The official 2014 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Carthage]

Puggit said:

Not sure you'll need the aircon this week, but still good

A cooler week, with the South only reaching mid 20s, and a north/south divide around the M62 corridor. North of the M62 will be sub-20oC and sometimes wet. Summer continues south of the line, but sleep will be easier to come by!

A breakdown is never far away, so can't guarantee summer will continue, but for now it's

Yay, I'm glad it's getting cooler. It's been too hot to do much.

Any chance of rain in Gloucester?

[Gun]

Good, this humid weather can fk right off now as far as I'm concerned.

[Puggit]

Carthage said:

Yay, I'm glad it's getting cooler. It's been too hot to do much.

Any chance of rain in Gloucester?

Not really - only storms triggered by heat and humidity. The pressure for the next week or so is only around 1012-1020 mbar, so not proper summer and not Atlantic weather either. Pleasant, but dry...

Some chance of rain in the far SE - MetOffice warnings for today/tomorrow.

[SPR2]

It would be good to have a drop of rain here, haven't had any for what seems like ages. The sky has looked threatening at times but that is about it.;(

[MentalSarcasm]

Hopefully it'll cool down enough for my eczema to heal a bit, all I can do at the moment is stop it getting worse

[benjj]

Puggit, how are we looking for Blyton Park on Friday? - its the PH classic car trackday

[Puggit]

benjj said:

Puggit, how are we looking for Blyton Park on Friday? - its the PH classic car trackday

Tricky to nail it down that far out - wouldn't be terrible weather, but can't rule out low pressure making its presence felt.

[Alucidnation]

Nice to have a bit of a rest from the heat.

I'll now be able to install my air conditioning system in relative comfort ready for the next heat wave.

[knight]

Big black clouds and thunder rumbling towards Horsham from the south west, looks like we're going to have a storm

[Puggit]

There's a chance we could be heading towards a pattern change. Low pressure now looking more likely to arrive for Friday (sorry!).

After that we could head back towards fine weather, but long term trend forecasts are pointing towards a disappointing August (again.)

[Gun]

knight said:

Big black clouds and thunder rumbling towards Horsham from the south west, looks like we're going to have a storm

Well it's been thundering in Haywards Heath since 6.30 when it woke me up and it's still going, only a rumble every few minutes or so.

[VEA]

Yup, I heard the first thunder roll around half 6. Been on and off rain since then, nothing major though.

[Grandad7184]

some nice strikes around Otford and j4 M25 this morning

[Grandad7184]

knight said:

Big black clouds and thunder rumbling towards Horsham from the south west, looks like we're going to have a storm

We have just had a few strikes. Don't think ill be opening the work gate yet.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Sussex hit bad http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-285205...

[Puggit]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Sussex hit bad http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-285205...

Looking at the radar, those storms just bubbled up and stayed in one position. That's going to wallop anything under it!

[grumpy52]

A40 flooded near Hillingdon !

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

Sonic said:

gubbabump said:

was nice today, then pissed it down!!! thought my new bbq would've been delivered; gotta collect on sunday from depot. So to bring it to the bbq side of things - I never seem to get on with charcoal briquettes, The bloody things don't seem to light or anything??? I cover in lighter gel and nothing!! but if I use a few bags of the lumpwood charcoal bag things im up and goin in minutes!!!

any tips, think ill get one of the chimney starters too.

They cost about £15-20 from any decent garden centre or even at B&Q.

WTF?
It's a bit of folded metal with some holes in the bottom - make one!!

[Puggit]

MetOffice video shows why the storms were so bad in a limited area - they bubbled up and never moved!

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/4937030380798...

[Mr GrimNasty]

Puggit said:

MetOffice video shows why the storms were so bad in a limited area - they bubbled up and never moved!

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/4937030380798...

Yep, still, probably saves having to water tonight. Pleasantly cool for a change too, whilst it was raining.