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Off this particular topic, but I haven’t been able to work out how I’m going to heat my house after the restrictions on hydrocarbon fuels come in as we use heating oil (no mains gas). I don’t think a heat pump would be a suitable alternative to the instant response of a traditional boiler and there’s no way I’m going to be able to pay for the conversion anyway.

Yep. Probably best to avoid the Irish Sea ferries next Wednesday…… GFS. UKMO

Possibly another very windy day for Wales next Wednesday although it’s a few days away from being nailed on yet….. GFS. UKMO Probably best to avoid the Irish Sea ferries next Wednesday, based on these charts!

Does Canada have any policies in place to achieve ‘net zero’, or to ban ICE cars in the future? It’s a vast country, much of it wilderness and under-populated so I would imagine that electric vehicles wouldn’t be the first choice for private transport? I can’t see Canadians wanting to ditch petrol or diesel engines for a long time.

Don’t get me going on the loss of our car manufacturing industry. I guess we just couldn’t modernise it fast enough to compete with Asia and still make enough profit for the shareholders…..

Do I detect sarcasm…

Looks like you might have been right about that, sooner than you thought!

The announcement that the government might be about to delay the total ban on ICE powered cars in the UK made me catch up with this thread. I must say that there are very persuasive arguments both for and against the electric car and opinions do seem to be evenly split in here. I also found this article very interesting especially because I believe there are alternative technologies to electric battery powered cars which have not been properly explored or given similar investment: Hydrogen cars: are they the future? | RAC Drive WWW.RAC.CO.UK Hydrogen cars were first introduced by Toyota in 2014 and are making a strong case for changing the way we power our travel. I was not aware that in Asian countries there are policies in place to support the development and future use of hydrogen powered cars, or that Toyota and Hyundai already produce road going hydrogen cars which can driven out of the showroom today….. Extract: Asia vs the world? As the only two major car brands developing hydrogen cars are based in Asia - it is hardly suprising that there has been more of an effort to develop the industry. In contrast to Europe where there are 230 hydrogen stations, and a limited number of cars avalable, Asia is investing in the future of hydrogen as a fuel for vehicles across the continent. The Japanese government have announced plans to have more than 800,000 hydrogen vehicles on roads by 2030 - and China aims to have more than a million by 2035. As it is with most new innovations - early devleopers will get a foothold in the industry, advance the tech, and ultimately make it cheaper for the customer.” While it is clearly going to be a problem installing all the electric charging points which people will need over the next ten years, providing hydrogen refill stations would not be so difficult because petrol forecourt’s already exist and should be readily adaptable. There is a huge cost issue with hydrogen cars but this was also true of early electric cars and the technology would become much more affordable if it was given a chance to become a real competitor. BTW: The most abundant element in the solar system? Hydrogen.

Horizontal rain is back! It must be Autumn…

No storms here, either, despite the warnings and weather maps suggesting otherwise! Plenty of rain overnight, though, which has now eased up at last. Lots more rain and windy conditions set to plague us this week but luckily I have lots of work inside. I’m not looking forward to 20mph on stretches of urban ‘A’ roads where I’m certain other drivers will want me to go faster. I can see tailgating becoming a widespread problem in towns. I don’t have a problem with 20mph near schools, or in shopping streets or residential streets, but on open roads in suburbs (especially when it’s a dual carriageway) I think it’ll lead to tempers being lost…..

Lovely pictures. Didn’t see anything like that here yesterday - it was cloudy most of the day with intermittent persistent rain and drizzle only clearing slightly late in the afternoon. Looks like a similar start today and we’ve already got light rain here. Complete change from last week then, but I’m finding the lower temperatures at night much more comfortable!

Correction - sun now fully visible but still obscured by clouds (…great album…) with consequent immediate uptick in temperature - now 26c here and probably climbing.

