Hazy sky.Mist in the valley..Humidity 59%. Very light breeze.

23.5c, hazy sun becoming clearer, 1018mb. *Hottest day of year watch*

Was woken by crack of thunder earlier but otherwise passed by.

11:20 and it is now 28.1C

And the DP is 19C

Current data for WH1081 22 July 2013 12:04:07

Temperature (°C): Current          30.6 Trend (per hour) +2.0 Average today    21.0 Wind chill       30.6 Heat Index       32.2 Dew Point        19.3 Rel Humidity     51%

Wind (km/h): Current Gust     6.1 E Average Speed    1.1 N

Rainfall (mm): Current rate     0.0 Last hour        0.0 Total today      0.0 Total yesterday  0.0 Total this month 1.5 Total this year  217.5

Pressure (hPa): Current          1017.9 Trend (per hour) -0.2

+25C and still rising, hazy sunshine becoming brighter, humidity 44%

Overcast here, though fairly bright. Temp a mere 23.3 °C.

Overcast, poor visibility, wind SE 11 mph 17.5c

Baking Hot 31c 32c already here, may get to mid thirtys at this rate hotest its been in this spell sun full out full no clouds at all

to confirm roughly bit to hot for me I must say

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29.5C under my shady garden tree with slight SE breeze. Milky pale blue sky. No sign of any cumulus development.

30c and very humid and hot

Consistent 25.5C here for the last hour or so....

33.5C here now with strong hot sunshine.  Just 1.5C left to my target of 35C today.

Hazy sunshine and 31 degrees according to our nearest weather station.

BBC saying it could reach 34 degrees across north Kent today.

Not much in the way of activity on the radar?? Hopefully later we should see something crop up, looks quite dry at the moment

Whereas it's been clear blue up here for a couple of hours. 25.2°C and feels humid and sticky as I work away in my office.

At 3pm--31.9C here. Hottest so far.

Henny

EDit--32C now reached

Sun well out..Reading 31.5c...

I don't think much was expected until late afternoon anyway. The Meto's own warnings only came into force 8 minutes ago.