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Same as here (in Jamaica) although our dew point is 25⁰C.
What transpires over the next couple of days will be fascinating and hopefully not too harmful.
Originally Posted by: doctormog
I think I’ve narrowed it down. That boomer generation are bizarrely ‘proud’ of the summer of 76, almost as if they own it. They don’t seem to like this overshadowing it - plus they don’t want to have to face reality on climate change.
Originally Posted by: John p
Absolutely. They never got over the fact they didn’t actually experience the Blitz so 1976 along with the 1966 world cup final have to do.
Fortunately I have enlightened boomed parents who not only very clearly recognise climate change is of a different order of magnitude (this week they whatsapped me a photo of one of the Mt Blanc glaciers that’s a terrifyingly tiny shadow of what it was when we first visited in 1989) but my father was at the 1966 final.
Looking at the max temps today, I thought the South would feature more as the heat is coming up that way but the temps in the North have been generally been more remarkable today e.g 33c at Hawarden. Late 18.00 temp of 28.7c at Bingley at 270m asl is impressive, not sure what the max there was , but that must be way above it's mean annual maximum .
Hottest day of the year and a date record.
Beating 32.7c set in 2006.
Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman
where is that figure coming from? top spot looks like Scampton at 31.8?
Indeed some highly irregular activity just to the north and south of me with a friend near Yeovil reporting significant heavy rain drops. Not expected.
Originally Posted by: NMA
Some lighting being shown to on the netweather radar. Heating of the day? Or some instability not picked up.
Originally Posted by: idot
Met office have said 33c was the top today.
In more “country totally prepared for hot weather” news: Blackpool Victoria Hospital has propped its doors open to keep the building cool, but now the hospital is full of seagulls 🏥🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦— Hannah Al-Othman (@HannahAlOthman) July 17, 2022
In more “country totally prepared for hot weather” news: Blackpool Victoria Hospital has propped its doors open to keep the building cool, but now the hospital is full of seagulls 🏥🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
this is shocking: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0019f4k/bbc-weather-17072022
33.0C at Hawarden. It was on the 1800Z synop reports. Daily list here: https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2022&mes=07&day=17&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send
You are on your own there i think or the sun has got to you.
Originally Posted by: bledur
Says the boomer (according to your profile).
Tim at least agrees with me :-)
Originally Posted by: Rob K
thank you again - these are things ive been missing!
Yup, illegal heavy rain drops for about five minutes here at around 7.30 - sat in the garden and just couldn’t quite believe it!
Raining here now , a flash of lightning as well . Totally not forecast and way more instability than modelled
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Not sure that means a lot to be honest
That’s autocorrect for you! That’s a classic though.
Originally Posted by: Caz
But you made an old fella smile, Caz!
R.
