I thought I would add that 40C is not the limit; in fact somewhere near 80C may be.
And no that wasn't a conversion mistake, I'm being deadly serious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_burst
This extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon aside though, anything approaching 37C I think is unlikely because the wind is too moist.
August 2003 was high pressure dominated, and a cold front to the west helped draw up the plume right from Africa. Dry and very warm air already setup in nearby France helped the effort.
With this warm snap, the air is extremely unstable. I might be wrong, but I think the heat is unlikely to be the headline story, and the storms in fact will be.
And with the setup being so explosive, a lack of wall to wall dry sunshine makes me wonder whether we will have much chance of getting past the low thirties.
Edited by user
25 June 2015 15:39:03
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2023/2024 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):
29/11 (-6), 30/11 (-6), 02/12 (-5), 03/12 (-5), 04/12 (-3), 16/01 (-3), 18/01 (-8), 08/02 (-5)
Total: 8 days with snow/sleet falling.
2022/2023 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):
18/12 (-1), 06/03 (-6), 08/03 (-8), 09/03 (-6), 10/03 (-8), 11/03 (-5), 14/03 (-6)
Total: 7 days with snow/sleet falling.
2021/2022 Snow days (approx 850hpa temp):
26/11 (-5), 27/11 (-7), 28/11 (-6), 02/12 (-6), 06/01 (-5), 07/01 (-6), 06/02 (-5), 19/02 (-5), 24/02 (-7), 30/03 (-7), 31/03 (-8), 01/04 (-8)
Total: 12 days with snow/sleet falling.