The Midlands - Weather Chat - Spring Onwards

[Dancerwithwings]

2 hours ago, Shane Wheeldon said:

Well what a surprise, a lovely day in the offering and where am i? I'm Stuck in front of a computer at work!! What is the forecast for next weekend? Wind and bloody rain!! ARRGGHHHH!

You said it!!!!  but in the mean-time, it's stunning out there and i was only expecting 22c today..... 24.5c ATM, more tomorrow and maybe weds to come  

[Polar Maritime]

Lovely sunset tonight.

[conor123]

24.6c max and unbroken sunshine...of course its a Monday 

[Terminal Moraine]

13.0 mm of rain here in the first half of August, the driest since 2003 which recorded 3.2 mm in the first half.

[Costa Del Fal]

2nd day of wall to wall sunshine. Hazier today but have avoided most of it here. Very warm too and the BBQ will be lit later on.

cant say this summer has been a bad one. Ok perhaps the best of it hasn't fallen at the weekends but that is always likely when the weekend is only 2 days long of course in a week. June was wet but we avoided the worst of the gloom imo and since July it has been very dry. We have had some very good sunny days and throughout the summer it has generally been warm. 

Certainly not a summer to remember for long but considering the dross since 2007, one of the better ones.

[Costa Del Fal]

Apart from a brief cloudy spell this morning it is now outstanding with more wall to wall sunshine and arguably it is now even better than yesterday. Best August spell for quite some time imo.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

22 minutes ago, Costa Del Fal said:

Apart from a brief cloudy spell this morning it is now outstanding with more wall to wall sunshine and arguably it is now even better than yesterday. Best August spell for quite some time imo.

amazed you had north sea muck! usually misses your area

[conor123]

Another beautiful day stuck in a windowless factory till 4pm, thankgoodness the sun's still high enough to get an hour in after work before it drops behind the woods.

No shocks it looks like immediately warming up again next week after a washout weekend 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

22 hours ago, conor123 said:

Another beautiful day stuck in a windowless factory till 4pm, thankgoodness the sun's still high enough to get an hour in after work before it drops behind the woods.

No shocks it looks like immediately warming up again next week after a washout weekend 

Ay, after mondays washout, looks like the usual warm tues/wed setup, 

[conor123]

24c again today, feels very muggy this evening shame there's been no storms here since that brief one in May.

[Polar Maritime]

Very heavy rain just now.

[Polar Maritime]

Some very heavy showers rattling through this afternoon at this location.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few heavy showers here too, though it's not been as windy as I was expecting with a maximum gust of 38 mph. There were several days earlier in the month with higher gusts.

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog this morning but with the temperature already close to 16c it could well be the warmest day of the month once it burns off.Currently the warmest day this month is 22.0c on the 6th.

[davehsug]

Was sunny 20 minutes ago, now it's drizzling. Summer 2016 is determined to disappoint.

[WillinGlossop]

After yesterdays humid and wet day today is pretty darn good.....  Clear blue skies and 26c.... Pity its not here for more than one day....

[conor123]

Standard scorcher of a Tuesday, 27.2c max though turned hazy after 3pm.

[weirpig]

Reached just over 27 here. Really as been a decent summer for this part. Big improvement on the last few 

[Polar Maritime]

Glorious late Summers day here.

[Arctic Hare]

Clouding over now, but otherwise a fabulous day today. I don't have a temp reading for here, but Pershore touched 29.0 °C at17.00 and I can easily believe it was that warm here as well. And I agree with weirpig: despite some disappointments along the way, this hasn't been a bad summer on the whole. Not on a level with 2006 or 1995, obviously, but at least worthy of the season's name.

[Sparkiee storm]

Classic plume looking, feeling and smelling evening here, lovely

[I remember Atlantic 252]

2 hours ago, conor123 said:

Standard scorcher of a Tuesday, 27.2c max though turned hazy after 3pm.

yes, noticed the nice tuesdays recently, then by wednesday goes crap

[LeeKay]

Booked Friday off so a nice long weekend. 18z Thursday pinch of salt but whey hey better than nothing

[Gord]

Have to say for here in the Black Country I think this summer has been the best in some time. The incredibly thundery June. The hot spell in July and these brief but frequent periods of warm/hot and sunny weather through August. A few blips here and there (last weekend for example!) but not too bad. Making up for the run of pathetic winters we seem to be enduring at the moment.

For me, June is a strong contender for the most interesting month of the year.

 

..and it looks like we have a greater possibility of a thundery breakdown this weekend.

Proper summer weather during proper summer months!

Do you hear that Autumn! Keep your autumnal weather in your own 3 months!

Edited August 23, 2016 by Gord

[Terminal Moraine]

Almost 111 hours of sunshine here so far this month making  it the sunniest August since 2009 which had a total of almost 120 hours.

It could end up being the sunniest August since 2007 which recorded 157 hours.

Edited August 25, 2016 by Terminal Moraine