Stormy Weather II

[gurnemanz]

Still 22 here. 26 in living room, so garden door still open. Just attended to our friends' chickens while they are away. Lovely evening as the sun went down.

[BBMmk2]

Ended up being 32C down here, yesterday! About the same again today!

[Pulcinella]

Cloudy and only about 17C here.

What heatwave?

[DracoM]

Really strong wind here, sun - yes, but real edge to the south-easterly.

[oddoneout]

Cool, grey and slightly misty early on. As I was up at 6 I have been able to get out gardening before the sun got out and temperatures suddenly shot up. The wind has gone round to more east than north(which has contributed to the rise) so I suspect it could be less than cheerful on the coast - a sea fret may be on the cards rather than sunburn.
The next few days don't look very comfortable here, added to in my case by high pollen counts, so I think its going to be errands first thing in the morning, indoors during the day, and watering and other essential gardening in the evening.

[Serial_Apologist]

Failing to keep the inside temperature down led to a semi-sleepless night last night. However, at 5.30 I tentatively opened my front door and wandered out into the garden in dressing gown, to be greeted by a gentle north-easterly breeze, and temperature of 17 C. So for the first time in three days I drew back all the curtains and blinds, and allowed the flat to be aerated, although even with a circulating wind strong enough to slam some doors, it was only enough to bring the temperature down to 22 C. With curtains and blinds now closed again the temperature on my inside thermometer is 23.5 C, after warmth from the kitchen, resulting from my boiling a breakfast egg, seeped out into the remainder of the flat. But the temperature on our north-facing wall is now 30 C, which means it would probably be a degree or two higher in an accurate reading, so I can't complain.

One of the posters on the UKweatherworld site has pointed out something which I've been thinking for a number of years now. It was pretty rare in this country to experience temperatures reaching 30 C, or the old 86 F, when I was a child, but with global warming this now seems to be becoming the "new normal", to coin an overused phrase. On holiday for 3 weeks in the south of France in August the early 1960s I don't think the shade temperature rose higher than 32 C, even with the wind coming up from Africa, though of course the sunshine was far stronger than what we have here. While the prospect of thunderstorms from Wednesday on to the weekend is something to look forward to - thundery seems to be the favourite weather type, for amateur observers like me as well as for professionals, as it turns out - the promise of another week of exceptional heat, night and day, is not. On Tuesday morning I am due for my 6 monthly dentist check-up, and dreading it, hoping that the dentist will phone to ask if, in expectation of delays and backlogs, I mind postponing. On the other hand she will be glad of any business following 5 month's closure, and so I don't want to let her down.

[LMcD]

Cool, grey and slightly misty early on. As I was up at 6 I have been able to get out gardening before the sun got out and temperatures suddenly shot up. The wind has gone round to more east than north(which has contributed to the rise) so I suspect it could be less than cheerful on the coast - a sea fret may be on the cards rather than sunburn.
The next few days don't look very comfortable here, added to in my case by high pollen counts, so I think its going to be errands first thing in the morning, indoors during the day, and watering and other essential gardening in the evening.

I did some watering and a few other gardening jobs between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning.
Current weather: cloudless sky here, 25.5°C, force 3 NNE breeze.

[oddoneout]

I did some watering and a few other gardening jobs between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning.
Current weather: cloudless sky here, 25.5°C, force 3 NNE breeze.

Some watering gets done in the morning - the small fiddly bits, pots of cuttings etc for which I can use a small watering can and be pretty certain I can avoid watering myself in my PJs, but in the evening it's the big tubs etc for which I'll get out the hose and sprayer handset, and usually get some bit of me wet and often dirty as the hose drags across the ground. Lugging full watering cans around plays havoc with my back and shoulders hence the hose but the amount used overall is no different.
The breeze is making the bosky end of the garden a pleasant place to be(less so when winter easterlies hurl themselves unimpeded into it!) but the sunny grassy areas nearer the house are too much.

[LMcD]

Some watering gets done in the morning - the small fiddly bits, pots of cuttings etc for which I can use a small watering can and be pretty certain I can avoid watering myself in my PJs, but in the evening it's the big tubs etc for which I'll get out the hose and sprayer handset, and usually get some bit of me wet and often dirty as the hose drags across the ground. Lugging full watering cans around plays havoc with my back and shoulders hence the hose but the amount used overall is no different.
The breeze is making the bosky end of the garden a pleasant place to be(less so when winter easterlies hurl themselves unimpeded into it!) but the sunny grassy areas nearer the house are too much.

Gosh - 'bosky' take me back to 1960 when Henry the IV Part 1 was one of our 'O' level* set texts.
How bloodily the sun begins to peer / Above yon bosky hill
* I failed, but finally managed a GCSE in Eng Lit at evening class some 30 years later.

[Serial_Apologist]

Very intense thundery activity just over the Channel at Calais/Dieppe right now. Don't think any little boats will be leaving tonight.

[oddoneout]

Bit later than I would have liked getting out to town, and then it turned into 'one of those days' - things on my list were either completely foiled or unsatisfactory. By the time I'd finished complaining to a Morrisons manager yet again about being overcharged for a dietary item(gluten free) supposedly on promotion my internal heating was turned up and not best placed to deal with the heat outside. It's now 32 in the shade so I'll be indoors until the evening.

[LMcD]

Bit later than I would have liked getting out to town, and then it turned into 'one of those days' - things on my list were either completely foiled or unsatisfactory. By the time I'd finished complaining to a Morrisons manager yet again about being overcharged for a dietary item(gluten free) supposedly on promotion my internal heating was turned up and not best placed to deal with the heat outside. It's now 32 in the shade so I'll be indoors until the evening.

26.6 °C here (sorry...!)

[oddoneout]

26.6 °C here (sorry...!)

If I were on the coast it would be better certainly. When inland temps are this high the cool Easterlies knocking things down 5 or 10 degrees on the coast becomes a positive, rather than the problem it can be in a more normal summer.

[BBMmk2]

I moved house yesterday. Yes, in that searing heat! Both the removal men, MrsBBM, and #MrsBBMfriend did very well. Talk about super troopers! They were. Getting straight now! 34C!

[DracoM]

Up here, series of massive and spectacular thunder and lightning events on and off through the night, and rain in monsoon intensities for 15-20 mins at a throw.