The official 2014 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Puggit]

Tentative signs of some serious heat moving up from the Continent in the form of a 'Spanish Plume' next weekend.

Danger is it looks likely to be muggy and thundery...

[Glade]

I was at a pub by a canal.

Female Swan tried to get into the pub. Quite funny...

"Swan walked into a pub" jokes.

Then a male swan came out and raped it in-front of a beer garden full of children.

Tumbleweed

[vournikas]

Puggit said:

Tentative signs of some serious heat moving up from the Continent in the form of a 'Spanish Plume' next weekend.

Danger is it looks likely to be muggy and thundery...

The forecasted surface pressure charts look interesting. A ridge of warm continental air pushing up tomorrow / Friday, followed by a cold front crashing into it from the East on Saturday. Perfect for some decent thunderstorms

[Puggit]

26oC possible in the South on Saturday - but as above, there's going to be some serious fireworks!

[Bill]

Any predictions for the following weekend? We have 100 odd guests expected.

[HarryFlatters]

I took my barbecue out of the shed on Tuesday evening to give it a good clean and a lick of paint

It's pished it down ever since

It's my Dad's 65th birthday barbecue on Saturday

It's forecast for thunderstorms

I'm doing ribs

[smiffy180]

Anyone know if these giant hailstones are going to appear or not?

[Puggit]

smiffy180 said:

Anyone know if these giant hailstones are going to appear or not?

Storms are a certainty - but the stones are just Daily Express hyperbole

[smiffy180]

Puggit said:

Storms are a certainty - but the stones are just Daily Express hyperbole

Cheers

[DuckAvenger]

18°C right now and it's 6:50am. Forecast tells me it's going to be another 30°C day ...

[Puggit]

smiffy180 said:

Puggit said:

Storms are a certainty - but the stones are just Daily Express hyperbole

Cheers

However...

Looking more and more likely that there will be some very severe storms and where the storms turn in to multi cell clusters the hail could cause damage to cars...

Travelling home from Norway today, so I'll update this evening with likely areas to be effected.

[Bill]

P, is it still way too early to look at next weekend?

[Puggit]

Bill said:

P, is it still way too early to look at next weekend?

There's high pressure around, but also a possibility of a breakdown. Too early, and could go either way...

[Sonic]

Storms + moving house...

[Bill]

Puggit said:

There's high pressure around, but also a possibility of a breakdown. Too early, and could go either way...

Cheers. Much as I expected. SWMBO has been googling and thankfully found a site saying a heat wave was coming

[Jasandjules]

Bill said:

P, is it still way too early to look at next weekend?

I don't know but it is sunny now, so I will be firing up the BBQ this evening.

[Patch1875]

just finished a barby here in east lothian beautiful in the garden 23 degrees some quarter pounders and sweet chilli chicken yum!

[smiffy180]

Puggit said:

However...

Looking more and more likely that there will be some very severe storms and where the storms turn in to multi cell clusters the hail could cause damage to cars...

Travelling home from Norway today, so I'll update this evening with likely areas to be effected.

Any news?
I have no form of cover for my car if it happens

[Puggit]

smiffy180 said:

Puggit said:

However...

Looking more and more likely that there will be some very severe storms and where the storms turn in to multi cell clusters the hail could cause damage to cars...

Travelling home from Norway today, so I'll update this evening with likely areas to be effected.

Any news?
I have no form of cover for my car if it happens

Errrr - that was yesterday morning

Meanwhile....

Growing consensus that high pressure is arriving for next weekend- and likely to stick around. The entire week doesn't look too shabby.

[Bill]

In other news I've just lit the bbq. Maple smoked chicken tonight.