Stormy Weather II

[oddoneout]

Became quite unpleasant this afternoon with the temperature getting to around 27 and the wind not only very strong but also hot (not just warm) an unwelcome reminder of the similar wind which exacerbated the heat and did so much damage on 19th July. The wind has dropped a bit but it's still around 24 degrees outside so a sticky night ahead.

[Serial_Apologist]

Became quite unpleasant this afternoon with the temperature getting to around 27 and the wind not only very strong but also hot (not just warm) an unwelcome reminder of the similar wind which exacerbated the heat and did so much damage on 19th July. The wind has dropped a bit but it's still around 24 degrees outside so a sticky night ahead.

Strange, as here in S London it just managed a 27C which actually felt quite pleasant, and is now down to 19C, so I've flung all the windows wide open. It seems possible to acclimatize after a while to these very warm temperatures - up to a point, at any rate.

[BBMmk2]

The temperature has risen rapidly as has windspeed - 26 degrees and gusting up to 30mph is quickly finishing off the last remnants of the useful rain we had in the early hours of Sunday morning. More of the same tomorrow. It was good while it lasted to have a bit of a break from the never ending watering... I have drastically reduced the plants getting such attention (5 new fruit trees, some veg and about 6 containers of decorative - permanent not annual - planting and 3 of salad and tender veg - which would have been in the ground in other years), but the conditions have been such that just pottering round with a watering can of an evening doesn't suffice - especially when a mole is excavating underneath and blackbirds on top.

Seems like, as that saying goes, ever decreasing circles?

Rather cloudy today, with acceptable temperatures. With max 25C! Sounds like it’s going to be a muggy day,

[BBMmk2]

Going to be a hottie today, at 25C!

A friend of mine was saying, whose from Australia, said that, in our last heat wave, that we should shut all windows, close curtains and have a bowl of water by the fan, so it produces cool air.

[Joseph K]

A pleasant day here, sunny and around 21 or 22C.

Still got the lingering tiredness post-covid though...

[oddoneout]

Generally pleasant today, with intermittent sun and a cooling not too strong breeze, both of which have kept temperatures to low 20s.

[Serial_Apologist]

Generally pleasant today, with intermittent sun and a cooling not too strong breeze, both of which have kept temperatures to low 20s.

So relieving just to have temperatures back to where they would have once been normally - or nearly so: just a degree above the August mean of 22C. Next week's expected to heat up once more, though not to the extreme level of a week ago: this airstream will be of more northerly origin.

[DracoM]

Lots of sun, fine landscapes to walk through, BUT chilyish westerly.

[oddoneout]

Distinctly cool at the beginning of the morning, the sun breaking through took the edge off and overall it has been pleasant (20 or 21) but the breeze remains chilly so shady spots mean short sleeves are a bit goosebumpy. The forecast suggests the overnight temperature is likely to be quite low compared with what we have had for weeks now, just about getting into double digits.
What hasn't changed is lack of rain... With water companies now starting to impose hosepipe bans I'll need to make sure my water butts at the bottom of the garden are topped up in case we get one here, so I can fill watering cans for those veg plants that still survive, and the new fruit trees - and hope rain comes before they empty!

[Jonathan]

Hailstones here this afternoon!

[BBMmk2]

Hailstones here this afternoon!

Wow! Nothing at all, down here!

[Serial_Apologist]

I figured the 25C officially predicted for London to be excessive, it only reaching 18C by 12 noon, and this has proved to be the case, with a maximum here of 22C, which turned out ideal for a 16-mile round trip, one I frequently cycle, with the Hope Café stop off for the sugariest slab of chocolate brownie studded with walnuts and a huge beaker of tea - £5.05 in all, but she let me off the 5p as there was no change in the float! Had a nice chat with a couple of around my age on a London visit from Hereford to see their son, who's resident in Lewisham. There was a nice relaxed feel in the parks, the usual couples, family groups, dogs, wheelchair users, but the fact that the council (Lewisham) had at some point given all grass areas a No 1 cut meant not one blade of green grass to be seen anywhere.

If I'm to do any more long rides this week they'll have to be before it hots up once more, which is expected later in the coming week.

[BBMmk2]

I figured the 25C officially predicted for London to be excessive, it only reaching 18C by 12 noon, and this has proved to be the case, with a maximum here of 22C, which turned out ideal for a 16-mile round trip, one I frequently cycle, with the Hope Café stop off for the sugariest slab of chocolate brownie studded with walnuts and a huge beaker of tea - £5.05 in all, but she let me off the 5p as there was no change in the float! Had a nice chat with a couple of around my age on a London visit from Hereford to see their son, who's resident in Lewisham. There was a nice relaxed feel in the parks, the usual couples, family groups, dogs, wheelchair users, but the fact that the council (Lewisham) had at some point given all grass areas a No 1 cut meant not one blade of green grass to be seen anywhere.

If I'm to do any more long rides this week they'll have to be before it hots up once more, which is expected later in the coming week.

I think in these neck oftgevwoids, it reached around 30C! Similarly, the temperature will be.

[oddoneout]

I figured the 25C officially predicted for London to be excessive, it only reaching 18C by 12 noon, and this has proved to be the case, with a maximum here of 22C, which turned out ideal for a 16-mile round trip, one I frequently cycle, with the Hope Café stop off for the sugariest slab of chocolate brownie studded with walnuts and a huge beaker of tea - £5.05 in all, but she let me off the 5p as there was no change in the float! Had a nice chat with a couple of around my age on a London visit from Hereford to see their son, who's resident in Lewisham. There was a nice relaxed feel in the parks, the usual couples, family groups, dogs, wheelchair users, but the fact that the council (Lewisham) had at some point given all grass areas a No 1 cut meant not one blade of green grass to be seen anywhere.

If I'm to do any more long rides this week they'll have to be before it hots up once more, which is expected later in the coming week.

Perhaps they need to be reminded that good grass management has for many years advised grass be left longer in dry periods? It would also tick the reducing carbon/fossil fuel box which all councils have now in some form or other not to do so many grass cuts.

[Old Grumpy]

There was a nice relaxed feel in the parks, the usual couples, family groups, dogs, wheelchair users, but the fact that the council (Lewisham) had at some point given all grass areas a No 1 cut meant not one blade of green grass to be seen anywhere.

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Well at least it disperses all the number twos