I don't think Staverton is rogue at all. The Vale of Gloucester can often get very hot due to being sheltered and low-lying, and I wonder if it is getting a bit of a fohn effect with the Cotswolds immediately to the South East. (From there you can easily see Cleeve Cloud, the highest point on the Cotswolds at over 1000 feet asl). 

Think the models are being proved right with their 32-33C consensus (outside the channel islands).

Only 1 more hour of likely heating to go; and there is no momentum at all. Temperatures maxing out at ~32.5C generally with 32.9C recorded earlier at heathrow. A little over 33C seems the likely max.

how when there is at least 2 more hours of heating, and with temperatures at 30C even down on the coastlines you can come to this conclusion I do not know.

Currently maxing out at 35.6 in St Peter Port here (as recorded by a reputable weather station) however 'official' stats up at our airport only say 30C, interesting as it certainly feels more like 35C!! It's quite frankly... boiling!! 

Brize Norton at 33.1C but seems to be maxing out. Admittedly this is hotter than the AROME predicted by about a degree.

Given that some localities have achieved their max after 5pm in recent days, that is very impressive. I'm still hopeful somewhere might touch 35C (excluding Jersey )

A part of me wants the public domain to beat the private met models 

But if the met does win it really shows they are worth the taxes and should be applauded.

If the max turns out to be something like 34.2C then both are out!

Nortolt and Heathrow still stuck at around 32.5C and showing no signs of increasing much. All eyes now on Brize Norton.

31.5*C with a dew point of 16*C which is feeling pretty sweltering. People without frequent access to water are looking unsteady on their feet. Walking into an air conditioned store felt like stepping into a freezer - I actually gasped at the shock.

The SE wind direction is allowing for a longer land fetch than usual here. Of course this matters even more up toward the likes of Pershore. A wide area around there - even extending into Wales a bit - is reporting values that round to 33*C, which is impressive to say the least.

The plume is still pushing in, with the peak coverage potentially not occurring until some point in the night - hence the scope for such high temperatures during the darker hours. 

With that in mind it seems entirely possible that the temperature could keep creeping upward in some spots until at least 5 pm. A battle between the increasing potential maximums and the lengthening shadows... will a 34*C be achieved? We should soon know!

29.9c now, not often we get over 30c here...

Those are their time frames for forecast temperatures, which are not the same as the time frames for recorded observations, which have always been 0900-0900.

OK

Does that automatically preclude a record based on the temperature at 10am this morning?

Actually never mind, was well above 24C then in many parts of the SE. Just got to keep it warm until 10am tommorow.

I'm almost at the magic 32C (90F) here in East Manchester, under azure blue, cloudless skies. What a vintage day this has been!

Heathrow 33.2c will that be today's high?

30.8c

Sunny and currently 27.5c. High so far of 27.8c although over the last few days maxes have been achieved in the early evening hours. We're not going to hit those dizzy highs others are here but its still boiling outside.

Bang on 34c (93.2f) here in Gloucester at 4.14 pm  

If this verifies... http://www.severntales.co.uk/weatherdisplay.htm

Anyone beat that ? 

Cheers !

John

Yep https://www.gsyweather.com

Hit 35.6C earlier, but for some reason you main-landers don't count us Channel Islanders in your games!! 

I count you in because you are so close to me in Torquay. But still your climate is very different being on a small island so close to the continent. Up to 28c here now.

edit: now up to +34c