a quick one from me, and sorry off topic I caught on the bbc news about el nino and how it happens and this year as off now one is happening what impact this one will have on us they don't know, but 2010 was an el nino event for the UK,

Its a complete joke. I don't know why they bother. Just stick to the week ahead where there is a degree of certainty.

Gav , I don't remember summer 2013 being particularly memorable?

Last year had a good late June and  decent July but a  cool lousy August.

As for this summer as I have said before with northern blocking firmly in place and by and large supressed temperatures nationwide I am sure our forthcoming summer may go down as one of the coolest in recent years. Certainly the rest of May and well into June seems to be following this cool and cloudy and northwesterly wind driven  pattern....

And on the subject of 2013...

I've just checked the temperature records for Solent for May 2013 and it was a very cool month indeed, very much like this one, even cooler dare i say. Between the 8th & 16th the warmest recorded was a mere 14.5C with a night low of 4.8C in that period. 

On the 28th of may the temperature didn't exceed 11.6C and the following night dipped to 7.5C...this is quite significant for this location so close to the summer....

however... 

Come the 31st summer arrived with the months warmest temperature of 23C.

By the way this for Cultman...

July temperature recordings

There still remains considerable uncertainty in the likely weather type through this period. There is, however, a signal for higher pressure to become established to the north of the UK. This would lead to drier, warmer conditions for many, these perhaps most prolonged in the north, but it may also allow some more unsettled, perhaps thundery, weather to move up from continental Europe and affect the south of the country.

That sounds like it could be quite wet in the south with "thundery rain". O.k for the north though .

I much preferred 2013 to 2014 because of the July heatwave. To me 2014 was pretty boring lacking real heat. I'm sure a lot of people will say it was often pleasantly warm and 'usable' but I like 30C+ and sitting in the garden at 10pm with a beer rather than a blanket. 

I noticed a tweet by the Meto about entertaining the kids with a game of cloud spotting, I'm shamed to say I'm using the guide myself LOL 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/cloud-spotting-guide

That'll do me 

aye me too.. My toms have suffered enough, and the abuse my chilli plants have given me 😕😂

At least it'll be too hot to do anything outside so I shouldn't get any more sunburn! 

Back to deckchair and mooning weather.. If no cloud about for the telescope....