Carl

Yep, and now there's some darker cloud in front of it, amazing contrast!

Can see the top of some of this from Aycliffe. Looks more obvious in person than on my pic!

Just wondering what the thoughts are on this.. still there and heading our way. Done for the day or risk this intensifies as it heads in?

Mental "We'll just go around that cell" they said. I know it's pretty safe for them but jeez!

Just had some *very* close strikes. Nearly had a heart attack. Hearing red arrows up on airband as we speak. Rather them that me.

Pretty decent storm hitting us now. Almost constant thunder, frequent lightning and heavy rain. Sucking some of this horrible hot air out of the house.

Yep feeling and seeing it becoming more humid here and in th direct firing line this round! Wonder how much they might intensify by the time they get here. Quite often seem to die off over the moors on the way..

Zilch here a few miles south. Not even heard the thunder! Looks like this is gonna completely miss us!

Just to check what you're saying, this looks like its going to avoid us on current trajectory (Newton Aycliffe, just to the right of your purple zone. Are you suggesting there may be a chance of some activity from this nearby/here? Ask because obviously i'd like to see it, feels like it's skirting to the north of us and because i have antennas i should probably disconnect PDQ if there's a risk in this locality as it stands! Thanks

Seeing very distant occasional flashes of lightning from the cell over the NY Moors. We're talking a good 40/50 miles from here but its very apparent although not that frequent. Wasn't expecting to see anything tonight so can't complain!

I'll take that, not too concerned, close enough for me but get what you're saying! Yeah fair enough. I'm just glad its the last day of excessive heat here. Tomorrow is the beginning of the end for it all!

Just seeing Met Office are reporting this is "provisionally the hottest day of the year so far". In mid September.

Good point. Not sure i'm in the firing line til tomorrow but forecast showing her we've got another hour or two and then the temps will drop, cooler tomorrow with storms but dreading any residual humidity.. hope any gusts that come with them get some slightly cooler air through the house though!

Hope it helped! I think we've a few more hours of heat then it starts to cool and won't be back up these levels again. Absolute furnace in here right now but finding fan + spray water bottle is doing the trick. We have a dog who has been downstairs where its a wee bit cooler and two poor rats who've had to be moved onto the landing. It's one degree cooler there than where they normally live but the difference has been much greater over other days. Bring on the storms! Not even bothered about watching them so much this time around, just be good to get rid of the sun and have some cooler air follow behind.

Thank you. I should have read that but i didn't! My bad but do appreciate you sharing that!

Quick question for anyone on the UKV charts - seem to stop progressing at 50 hours. Is that an error at my end or something to do with how the models work?

Yup! Useable for the drunks but the rest of us, not so much. Ironically, we're off to Egypt in a couple of months but after a few months of autumn weather, a week of these temps by the Red Sea is going to be a completely different kettle of fish. 24 hours and the storms will be with us. Lets hope the air turns a bit fresher after them rather than a couple of days later as it seems from the charts!

Pretty much with you on that - Got to 38.2 here on the hottest days last year and it was intolerable, but oddly, curtains and window closed slowed the rate of increase of the temp indoors but has had zero effect this time around - no matter what the temp has risen indoors and stayed high all day and most of the night. It's the prolonged nature of this particular spell which has affected me most - just relentless and coupled with everyone's uptick in activity as the schools have gone back, i'm back working after a week off, we've had a couple of people due out to do work on the house, car troubles and everything else - i'll not beat about the bush, I just want to be left alone, to do as little as possible til it ends - and for a few days afterwards to get back to feeling comfortable, refreshed and rested. We've got the physical discomfort of prolonged excessive heat taking its toll. The miserable feeling it brings, the frustration of having to be able to engage your brain for work and all the other demands on us and just find it nigh-on impossible to do. Couple that with the disdain you get when telling people the heat is unpleasant for you - Brits seem programmed to "make the most of us, get drunk and be rowdy" (not all, admittedly but its a national mindset which i find a bit embarrassing - but tbf, if people left others out of it then that's up to them). All in, it's just a week you want to end and some "sanity" to resume. This weekend, I will be staying indoors, curtains closed, managing the heat as best i can. I'll be reading this thread as i find it helps with the mood to see others of a similar mindset. We're nearly there folks and should have best part of six months respite. Aircon will be a must as we approach next spring and summer. Can't see an alternative now.

Can only hope so! Looking like we're going to be around 16 degrees here during the day midweek, should make a huge difference!

Wonder if more extremes and a higher average temp is the new normal, certainly seems that way from recent trends and the global spread of these events. Wondering also what effect the North Atlantic SST anomaly is going to have over autumn and winter. Still off the charts!

Yep, same here. Its cooler and during the day but its not refreshing. Just got to power through next few days and we'll get some respite! Then everyone else will whinge "so that's the end of summer then" - good riddance

I want to like your post but not that we have four more days of this! But at least we're closer to the end than the beginning!

Thank you! It's great to find a group who get it. Who don't witter on at you for "not enjoying the beautiful weather". Tomorrow is Friday so its a case of grin and bear it then disappear into as dark and cool a room as i can find til sanity returns! Wish you and all the others around her well and i may occupy myself tonight reading through the comments on this thread - first thing to cheer me up this week >If it can do this is September, after a relatively average summer, what would a 'bad' year look like...?! Sadly i think we'll find out soon enough. Aircon next year i think. Dont see any alternative in spite of the environmental impact. That can be offset by the millions who think we're crazy!

Have to say, as August drew to a close and we had a day (maybe two?) under 20 degrees i was starting to breath a sigh of relief - we know it can be hot in Sept but usually just a couple of days. First week back at work after a week off, WFH where it is consistently 27/28 degrees by lunchtime with nothing working to slow down the temp rise its just draining. Expecting to use your brain when you can barely function, get terrible sleep at night and of course, everyone starts making a racket outside so you can't have any peace and quiet just to be miserable in peace til it passes. Then you're worrying about the pets and how they're coping. Hate it. I've been to "hot" countries which are geared up for these conditions, we've lived through heatwaves times and again.. but god its miserable! Never realised this thread existed but am glad to see am not alone in hating the heat, am pleased its almost over. And this is in all probability the coolest summer and early autumn for the rest of our lives.. World is burning and we do nothing!

100% with you. Do wish the weather forecasters on tv wouldn't editorialise and assume we're all "loving it". We're not all comfortable in these conditions. Bring on some cold weather!