South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards

[lassie23]

21c at 3.25am, I'm glad nights like this have been few and far between this summer

[Captain Shortwave]

Good morning;

Another hot one coming up today, a few bits of cloud (mostly altocumulus castellanus) at the moment drifting through at the moment. Most places should see a fine day with good sunny spells. Perhaps a little more cloud and the chance of a shower towards London and the Home Counties.

A maximum temperature of 30/31c across western parts of the region. Similar values expected on Tuesday and Wednesday too.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Captain Shortwave

[Hotspur62]

19 already here at 7.05 and starting to rise!!think we could get to 30 here again today if skies stay clear.Not looking forward to working in this for next few days as I find anything over 25/26 is tough going!That said those that don’t have to work enjoy it as it has been a long time coming this summer

[Blessed Weather]

I wasn't expecting to see cloud bubbling up by 07.00 this morning:

Certainly by this afternoon almost anywhere could see a sharp shower develop. Here's the Arome model hourly forecasts from 13.00 to 21.00 today:

Source: https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/arome.php?ech=3&mode=101&map=30

[Blazerblue]

Sticky night last night, slighly cooler this morning, was hoping the heat was only going to stick around for the weekend but looking to be here for longer this week, feel exhausted because of it already.

[Freeze]

1 hour ago, Hotspur62 said:

19 already here at 7.05 and starting to rise!!think we could get to 30 here again today if skies stay clear.Not looking forward to working in this for next few days as I find anything over 25/26 is tough going!That said those that don’t have to work enjoy it as it has been a long time coming this summer

I work weekends so now I can finally enjoy it B-) 22c already here 

[NYCSnow]

30c at 11:30 so could beat yesterday if skies remain clear. Some clouds starting to bubble up in the distance south west of here.

[Emz by the Thames]

A lot of cloud bubbling up now. Feels very oppressive.

[scrat]

very cloudy now in Biggin Hill 

 

[NYCSnow]

Cloud quickly bubbling up now…classic humid summery skies that wouldn’t look out of place in Florida!

[Badgers01]

Yep clouded over here in Surrey hills too , some quite punchy convection on some of the clouds maybe the cap will break …? 

[Freeze]

Certainly feels warmer than the 23c currently here! Very humid.

[minus10]

A very humid 28 degrees from my thermometer in the shade here in wgc. I normally love working outside as a gardener but today and this week....well it is going to be a challenge shall we say...would welcome a shower to cool down

[Dbarb]

Convection seems to be building

[Captain Shortwave]

In Cambridge today (first time since the pandemic started). The cloud did appear to be bubbling up, but it has dispersed somewhat now. 28c at 1pm so a chance of hitting 30c again today.

[minus10]

30 degrees registering on my phone. Tough going outside: energy sapping...

[scrat]

Torrential, biblical rain for the last 20 minutes!! 

[Gowon]

9 minutes ago, scrat said:

Torrential, biblical rain for the last 20 minutes!! 

Yeah we had about 5 seconds worth of that

[Eagle Eye]

My favourite pictures of it so far. 

[Gareth79]

Hit 30C at Farnborough Airport, I'm a little higher and mine is reading 28C.

Edited July 19, 2021 by Gareth79

[Blessed Weather]

Quite some shower impacting the High Weald.

Radar 17.00

[Bazza118]

Very humid now. I can see the convection building nicely to the east and heading off down towards East Sussex and Kent. Dry here though. 

[Crepuscular Ray]

8 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Quite some shower impacting the High Weald.

Radar 17.00

Four miles too far north, although I can hear rumbles. The blue blob over over Hailsham and Polegate is a big fib, though.

[Captain Shortwave]

No shower concerns here, just some patchy fair weather cloud. The temperature looks like falling just short of 30c today, a high of 29c.

[Eagle Eye]

12 minutes ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

Four miles too far north, although I can hear rumbles. The blue blob over over Hailsham and Polegate is a big fib, though.

Most likely flying ants