Summer 2019 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[Sunny76]

I wonder if the pollution has something to do with it. The cloud just tends to linger in London. 

[Freeze]

2 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

I wonder if the pollution has something to do with it. The cloud just tends to linger in London. 

That’s true I’ve always thought that, whenever I get a train Into London I  always notice when I get closer to London the cloud getting more widespread, and coming back on the train seeing the cloud slowly disperse to clear skies by the time we’re back on the coast, sea breezes and the South Downs close by are partly the reason it’s sunnier than inland..

[MATTWOLVES 3]

I think it's about time weather apps were abolished... The ones for the met have been showing warm sunny spells for here since Monday... And it's remained cloudy all day! I'm looking at one this morning that shows sunny spells from 1pm,this has now been pushed back to 4pm!! The met app shows cloudy all weekend, and 19c...yet when you read there summary it says warm sunny spells.... This is becoming a complete farce now..... Rant over. 

Edited July 10, 2019 by Mattwolves

[stainesbloke]

Back in the UK for work and it’s definitely feeling warmer than Prague, with average temperatures here. Grey skies though, shame.

[Big daddy 49]

Here in Herts, glorious day,hazy sunshine,humid and 24.I'll take this all day long thanks!.

[danm]

35 minutes ago, Freeze said:

That’s true I’ve always thought that, whenever I get a train Into London I  always notice when I get closer to London the cloud getting more widespread, and coming back on the train seeing the cloud slowly disperse to clear skies by the time we’re back on the coast, sea breezes and the South Downs close by are partly the reason it’s sunnier than inland..

Haha. Nonsense. I don’t think there’s any evidence to support that and as someone living in London it’s not the reality. 

[danm]

Warm with sunny spells in London. Current temperature is 25c. As it’s only 1.30pm we could top out at 26c/27c. 

[Freeze]

12 minutes ago, danm said:

Haha. Nonsense. I don’t think there’s any evidence to support that and as someone living in London it’s not the reality. 

Then what other reason causes coastal towns like Eastbourne and Bognor to be the sunniest places in the uk? 

[Azazel]

4 hours ago, Team Squirrel said:

Our allotment committee has cancelled our stall at the village fete next week ....because we've nothing to sell. A wet June and mediocre July has meant all the crops are behind and we've not much to sell other than  late rhubarb and a few raspberries. Certainly this time last year we were harvesting a lot more but everything seems a few weeks behind. Certainly crops like courgettes and pumpkins need hot and sunny weather followed by thundery downpours to do well but everything is late and lackluster.

Crazy how people on here were clamouring for rain because our farmers and agricultural sector were both on the brink of complete collapse.

The weather has been decent here, if not exceptionally benign and boring.

[IanR]

21c here now but gone from bright earlier to very overcast and dismal,  the Manchester summer index says it all so far , not  the worst ,  2012 anyone!     but many a far far better summer index than what we have now, wonder if the number starts to tick up a bit again ,  

[danm]

36 minutes ago, Freeze said:

Then what other reason causes coastal towns like Eastbourne and Bognor to be the sunniest places in the uk? 

Not denying the south coast is the sunniest part of the UK. Was disagreeing with you and another poster about London being cloudier than surrounding areas. 

[Freeze]

10 minutes ago, danm said:

Not denying the south coast is the sunniest part of the UK. Was disagreeing with you and another poster about London being cloudier than surrounding areas. 

Was only implying that the coast where I live is on average sunnier than London, which is true

[danm]

22 minutes ago, Freeze said:

Was only implying that the coast where I live is on average sunnier than London, which is true

Fair enough, in retrospect I think it was the poster you quoted that I was actually  referencing.

[Northernlights]

On 08/07/2019 at 18:03, Aleman said:

Nobody from Scotland having a moan? -0.4C at Altnaharra (81m) this morning. I suspect Aboyne or Tulloch Bridge might have come close to frost last Wednesday but they were offline. Recent days here have been nice - mostly bright and sunny and 20-22C but there have been numerous cool nights with windows closed. I've had the heating on low in the car a few times. It's been great for cycling but not for alfresco dinner and drinks in the evening so I wouldn't mind just a little hot weather to say we've had a proper taste of summer at some point. My top 4 are only 26.5C (held down by all-day drizzle day before?) , 24.9C, 24.7C and 24.5C, which is nice but most days have only been warm a few hours in the middle of the day apart from "heatwave" day. I got the paddling pool out for the kids at 26.5C but it's only been used that afternoon. And it's been a lot colder at night further north. I thought some Scots might have been letting us know about it, although I see we have had a couple of moans from the Northeast.

 

Minimum Temperature Last 24h - 07/08/2019 at 16:00 UTC

No.LocationStation IDAmount

1Altnaharra (United Kingdom)03044-0.4°C

2Loch Glascarnoch (United Kingdom)030311.4°C

3Cairngorm (United Kingdom)030651.8°C

4Redesdale (United Kingdom)032301.8°C

5Tain Range (United Kingdom)030621.9°C

6Aboyne (United Kingdom)030802.4°C

7Eskdalemuir (United Kingdom)031622.8°C

8Aviemore (United Kingdom)030633°C

9Shap (United Kingdom)032253.6°C

10Charterhall (United Kingdom)031583.7°C

11Aonach Mor (United Kingdom)030413.8°C

12Sennybridge (United Kingdom)035073.8°C

13Strathallan (United Kingdom)031443.9°C

14Cairnwell (United Kingdom)030724°C

15Albemarle (United Kingdom)032384.4°C

Script courtesy of  Michael Holden of Relay Weather. Data courtesy of Ogimet

 

Yes it was 4.0c at 5.00am on Monday morning  here but we baled some lovely hay in the afternoon in blue skies an RH of 45% a maximum of 19c and a fresh NE wind off the Firth.

