The official summer sun, optimism and thunder thread 2021

[spikeyhead]

Cold said:

Hottest summer evahh! (It's the Express so, y'know...) Look forward to things warming up to high 20s/low 30s very soon.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1423230/Hot...

That's a surprise, I thought that Thursdays was always "Prince Phillip killed our beloved Diana" day

[colin_p]

Summer

Even I'm fed up with this relentless cold. Last spring was the warmest on record, this one I'm sure has to be the coldest!

[Ashfordian]

Any idea from those who watch the forecasts on when we can start using this thread?

Apart from the 3 days in late March it has been a really disappointing Spring so far

[Puggit]

Ashfordian said:

Any idea from those who watch the forecasts on when we can start using this thread?

Apart from the 3 days in late March it has been a really disappointing Spring so far

[Ashfordian]

Puggit said:

Ashfordian said:

Any idea from those who watch the forecasts on when we can start using this thread?

Apart from the 3 days in late March it has been a really disappointing Spring so far

Yeah I thought that was the case.

If only we could have had these Highs in 2 months time. The weather would have been glorious

[colin_p]

Practically two almost summer days on the trot and not a single post in here.

It has been lovely.

[Celtic Dragon]

I’m sunburnt!!

Thou the garden could do with the some rain!

[JakeT]

It’s still surprisingly chilly at night though! I bought a load of grass seed recently and can’t put it down it’s been so dry.

[Puggit]

colin_p said:

Practically two almost summer days on the trot and not a single post in here.

It has been lovely.

Forecasts were way out. Hit 16 in our garden yesterday, forecast was 12!




That said, there's a bank holiday weekend coming up. Enough said.........

[Bill]

Well, the garden needs it!

[Puggit]

Bill said:

Well, the garden needs it!

Unfortunately the wind maintains a northerly aspect. We are stuck in a cool rut.

[Bill]

I need to top the pond up!

[colin_p]

Bill said:

I need to top the pond up!

Forgive my memory Bill, but is this a pond pond or a sex pond? Someone definitely has a sex pond as it has been talked about but I can't recall talk about a pond pond.

As for evaporation of sex pond waters, does anyone know if their salinity increases making them into little back garden super salty dead seas?

[Puggit]

Posting this tweet gives me no pleasure

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1386666467383...

[ElectricSoup]

FFS. Typical.

[Bill]

colin_p said:

Forgive my memory Bill, but is this a pond pond or a sex pond? Someone definitely has a sex pond as it has been talked about but I can't recall talk about a pond pond.

As for evaporation of sex pond waters, does anyone know if their salinity increases making them into little back garden super salty dead seas?

We do have a sex pond, but this is the pond pond. The SP has a lid so evaporative loss is low, but we do lose some to splashing.

[Melman Giraffe]

Puggit said:

Posting this tweet gives me no pleasure

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1386666467383...

I can see this being a poor summer, cant even get on a plane to escape to warmer climbs. Good times

[Ashfordian]

Puggit said:

Posting this tweet gives me no pleasure

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1386666467383...

Are we on track for the driest April on record?

I think I can only recall one very short period of light showers a couple of weeks ago.

[Puggit]

Ashfordian said:

Are we on track for the driest April on record?

I think I can only recall one very short period of light showers a couple of weeks ago.

I believe so. But not sunniest - that was last year

[Puggit]

Melman Giraffe said:

I can see this being a poor summer, cant even get on a plane to escape to warmer climbs. Good times

Long range money is currently on scorching June/July.