Cloudy and exceptionally humid this morning. A few heavy drops of rain earlier but nothing more than that. The sun has been trying to burn through the cloud for a couple of hours but unsuccessfully so far! This is keeping the temperature in check at around 23c. Yesterday we managed 27c according to my admittedly unscientific thermometer but felt hotter. Didn’t think I’d ever say it but I’m grateful for a slightly cooler day to get some jobs done! Great spell of weather for September, though.

Phew. Wot a scorcher

Good question, but as far as I can determine there has never been 30c recorded in the UK in April or October. So that would have to be the rarest event. I am unable to discover whether any September has ever recorded 7 consecutive 30c+ days in the UK. Unless my information is incorrect - do you have an answer to your own question?

That’s a lovely thing to do and I know it’s a beautiful part of Wales but I don’t know about the local places to eat. You could try the Hundred House Inn but there’s no recent reviews on Google! Knighton has a variety of places to eat and it’s not too far back down the road. Have a great day out!

Ditto re school holidays! How many times does that happen though? Would’ve loved a trip to the beach today but I’d set myself the task of treating our neglected and dried out wooden deck which I pressure washed yesterday. Had to get this job done while the weather is dry but I couldn’t work out in the sun for more than an hour at a time - too hot! Trouble is I don’t think I’ve got enough stuff to finish the job and I’ll have to go and get some more tomorrow….. Where’s your favourite beach of choice? We like to go to Aberporth for the coast path and the fish and chips!

Thanks for that reply. . Meanwhile I also looked up this question online and discovered that the 2016 September record was the hottest September day since 1911 (so more than 100 years between records) but in both 1906 and 1991 September also produced the hottest day of the year - with the 2nd September 1906 reaching 35.6C and this is the hottest September day ever recorded in the UK! Wonder how close we might get to this record in 2023…..?

What a topsy turvy summer this has been - nothing to shout about in July or August but a beautiful weekend at the start of September and set to last a few more days at least. It’s a lovely day and getting hotter….

Can anyone tell me if the hottest day of the year has ever occurred in September in the UK before this year? It seems bonkers that we couldn’t reach these heights in July or August but I’m told September is the new Summer month so perhaps it’s to be expected…….

Some quite interesting daytime temperatures are in the forecast for next week in an early September warm-up (I hesitate to use the term ‘heat-wave….) as this chart for next Thursday indicates…. They’re getting quite excited in the MOD thread about these synoptics but I don’t think it’s that unusual for us in September, is it? We won’t reach the dizzy heights of 28c-30c of course, which may occur in the south-east, but that doesn’t bother me much. I’m just happy to have a break from the winds, cloudy days, and drizzle which have plagued us in August.

That was a wild August night, for sure. For a time it sounded like someone was playing a hose against the windows as the wind blew the rain horizontally in great gusts. I feel sorry for those people holidaying in the area especially in all the caravans and camping sites on the coast - must have been a very unpleasant last night for them. Having had a look outside it seems we didn’t lose any trees but there’s debris and leaves everywhere and it certainly looks like the aftermath of a storm. Hopefully we will have a quieter weekend with some sun to dry things out

It’s been another nasty evening and no sign of much improvement as the night draws in. Heavy, persistent rain and strong gales prevent any possibility of an evening walk - or any outside activity at all. Trees being blown around all over the place losing leaves which should be hanging around for at least another couple of months. Two named storms before the end of August seems very unusual to me - perhaps it’s happened before but I can’t remember it if it has. Only good thing is that it’s pretty warm and still feels like August from that point of view. What will September and October bring I wonder…?

My goodness. That was a very wet night with some intense rain at times. In the last hour the rain has stopped completely but it’s still very cloudy and dull. We’re certainly getting plenty of weather to remember this summer…..

After a very wet and blustery start this morning, it’s gone strangely calm and the rain has almost stopped - the sun was trying to break though the clouds a few minutes ago. Looking at the charts it appears that the worst winds of Storm Antoni are going to sweep south of the Pembrokeshire peninsula and affect Cornwall and Devon but I am still expecting some strong gusts between 1:00pm and 2:00pm. The centre of circulation of the low pressure is tracking through central Wales so the winds will not be so significant in these areas.