I could sleep right through today without much trouble if it wasn't for the noisy kids in neighbouring gardens, relentless pigeon hooting and even the odd bit of petrol-powered chainsaw action.

The temperature and humity seems almost perfect for dozing off; not so low that you get a chill but not so high that you end up glued to the chair by a thin layer of sweat

23.3°C as of 1pm - long way from a heatwave today!

I am sure the 12z runs will be a massive change since today it didn't go as planned and clouds went far west to your area.  Here overcast as it getting more invisable not seeing clouds bases anymore. 

Agreed Leedslad123 as it was nearly clear this morning when I got up at 7.15am which I thought it was burning back. 

Another mare of a forecast really. A getting better sort of day suddenly became a getting worse sort of day.

These things happen I suppose. They just seem to happen most days.

I wondered what the public will react if they went to the beaches, outdoor swimming pool and outdoor places expecting lot of sunshine today.

You mean like yesterday? People heading to the Kent and Essex coast, only to find cool, cloudy weather. My aunt and uncle have gone to Scarborough today, so they will be disappointed with today's cloudy weather, as it was sunny and warm yesterday.

I think the heatwave is over here, dull out there with a cool wind blowing 

While it's by far the coolest day of the week here, 17c at 2pm, at least the sun burned off the haar, which I didn't expect.

Meanwhile for western and much of Highland Scotland the heatwave is probably peaking. 29.5c at Prestwick yesterday and some warm temperatures this afternoon with 28c at Aviemore, 27c at Altnaharra and even 24c for the Hebrides (Benbecula, South Uist).

Cloudy here today , quite disappointed the cloud hasn't broken

A tad fresher here today and cooler at 27c  following the last 2 days of 30c

Temperatures are set to soar again tomorrow onwards.

Aviemore 29.2c at 6pm not bad for that location.

today looks to have failed to break 30c anywhere in the uk. shame to break the run when there is still probably another 3 to come.

16.1C outside now, temp in the house dropping by about a degree an hour with that real cool breeze blowing in. 

Hi all, it is bloody typical of the weather to be hot and sunny all week, then come weekend clouds roll in from the east. At 5.30 am when i went to work it was blue skies YIPPEE! untill dinner time the clouds rolled in from the east, now this would of been welcome midweek (working in one sweatshop) but nope it had to be weekend, and Sunday is going to be the same. But then! on Monday it all clears and is sunny and hot again. I think the overall weather for the uk at the moment is brilliant and just what we needed. the question is will it be around at the end of August and the first week os September.

Nice to see GFS continuing to upgrade the temperatures for next week.

33C for London on Monday: http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20130720/18/45/ukmaxtemp.png

Widely 29 - 31C on Tuesday: http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20130720/18/69/ukmaxtemp.png

Widely 25 - 28C on Wednesday: http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20130720/18/93/ukmaxtemp.png

Widely 25 - 26C on Thursday: http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20130720/18/117/ukmaxtemp.png

If things keep upgrading we not see any downgrades at all next week in terms of temperature, as a result it may become very thundery too but bloody sticky! - going to be interesting to see tomorrow's outputs.

Perfect to see the hottest day being on Monday as I am off.  I am hoping to see clean 35C figure on that day in my backyard than just typical 33-34C that I been getting annually. 

I have my doubts on any thunder and perhaps things will warm up again next weekend after a few showers before then. Thunder is so hit and miss and I think many here will get the miss rather than the bang. I fancy a good storm but thesse things usually end up as an anti-climax. Rather like snow events in the winter

Some young trees had shedding leaves and if no thunderstorms here next week I am sure more leaves would carry on falling out.  It was like Autumn season when I saw all the brown/yellow leaves on the ground.  If thunderstorms hit here then parching would be reduced but won't be fully green until Autumn.

Perhaps of note is that parts of far N Russia are also in heatwave conditions over the next few days. For example:

http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/runs/2013072100/gfsnh-9-36.png?0

Hoping for a return of the higher temps today , the cloud hardly broke yesterday

Forecast on the BBC this morning going for 34C in London tomorrow.

The temperature has only reached 34C in the UK on 5 days since 1999. The last time being in 2006.

Here is a list of the days when the temperature has reached 32C or more somewhere in the UK since 1999

Only reached 25.3c in my garden yesterday - that's the coldest it's been since 4th July!   And yet still a couple of degrees above average .....