21, 2025, 02:04:04 PMStarted to rain just now but I've never seen anything quite like it .. huge raindrops but spaced out a few feet apart. Really odd. And in bright sunshine.
typical continental summer thunder storm
Yes storm Floris.. a bit wet n windy at the mo..
Wild on and off here. So different from recent weather.
Temp going up again, 30 plus midweeks. Back to hell it is.
Yep, 30+ yesterday, today and tomorrow. Hopefully Friday it'll come down into the 20s again, unbearable.
Stinking hot here, 30 degrees at the mo according to the forecast.
Been to Majorca loads of times over the years but these first couple of days have been utterly baking hot.. never known it soo warm..
The hottest place I've ever been to, a least when I was there, is New York. Got off the plane, 38 degrees. Air conditioning everywhere in that city, fortunately.
Quote from: Fishy on August 13, 2025, 06:04:02 PMBeen to Majorca loads of times over the years but these first couple of days have been utterly baking hot.. never known it soo warm..
Seems even warmer again today.. god it's hot..
Well, on the north coast of Rhodes it's 32C, but with an official "feels like" temperature of 41C.
However, there's a lovely moderate sea breeze taking the edge off.
So when you're relaxing with a cool drink and an ice cream it feels closer to 32 than 41, whereas if you go on a walk by way of a reccie, as I did earlier today, the reverse is true - the sweat was cascading off me.
Quote from: Matt2112 on August 14, 2025, 12:42:25 PMWell, on the north coast of Rhodes it's 32C, but with an official "feels like" temperature of 41C.
However, there's a lovely moderate sea breeze taking the edge off.
So when you're relaxing with a cool drink and an ice cream it feels closer to 32 than 41, whereas if you go on a walk by way of a reccie, as I did earlier today, the reverse is true - the sweat was cascading off me.
I'm sitting on our balcony with a nice white wine and I'm drenched with sweat . I
Pleasantly warm here at the mo (24c) but cloudy. Should sit in the garden with a Leffe really but I'm nerding out at a computer.
Work from home, in my workroom (which is the attic), fully exposed to the sun and I am seeing it is now 30,9C. I think I'll be done shortly, back up at 5AM, I'll pick it up then.
Never understood the attraction of going to a warm destination in the middle of summer, tbh.
Quote from: David L on August 14, 2025, 01:37:37 PMNever understood the attraction of going to a warm destination in the middle of summer, tbh.
Me neither but since it's only 2 flights of stairs up it's not a big deal.
Quote from: David L on August 14, 2025, 01:37:37 PMNever understood the attraction of going to a warm destination in the middle of summer, tbh.
It's because two weeks of nice, balmy weather with pretty much cloudless skies and beautiful sunsets in a U.K. summer is very much the exception and a lottery; in Mediterranean latitudes it's virtually guaranteed every single day from May to September.
Also: schools and child-minders have summer holidays too... ;)
Quote from: Matt2112 on August 14, 2025, 03:06:58 PMQuote from: David L on August 14, 2025, 01:37:37 PMNever understood the attraction of going to a warm destination in the middle of summer, tbh.
It's because two weeks of nice, balmy weather with pretty much cloudless skies and beautiful sunsets in a U.K. summer is very much the exception and a lottery; in Mediterranean latitudes it's virtually guaranteed every single day from May to September.
Also: schools and child-minders have summer holidays too... ;)
The beginning of May or the end of September would always be my choice. Definitely not August. Too hot by far - expectedly so.
I've decided I no longer enjoy hot weather.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on August 14, 2025, 07:32:53 PMI've decided I no longer enjoy hot weather.
You live in Scotland your wish will be granted very soon😀
Quote from: Fishy on August 14, 2025, 08:13:42 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on August 14, 2025, 07:32:53 PMI've decided I no longer enjoy hot weather.
You live in Scotland your wish will be granted very soon😀
Not soon enough when your 11 stone dog can't settle at night.
Quote from: David L on August 14, 2025, 03:30:35 PMQuote from: Matt2112 on August 14, 2025, 03:06:58 PMQuote from: David L on August 14, 2025, 01:37:37 PMNever understood the attraction of going to a warm destination in the middle of summer, tbh.
