South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/06/2020 Onward

[lettice]

Hit 32.5c at 4pm
Dropping slowly now, 30.4c at the moment.
Sky is a mix of some cloud and blue sky.

[Mapantz]

It's still creeping up here. 31.9°C.

This is why the heat doesn't bother me - after it passes 28°C it feels no different to me.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Mapantz

[Dean E]

33.9°C appeared to be my maximum today. Briefly approached towards 33.7°C in the past hour, but that slight shift in wind direction to the SW keeps bring it back down. Some unusual winds here.

Currently 30.9°C with hazy skies.

[Singularity]

Still edging up here too, I'm impressed! Just need another half a degree for the 90 Fahrenheit benchmark. The sun's still a decent way above the horizon.

Feels incredible out there in the sun, fairly humid with a light NE wind. This having strengthened in the past hour, setting up the overland fetch from a little to the north of London that's now helping lift the temps in southern Hampshire & Dorset.

If it hadn't been for that swathe of high cloud, who knows, it might have reached the 33s °C in these parts!

Tomorrow, ECM's been consistently showing temps a degree higher compared with today. Dew points look to start lower than they did today, so we might see a lower starting point for air temps too but a faster morning climb to compensate (the drier the air, the more readily it responds to surface heating). Provided the sun's shining, of course!

Monday's looking a tad cooler but still capable of reaching the 30s °C in southern Hampshire and perhaps Dorset too.

Tuesday then looks hotter again, perhaps a 'last hurrah' for the heatwave, though the 00z ECM run had Wednesday on par having been slower to drift the heat low northward from France.

[CheesepuffScott]

Interesting, it got down to 29.3°C at 16:40 before starting to rise again, reached 30.6°C at 17:10, now on 30.2°C

[Lyn-M]

31.6°C tops here, still just over 30°C atm.  Variable cirrus and alto cumulus.

[Jet Streak]

32.7c max @ 450pm Incredible heat for the coast, it’s going to be a warm night perhaps not below 20c...

[Mapantz]

Ended up at 32.3°C in the end. 90.2°F. Stunning!

[CheesepuffScott]

30.9°C the final max here, hopefully higher tomorrow, dependent on cloud. But am I right in believing the trough has cleared north so it'll be less of a cloud maker tomorrow?

[Singularity]

Surprisingly, still hotting up here in the Avon valley, 31.7°C as of 6 pm.  

Hurn (Bournemouth Airport)'s doing even better, a tenth away from the 32s!

Can't say I can ever recall seeing temps approach that benchmark so late in an August day before. Maybe not even on a June or July day! 

@CheesepuffScott I really want to just say yes, everything will be so much clearer tomorrow... but after yesterday's shenanigans I dare not! 

Edited August 8, 2020 by Singularity
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[Mapantz]

Quite possibly another 32°C for here tomorrow. It doesn't sound much, but to have these temps twice in a row here, is exceptional.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Singularity said:

Surprisingly, still hotting up here in the Avon valley, 31.7°C as of 6 pm.  

Hurn (Bournemouth Airport)'s doing even better, a tenth away from the 32s!

Can't say I can ever recall seeing temps approach that benchmark so late in an August day before. Maybe not even on a June or July day! 

@CheesepuffScott I really want to just say yes, everything will be so much clearer tomorrow... but after yesterday's shenanigans I dare not! 

That makes it the hottest day in Bournemouth since 19/07/2006. Actual max should be 32.something...Certainly the hottest I've even felt it past 6pm here, ever......I see a super sea breeze dumped the temp at Thorney Island from 32C to 23C in two hours.

[CheesepuffScott]

Still 29°C here, 2°C higher than this time last night

[Mapantz]

Still 31°C here - remarkable!

[Mapantz]

40 minutes ago, Alderc said:

That makes it the hottest day in Bournemouth since 19/07/2006. Actual max should be 32.something...Certainly the hottest I've even felt it past 6pm here, ever......

[Dean E]

15 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Thorney Island is my nearest Met Office station at a little over 2 miles away. I maxed out at 33.9°C. 

To see this site so far up the list during the summer months is truly exceptional. 

[matt111]

Very warm this evening, so much so the temperatures rising again and it’s just hit 30°C again after dropping below it for a while. 

[Dorsetbred]

After topping out at 33.2°C at: 17:18, it's a slightly cooler, 30.8°C, hoping that the mention of some cooling tonight might happen, coz if it don't I'm gonna be like a bear in the morning...

[Singularity]

Wow, 32.9*C for Bournemouth Airport (about 10 miles inland of the main city by the way).

I’m about a dozen miles from there.

Some 20 miles northeast of me, Middle Wallop maxed at ‘just’ 30.1*C, so a considerable temp gradient there.

Still in the 30s as I type this. Likely to be similar for another 3-5 days. Didn’t need that holiday in the Mediterranean after all!

[Dorsetbred]

Towards the end of an interesting day, the sun sets slowly over the harbour..

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Edited August 8, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[CheesepuffScott]

Still running around 2°C higher than it was this time last night, 26.4°C

Edited August 8, 2020 by CheesepuffScott

[Tobertron]

Very hot today, with a much higher max compared to yesterday of 30.6 °C. Milky skies most of the day with a light breeze. Much too hot for me, but only my second day over 30°C this year, so shouldn't complain too much considering today's climate. 

[matt111]

Dropped fairly quickly after my last post but has slowed since and is still 25.3°C. 

[CheesepuffScott]

23.1°C

[Jet Streak]

26.3c here 

Hurn is currently warmest place in UK @ 27.4c