Summer 2019 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[Summer Sun]

Currently, 28.1c in Weybourne

[Methuselah]

30C at Rostherne!

[Sir Mim]

9 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

30C at Rostherne!

Is that good?  How is it good?  Please explain.

[Summer Sun]

1 hour ago, Summer Sun said:

Currently, 28.1c in Weybourne

28.5 in Weybourne

[Weather-history]

1 hour ago, Ed Stone said:

30C at Rostherne!

Which Rostherne is that because there's no way it's the Rostherne in my neck of the woods.

Edited June 2, 2019 by Weather-history

[Summer Sun]

1 hour ago, Summer Sun said:

28.5 in Weybourne

Now 28.8c in Weybourne

[Weather-history]

1 hour ago, Sir Mim said:

Is that good?  How is it good?  Please explain.

It's a faulty reading, nearer to 20C is more accurate.

[Met.]

Well that was a nice two second warm blip. I think I saw more sunshine in Iceland last October. Temps barely skirted 20 degrees locally, with 14 degree dewpoints. Rather like a cooler day in a Florida winter. Drizzle, wind and other rubbish intermittently on both days this weekend too. At least I watched a massive thunderstorm on the St. Louis, Missouri webcam last night. Intense with CG's every 2-3 seconds. Of course no lightning anywhere to be seen in western Europe/UK as the breakdown from already sub-par weather to totally unsettled weather arrives. 

I think my favourite description of British summer weather is by legendary travel writer Bill Bryson, when he says:

"In Britain it had been a year without summer. Wet spring had merged imperceptibly into bleak autumn. For months the sky had remained a depthless grey. Sometimes it rained, but mostly it was just dull, a land without shadows. It is like living inside Tupperware." 

Edited June 2, 2019 by Thundershine

[Sir Mim]

Deliciously cool and breezy out there now.    And although it's still damp, it's the cool green damp of a classic English summer's day of rain and showers, rather than the fetid humidity of yesterday.  More of this please!  

[markyo]

12 minutes ago, Sir Mim said:

Deliciously cool and breezy out there now.    And although it's still damp, it's the cool green damp of a classic English summer's day of rain and showers, rather than the fetid humidity of yesterday.  More of this please!  

To true,long may it continue,so much more comfortable now. First half of June looking decent as well,the awful heat from the continent shows no sign of darkening our shores..thank god.

[The PIT]

Pollen count nicely dropped last few days was like having a full cold. AS long as the heat keeps away I'm happy enough.

[AderynCoch]

3 hours ago, Sir Mim said:

Deliciously cool and breezy out there now.    And although it's still damp, it's the cool green damp of a classic English summer's day of rain and showers, rather than the fetid humidity of yesterday.  More of this please!  

Is that good? How is it good? Please explain.

Finally in a summer regime here after the terrible May (yes, that's cool, wet and dull). Enjoying an evening beer in the sinking Sun, might have to stay a bit longer because there's a thunderstorm approaching. 

[Mapantz]

3 hours ago, markyo said:

thank god.

How many times do you feel the need to keep repeating it?

[Sir Mim]

5 minutes ago, AderynCoch said:

Is that good? How is it good? Please explain.

Finally in a summer regime here after the terrible May (yes, that's cool, wet and dull). Enjoying an evening beer in the sinking Sun, might have to stay a bit longer because there's a thunderstorm approaching. 

It's good because I can undertake my usual activities without sweating or feeling uncomfortably hot.  It's good because there aren't hordes of insects buzzing around everywhere. It's good because there isn't the smell of barbecues outside wafting through the (necessarily open in the heat) windows.  And I'll be able to get to sleep tonight, meaning I won't be feeling like a zombie all day tomorrow.  

 

Shall I go on?  

[AderynCoch]

No, you don't have to justify your weather preferences. And neither do others.

Edited June 2, 2019 by AderynCoch

[markyo]

50 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

How many times do you feel the need to keep repeating it?

Thats my personal view,no guilt tripping,no offence intended.

[stainesbloke]

1 hour ago, Sir Mim said:

It's good because I can undertake my usual activities without sweating or feeling uncomfortably hot.  It's good because there aren't hordes of insects buzzing around everywhere. It's good because there isn't the smell of barbecues outside wafting through the (necessarily open in the heat) windows.  And I'll be able to get to sleep tonight, meaning I won't be feeling like a zombie all day tomorrow.  

 

Shall I go on?  

Sweating is a perfectly normal and healthy occurrence when the body is warm. Why do people act like it’s something abnormal and a sign of impending disease?

Edited June 2, 2019 by stainesbloke

[Sunny76]

7 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

Sweating is a perfectly normal occurrence when the body is warm. Why do people act like it’s something disastrous and a sign of impending doom?

The people who think sitting outside in a beer garden at 10-13c is lovely and warm.

[Don]

11 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

Sweating is a perfectly normal and healthy occurrence when the body is warm. Why do people act like it’s something abnormal and a sign of impending disease?

It is normal but many (myself included) find it uncomfortable.

[hillbilly]

Not even hit 20 deg here,the forcast was completely wrong this weekend

 

[hillbilly]

2 hours ago, Sir Mim said:

It's good because I can undertake my usual activities without sweating or feeling uncomfortably hot.  It's good because there aren't hordes of insects buzzing around everywhere. It's good because there isn't the smell of barbecues outside wafting through the (necessarily open in the heat) windows.  And I'll be able to get to sleep tonight, meaning I won't be feeling like a zombie all day tomorrow.  

 

Shall I go on?  

Just on the subject of too warm to sleep.

It really does not make sence to me in this country most people spend thousands every year keeping their houses warm in winter yet almost no one spends a penny to keep cool in summer.If I was a person who struggled to sleep if it were too humid I would go and buy a good air con machine for £200 ,job sorted!

[stainesbloke]

44 minutes ago, Don said:

It is normal but many (myself included) find it uncomfortable.

Is it unpleasant when in work clothes or in uniform, which I do understand but otherwise it’s so easy to cool down with a cold shower and a fan, or air conditioning if affordable. Which many people on here should install in their homes. Parts of the UK have had a single warm day and the depressing whining goes on repeat, like a broken record. 

[cheeky_monkey]

2 hours ago, hillbilly said:

Just on the subject of too warm to sleep.

It really does not make sence to me in this country most people spend thousands every year keeping their houses warm in winter yet almost no one spends a penny to keep cool in summer.If I was a person who struggled to sleep if it were too humid I would go and buy a good air con machine for £200 ,job sorted!

yep i dont know why..i have full ac in my house..which make the indoors cool and refreshing even when its 32c like it was the other day

[Badgers01]

We have a/c in 2 rooms and it makes summer very bearable - actually turned in for the first time yesterday - it’s pretty common round here nearly all the new houses are built with it , will surely get more popular year by year here in UK, 

[Summer Sun]

A gusty wind howling down the chimneys overnight made it sound more like Autumn than summer the wind continues to gust above 30mph this morning