It's because two weeks of nice, balmy weather with pretty much cloudless skies and beautiful sunsets in a U.K. summer is very much the exception and a lottery; in Mediterranean latitudes it's virtually guaranteed every single day from May to September.
Also: schools and child-minders have summer holidays too... ;)
The beginning of May or the end of September would always be my choice. Definitely not August. Too hot by far - expectedly so.
Yes, now for me, if we're talking
city breaks which will involve a fair bit of walking/sightseeing/probable queuing etc, I'd definitely prefer that in the low season - Athens, for example, is still warm enough for t-shirt/shorts during the day in late October and a bit beyond, but isn't rammed with too many bloody tourists. :)
Back on with the central heating, then
Two days left of pristine Aegean weather; 32C with a glorious costal breeze and as for clouds - such sorcery is not a part of this world.
Off for a sunset cruise today...
Just had a look at the forecast for the coming months
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Spinal Tap Weather - None More Grey.
Don't think I've seen any sunshine since 7th October. Very little rain either. Uniformly grey
First autumn storm has arrived. They say it's quite bad, will do some damage. Called it Benjamin, don't understand, just call it Bibi and everyone will understand it'll be bad.
A blue sky again at last; we've been shrouded in cloud for a couple of weeks. But cold. 4C earlier this morning. Showers this afternoon.
Absolutely grim in the west of Scotland. Rain bouncing all day with very little daylight.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 11, 2025, 05:11:22 PMAbsolutely grim in the west of Scotland. Rain bouncing all day with very little daylight.
Yes very depressing.. dark by about half 3..
Grey skies, snow skies. A good 3 cms of snow here. Which is fun for about an hour, then it starts turning into mush, a greyish goo that is cold, filthy and wet and you spread it across the entire house.
See? My spirit is lifted immediately.
It keeps on snowing, there is a good 10 centimeter here. Makes for pretty pictures.
Quote from: Thenop on January 04, 2026, 01:08:07 PMIt keeps on snowing, there is a good 10 centimeter here. Makes for pretty pictures.
Made for good Cyclocross in Belgium - especially for Dutch riders!
I was out yesterday afternoon and got home at about 6:30pm - there was no sign of snow.
Two hours later I took the dog out for a walk and the village looked like a scene from a Christmas card.
Marvellous. :)
Had snow coming down in big clumps about 15 minutes ago, stopped now.
Light dusting here - expect all the schools to be closed >:(
Rain here.. hardly ever get snow on the coast
Skating rink stuff here this morning until rain started around lunchtime.
There is a good 15cms of snow here and it is stil snowing. It is expected to continue snowing today.
It is a quiet world out there.
Quote from: David L on January 06, 2026, 09:24:06 AMLight dusting here - expect all the schools to be closed >:(
The young un's school was closed this morning only because of a local power cut, so as soon as that was resolved at about 10:00am I took her on the short walk there - however, after persistent rain last night the route is treacherously icy, and all the playgrounds have been sealed off.
Thick snow here in the East Midlands, quite deep. Starting to melt now.
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Woke up to about an inch of damp snow.
BBC forecast was just for sleet.
Met Office was for snow all night.
Reality was somewhere between the two.
Still no sign of a dry day in the forecast, right out to Feb 14th. Starting to take it personally.
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A few warmer days coming up here in the East Midlands.
Quote from: Slim on February 19, 2026, 01:21:53 PM(https://i.ibb.co/cS5cbVRn/warmtemps.png)
A few warmer days coming up here in the East Midlands.
Gah! In the North of the East Mids we're only being given Monday as a dry day :(
We had snow again this morning. Gone now but the world looked fluffy and white again.
After only a few dry hours it's absolutely chucking it down here again.
it is going to be 18 degrees and sunny today. I am sitting here, in my attic / workspace / mancave with the window open, sunlight flooding in.
Excellent.
