The official 2014 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Puggit]

It's Eduardo - not a threat

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at1.shtml?5-daynl...

[steveT350C]

Thats a relief, it a boy!

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/03/us/female-hurric...

Eta, thanks

[Alucidnation]

The sky is lighting up in the distance.

Be nice to lose the humidity.

Edited by Alucidnation on Thursday 18th September 23:06

[mcelliott]

Mother of all thunderstorms this morning, from about 05:30 - 07:30. Constant thunder and lightning accompanied by rain of biblical proportions. Cleared to give a very muggy but mainly sunny day, Fresher going into the weekend I think.

[VEA]

Storming a bit but raining a bucket load here in Henley at the moment.

[PGM]

How's the prognosis for Gloucestershire tomorrow?

I'm doing an Audax event on the bike 66miles of hills basically and it would be nice if it was dry and not windy! Most things I've done this year have managed to find the rainy days in-between the weeks of dry weather so not holding much hope

[schmalex]

Humid. Possibly some rain

[mcelliott]

Stunning day here today in the Island (basically continuing the theme for September really). A quick snap of the bay before I left for work this morning and one of this evening just before sunset. Currently being treated to a wonderful lighting display to the South of the Island - I'm guessing probably just off the St Malo coastline. Really is quite stunning. Oddly not accompanied by any claps of thunder - making for quite an eery scene.

[mcelliott]

Just a quick update from the storm we had last night - it was the most amazing lightning show I've ever seen. The top image shows the track of the storm cells, apparently there was a lightning flash every 8 seconds for well over 3 hours. Barely any rain and very few claps of thunder. Very odd. The second image, and try not to sully this thread with too many photos of Jersey, but it was taken from the slipway at Le Braye - if you note the arc of light left of centre, that is in actual fact the headlights from the mail plane, waiting for clearance to land. The pic was taken at roughly 6am. The third image was taken from Guernsey's south coast only a couple of miles from where I live, I think you'll agree that both images are fantastic (even though I can't claim to have taken them!).

[PGM]

Thanks, that was accurate. Had a couple of light showers and some drizzle but mostly dry. Incredibly humid.

[Puggit]

Hope you've all enjoyed the extended warm spell. Signs are that it's all due to come to an end next week, with classic Autumnal weather on the way.

The ground is so dry I think we need it...

[PGM]

Our rugby pitches are a bit hard that's for sure!

Tournament in Reading this Sunday so looking like a degradation then.

[The Don of Croy]

07:25 last Thursday morning - first frost on the hood of the soft-top I've seen this year. Showing +4 deg C outside.

Friday morning 14.5 deg C at same time. No frost!

[lowdrag]

Rain here at Le Mans today - and we really needed it. But the temperature at 19.15 is still 20C and better is forecast for the rest of the week. Normally I winter the pool the first week in September, but it is still going with this weather and since friends are coming for a long weekend it'll stay on until next week. Not known that in the 15 years I've been here.

[Zad]

I think the last time I remember it being this nice so late in the year was early 1990s? Odd that the weather presenters don't seem to be mentioning an Indian Summer. Usually they witter on about it for weeks and it never happens! It was good to get some rain yesterday though, and the Boston creeper and cloud maple are positively aflame with colour!

[Bill]

We were in the sea in October last year IIRC (it might have been the year before.)

[Puggit]

2 or 3 years ago there was an exceptionally hot spell in October. I was at a party in a village hall which had to decamp outisde.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Zad said:

I think the last time I remember it being this nice so late in the year was early 1990s? Odd that the weather presenters don't seem to be mentioning an Indian Summer. Usually they witter on about it for weeks and it never happens! It was good to get some rain yesterday though, and the Boston creeper and cloud maple are positively aflame with colour!

You are joking - forgot 2011 already? October was a record breaking scorcher at times, not just an Indian summer. And November was incredibly warm too.

[MG CHRIS]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Zad said:

I think the last time I remember it being this nice so late in the year was early 1990s? Odd that the weather presenters don't seem to be mentioning an Indian Summer. Usually they witter on about it for weeks and it never happens! It was good to get some rain yesterday though, and the Boston creeper and cloud maple are positively aflame with colour!

You are joking - forgot 2011 already? October was a record breaking scorcher at times, not just an Indian summer. And November was incredibly warm too.

This most Septembers and Octobers are normally warm and dry, for the past 3 years ive been to pembrey for the truck racing between mid to late October all 3 times was clear skies and warm to around 18-20c.

Some people have really short memories.

[prand]

[quote=Zad]I think the last time I remember it being this nice so late in the year was early 1990s? Odd that the weather presenters don't seem to be mentioning an Indian Summer. [quote]

Probably because Indian Summer is accepted to be US in origin, and somebody in the PC compliance department just realised and omitting it is easier than having weathermen describing it as "native American Summer.