Summer 2018 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[danm]

33c at London City Airport. I work in central London and having been outside just now I can confirm it is absolutely roasting out there. Easily the hottest day of the year so far.

Edited July 26, 2018 by danm

[Guest]

Boring stuck at 26C with a silly breeze, temps only rise 1.6C in the past 3hours......

[Nath]

Hideously hot today out, I love a nice sunny day but why would anyone possibly wish for this sort of insane heat, you cant enjoy it, cant do anything in it, and cant sleep at night in it.

[Weather-history]

Aberdaron has amazingly recorded almost 770hrs of sunshine since the start of May.

Edited July 26, 2018 by Weather-history

[Summer Sun]

Charlwood in Surrey has reached 33.9C making it the hottest day of the year so far

[Snowyowl9]

Lots of mid-level cumulus around now and just glimpses of sun 25.6c

[danm]

London heathrow now at 34.4c

[reef]

Up to 29.1C here despite an onshore breeze. That's very warm considering.

It would be quite something if we reach 30C twice in a week, after 17 years of not managing to.

52 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Aberdaron has amazingly recorded almost 770hrs of sunshine since the start of May.

We're up to 749hours so far since 1st May. Quite exceptional.

[Guest]

Temperature falling here now. Only 25C, very disappointing given the airmass in place.  

[Weather-history]

Manchester Summer Indices

 Summers in order with the best at the top and the worst at the bottom 

1976 301
1995 298
2018 283 (up to 25th July)
1983 278
1955 277
1911 274
1984 271
1959 269
1975 268
1949 267
1989 262
1947 255
1933 251
1901 249
1921 249
2003 247
2013 247
1925 246
2006 246
1996 245
1935 243 
1994 240
1934 238
1940 238
1941 236
2014 236
1970 235
1969 234
1973 234
1999 234
1997 232
1990 229
1917 228
1926 227
2005 224
1905 223
1932 223
1945 223
1967 223
1977 223
1914 222
1992 222
1908 220
1960 217
1950 216
1957 216
1968 215
1906 214
1942 214
1937 213
1939 213
1904 212
1929 211
2001 211
1903 209
1943 209
1991 207
1913 205
1971 205
204    <--------------if the rest of the summer records a mean maximum of 15C, zero sunshine and rain everyday.

[stainesbloke]

12 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Temperature falling here now. Only 25C, very disappointing given the airmass in place.  

Not sure what you expect, living on the coast with a stiff onshore breeze? Sounds nice to me.

Edited July 26, 2018 by stainesbloke

[Summer Sun]

Some isolated torrential showers starting to break out now one has just moved through Leeds with another group of them in the Nottingham area

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

Not sure what you expect, living on the coast with a stiff onshore breeze? Sounds nice to me.

Had 28-29C most of this with a stiff on-shore breeze, usually we do well in these set-ups.

[Summer Sun]

Could we see a new minimum temperature record overnight in the London area?

 

[stainesbloke]

2 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Had 28-29C most of this with a stiff on-shore breeze, usually we do well in these set-ups.

25C is pretty good? Still time for that to increase today.

[cheeky_monkey]

3 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Could we see a new minimum temperature record overnight in the London area?

 

what happened to the July Max record going? looks unlikely now?

[Guest]

Just now, stainesbloke said:

25C is pretty good? Still time for that to increase today.

Nope the massive heating inland along with southerly flow will keep the temps down here. Strangely enough likely to be the coolest day in a week here. 

[Summer Sun]

3 minutes ago, cheeky_monkey said:

what happened to the July Max record going? looks unlikely now?

Still time yet tomorrow looks hot again in the SE

Edited July 26, 2018 by Summer Sun

[Guest]

1 minute ago, cheeky_monkey said:

what happened to the July Max record going? looks unlikely now?

Probably, cloud is starting to build, Heathrow's dropped back 1C as a result. 

[stainesbloke]

Just now, Summer Sun said:

Still time yet temps continue to rise in the south

Clearer air moving towards London so temperatures could rise again.

[cheeky_monkey]

2 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Still time yet tomorrow looks hot again in the SE

was looking at temps for tomorrow says 29c for london

[reef]

1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Could we see a new minimum temperature record overnight in the London area?

The record high minimum since 1980 here is 18.9C (set this week!), so anything near that 20C shown would smash the current value.

[johnholmes]

15 minutes ago, Alderc said:

Had 28-29C most of this with a stiff on-shore breeze, usually we do well in these set-ups.

Your Max temperature is highly unlikely to occur after the sea breeze sets in

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

Your Max temperature is highly unlikely to occur after the sea breeze sets in

I know that. Once its in its in. Might get a slight secondary peak about 7pm if it drops out early evening. Just annoying the breeze kicked in just before 10am this morning. 

[johnholmes]

1 minute ago, Alderc said:

I know that. Once its in its in. Might get a slight secondary peak about 7pm if it drops out early evening. Just annoying the breeze kicked in just before 10am this morning. 

The time it kicks in is down to the low level wind flow direction and strength. A syronger off shore flow will prevent an early onset of the sea breeze. Often difficult to work this out though for any one location.

I did a fair amount of work on this situation when working many years ago.