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Retron
Sunday, August 11, 2024 5:34:45 PM
"Only" 24.6 as a high here, thanks to the sea breeze, but the dewpoint (also hovering around 19C) belies a muggy night to come.
Indoors the heat is building, as it's been sunny all day... 25C downstairs, 27C upstairs.
Tomorrow will be hell.
Leysdown, north Kent
bledur
Sunday, August 11, 2024 5:47:40 PM

"Households being told to shut windows and close curtains until Tuesday," Sounds a bit overly dramatic and nanny state to me.

Originally Posted by: briggsy6 


It is way over dramatic. It is a 1-2 day Heatwave , less than that in many areas. On the temp maps the really hot air is clipping the S.E and east anglia to be soon shifted by a change in wind direction.
Jiries
Sunday, August 11, 2024 5:56:45 PM

It is way over dramatic. It is a 1-2 day Heatwave , less than that in many areas. On the temp maps the really hot air is clipping the S.E and east anglia to be soon shifted by a change in wind direction.

Originally Posted by: bledur 


I agreed and too embarassing to let my relatives abroad read this when they see temps only poxy high 20's or low 30's for few hours.  Never heard such a warming in the 1980's 1990's heatwave,  They just wnat to copy USA with naming storms and heatwaves when other places get heatwave lasting for a week to several weeks that need a warning.
DEW
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Sunday, August 11, 2024 6:35:53 PM
Driving back from Bristol across Salisbury Plain this afternoon, the car thermometer was pretty steady at 28.0 - 28.5C
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Chichester 12m asl
Windy Willow
Sunday, August 11, 2024 7:40:14 PM
We've had a high of 26c and now sat at 22c, humidity 63% and indoors it's a comfortable 23c, the fan in the NW window still managing to make it feel cooler. I'm sure it won't be much longer before we see the bats swooping around the garden.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

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Chunky Pea
Sunday, August 11, 2024 9:30:52 PM
Still 19c with 18c dew. Lots of red tinged sheet lightning too from a storm somewhere farby⚡
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Rob K
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:46:56 PM

Driving back from Bristol across Salisbury Plain this afternoon, the car thermometer was pretty steady at 28.0 - 28.5C

Originally Posted by: DEW 


Was still reading 27-28C driving home through Surrey after 6pm this evening. 
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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tallyho_83
Sunday, August 11, 2024 11:55:12 PM
Still 21.0c here in Okehampton at 01:00am Very Humid and sticky!
Home Location - Kellands Lane, Okehampton, Devon (200m ASL)
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Retron
Monday, August 12, 2024 3:37:12 AM
An absolutely cack night and I feel like a zombie this morning - that's what a low of 19C (outdoors) and 24C (indoors) does to me. It genuinely baffles me how people can find that comfortable!
The MetO raw has 33C as the high today, with 7 hours above 30C. Unfortunately for me, one of those hours is when I have a doctor's appointment - parking will be fun, then I'll have to barge my way past a load of gurning tourists, then swelter for a bit, before coming back to a house like an oven. Deep, deep joy!
Leysdown, north Kent
Jiries
Monday, August 12, 2024 5:46:10 AM
Very shocked to see the rain this morning as it not forecasted and many other areas got rain heading east ward.  32C for here today with full sun is cancelled as now with damp ground will encourage cloudy overcast cool day today. Hope next proper prolonged sunny heatwave in September which soon models show dateline. Rack off heat phantom spike bring back traditional UK heatwaves like in the 90s.
Tim A
Monday, August 12, 2024 5:49:36 AM
If you were back in the SE I don't think you would have that problem Jiries, consequence of being further NW. 

Same here, we have showers at the moment and 16.0c.  It will brighten up and get warm but cooler than forecast a few days ago (automated says 27c for Leeds now rather than 30c a few days ago) .

Tim
NW Leeds
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Retron
Monday, August 12, 2024 5:52:57 AM

If you were back in the SE I don't think you would have that problem Jiries, consequence of being further NW. 


Yup, wall-to-wall sunshine down here in Kent - it's yet another case of we get the hot stuff but miss out on the fireworks.

I do miss the 80s and 90s, when we would get storms moving up from France in the night...
Leysdown, north Kent
Heavy Weather 2013
Monday, August 12, 2024 5:55:09 AM
Models have handled the extent of rainfall poorly this morning. That being said, should be a good clearance for many quite quickly
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DEW
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Monday, August 12, 2024 5:58:05 AM

Yup, wall-to-wall sunshine down here in Kent - it's yet another case of we get the hot stuff but miss out on the fireworks.