Lovely here in Rome.. we picked a good week
Quote from: Fishy on February 25, 2026, 05:00:44 PMLovely here in Rome.. we picked a good week
Shame, you missed a nice 30 minute dry spell this afternoon.🙁
Bit windy today and loads of rain..
Very blowy here as well, garden furniture all over the place.
Quote from: Slim on March 12, 2026, 12:00:29 PMVery blowy here as well, garden furniture all over the place.
Yeah I took the covers off our garden stuff laughingly thinking we were in for some better weather..
String of decent weather days coming up here in the East Midlands
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Yes, forecast looks quite good for the next few days; about time, too.
Yes picks up here from Wednesday
Very strange weather day.. started off lots of sunshine then about lunch time you could watch the fog roll in from the sea and the temp dropped like a stone..
Horrible out there, wet, windy, cold
Quote from: dom on March 24, 2026, 05:27:47 PMHorrible out there, wet, windy, cold
Yep shit here as well got hail forecast for tomorrow..
It's coming our way as of tomorrow. We had a few lovely days, alas it never lasts long.
Bloody snowing! So it's also bloody freezing as well of course. Gah. :(
Er...sunny now. ::)
EDIT: Er, and now there's a blizzard.
Think I'll leave it there.
Had about 8 seasons in one day here.. mad...
So storm dave approaching. Great...
Quote from: Fishy on April 04, 2026, 11:43:24 AMSo storm dave approaching. Great...
Dave isn't a name, it's David >:(
Quote from: David L on April 04, 2026, 08:29:07 PMQuote from: Fishy on April 04, 2026, 11:43:24 AMSo storm dave approaching. Great...
Dave isn't a name, it's David >:(
It's not a storm either .. breezy Dave I would say
Quote from: Fishy on April 04, 2026, 10:10:30 PMQuote from: David L on April 04, 2026, 08:29:07 PMQuote from: Fishy on April 04, 2026, 11:43:24 AMSo storm dave approaching. Great...
Dave isn't a name, it's David >:(
It's not a storm either .. breezy Dave I would say
Sounding a bit blowy outside here now
I think Dave's tail end is here now.
Heavy snow here the past half hour or so.
bit of hail earlier.. still a bit gusty.. now blue skies...
Felt sorry for the folk on the flight from Tenerife last night. I think it was a third attempt before they got down safely. Must have been quite scary. Flightradar24 is an amazing thing.
An absolutely glorious day today; unseasonably warm in bright sunshine, with little wind. It's going to be even warmer tomororrow - bloomin' marvellous (pun intended). 8)
Sunny here at the moment, but the skies look ominous
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Just rain rain rain here
Finally some good weather from tomorrow onwards for a few days..
Not a cloud in the sky this morning, and quite warm unless you stray into the shade. Was that the longest winter ever, or is that just an age thing?
While the sunshine has of course been very welcome, there is still a chill in the air taking the edge of it.
The good news is that I'll be spending a fair bit of time in central and Greater London tomorrow, where it will almost certainly feel warmer than oop North. 8)
22 degrees and rising up to 26 in a bit, full on sunshine. Summer is here, well at least for 1 day.
No complaints here from Puerto de la Cruz Tenerife
Ominous skies .. half an hour later there was a layer of hailstones turning to slush on the garden furniture
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Awful today...cold from the outset, and often wet, to the extent this morning when I set off for work at 0830 it was 4 Celsius with an outbreak of sleet splattering my windscreen.
It's supposed to be mid twatting May. :(
Had really heavy bursts of rain throughout the day here.. and a cold wind
Quote from: Fishy on May 13, 2026, 08:27:11 PMHad really heavy bursts of rain throughout the day here.. and a cold wind
Same here, but with added hailstones.
Still, it's May. Time for snow yet :)
String of nice weather days coming up here
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Started off cloudy this morning but now the sun's coming out and it's warming up nicely as we head towards the weekend heatwave. Nice temp for doing a bit of external decorating.
Hot!
So nice to finally feel the warmth, had a little doze in the garden
Hotter!
Very warm this afternoon
Very wet today.. cmon it's fkn June ffs..
Been pissing down all day.. ffs
Hailstones clattering off the window sills earlier this afternoon.
