It's 17C outside at the moment but it really feels quite fresh. Fresh enough for goosebumps!

Enjoy it, whilst you have it.

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We dropped to 16C last night but it happened really late in the night so this 17C is coldest I've felt in over a week, and with round 2 of the heatwave coming up it might be a while before I get the chance to chill the bedroom out. 

The average July night low here is 15C so we might end up with that tonight.

Lunatic paper reviewers on Sky News this AM

1. Basically saying it’s summer, it was hot a few years ago.

2. Also downplaying the impact on people living in upper floor flats.

3. It’s Scaremongering.

4. 1976 was hotter.

5. Complaining that maps used to have sunshine symbols and made the weather happier.

I’m sick of it, and it’s frankly dangerous that Sky news give airtime to these people.

Oh that explains it, Editor of Daily Star and Spiked online

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Left for work at 5am this morning and it was just 8 degrees. Crazy to think in a couple of days at that time it may be nearer 28 degrees!

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A chilly 10C to start the day here. Amazing to think what will happen to temperatures in the next couple of days.

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Latest UKV run showing a max of 37C just east of Edinburgh on Tuesday. Existing Scottish record is 32.9C.

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Much fresher outside than inside the house. Sadly, despite opening windows. this old house with no insulation just traps the heat for days

 

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I just did a post about that particular model run a short time ago on the MO thread.

Edinburgh isn't even in any of the official Met Office warnings either, but that particular run shows us getting around 33°C to 34°C here with the Scottish Borders getting up to possibly 35°C to 37°C.

Meanwhile, both the Met Office and the BBC have upgraded their temperature forecasts for Hawick on Tuesday to 31°C.

 

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Is anyone considering sleeping in their garden on Monday night?

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Again that seems too surreal to be true! 

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I also, don't think that it will actually get as hot as that here but I do think that the all time Scottish record is still under threat and I'm not looking forward to that in any way.

 

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We once camped on the Atlantic coast of France south of Bordeaux and the temperature did not fall below 30c all night. It was dreadful.

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Yes. I've got a blow up bed. It's madness to sleep in the bedroom without aircon.

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Here BBC goes for 36c Monday and Tuesday.
Met Office says 33c and 32c.

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No, but I may well lug the mattress downstairs and sleep in the living room... depends how far I can cool things on Monday itself (I've the day off work, thankfully, but will be back in the inferno of a school on Tuesday).

As for Tuesday night, I've a refundable booking for the Holiday Inn down the road from the school. It's a dive, but at least they have a/c. Hopefully I won't need it, but just in case...

33, (23 low), 36 from the Met Office and 35, (19 low), 37 from the BBC.

Worrying, TBH, as they usually underestimate due to having nearby sea-based grid points in the mix.

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Same here!  I put a fleece on yesterday evening when I was topping up the pool, seemed a bit daft that it felt quite chilly when preparing for extreme heat.  Temp did start to rise quickly once the sun hit us though and is 20c now and calm.

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In our place in France there is a large cellar which can serve as a heatwave escape room when it’s really hot. Unfortunately we don’t have that at home but our basement kitchen is the closest equivalent.

We have a caravan in our vineyard as well, and as it’s in a valley it gets cool at night. 7.6C last night. But can’t stay there with the whole family plus our Ukrainian guest. So it’s just management of window openings and closings over the next 2 days. Down to 22C indoors this morning.

It’s funny hearing the heatwave being picked up by the general public after 2 weeks of us gawping at 40C model runs. In the cafe this morning the customer in front of me joking about how we Brits panic as soon as we get a bit of warm weather or 2 inches of snow. You know the usual British weather joke. Little do they know. I think they think the heatwave is what we have now. Notice that in the papers too: pictures of people “cooling off in the heatwave” on the beach and in parks.

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We considered sleeping down our cellar but there’s too much stuff stored down there. 

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Yes, I am seriously considering blowing up my blow up bed and sleeping on my balcony. My 4th floor flat is going to be like an oven. But the secondary problem I have is because I live near a dock, mossies invade in numbers. So it’s a choice between being eaten or cooking.

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 As I mentioned the other day we have portable air con, but it is noisy and it would need to run throughout the night. Therefore, we're considering the garden option as an alternative.

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Anyone sick of seeing this infuriating image:

https://twitter.com/northyorkswx/status/1548228327948685312?s=21&t=ahJOC2k8nPf0aGEZXEN-7w 

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.... and 'king expensive with current electricity prices. 

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Twitter is a total cesspit of bile. Perfectly possible /reasonable to have knowledge of past heatwaves and an appreciation of the importance of long term trends over individual very hot days, without being a "climate change denier"
In a way that guy has stooped to their level

Leconfield field now 42c for Tuesday on the Met Office App!
That is just crazy!

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