I do miss the 80s and 90s, when we would get storms moving up from France in the night...

Originally Posted by: Retron 


Same observation goes for Sussex, too - and at the same time often a set of 'home-grown' storms affecting the Midlands and North. Higher temps could explain the latter but not the former. Anyone with a theory?
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Jiries
Monday, August 12, 2024 6:04:56 AM

If you were back in the SE I don't think you would have that problem Jiries, consequence of being further NW. 

Same here, we have showers at the moment and 16.0c.  It will brighten up and get warm but cooler than forecast a few days ago (automated says 27c for Leeds now rather than 30c a few days ago) .

Originally Posted by: Tim A 


It not the location where I stay as it central midlands as still here more drier than the south due to lot of sliding rain there earlier this year.  The rain had reached Reading and moving to hot spots today so will thwart their mid 30s temps.  Saw the radar screen shot from NW forum. It quite extensive rain band from Reading northward moving east.
Jiries
Monday, August 12, 2024 6:13:48 AM

Yup, wall-to-wall sunshine down here in Kent - it's yet another case of we get the hot stuff but miss out on the fireworks.

I do miss the 80s and 90s, when we would get storms moving up from France in the night...

Originally Posted by: Retron 


Here! Here!  Not seen any storm proper since Chicago 2014.
Windy Willow
Monday, August 12, 2024 6:33:40 AM
Some cloud floating in from the west, but mainly blue skies, for now. Temperature 19.1c and humidity at 93%. Some possible showers have always been in the forecast for today, here, in spite of that the temperature has remained forecast as being in the 32/33c area so it may end up very steamy here soon so in lieu of that I am going to crack on with work early, so that I'm not dealing with the bulk of it when it's really hot and sticky! Thankfully the work room is on the north side of the house and the sun doesn't get there until much later in the afternoon.
Indoors in the living room it's sitting at 22c, so not that unpleasant.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

Don't feed the Trolls!! When starved of attention they return to their dark caves or the dark recesses of bridges and will turn back to stone, silent again!
Retron
Monday, August 12, 2024 6:34:17 AM

Very shocked to see the rain this morning as it not forecasted and many other areas got rain heading east ward.  32C for here today with full sun is cancelled as now with damp ground will encourage cloudy overcast cool day today. Hope next proper prolonged sunny heatwave in September which soon models show dateline. Rack off heat phantom spike bring back traditional UK heatwaves like in the 90s.

Originally Posted by: Jiries 


It's wall-to-wall sunshine down here and yes, it's going to be hot.

Talking of which, we have lift-off. The sun has now risen above the hazel tree in my garden and is shining brightly into the closed curtains of my living room. 20.5 / dew 18.4, and I expect a 3C/hour rise for the next couple of hours, and maybe 2C an hour beyond that.
Leysdown, north Kent
Crepuscular Ray
Monday, August 12, 2024 6:43:27 AM
Had 25 C in the Dales yesterday with blue skies. Highest temperature I've experienced this year! 
Jerry
Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill
Ally Pally Snowman
Monday, August 12, 2024 7:15:54 AM
29.8c the high yesterday at Wisley. 
It does look like there is more cloud than forecast further east this morning.  Will it disperse? Could stop 35c being reached. 33c seems likely still though.
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Ally Pally Snowman
Monday, August 12, 2024 7:19:13 AM
24c at Hurn is the highest so far.

Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Retron
Monday, August 12, 2024 7:50:15 AM
Just hit 24 here, with a 19.6 dewpoint too. There's some cloud moving in from the west, presumably associated with the storms further north. A welcome bonus, as it should depress temperatures just that little bit...
Leysdown, north Kent
westv
Monday, August 12, 2024 8:05:01 AM
Wind, rain and cloud here in Hull at the moment.
Phone app says it's 21c
At least it will be mild!
Jiries
Monday, August 12, 2024 8:11:10 AM

Wind, rain and cloud here in Hull at the moment.
Phone app says it's 21c

Originally Posted by: westv 


Game over for all of us today let try another one in September.
Rob K
Monday, August 12, 2024 8:12:13 AM
No rain here overnight as far as I can tell but there was a line of Ac castellanus cloud when I opened the curtains which indicates some instability. Seems to be vanishing rapidly though and the sun is beating down. 

Wasn’t uncomfortably warm overnight, in fact I woke up and needed to pull the duvet back over me!
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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