Another night of resisting switching the heating on. Wee cat stuck on my knee all night looking for a heat. It's June 12th. What's going on? At primary school the teacher would be buying the kids a surprise ice cream about now.
Maybe it's a fading memory thing but I don't remember being this cold back then.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on June 12, 2026, 11:05:59 AMMaybe it's a fading memory thing but I don't remember being this cold back then.
False memories. You're in Chilly Jockoland FFS!!!!
In my youth I used to go and watch Derbyshire County Cricket Club a lot, or rather I didn't because it was always pissing it down. They even had a day snowed off in June one year, 1975 I think.
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on June 12, 2026, 11:36:32 AMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on June 12, 2026, 11:05:59 AMMaybe it's a fading memory thing but I don't remember being this cold back then.
False memories. You're in Chilly Jockoland FFS!!!!
In my youth I used to go and watch Derbyshire County Cricket Club a lot, or rather I didn't because it was always pissing it down. They even had a day snowed off in June one year, 1975 I think.
I left primary school in 1972. It was permanently sunny in June up until then. Monsoon season as soon as the school holidays started though.
Looking out the train window over the rooftops this morning if it wasn't for the leaves on the trees it could have been a February scene.
I wonder if the seasons are now gone for good.
It's 34 degrees over here, not exactly February. I hate it, can't really go outside, it is too warm.
Of course, 3 days ago it was 18 degrees so we didn't get much of a, ehm, warm up period either.
Stretch of unfortunate weather coming this way, as well.
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yes, so not looking forward to this:
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Pouring here again.. just fkn awful..
Torrential! Non stop. Had to nip out to the shops for essentials. Soaked!
It's almost July.
Almost longest day.. very depressing
Probably better off counting the longest shower this year. Sunday looking dry according to my phone. Fingers crossed.
Weather doesn't normally pick up until after Glastonbury :)
But there's no Glastonbury this year...
Ooh, and it's always wet at Wimbledon, not got there yet.
The city tonight (not my pic)
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Sunny today. 😁
Quote from: Thenop on June 19, 2026, 09:11:51 PMThe city tonight (not my pic)
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And not your house under that lightning bolt thankfully. Reminds me of an evening I saw a bolt like that from my window. I realised it was really close and had a mental guess at the town it might have hit. My guess was out by a couple of miles and a house in the neighbouring town was on the local news as its roof was on fire.
Just read that we had quite the phenomenon over here last night. A grand total of 188.000 (!!) discharges have been counted. I wonder how they calculated that, but that's an aside.
Right, about to start our week in hell here
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Arriving back from Greece tomorrow, looking forward to feeling the holiday heat as I step off the plane in Bristol.
Whit?...... Raining now! 😡
An angry wasp! That's the last thing we need :o
Fence painted then indoors to rehydrate and cool down. Glad I cut the hedge and grass last night.
Glad I cut mine this morning.. toasty hot now..
Hottest ever June day in Chesterfield, after having hottest ever day in May this year. Hope we don't break the July record...
Mediterranean-esque today and forecast to actually improve and get even warmer over the next few days.
About time we got a few days of actual summer weather. Great stuff. 8)
I was outsaide this morning, just for a little while.
If I would have wanted these temperatures, I would have chosen to be born somehwere Mediterranean.
Time for the sun to tone it down, fast.
After three days in hell we get a fourth, and possibly the worst tomorrow. All sorts of measures have been taken, schools closed, advice to not go out unless absolutely necessary. Where I live it'll be anywhere between 37 and 40 degrees.
Intolerable last night, trying to sleep under a single sheet. Roasting hot again today.
I was melting on top of a single sheet last night. The 06:45 Thunderstorm hasn't brought any relief, think today could be even warmer here.
We just climbed out of the pit but we're pushed back into the hellhole the coming 5 days with 30+ temperatures.
Not looking forward to it.