Today is just the opposite at a minimum of 16 c overnight , 80%RH, cloudbursts, maximum of 22c and very dull.

[Nick L]

A very notably dry July so far with little or no measurable rainfall around these parts, grass is starting to brown a little. Very pleasant start to the month in the main though.

[Sunny76]

1 hour ago, danm said:

Fair enough, in retrospect I think it was the poster you quoted that I was actually  referencing.

Yes that’s me. 

This has happened on numerous occasions, while my family have been down in the Isle of Wight or Sussex coast, only for me to tell them how dismal and cloudy it was in London for a few days.

Maybe the River Thames contributes to having more cloud cover, combined with lighter winds in London on more humid still days. This must all have a knock on effect.

[Bristawl Si]

8 hours ago, Badgers01 said:

Yep it’s gradually going a bit down hill after last weeks nice high summer feel - our neighbour said yesterday it in an off the cuff remark ‘ August has come early’ and I kind of new what they mean !!  We could do with a change ...

Downhill?! Not here for sure.

The last 2 weeks have been mostly dry, sunny and warm. I think this is yet another day where temps have reached an above average 24c. Bar the 1st 3 weeks of June it's been v pleasant indeed and add in last 2 weeks of May to these last 2 weeks and we have a decent Summer so far.

I think expectation levels on here are set way too high for a British Summer; last Summer was really an exception, just as the v wet Summers of a few years ago were also exceptions in their own right.

[reef]

1 hour ago, Nick L said:

A very notably dry July so far with little or no measurable rainfall around these parts, grass is starting to brown a little. Very pleasant start to the month in the main though.

Yes, certainly very dry still in these parts aswell. We've had only 15.2mm of rain since the 15th June. The 2019 trend of wet couple of weeks followed by a long dry period seems to be continuing.

Today has been rather warm too, with a max temp of 24.3C. I wonder if the other 2019 trend of warm second halves of the month might happen too?

[danm]

A warm, humid, sultry day today in London with sunny spells. Temperatures topped out at 26c. 

[danm]

1 hour ago, Sunny76 said:

Yes that’s me. 

This has happened on numerous occasions, while my family have been down in the Isle of Wight or Sussex coast, only for me to tell them how dismal and cloudy it was in London for a few days.

Maybe the River Thames contributes to having more cloud cover, combined with lighter winds in London on more humid still days. This must all have a knock on effect.

Think that just may be due to the fact that the south coast is statistically the sunniest part of the country, so by definition London will on average have more cloudy days than the Sussex coast or the Isle of Wight. 

However, I don’t think there’s any evidence or data to suggest that Greater London is cloudier than the surrounding countryside. Pollution, smog, yes. Sunshine totals? No. 

 

[SizzlingHeat]

Well here in Poole its been a lovely spell of weather for the past 3 weeks. Lots of sunny, warm and very warm days. Temps have been between 21-26c most days. Sunshine most days as well. No rainfall since the summer solstice. Very pleasant summery weather. No need for much clothing apart from shorts and t shirt. Today has been sunny and warm (again) 25 degrees the high. We look to escape any showers for the foreseeable. Great for the tourists coming for the beach. Not even seen or want to look at any of the models such as GFS etc because im just enjoying the weather as it happens day by day. Havent been in the model thread since mid June so no idea if this weather will continue. However metoffice app shows dry and sunny weather right through the weekend and into next week with temps of 23-24 degrees. Wonderful.

[matt111]

Certainly has been a decent spell down here. A bit cool here at times with the sea breeze but nothing much to complain about. 

Edited July 10, 2019 by matt111

[damianslaw]

Nearing half way stage of the summer, and entering 'high summer' when we normally expect the warmest conditions of the year - and from a Lakeland perspective a preety average season so far. Nothing especially very warm, or wet - we had a poor first two thirds to June, but conditions since the 20th have been decent in the main, lots of dry sunny warm weather, despite the current rather dull dank conditions.

Looking ahead, July looks like continuing on a quiet note. 

Could do with some notable heat and thunderstorms to inject a bit of interest though - plenty of time yet, late July-mid August prime time for such conditions usually - by mid August that early autumnal mode starts to creep in though..

Edited July 10, 2019 by damianslaw

[Wildswimmer Pete]

Overnight min: 14C, max temp in my garden: 23C.  However the cloudfest continues with some brief sunny intervals in the afternoon but not enough to trigger the formation of thunderstorms.  I was looking forward to a thunderstorm but nothing.  Needless to say that dratted rain has just started.

[DAVID SNOW]

1 hour ago, damianslaw said:

Nearing half way stage of the summer, and entering 'high summer' when we normally expect the warmest conditions of the year - and from a Lakeland perspective a preety average season so far. Nothing especially very warm, or wet - we had a poor first two thirds to June, but conditions since the 20th have been decent in the main, lots of dry sunny warm weather, despite the current rather dull dank conditions.

Looking ahead, July looks like continuing on a quiet note. 

Could do with some notable heat and thunderstorms to inject a bit of interest though - plenty of time yet, late July-mid August prime time for such conditions usually - by mid August that early autumnal mode starts to creep in though..

Agreed.

Down here all very 'nice' and average bar 1 hot day, as you say some interesting weather much needed! No storms in may or June, as for July..so far not good, perhaps towards the end of the month and into August, the clock is ticking though.