The official summer sun, BBQ and thunder thread 2019

[Puggit]

It'll happen. I'm away from home. Always kicks off when I'm away.

Kids will want to share a bed and dog will fall apart.

[jimmyjimjim]

Currently enjoying a decent thunderstorm here, including 10 minutes of hail.

Not as good as the 40 damn minutes of it two weeks ago In the mountains....we'd found some barely acceptable cover that preventing it from hurting, but didn't keep us dry - kept expecting it to end and got soaked as a result, before we gave up at 20 minutes and sought better cover.

Edited by jimmyjimjim on Tuesday 23 July 02:16

[ApOrbital]

colin_p said:

Chef ?

Nope i work for a very famous drinks company.

[Puggit]

Latest thoughts from one forecaster... colours are chance of a storm, black area is more severe storms, if they happen.

Better not bigger up Heathrow!

[Bill]

Looks like we have rain and storms predicted here in Italy. They reckon it'll knock the temperature down a degree or two, to 33°c

[Puggit]

Storms in Italy are great!

Beautiful morning in Lisbon - enjoying pasteis de nata for breakfast.

[MiniMan64]

So my iPhone says 37 in the capital tomorrow...

...nice knowing you London!

[Puggit]

MiniMan64 said:

So my iPhone says 37 in the capital tomorrow...

...nice knowing you London!

Some models still showing 38, although there was a tiny amount of watering down overnight generally.

July record likely to fall, 25% chance all time record will go.

[Johnnytheboy]

Johnny's Thunderstorm Law states that the act of forecasting thunderstorms actually prevents them from occurring.

I hope to be proved wrong! The BBC Weather site is forever forecasting for Dorset and we've not had one in years.

[mcelliott]

Well I think we got to about 28 or 29c here in Guernsey which is really hot for us, Jersey I think exceeded 30c, my brothers in central France at the moment
and they had 41c yesterday.

[SpeedMattersNot]

Just an FYI if you press Alt+248 you get the ° symbol

[JakeT]

ALT+0176 does the ° symbol too.

[PositronicRay]

Puggit said:

MiniMan64 said:

So my iPhone says 37 in the capital tomorrow...

...nice knowing you London!

Some models still showing 38, although there was a tiny amount of watering down overnight generally.

July record likely to fall, 25% chance all time record will go.

What do commuters do? Not sure I could face being crammed in a sweaty underground.

[steveT350C]

34 driving around S. Bucks half hour ago. My house is painted white and felt chilly walking in earlier!

[Puggit]

PositronicRay said:

What do commuters do? Not sure I could face being crammed in a sweaty underground.

The main line trains have air con (in to Paddington and Waterloo anyway) - so I plan my journey carefully to try and avoid the underground. If I must, I'll use the cut/shut lines (Hammersmith/Circle/District) and totally avoid the deep lines (victora/northern/picadilly/bakerloo/central). Circle Line actually has some form of aircon now.

[Puggit]

Arpege short range model joins UKV in predicting 39 for Thurs... Kent is the sweet spot, Colin will be pleased to know.

[Puggit]

Netweather thoughts:

[anonymous-user]

Puggit said:

The main line trains have air con (in to Paddington and Waterloo anyway) - so I plan my journey carefully to try and avoid the underground. If I must, I'll use the cut/shut lines (Hammersmith/Circle/District) and totally avoid the deep lines (victora/northern/picadilly/bakerloo/central). Circle Line actually has some form of aircon now.

As Puggit says most mainline stuff has aircon with SWR and Thamelink being the leaders in this.

Seasoned commuters avoid the tube at all costs, rain, sun, wind, snow its always st down there especially at peak

I commute into whichever mainline station is closest to my role at the time and then walk or pedal. 30 min walking in this heat is still more pleasurable than the tube and by the time you've gone down, onto train, back up you can often cover a similar distance.

[colin_p]

Puggit said:

Arpege short range model joins UKV in predicting 39 for Thurs... Kent is the sweet spot, Colin will be pleased to know.

Pffft

This is what I've got to deal with, just got home and took a snap. I know it is not calibrated or in an official Stephensons Screen etc but still...

[Puggit]

Good chance Thurs night will be highest minimum temperature in history for UK (23.9 is record)

July record almost certain to fall Thurs (36.7)

All time temps likely to be smashed in Luxumbourg, Netherlands and Germany.