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Milhouse

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  1. Looks a cracking week for most of the country next week! Just need to keep an eye on that blob of cooler air sinking into eastern Europe to see if it has an impact on us eventually. But at the same time it will be hotting up over France and Spain so could get warmer still over southern and western parts. 

  2. High pressure looks like extending as far as the eye can see! No let up in the dry and warm weather. A few questions though, with mine being how much sunshine will the easterly give us next week?. I recall the late May easterlies of 2012 and 2009 were exceptionally sunny. Early june 2007 was much cloudier. 

  3. 50 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

    The very warm/hot and largely sunny spell many of us had up to yesterday is, to me, so much better than a similar one well into summer. Why? Because at this time of year we have the lovely fresh green grass and the trees all bursting into leaf and many into flower with crisp clear skies. By mid summer the green is looking rather tired, in most years, and that freshness has long since gone.

    Don' get me wrong summer heat if it ends after a few days with cracking storms does have its attraction.

    Just my view.

     

    Your not the only one with that view. I love this time of year with the rapid growth and buds unfurling. It makes a warm spell all the more special. Whilst a late august hot spell is welcomed by me it only takes some ploughing and muck spreading nearby to remind me that summer is nearing its end.

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  4. 2 hours ago, Dexter said:

    We certainly don't require daytime temps in the high 20s to achieve pleasant evenings. We only reached around 23c a couple of weeks ago and the evening was still perfectly comfortable and warm for sitting out in a t-shirt and enjoying a cold beer.

    Nothing wrong with 23c maxes imo. Im light winds it can feel very pleasant without the stifling feel of 30c+. Fortunately as we progress towards mid summer the nighttime minima also rise to a point where single digit minima are something of a rarity. 

  5. I like my summer evenings pleasant and warm too so if we need mid to high 20s in order to achieve it then so be it. 'Cool' days in summer can feel warm in the height of the day but as the sun sets it gets decidedly chilly. Having to put an extra layer on just isnt 'summer' for me. 

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  6. Dont think theres any reason to be particularly downbeat about the outlook for the next 7 days. This time of year can still be cool at times but its lovely when the sun breaks through and you feel the warmth of the strengthening sun. At least the effects of the cold and wet March are disapearing. Plants recovering and no waterlogged fields. Plus i dont feel we are too far away from another warm spell.

  7. Im hoping next Monday and Tuesday doesnt prove to be a washout for the east coast counties. Those type of set ups have a habit of dumping a lot of rain from a slow moving front. A correction a few 100 miles to the east can make all the difference. Still very cool though but some signs of a warmer and less unsettled end to next week!

  8. 3 hours ago, mb018538 said:

    ECM also rebuilds high pressure again this morning. We can afford a dry summer this year after all the rain we've had!

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    GFS showing Friday as the warmest day of the week - a 26c around the London area, so 80f isn't out of the question yet..ECM by the same token doesn't have 850s nearly as high on the same day.

    And the great thing about the upcoming spell is the nationwide warmth predicted. Even the onshore breezes around North Sea coasts cant be as cold ad this week. 

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  9. From one extreme to another it seems like. From unseasonably cold conditions through March to the extremely wet spell recently then on to the first warm and dry spell of the year. It will certainly come as a welcome change. Low pressure doesn't look like moving very far during next week at all but the crucial bit is that its centred a couple of thousand of miles to the west of the UK instead of parked directly lover us like recent weeks. The upshot of that is a continuous feed of increasingly warm southerlies with less of an easterly component than was previously indicated. Good news for most, if not all to benefit from the fine conditions!

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