The official 2015 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Gandahar]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Gandahar said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Puggit said:

35.3 achieved in Wittering and Heathrow. July record is 36.5

Saying 36C which means somewhere between 35.5-36.4 at the moment (not sure if they adjust after).

Isn't 5pm the peak

Not normally, peak is around 1-3pm and also depends where you are in the world and ground conditions.

It's complicated, under current conditions peak tends to be in the late afternoon/early evening, seems to be dipping off now, but we could get a waft of hot continental air which will take it up again.

Yeah I agree Mr Nasty for UK occasionally in the UK it could be later and seems like it might today for some places. UK is unusual in this respect.

Heathrow has dropped from a peak at 2.50pm though.

http://www.weatherhq.co.uk/weather-station/london-...

Biggin Hill peak was nearer to 5pm. So we are both right and deserve more than one really big cold beers.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Gandahar said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Gandahar said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Puggit said:

35.3 achieved in Wittering and Heathrow. July record is 36.5

Saying 36C which means somewhere between 35.5-36.4 at the moment (not sure if they adjust after).

Isn't 5pm the peak

Not normally, peak is around 1-3pm and also depends where you are in the world and ground conditions.

It's complicated, under current conditions peak tends to be in the late afternoon/early evening, seems to be dipping off now, but we could get a waft of hot continental air which will take it up again.

Yeah I agree Mr Nasty for UK occasionally in the UK it could be later and seems like it might today for some places. UK is unusual in this respect.

Heathrow has dropped from a peak at 2.50pm though.

http://www.weatherhq.co.uk/weather-station/london-...

Biggin Hill peak was nearer to 5pm. So we are both right and deserve more than one really big cold beers.

Yer, I peaked between 5 & 6!

When it gets hot like this you get plumes of hot air from urban areas and continental air swilling around and the ground acting like a storage heater releasing all that energy later in the day etc. combined, you get a late peak (or even a double peak).

There's a 10C difference within a few miles now as the really hot air is getting pushed out.

[Puggit]

10 degree difference tomorrow as well - we'll be able to sleep!

Fans deployed in kids' rooms for first time in their lives.

[Puggit]

A 2nd storm moving towards the Durham/Newcastle area. Much smaller, but looking more potent.

[Puggit]

Ouch!

[towser44]

Just watched a stunning storm in the North West. Live in Macclesfield and the sky was uber dark over to the West. Called my parents who live 20 miles way due west to ask if they were having the intense lightning and thunder and they were along with buckets of rain. Awesome to watch and I've never heard constant thunder like that before. Sky darkened a little here about 5 minutes towards the end, but we were right on the edge of clear skies and the storm. But the wind picked up immensely and was quite eerie, but alas just a couple of stray lightning bolts and no rain.

[Oakey]

I got a photo of some lightning!

Sure I had the wrong lens on, and sure my battery died, and sure it was only a sliver of lightning in the top corner on a photo primarily of darkness. But I got one.

[Puggit]

If you think the storm in the NW is big, it's nothing compared to this...


Real image taken tonight...

[Chicken Chaser]

Managed to get a sighting of the supercell heading towards Newcastle earlier. Lightning going off everywhere.
There's another one currently rumbling but it must be a good 10kms + from me. The noise sounds like a T Rex is on its way!

[Joey Ramone]

Lovely weather. Perfect excuse to splurge £90 on a whole Angus fillet for me and a mate

[WCZ]

Joey Ramone said:

Lovely weather. Perfect excuse to splurge £90 on a whole Angus fillet for me and a mate

£90 steak between one man and a dog - life at its best? :P

[Dr Murdoch]

Joey Ramone said:

Lovely weather. Perfect excuse to splurge £90 on a whole Angus fillet for me and a mate

Whats with all the salad

[Mr GrimNasty]

Joey Ramone said:

Lovely weather. Perfect excuse to splurge £90 on a whole Angus fillet for me and a mate

Looks like one of the neighbours might have lost a small terrier.

[Puggit]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Looks like one of the neighbours might have lost a small terrier.

Looks like a storm heading your way?

[Thankyou4calling]

Joey Ramone said:

Lovely weather. Perfect excuse to splurge £90 on a whole Angus fillet for me and a mate

Are you saying that piece of meat alone was £90? That's a hell of a lot of money in my opinion.

Sure it was lovely though but £90?

[Mr GrimNasty]

Puggit said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

Looks like one of the neighbours might have lost a small terrier.

Looks like a storm heading your way?

Missed out so far. Not even enough to wet the ground, no hail, a few flashes and 2 half-hearted rumbles!

[Mr GrimNasty]

In case anyone believes that our weather is unprecedented and anything to do with global warming, checkout Jul and August 1911 Met office summaries.

Just as hot and far more 'extreme'.

The Met seems to have a selective memory. Not so easy to sort out all the archived printed material though!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/archive/monthly-weathe...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I was traveling west (from Surrey to Cornwall) yesterday and, from the BBC weather reporting/'news', you'd have thought we'd about reached nuclear armageddon or the zombie apocalypse.

I'm not sure whether it's charmingly British, or frustratingly parochial, that the moment we get either a cm of snow, or a few degrees of heat, and the country seems to grind to a 'let's-all-talk-about-it' halt.

The stiff upper lip rather limps when the weather changes. All in all, not very becoming.*

• The media, not this thread.

[NerveAgent]

Great storm in South Manchester last night. Loads of lightening that went on for quite a while. Weirdly muted thunder though. Just some subtle rumbling despie the garden being lit up.

[Melman Giraffe]

another hot one today