John Michael How

What was the max temp today then? netweather max temp only says 30c at Heathrow yet the radio stations were going for 32c at Gravesend and Uxbridge and 33c in London

Sods law if it happens then when I'm off for my birthday the 15th is the famous St Swithuns Day 40 days and nights rainfall- which if it did happen would mean game set and match for the dry weather as last year proved the only time I've ever seen rain on 15th July here in Kent!

Twas an amazing summer my grandparents from Mauritius were over and even they were saying how hot it was! On another note could Navgem be leading the way?Lol someone mentioned recently that it rightfully forecast the july1st record temp at Heathrow of a few years ago days in advance and stuck to it's guns when all the main models didn't want to know?

Had a very light shower driving from Dartford to Gravesend I'm sure it wasn't forecast I commented on met office tweet too

Was it forecast to be this warm and sunny today? 26c at London city airport apparently

I'm sure I passed that cloud earlier driving on the m25 through Surrey lol

Itv London weather tonight mentioned likely 30c by Monday in the SE

Thanks for the heads up. I started and have ended the day in Gravesend where I live but I was at work through the day mostly around Surrey and Heathrow( twice) earlier and a little drive to the chilterns which was lovely windows down, all the pollen blowing around was a bit of a irritant) but its better than my usual drive into the big smoke of central London that I will be back doing tomorrow. It's funny how it's always the same 3 or 4 locations that record the highest temperatures depending on the wind direction.

Where was warmest today then netweather says Good old Gravesend

BBC going with 28c at Heathrow could we beat last month's 29c? Probably a stretch too far if only it was a southerly or swly then here in Gravesend would no doubt be close to the hottest place maybe a 30c

As a driver was amazing to see the difference between mid Kent earlier with torrential rain flooded roads and a howling cold wind that blew a few trees down and then to get to west London and see it bone dry with not a trace of rain and jist a light breeze!

I live in Gravesend and have been to Heathrow and central London today as a driver I can confirm it felt a lot warmer than the low 20s this afternoon. And tomorrow's meant to be a fair bit hotter still! Although the SE admittedly has naff winters in general I must admit we do ok in summer being pretty sheltered from the Atlantic influences that you northerners know all about. Let's hope we get some warmth for all parts. I remember in the September 2016 heatwave when Gravesend recorded 34c either the arome or arpege did very well with temp predictions I'll be following those models more closely now I think after today

Only because it won't be 26c in Manchester though?. Good old SE always the best place from now until autumn

Perfect spring in my opinion beasts and snow aplenty to start March now temps in mid 20s here in the SE in mid April ?

Beautiful clear blue skies for the first time since I left Mauritius on Tuesday. How depressing has the last few days been. Looking good next week ?

Out of interest what does the high pressure look like? The pink or blue areas?I'm travelling to Mauritius on Friday in the vast pink section- hoping their unusually wet summer has come to an end! Abnormally warm SSTs have meant an even warmer than average late summer there?????

Just drove from Gravesend to Borough Green and then to Lewisham. Up to Lee Green def a little sleetyness in the mix though just rain in Gravesend and Lewisham. The M20s highest point it was probably a 30% sleety mix with the rain I would say

To be fair they have had a very wet summer over there with lots of big storms just hope it's improving! Atleast it won't be COLD rain tho if it does ? it's greatly affected by the SSTs being such a small island the temps are close to 30c currently well above the usual high of 28c in contrast to our bellow average SSTs here. Will be out attempting to catch marlin and record size tuna so I hope it calms down there!

I'm actually happy for once it won't happen I won't miss out on the lovely white stuff and my flight to my old mans country Mauritius went get cancelled ????

Is it still the rather enthusiastic Romanian looking guy I used to work around there at burnt ash hill- I give him his due he is persistent lol. I guess the weather in his country experiences more extremes than here though. One of my neighbours cars got stuck during beast 1 and a Romanian man came to the rescue and helped her narrowly avoid sliding into another car apparently this sort of weather is common in his part of the world plus 10c colder still he said

The met update says the same from what I've read? A lot of uncertainty. Anyway not looking like a deep freeze as you say. For the South anyway but things could change

Can confirm heaviest snow falling since 3-3.30pm here in Gravesend was up to 7 on the MURR scale for a short while mostly at 6-6.5 Edit. Make that a 7.5!

Can confirm heaviest snow falling since 3-3.30pm here in Gravesend was up to 7 on the MURR scale for a short while mostly at 6-6.5

Heavy blowing snow here by the thames for the last half an hour or so just a shame it's not really settling such a waste although it's looking great for later when temps drop more

I'm a Dartford FC supporter in my rare spare time Welling like bexleyheath normally actually gets slightly more snow than Dartford due to the higher elevation even though it's closer to london