I wondered if it was time for a UK drought thread. Considering this country suffers from severe flooding regularly and we're surrounded by sea, I thought it might be worth discussing possible engineering options.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 30, 2026, 01:15:17 PMI wondered if it was time for a UK drought thread. Considering this country suffers from severe flooding regularly and we're surrounded by sea, I thought it might be worth discussing possible engineering options.
De-salination plants are the obvious answer along with half a dozen new reservoirs. Of course, the issue is that the privatised water companies refuse to spend their investor's, owner's and director's money on meeting their responsibilities.
Quote from: David L on July 30, 2026, 01:29:02 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 30, 2026, 01:15:17 PMI wondered if it was time for a UK drought thread. Considering this country suffers from severe flooding regularly and we're surrounded by sea, I thought it might be worth discussing possible engineering options.
De-salination plants are the obvious answer along with half a dozen new reservoirs. Of course, the issue is that the privatised water companies refuse to spend their investor's, owner's and director's money on meeting their responsibilities.
And also the fact that people would like new reservoirs, but when it is suggested that are placed where they like to drive out and walk their dogs the NIMBY warriors burst into life.
However, this isn't like the old hosepipe ban, this is a monumental European problem, particularly for agriculture.
The UK needs to focus on spending a lot of billions on reservoirs, canals and irrigation. Even in Scotland where water shouldn't be an issue, there needs to be a system to deliver huge volumes to vulnerable forest and moorland areas. As we know, Loch Ness contains more water than all the lakes of England and Wales combined, but that's a bit of a waste when the surrounding area is on fire.
Just imagine if the city of Bordeaux had caught fire, it really would be like nuclear was had arrived.
And still millions of people each day travel seemingly necessarily on aircraft.
Edit: Every time I type something like this I can't help but think about Basil Fawlty's comment about Sybil having a degree in the bleedin' obvious. Can't help it!
Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on July 30, 2026, 03:36:14 PMQuote from: David L on July 30, 2026, 01:29:02 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 30, 2026, 01:15:17 PMI wondered if it was time for a UK drought thread. Considering this country suffers from severe flooding regularly and we're surrounded by sea, I thought it might be worth discussing possible engineering options.
De-salination plants are the obvious answer along with half a dozen new reservoirs. Of course, the issue is that the privatised water companies refuse to spend their investor's, owner's and director's money on meeting their responsibilities.
And also the fact that people would like new reservoirs, but when it is suggested that are placed where they like to drive out and walk their dogs the NIMBY warriors burst into life.
That is true but this is where government should act for the greater good. The problem with that is, why would any government approve schemes that would only harm them at the polls in the short term when delivery would, inevitably be years away?
These large issues should be tackled cross-party to get them done. Take essential infrastructure projects out of politics.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 30, 2026, 04:02:41 PMAnd still millions of people each day travel somewhat necessarily on aircraft.
Did you mean unnecessarily?
Last Thursday, Burnham took the Prime Ministerial jet on a 55 minute flight from Stanstead to Glasgow for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games then the following day used it again for a 33 minute flight down to Manchester to introduce the world to "No. 10 in The North".
With blatant hypocrisy like that on display from our leaders, is it any wonder that the man in the street gives not a shit when lectured on reducing their environmental impact. It's a load of bollocks
I would hope that most people do care about reducing their environmental impact, even if they recognise hypocrisy in others.
Quote from: Slim on July 30, 2026, 05:07:05 PMI would hope that most people do care about reducing their environmental impact, even if they recognise hypocrisy in others.
Here we are supporting data centres :-\
Quote from: David L on July 30, 2026, 04:43:55 PMQuote from: The Picnic Wasp on July 30, 2026, 04:02:41 PMAnd still millions of people each day travel somewhat necessarily on aircraft.
Did you mean unnecessarily?
Last Thursday, Burnham took the Prime Ministerial jet on a 55 minute flight from Stanstead to Glasgow for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games then the following day used it again for a 33 minute flight down to Manchester to introduce the world to "No. 10 in The North".
With blatant hypocrisy like that on display from our leaders, is it any wonder that the man in the street gives not a shit when lectured on reducing their environmental impact. It's a load of bollocks
I think I meant to type seemingly necessarily, David. Thank you. I'll change that.