The official 2015 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

The official 2015 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

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MentalSarcasm

6,083 posts

211 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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tenohfive said:
Well, with the gritter non-story hitting headlines today I wondered if this years snow thread had started yet?
NO! It's not even September yet!

Edited to add: Last years thread was started on 26th August and it didn't snow, the year before it was started on the 27th August and it didn't snow, August snow threads never work! frown

Edited by MentalSarcasm on Sunday 30th August 18:49

NRS

22,183 posts

201 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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MentalSarcasm said:
tenohfive said:
Well, with the gritter non-story hitting headlines today I wondered if this years snow thread had started yet?
NO! It's not even September yet!

Edited to add: Last years thread was started on 26th August and it didn't snow, the year before it was started on the 27th August and it didn't snow, August snow threads never work! frown

Edited by MentalSarcasm on Sunday 30th August 18:49
First snow last year was the 22nd of September for me, so less than a month to go potentially! Might be worth starting one soon!

Had a BBQ at the weekend, however there was only 2 of us actually doing the cooking with everyone else hiding indoors for some reason!




mcelliott

8,671 posts

181 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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Well the weather gods finally shone today - a 3 hour window of fine weather ensured that I got to do my skydive. Currently experiencing very thundery weather courtesy of a line of thunderstorms from Rotterdam to Caen. Weather app reporting 355 strikes per minute!

beanbag

7,346 posts

241 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Apologies for the smudge on the photo due to the scratched lens but it's still very much BBQ season down my part of the world smile





iva cosworth

44,044 posts

163 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Dreadful here......cry

Puggit

48,452 posts

248 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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NRS said:
First snow last year was the 22nd of September for me, so less than a month to go potentially! Might be worth starting one soon!

Had a BBQ at the weekend, however there was only 2 of us actually doing the cooking with everyone else hiding indoors for some reason!



With the return of northerly winds this week, don't rule out snow on the Cairngorms...

ETA this forecast for Cairngorm (check out 2 days ahead...) http://www.cairngormmountain.org/cairngorm-mountai...

Edited by Puggit on Monday 31st August 13:44

MG CHRIS

9,084 posts

167 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Any ideas on weather this coming sunday got a track day in pembrey managed to have all dry track days this year and want to try out my new slick tyres for there. As long as its dry im happy.

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

170 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Most likely dry and cool - average. Unlikely to be either very wet or very hot.

MG CHRIS

9,084 posts

167 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Mr GrimNasty said:
Most likely dry and cool - average. Unlikely to be either very wet or very hot.
That's fine by me.

NRS

22,183 posts

201 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Puggit said:
NRS said:
First snow last year was the 22nd of September for me, so less than a month to go potentially! Might be worth starting one soon!

Had a BBQ at the weekend, however there was only 2 of us actually doing the cooking with everyone else hiding indoors for some reason!



With the return of northerly winds this week, don't rule out snow on the Cairngorms...

ETA this forecast for Cairngorm (check out 2 days ahead...) http://www.cairngormmountain.org/cairngorm-mountai...

Edited by Puggit on Monday 31st August 13:44
Looks like it is snow on mountains over 1000m a bit inland here according to the forecast. Not seen any new snow yet, but the tops have been covered by clouds since the temperature dropped a bit and it started raining.

Puggit

48,452 posts

248 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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So far the only hot spells we've had is when low pressure sat to our West and high pressure to our East. As each system turns in a different direction, both pushing a flow from the south over us - it got warm.

We're heading in to a spell of weather which is the opposite. As per NRS's picture, low pressure is now to the East, and high pressure to the West. This will drive cool air from the North, along with cloud. Only Scotland and a few coastal patches in northern England are likely to see the showers from this system.

So dry and cool.

Still waiting for summer irked

beanbag

7,346 posts

241 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Puggit said:
So far the only hot spells we've had is when low pressure sat to our West and high pressure to our East. As each system turns in a different direction, both pushing a flow from the south over us - it got warm.

We're heading in to a spell of weather which is the opposite. As per NRS's picture, low pressure is now to the East, and high pressure to the West. This will drive cool air from the North, along with cloud. Only Scotland and a few coastal patches in northern England are likely to see the showers from this system.

So dry and cool.

Still waiting for summer irked
The UK is awesome and I miss a lot of aspects (such as the ability to run a business reliably), but not the weather. When the weather is great, it's lovely but summers are so short and the rest of the time is cold, wet, grey, unpredictable. It's even worse in Wales. 90% of the time I call my sister and it's usually pissing it down, so they spend much of their time cooped up inside watching TV. Awful.

It's also one of the reasons I eventually left Austria. Beautiful place but while summers are amazing, they only last 2 months, and then it's back to wet, cold nights and freezing grey, dark winters. Horrific.

Puggit

48,452 posts

248 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Pacific looking a little spicy at the moment! http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/...

Also Hurricane Fred was the easternmost formed Atlantic Hurricane, and the first for Cape Verde (bummer if you'd booked a holiday!)

drivin_me_nuts

17,949 posts

211 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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I keep looking at Saturdays since it has come into the BBC frame. Showers, sunny, cloudy.. it's like a flippin roller-coaster. The last thing I need is a soggy (and probably grouchy) bride. So tell me weather sages, please tell me it's going to be dry!

Puggit

48,452 posts

248 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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drivin_me_nuts said:
I keep looking at Saturdays since it has come into the BBC frame. Showers, sunny, cloudy.. it's like a flippin roller-coaster. The last thing I need is a soggy (and probably grouchy) bride. So tell me weather sages, please tell me it's going to be dry!
Depends where...

By and large, as per Mr Grimnasty above - it should remain dry and cool. Coastal areas can't rule out light rain if the winds are 'favourable'.

p1stonhead

25,549 posts

167 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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O well if its over, its over.

I cant remember (in the South East at least) having a better summer for a good number of years. Lots of very warm and sunny days this year smile

dav123a

1,220 posts

159 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Probably the opposite for the west Yorks had some decent bits here and there but too far in-between. I think I've had the garden hose out twice in the summer, end of June both times. August was very poor . Hope 2016 is better. That said I think the NW has had it worse.

spikeyhead

17,329 posts

197 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Leicester has barely had any sun through August. My first tomato is only just starting to ripen.

Ricepilot

639 posts

226 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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beanbag said:
Apologies for the smudge on the photo due to the scratched lens but it's still very much BBQ season down my part of the world smile



I doff my cap to you sir.

That's a hell of a selfie stick you have.

beanbag

7,346 posts

241 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Ricepilot said:
beanbag said:
Apologies for the smudge on the photo due to the scratched lens but it's still very much BBQ season down my part of the world smile



I doff my cap to you sir.

That's a hell of a selfie stick you have.
They're longer in Spain... wink