The official 2014 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Puggit]

Alucidnation said:

Looks like the south could be in for a settled and sunny week!

Yep - warm again with temps up to 30 by end of week.

Today might be fun though - huge super cells over northern France look like they are coming over...

[lowdrag]

34C and bbq's all last week.lovely view of the Med too

[anonymous-user]

Storm again in Kent, loads of rain, some nice Thunder, bit too light to see the lightning but occasionally you catch one

[zetec]

Thunder and a very dark sky here in South Essex

[iva cosworth]

Not that far away from the last two posters and nothing but heat here .

[Wing Commander]

I'm not saying it's been biblical here in Norwich, but we had two flashs so bright I genuinely thought they were explosions, extremely closely followed by deafening bangs (but no rumble at all - must have been too close). Then probably 100 or so smaller flashes and thunder which is still going on now, over an hour later

Back patio area under 4 inches of water, complete with frogs now. Still raining, water pouring uncontrollably off the roof.

It's been brilliant!

[anonymous-user]

Bit wet down the bottom of the high street

https://twitter.com/Kent_999s/status/4908694023265...

[MarshPhantom]

Storm brewing over Lewisham. Thunder and lightning already.

[Bill]

Meh. Consolation beer & bbq in the sun here

[mitzy]

Just having a downpour near suton

No Thunder or Lighning

[Puggit]

Meanwhile in West Berks:

(Sunshine, mojito, courgette, cumberland sausages, sirloin steak)

[Laurel Green]

Am just looking at www.raintoday.co.uk and the storms are coming up from the South, as well as down from the north - was quite biblical at times!

[mitzy]

Just popped a batch of Coconut and Cherry Cakes in he oven
Does that count?

[Alucidnation]

It's been very pleasant here.

Warm sunshine with a gentle cool breeze.

Perfect!

[dmitsi]

We had sun earlier but is a bit cloudy now (Brighton), but fairly bright. Just warming the coals up for some bbq chicken and venison burgers.

[dmitsi]

dmitsi said:

We had sun earlier but is a bit cloudy now (Brighton), but fairly bright. Just warming the coals up for some bbq chicken and venison burgers.

Well fortunately I got the chicken in and the lid is on as it's just started raining. Hopefully it's stopped by the time the burgers need to go in.

[iva cosworth]

iva cosworth said:

Not that far away from the last two posters and nothing but heat here .

That broke at about 5.30pm with heavy rain and some rumbles of thunder.

[dmitsi]

Well the shower lasted about 10 minutes followed by half the sky being clear and the other half thunder and lightening. The storm went West and then South. Maybe it will spin around again over the channel. Walked to the end of the garden to watch the storm moving away and one of my cats was asleep under a table. She woke up, stretched, looked around when there was some thunder and went back to sleep. Not much fazes her. Food nearly ready.

[Rosscow]

Soooo....

As we're off to the West Country for a fortnight on Thursday, any up to date weather forecasts please

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

It'll be lovely all week with a return to thundery downpours on sat/sun...clearing up again on Monday.
/predictable