Great 'thoughts' Gavin as usual. Don't forget Scotland in your outlooks, I know you mention us now and then! Would you believe it, for once the heatwave has reached up here and we are regularly getting 25 C in Edinburgh with 28 C recently. Think we will turn a wee bit cooler and cloudier from Saturday though!

Keep up the excellent work!

Its approaching 25 C in Edinburgh yet again and once more we have glorious sunshine with the prospect of 27 C tomorrow! This is by far the best spell of summer weather since 2006 here.

June was sunnier and drier than normal here too with average temperatures so the general mood is great up here even without Andy's achievements!

The last few Augusts have been a washout for the Festival so fingers crossed this pattern lasts to Aug 31st!!

I was meaning because it is such a long time since we have experienced this.

I think a few would argue with you that after recent times it is special already

22.2°C today and very nice too... another evening meal in the garden.

High 20s tomorrow here too... possibly another 30°C???

29c again for Castlederg today N Ireland having one hell of a heatwave for them.

Maxed at 18.5...stupid game!!!

More superb weather today. Not as hot but a nice sunny evening compared to last night. Another night eating in the garden...this is what summer is for. What makes this sweeter...is off the back of the coldest spring and that March snowstorm. Proper seasonal contrasts like the US.

The last couple of days has been chillier but this evening is a real shocker...11.8c 

Blimey.. just need some heavy precipitation and you may get a sprinkling of snow tomorrow morning.

Thats my way of thinking, down to 11.6c now. At this rate the heating is going to click on soon. 

The coolest day for a week, at 24.0 °C -- but it sure didn't feel like it, what with the unbroken sunshine all day! So far, since the first really warm day (Saturday) I've recorded:

6/7: 26.5 °C

7/7: 28.1 °C

8/7: 26.5 °C

9/7: 27.5 °C

10/7: 25.6 °C

11/7: 24.0 °C

Going back up tomorrow, I suspect!

Wonderful spell of weather this is. The heat and sunshine we've had this week had reminded me more of the great summer of 1995 more than the summers of 2003 & 2006. Don't get me wrong; 03 and 06 were both pretty good overall but both of those summers had too much humidity for me. This week has seen temps here of around 25/26C on most days but with little humidity. Superb!

I agree, what an excellent spell of weather and the outlook is just as good!  This is the kind of summer I was dreaming of when I said I was prepared to forego any decent weather in the Spring if we actually had a summer to follow.  For me, Winter, Spring and now Summer are proper seasons, just as I'd expect them to be!  Perfect! 

After having look at the latest visible satellite images, is it me or this area of high pressure is now starting to look a bit stale and dirty as pollution and some cloud are being dragged into it? Starting to look like it's the same air being recycled around, hence the rising heat and humidity and the hazy sunhine that we do get.
  Need to get rid of this high pressure system and then start afresh with a nice, fresh and clean new one.    

Los Meteorologicos, mit Paula Fisch:
'El Nordos - Scorchio. Westos - scorchio. La plaga - Scorchio. El Sudos - Scorchio. Las Capitas - Il Tempo!
No, no, meo joko. Las Capitas es Scorchio!

Come the 21st BEEB is forecasying 30c for my area...

GFS 00z op run for my location, day max then night min from Saturday 13th, followed by Met Office automated location forecast:

Sat: 31   15        29   18 (!)

Sun: 29   15       27    16

Mon: 30   17      27    16

Tue: 29   15       27    17

...which could lift my local mean to somewhere near 18.5°C

Just need the Met Office onboard for the daytime heat... at least for tomorrow as I haven't seen 30°C in many years now. The overnight minimums they predict are notably high especially for tomorrow night! Proper heatwave at last

Londra... cumulonimbus