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That minimum is a bit too uncomfortable for me. However, I did notice Carol Kirkwood suggested an overnight minimum of only 21c (70 friggin Fahrenheit) for tonight in London. She also suggested the Southampton and London areas are likely to see the highest Temperatures as the week continues.

You wait for next week if my hunch is right, the bonus will be an increasing risk of storms, if you like that kind of thing.

Quite possibly true Crewe, good to see you back to discussing the weather. Let's keep things nice and respectful in here and also informative from now on, guys n gals.

Whatever, I do see a potential trend upwards there. Besides, Helen Willetts suggested the heat will ramp up once again from Thursday onwards.

Seemingly my hunch might be coming off then. http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/76700-south-westcentral-southern-regional-discussion-discussion-21st-may-2013-onwards/?p=2736604 Still way off in FI but not without support, this spell could fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your viewpoint be just a mere first course of heat.

Any chance of any ladies doing the same on here.

Can see a repeat of the skies as shown above here in Newbury. The Air Temperature peaked at 29.7c just over ten minutes ago and now it's fallen to 29.0c. A half decent dewpoint too, 18.8c. Davis says increasing clouds with little temperature change, precipitation possible within 24 to 48 hours. I'd like a storm within the next few hours, thank you.

Ok, just a very brief analysis as to how I see things panning out next week and into the final third of July. http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/76700-south-westcentral-southern-regional-discussion-discussion-21st-may-2013-onwards/?p=2736604 FWIW, during the reliable timeframe, I feel somewhere local to this region or possibly non-locally will see 30c breached each and every day during the next working week. THE HEATWAVE IS ON. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mU-YSk32I

Ok, just a hunch but you heard it here first. http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/77187-settled-spell-discussion-and-temperature-reports-july-2013/?p=2736601

Please be careful what you wish for as it may come true. I see the last ten days of July 2013 being particularly noteworthy for heat and occasional isolated storms. I believe the models will firm up on this as we go through next week, which is looking equally warm.

Bottes won't be happy with that last chart.

As in daughter cells, SJ? I remember in years past, watching a whole procession of storms kicking off to my East from mid-afternoon onwards and they were still producing lightning as it got dark. Oh, for those days to return.

You should never say never. Thanks for all the informative postings guys n gals, may we all join in the fun eventually. Holy poo, 31.0c as I type this.

Just as Bon Jovi would say, KEEP THE FAITH.

Indeed, someone's going to get lucky.

OMG, surely it can't happen in my patch. I often make the assumption that one should follow the heat when looking for storms on days like these. Given that I'm currently at 30.3c (non-officially one of the hottest locations right now), I may be in with a decent shout. All this going against my instinct from a couple of days back when I thought things looked utter pants. You naughty boy Lynxus, you've got my hopes up.

Wahoo, topped 30c now, currently reading 30.2c and I should get my highest ever reading on the Davis at this rate. Not hard really, considering I've only had it during the more recent years of the Crap Summer Era.

Yes, one that develops by late Afternoon and rumbles into the early hours of the morning would be good. In six months time.

It is a bit much but I've got some cool rooms I can retreat to in the house at the moment. In fact, most of my time has been spent outside reading in the shade. For the sake of seeing records tumble, yes I want it to go even higher. Having said that, I would just hope the vulnerable are being looked after.

As suggested by others, it's 21c/22c in places already so today will surely be the hottest of the year. It could be possibly breach 90F in a localised spot somewhere, if the endless blue skies I'm seeing here in Newbury are repeated elsewhere. Fluids at the ready! Here's the current top five Temps, courtesy of weatheronline.co.uk UK - Current Temperature Saturday 13 Jul 2013 08:00 BST Coventry Airport (82 m) 22 °C Nottingham/Watnall (117 m) 21.6 °C Staverton Private (29 m) 21 °C Bristol Airport (189 m) 21 °C Doncaster Airport (12 m) 21 °C

Aside from an almighty localised Thunderstorm centred directly above Bristol on the -- July 2013.

Hello SE'rs and East Anglians. I thought I'd just share my thoughts from the other regional and the same details pretty much apply to you lot I guess. http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/76700-south-westcentral-southern-regional-discussion-discussion-21st-may-2013-onwards/?p=2734498

Well it's not really fair to requote myself but as we're a week in from the above post, I thought I would confirm my thoughts on this current spell. For a time earlier this week, the models had suggested a probable breakdown, at the time I didn't buy into that scenario and I still don't. My second highlighted comment in blue is certainly on the cards now over the coming weeks, the first shot being this very weekend, with Saturday looking a good day to hit 90F in specific prone locations. On the storm front, things look pretty quiet to be fair but one will have to keep an eye on day to day developments as these could pop up quite unexpectedly given favourable conditions. Now, I'm about to make a brave and bold prediction, I can largely see the whole of July persisting with well above normal daytime Temperatures with just occasionally cooler spells by night. The longevity of this spell is rather fascinating, to be fair. This was my status update from last weekend when my gut feeling was ruling over what the models were saying. No pattern change in the reliable is what counts and that won't change IMO. This has the makings of a good long largely settled spell IMHO. It'll be extended further out into FI if anything come Monday's more reliable model runs, again alll IMHO. It turns out I was absolutely correct and the models were wrong. They have now eventually delivered the goods, courtesy of the last few runs. Enjoy the sunshine guys and gals, this spell is going to run and run.

From one Tony to another, I'm confused by your statement as to why do we look at the 500mb charts? The 500mb charts, not that I'm totally familiar with the details show the projected weather patterns through a cross-section of the atmosphere at a NH (Northern Hemisphere) perspective. As many will realise, including your good self, day to day detail is much harder to predict at t+72, t+144, t+240 hours, simply through randomness of the changing weather elements at ground level, i.e. where it affects the observer. As Bottes suggested, this particular situation with the cloud was well forecast at quite a long range and at least we can thankful for that. This meteorology business is a tough one to get to grips with and we are all still learning (even the professionals) as to why the global climate, yet alone the U.K climate does this or tother. As for Temps, I maxed out at 25.6c which is certainly respectful enough given the wind. On that particular not, annoyingly, I cannot confirm the wind speeds as my 2nd Davis Anemometer has decided to stop recording wind speeds, another reed switch issue I believe.

Likewise in winter too aye Blue. Proper thermal gear helps then and I still say the UK has a fantastic climate. The heat on the whole is here to stay and for a change I must say it's a joy.