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Any thoughts on Sunday yet for the London area? I'm doing the Winter 10K and most forecasts seems to be going towards it being dry if cool in the morning, but I've noticed the local ITV weather seem keen to sweep in some low pressure and rain.

Morning all, a fair start here in South London/Surrey or wherever you geographically place Croydon, sitting at around 13c. The only thing the forecasts seem to agree on is that we could reach 23c in these parts. Apart from that the BBC are going for wall-to-wall sun and everywhere else is going from a bit of cloud to complete cloud cover by mid-morning. Be interesting to see how that pans out.

I have to agree, was in Central last night for a musical, around 5pm it was decent enough, by the time we've had food and left to get to the theatre at around 6.30 there was a chill in the air, by the time we got out at 10.10 my thin jumper really wasn't enough. With this breeze as you roll into the evening it's like a different world to what was usable a few hours before. We're out again today seeing some friends and I'm wearing my hoodie today!

The sun is out here for once, but the wind isn't helping. Kenley weather station is hovering around 16c!

As others, the weather is usable during the day bit the wind is nagging a bit and the temperatures do fall during the evenings. Off to the theatre this evening, then meeting friends in town on Saturday before the last day of the football season on Sunday before travelling to the NW.

Hey all, Another bright-night season is upon us. It's a season I don't get on with mainly as despite as dark as bedroom I can make my body always seems to decide to wake up as sunrise occurs so I'm fighting 5am wake-ups at present! Working in education the sun always seems to roll back to around 9pm sunset as the school year finishes which is 8 weeks or so away. I always find the May-July time difficult, I think it's due to mentally knowing that come August we start loosing daylight rapidly (3.5mins a day on average) and for whatever reason my body relaxes more. I'm not a huge fan of the long-dark winter nights but I can get along with them better than the daylight period between May-July.

It might have got to around 36c here, but the local weather stations only rose by 0.5c in the last hour so looks like the forecast high of 36c was pretty spot on.

Totally agree, been promises for the last two days which have failed to deliver. Currently about 18c here and grey as far as you can see!

Like others have said, the promise of a last few days of sun and warmth have failed to materialise (yet!) lots of cloud yesterday, with like drizzle which left everything a bit damp this morning. Signs around here that the skies are slowly (slowly being the word!) brightening but unsure if it will give away to any major sunny spells before sunset which seems to be getting earlier and earlier! MO is going for a sunny day tomorrow now, with more cloud around on Sunday. BBC forecast this morning seemed to suggest the opposite! Currently somewhere between 15-16c with cloud.

Lovely on the South Bank - ran the London Summer Run this morning, not clear blue skies slight white tinge and a slight breeze off the Thames.

Clear blue skies one side of the building, towards the west. The other side facing the east has seen cloud slowly build during the morning. Might produce something interesting this afternoon? The forecasts suggest there is a 30% risk here for something during this afternoon.

Far too warm here last night, it's a warm morning too, the only relief from the heat (set to be 28-29c around here today) is that we might get some more cloud this afternoon, with a chance of catching a storm or rain, but to be fair I'll take the cloud for a bit to be honest! I got a 10k event at the weekend, and it's looking a tad different from the next few days for sure! Cooler and wetter!

After a glorious start to the day, the cloud popped up and by 8.30am it was cloudy! Apart from the odd glimpses of sun we're still under a wall of cloud which doesn't look like clearing soon. The forecast around here was topping out at around 25c today but with this breeze and cloud levels it needs to get a wiggle on!

Morning @Dangerous55019, well it's nearly afternoon! I guess I'm 'lucky' to be in the SE. Sunset this evening in London is around 9.15pm but this evening I'm travelling to the NW with my partner to see her parents, and amazingly sunset up there is 9.37pm! It's amazing how much a couple hundred of miles can make! I always tend to notice it more this time of the year as we roll through July the stark differences in the evening daylight between London and the NW. It wasn't the brightest of evenings yesterday but from the house it was looking dark outside by 9.20 but there's little chance of that this evening for me!

Still cloudy down here, we've had a splattering of blue sky, but similar to yesterday it looks like the sunnier periods will be as the sun sets. Already loosing 90secs a day of sunlight! Amazing to think that in just a couple of weeks we will be facing 9pm sunset times, summer continues to fade ....

Hi all, I've found this thread interesting. For years I've felt that I've had 'Summer SAD', I don't mind the warmer (ha!) days, but part of my body has never got on with the period from middle of May until early August, it's something about the sunrise at stupid o'clock and waking me up from 5am for many months and then the thought of the sun not setting until 9.20pm just makes matters worse. The days are rapidly shortening mind, not that I'm counting (much!), we've lost 5mins in the last week alone, then 9pm sunset in this part of the world is just over 2 weeks away, then before you know it its 8.30pm in just over a month! I always seem to feel more 'settled' around my birthday which is Mid-September when sunset moves to 7pm.

Bright and sunny start to the day, garden sensor is showing around 15c but I always find it tends to show few degrees higher than it actually is. Highs expected of around 24c today, although the major forecasts show different sort of days ahead. MO going for mostly sunny all day, BBC and NW both seem to suggest similar to yesterday with fair weather cloud bobbling up throughout the day.

Cloud has very slowly started to build during the morning, but we seem to be in a shield or something looking at the radars at present. Still the odd patch of blue-sky bringing spells of sunshine, just a case of if/when the cloud will either take over. Most forecasts seem to suggest that it will.

A bright sunny start is slowly becoming cloudier, still lots of blue sky about but it's slowly becoming hazier. As per yesterday this afternoon is expected to bring isolated heavy showers.

A cloudy, damp start, must have had a few more overnight showers. Mostly cloudy this morning with heavy showers developing this afternoon, the same as the last few days. Currently 10c, expected highs of 14/15c this afternoon.

After the morning rain, it has stopped and if anything, the skies are brightening, but the NW radar shows some heavy looking showers to our south so this afternoon could well be a mix of sun, showers, and the odd rumble?

Overcast, damp morning. Around 9c in a very slight NE breeze. Some small signs of brightness, but today looks like it will be a cloudy one.

Cloudy, damp start after some overnight drizzle. Around 11c at present with cloud. Drizzle on and off during the day with maybe a heavier period of rain just before lunchtime. Highs of around 13c expected.

Pretty average day again here, cloud is variable and all the storms/rain seem to be developing north of London. The breeze has picked up a bit in the last hour and the sun is breaking out a tiny bit more. Currently around 15c.

A cloudy start here, had a few light outbursts of rain, radar seems to show lots of showers around this morning, so expecting periods of sun, cloud and rain today. Looks set to be a tad breezy up until Wednesday too. Suggestions that the afternoon might be brighter, but this looks like the forecast for most of the week, at least its not bitterly cold in the mornings!