South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards

[lettice]

A blue sky day, not a cloud anywhere. It got to 26.6c at 1pm
Now 25.8c, 1016.3 hpa, with quite a breeze this afternoon, SW 12mph, with many 18mph gusts.

 

[ThundersnowDays]

27.5C and partly cloudy here. 

[matt111]

Briefly turned cloudier but now back to blue skies, still much cooler than it is inland. 22.3°C. 

[Dean E]

Clear skies here today with a high of bang on 30°C at 1:35pm (makes that 12 days with +30°C now), however a cooler southerly has been in charge since around 3pm, bringing the temperature back down to 28°C.

Oddly not feeling as muggy as yesterday, but welcomed.

[Frosty hollows]

We've just hit 31c making it the hottest day of the year so far

[Mapantz]

Didn't even make it to 25°C here. 

[Lyn-M]

28.9°C here this afternoon, humidity around the 50% mark.  Looking forward to the predicted slightly cooler weather later in the week.

[Andy Bown]

Ian Fergusson mentioned a cold front and showers on Friday. If that happens it will be the 3rd consecutive Friday with rain!

[Evening thunder]

A max of 27.0C yesterday, though a fairly breezy sea breeze kept it at 24-25C most of the afternoon.

Unexpectedly overcast and humid this morning, even though it all broke up slightly east of here. A brief max of 26.4C at 3:20pm in a sunny interval, but about 23C after that with a sea breeze in more continuous sunshine.
Min was 16.3C. 

[Frosty hollows]

Very welcome overnight low of 15c after a high of 31.2.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, checking this morning, yup it's a groundhog day....

Overnight low of 14.8°C at: 05:46  followed swiftly by wall to wall blue skies, with RH 81%

[lettice]

A high of 26.3c at 3pm yesterday.
A minimum of 17.5°C at 5:15am
Now 19.3c, 1015.4, Westerly wind very light this morning. Another blue sky start, with a little low cloud in places.

 

[Evening thunder]

A low of 10.8C last night so the house is a pretty comfortable temperature. Currently sunny and 21.9C.

I wonder if Bournemouth Airport saw a high temperature reading yesterday? 
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/16371751.firefighters-tackling-blaze-at-bournemouth-airport/

[Boro Snow]

Low cloud and drizzle here in Helston

[MP-R]

Ironically the 'hottest week of the year' is bringing the least hot conditions. Still too much cloud around for my liking. Very pleasant but certainly not hot.

Roll on the next hot spell, looking like next week!

[mike5900]

Convection clouds here some very dark 

[matt111]

49 minutes ago, MP-R said:

Ironically the 'hottest week of the year' is bringing the least hot conditions. Still too much cloud around for my liking. Very pleasant but certainly not hot.

Roll on the next hot spell, looking like next week!

You should try being on the coast. Hasn’t been close to what I’d call hot much at all this summer. Just been inland for the first time in a while and it certainly feels hot there. 

[Andy Bown]

At the Eastern extremity of the frontal set up here with Cumulus running SW to NE making for a more pleasant breezy with sunny spells, rather than intensely hot afternoon, still above 27c though!

 

[Mapantz]

Interesting video from the Met Office saying there's a 30% chance of a record July temp, but thunderstorms might scupper that chance due to large amounts of cloud. Also, the heat building in the SE is not a plume per se.. they use charts showing 'backward trajectories' and the source of Friday's heat is from Germany.

[lettice]

Forecasts had us for 29c today.
Got to 26.5c at 4pm, but dropped to 25.6c now.
It did not feel so hot today, felt a light breeze. Wind for the first time in quite a while has been Southerly than our recent Westerly direction.
Wind was been fairly light today, but has picked up to 10-12mph last hour with some 16mph gusts.

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by lettice

[Andy Bown]

Stunning crepuscular rays as seen from laying in the shade on the lawn.

[CheesepuffScott]

Started off will wall-to-wall sunshine, some cloud has developed throughout the day but still very warm and humid.

[Mapantz]

Blue skies all day, but another windy day to boot. Temp did manage 26.2°C briefly, but dropped back to the 24's for most of the day.

[matt111]

It actually feels quite cool in the shade here, seems the sea breeze is taking longer to drop than it usually does. Reached 22.9°C this morning but it’s been hovering around 21°C since then. 

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, after an overnight low 15.2°C at: 05:46 of  we are up and running again, blue skies (early cloud has burnt off) and slightly warmer than yesterday morning. The view out over the channel is clear today, Ol Harry standing proud in the early morning sunhsine, and the purbecks looking the same colour as my desk (brown)..This reminds me of my time spent on the Highveld in SA summer, wake up, blue skies, heat (difference being then it would rain in the late afternoon and everything was green (NOT BROWN))..

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Edited July 25, 2018 by Dorsetbred