Tri-lakes I assume Darren? I bet the alpacas were feeling the heat :)

Just back from a fantastic family wedding weekend in a picture-perfect Hampshire village - thatched cottages, marquee behind the village hall, cider straight from the barrel, paddling in the brook to cool off. Ok i was feeling the heat a bit in my suit and drank more water than booze during the afternoon, but I'm not complaining! Rounded off with drinks and dinner in the garden and still warm enough for shorts and T shirt at 10pm.

Flawless weather like this reminds you just what an English summer day can be, and it is all too rare.

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Had a great day down the local country park, sat round the lake with a picnic and some beers/wine. Was really warm at onestage and hardly a breeze.

It's cooled down nicely now though with the NE'ly kicking in, atleast can sleep.

So hope we can hold onto the fine weather through next weekend also.

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It's Steam Fog and his ceaseless warm cherrypicking in the MO thread that I'm avoiding.

For those who are curious for whatever reason - in Leysdown it's actually been very pleasant with abundant sunshine. There's been a sea breeze throughout and the temperature hasn't gone above 22C. The breeze means it's easy to keep the house at around 23C, which is fine.

There doesn't look like much change over the coming week either, which is fine by me!

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Retron there is no need to make this nasty. That is exactly what you did in April. Repeatedly and unprovoked. You quite deliberately misquoted me (apparently to lend weight to your claims that I was cherry picking). You claimed I was ignorant and deliberately misleading people. I'm not and wasn't. You twisted one way and another. All because I suggested that there was an indication it could get warmer from mid April. And it did. It wasn't a heatwave nor wall to wall sunshine. I didn't say it would be (indeed I said it wouldn't). It's quite beyond me why you thought this so offensive to react in the way you did. It was ugly.

So despite your superior attitude you were quite wrong. Wrong in the way you characterised what I was saying and wrong in your interpretation. I think that is what you don't like.

You get a lot of credit for the hard work you put into some of your posts and that's great. It's a shame you let your nasty side undermine that.

Hmmm... It was only a bit of leg pulling 😊

Back on topic (please) we have a superb base to kick off here today. It's already 18.8c. I wonder if we'll break 30c 👍

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Now that Kent has finally latched onto the idea that we can actually do summer-like weather, I wonder how much of a warming effect it is going to have on the surrounding seas = more in the way of thundery activity later on in the season?

Of course, this is assuming this summer-like theme doesn't actually fall apart the moment the kids break up for their summer holiday!

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topped out at 28 Deg C here yesterday ...now 15c low murk and light drizzle ...unreal 

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The kids have been off in much if Scotland and NI for a week or more now Ian and it hasn't gone pear shaped (yet). 6 weeks of this warm sunshine would do me rather nicely 🤤 😁

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Really rocketing here. Now at 20.1c 🤤

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29 deg C playing cricket yesterday - too hot. Already 19 deg C at 7.55 am on the way to work. Thankfully my lab is air-conned...

Really rather glad of the cloud that's rolled in here overnight, has made for a much cooler morning and hence a more civilised commute. Sun starting to break through now though, currently 16c after an overnight low of 14c.

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Awesome Sun just poking through after a rank start 

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00z today - I make that 594-600dam air over the southern half of Ireland, truly extraordinary

Sunny here and already into the 20's despite a fair old breeze blowing

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Some lovely unforecast low cloud this morning after a sunny start.

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Cloud burning back now means cloud advancing towards the Pennines...

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Have had to pull the windows in at work because of this NE'ly...actually started to feel chilly with the gusts lol.

Lovely in the Sun though when sheltered from the wind.  I make it 19*c

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Beautiful morning here. Hot sun, lovely breeze.

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Indeed, it still feels very warm in my sheltered back yard as that is where I am. Although the cyclists amongst us may find that head wind a bit hard work, I'm sure homeowners will appreciate the fast drying time for line washing.

I should imagine the front of my west-facing house would become boiling hot this afternoon as the sun swings around to face it, NE breeze or not.

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Up to 24.4c here now. I think we may fall just short of 30c. There's a bit of a breeze which may just cap it

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Some 25c's around at the moment not sure we can get to 30c today though will be close.

 

 

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23.8C, which since it only reached 20.5C here yesterday is feeling hot.  Warmest July day since 2009 here.

Now up to 27.5C though it really doesn't feel like it in the this breeze.

I've taken multiple shaded readings and all very similar 27.2C - 27.5C with very little temperatures change in the past hour 🙂

25.4c here currently. This breeze is definitely going to stop us making 30c, which is a shame.

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Cloud burning away so temps will pick up fast - currently 18.2.....25c seems to be the hottest at the moment across the country

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Aviemore looks toasty with 26c at midday.

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