Southeast and East Anglia weather discussion

[claret047]

8 minutes ago, Snipper said:

Great idea that some verges are left to flower even though they will still need to be cut once seeded. Alternatively the hay with many wild flower pods yet to mature could be spread over a barren area to bring these areas into use. 

Used this method to reseed a common area with heathers.

Just wish sight lines and road signs are kept clear of plant growth. 

Hello Snipper,

The Highways Agency (I guess) at the Boreham Interchange and the ECC Highways Department on the junction of Lawn Lane and The Chelmer Valley Way seem to want to make the landscape as barren as they can. In the past few months they have removed the majority of the trees and bushes. So much for thinking "green"

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Still 33C here - I wonder how late it'll be this evening before it drops?

[Dbarb]

Over 30c in my bedroom even after attempting to keep it cool, sleeping will be uncomfortable to say the least.

[Snipper]

4 minutes ago, claret047 said:

Hello Snipper,

The Highways Agency (I guess) at the Boreham Interchange and the ECC Highways Department on the junction of Lawn Lane and The Chelmer Valley Way seem to want to make the landscape as barren as they can. In the past few months they have removed the majority of the trees and bushes. So much for thinking "green"

Yes really annoying. I am not sure how many cuts a year but more than one I expect. Less cuts, less cost, less demand on our council tax payments. Will release monies to waste elsewhere unless residents press for alternatives.

To some degree it may be to do with lines of sight and safety issues. Not always though. Could also be due to possible future junction alterations at Boreham Interchange. Easier and cheaper to clear young growth now than mature  later. To be ‘onset I dunno. 

Feel an email coming on to my local councillors. I am sure they always love to hear from me. You should do the same. Might not necessarily  achieve much but certainly works in occasions.

[kold weather]

Fair bit cooler here than yesterday at 28c thanks to some cloud cover at me d levels, but still feels plenty hot. I suspect a 34-35c locally tomorrow which is going to be interesting for sure!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

13 minutes ago, Dbarb said:

Over 30c in my bedroom even after attempting to keep it cool, sleeping will be uncomfortable to say the least.

Give it until around 7 p.m. then get every window and door open for a couple of hours to use any through breeze.

[Lauren]

Feel like I'm a population of 1 enjoying the heat! Will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully top it all off with some big storms.

[Snipper]

Got a delivery of heating oil tomorrow. Winter is coming. 

[Stabilo19]

I’m loving the heat too but I also have a higher tolerance for heat than most. I wish it was 34 degrees everyday in summer! 

[Radiating Dendrite]

28.9c yesterday and 29.6c today. 

Looking like 36c here tomorrow, but we do tend to be a little cooler than the surrounding areas. 

[Stabilo19]

1 minute ago, Snipper said:

Nice that there are some who like it. A relatively new experience for many of us.

So what do you do as a job? Heavy physical daily effort?

lol, I’m a neuroscientist and work in a freezing cold laboratory with low humidity.

Yeh maybe I wouldn’t enjoy the heat as much if I was outside all day. 

[Djdazzle]

8 minutes ago, Stabilo19 said:

lol, I’m a neuroscientist and work in a freezing cold laboratory with low humidity.

Yeh maybe I wouldn’t enjoy the heat as much if I was outside all day. 

Try walking outside at 3pm tomorrow. The contrast between your air conditioned environment and outdoors will be amazing!

[Ben Lewis]

 

1 hour ago, Lauren said:

Feel like I'm a population of 1 enjoying the heat! Will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings. Hopefully top it all off with some big storms.

Make that 2 Lauren - loving every minute. 

Fan on - cold beer - feeling comfortable. 

Wish summer days like this were more frequent. 

[shotski]

1 hour ago, Djdazzle said:

Try walking outside at 3pm tomorrow. The contrast between your air conditioned environment and outdoors will be amazing!

Haha try working on a grade 1 listed Abbey roof today with full scaffold and plastic protection. Tomorrow will be interesting. Ignore the time on the clock, this was taken at about 1:30 pm. 

Edited July 24, 2019 by shotski

[Mark wheeler]

 

Another Lovely Day today , I wonder why these locations are on the map ? They’re not usually

Hopefully we break the record but really happy it’s a one day thing at these levels .

Edited July 24, 2019 by Mark wheeler

[DAVID SNOW]

11 minutes ago, shotski said:

Haha try working on a grade 1 listed Abbey roof today with full scaffold and plastic protection. Tomorrow will be interesting. Ignore the time on the clock, this was taken at about 1:30 am. 

Now that's hot!

[seaside 60]

4 minutes ago, Mark wheeler said:

 

Another Lovely Day today , I wonder why these locations are on the map ? They’re not usually

Hopefully we break the record but really happy it’s a one day thing at these levels .

Probably the places that stand the best chance of breaking the record.

[shotski]

7 minutes ago, DAVID SNOW said:

Now that's hot!

We could only go up there in 20 minute spurts after about 11am. It peaked at 47.4 degrees

[Stabilo19]

20 minutes ago, shotski said:

Haha try working on a grade 1 listed Abbey roof today with full scaffold and plastic protection. Tomorrow will be interesting. Ignore the time on the clock, this was taken at about 1:30 pm. 

Wow that looks like it’ll be a giant sauna tomorrow! 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 hour ago, Stabilo19 said:

lol, I’m a neuroscientist and work in a freezing cold laboratory with low humidity.

Yeh maybe I wouldn’t enjoy the heat as much if I was outside all day. 

I spent a year doing a Research Masters in muscle physiology in an air conditioned biomedical research lab from 2007-2008 and it was a wonderful experiece - I wish I had been able to make a career out of research!  Pity there wasn't much hot weather to make the air conditioning seem that useful, though.

[shotski]

12 minutes ago, Stabilo19 said:

Wow that looks like it’ll be a giant sauna tomorrow! 

I’ve told the clients we won’t be on site tomorrow as it would be too dangerous to work at height in those conditions. Don’t get me wrong, extreme heats ok if your sat in an air conditioned office or walking around in flip flops and shorts but in my line of work I’d rather it didn’t happen.

Edited July 24, 2019 by shotski

[Blessed Weather]

EAST: 34.3C at Writtle, Essex, makes it the hottest day of the year so far. It was also the warmest place in the UK today.

Source: Twitter @danholley_

[Snoopie42]

1 hour ago, Ben Lewis said:

 

Make that 2 Lauren - loving every minute. 

Fan on - cold beer - feeling comfortable. 

Wish summer days like this were more frequent. 

And me! Luckily dont have to run this week, perfect timing! Beers, sun and heat.....surprise storm last night, maybe some more tomorrow following a possible record breaking day? Enjoy all! 

[Ben Lewis]

In Uxbridge tomorrow working. 

Last time I experienced 39c was 2 years ago in Dubai. 

What a wonderful experience (if it happens) to have it happen on homeland, on an island that borders the North Atlantic, truly astonishing. 

[Captain Shortwave]

6 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

EAST: 34.3C at Writtle, Essex, makes it the hottest day of the year so far. It was also the warmest place in the UK today.

Source: Twitter @danholley_

Quite a day to see pretty much the whole of East Anglia reach 30c or above. After the storms the humidity wasn’t that high so it actually felt pretty decent.

Don’t know what to think of tomorrow, it isn’t like we have much experience with that potential level of heat.