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I'm quite fortunate in that I tend to cool down to comfortable levels quite quickly once lying still. Mind I've had to spend a few nights just lying on top of the quilt.
must say, with the breeze (here) its been a splendid day... simply perfect... 26c ... oh why couldnt this months weather pattern have come in june?..
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... oh why couldnt this months weather pattern have come in june?..
![]() But one good thing about all the global warming hype is a bit more money's been invested in collecting data. Downside is that given it's cyclic nature, it's kinda tricky to draw conclusions from short datasets. |
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Its been a week since I had a good nights sleep. Very hot and humid and impossible to get any shut eye. I wake up intermittently in a puddle of sweat ... which isn't very attractive.
I am longing for cooler evening in particular. I can kinda cope during the day with fans pointing at me in different directions .... but I can't remove anymore clothing at night time !! Quote:
I'm quite fortunate in that I tend to cool down to comfortable levels quite quickly once lying still. Mind I've had to spend a few nights just lying on top of the quilt.
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I am envious. In the evenings our lounge is cool with the lounge and kitchen windows open creating a draft. Bliss. Put as I climb the stairs to bed the heat hits me and once I'm hot I find it almost impossible to cool off. I haven't had any covers over me for days now and I'm still hot all nice. My one little bedroom window with the door open isn't enough to cool the room down.
I did buy a tower fan a few months ago for the bedroom as every year I go through this. I did extensive reading of reviews and bought one that was described as quiet for the bedroom. Pah. Its soooo blummin noisy its a joke, but I kept it as my dog gets hot so we have it on in the lounge for him. |
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Still have a thin (ish) duvet on at the moment. Mind you, I live in a bungalow, and good insulation helps keep it cooler in summer and warmer in winter. It's been 21C in the house last couple of days. It's an old house so rarely gets too warm. Highest temp I've recorded in the house is 25C in the living room on that really hot day in July, and it's got down to about 14/15C in the hallway on some really cold nights in Winter (I turn the heating off at night).
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#1230 |
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The UK will be cooling off considerably from tomorrow on.
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The UK will be cooling off considerably from tomorrow on.
but the anomaly charts have shifted slightly, and now suggest higher pressure to our south (days 6 - 14) then yesterday..... IF these firm up (by subsequent runs agreeing) then more warmth is likely. maybe nothinh hot, and upper 20's c, but warm temps 20 - 25c possible. |
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Very foggy here in Bath at the moment, we also have a severe weather warning for stormy weather later afternoon and overnight, although it also says warm and sunny for early afternoon.
Be interesting to see how accurate that is. |
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Very foggy here in Bath at the moment, we also have a severe weather warning for stormy weather later afternoon and overnight, although it also says warm and sunny for early afternoon.
Be interesting to see how accurate that is. |
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Difficult to say. The boundary between the two air masses may move quickly or it might move slowly and erratically. Also thunderstorms are notoriously difficult to predict.
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Much cooler today, and a bit of fog rolling in. Still humid but not as bad as it has been. Looking at the long range forecast, it seems this might be the last day of sunshine.
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suns out after a cool foggy dull start.... its humid making it feel warmer then it is... but its still splendid!
itll be interesting to watch the possible development of thunderstorms later on... hard to tell if/where/when they might form, but theres a convergence between fresh atlantic air and hot/humid continental air. all the ingredients for some humdingers.... |
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Much cloudier than yesterday here S Hants but slightly warmer! 25.0 max so far (24.7 yesterday). Bournemouth not far away is 27 and some places in the general SE area are a bit higher than that.
Mean maximum temperature here for the month has now reached 22.1 deg C, not bad for the first half of September as it's more typical of August, though cloudiness has been variable. So... here this year to date: June 19.9 av max (and wet!) July 22.3 av max (very dry) Aug 22.1 av max (dry) Sep 22.1 av max (average wetness) It's been more or less a fairly normal but on the whole pleasant summer here but delayed by a month, though it looks like starting to tail off from tomorrow. |
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nasty looking little storm just westnorthwest of london atm... isolated but the first?
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It's so hot right now... I can't sleep...
![]() Why are we having such hot weather in September? no scientific explanation!? ![]() Quote:
I am envious. In the evenings our lounge is cool with the lounge and kitchen windows open creating a draft. Bliss. Put as I climb the stairs to bed the heat hits me and once I'm hot I find it almost impossible to cool off. I haven't had any covers over me for days now and I'm still hot all nice. My one little bedroom window with the door open isn't enough to cool the room down.
I did buy a tower fan a few months ago for the bedroom as every year I go through this. I did extensive reading of reviews and bought one that was described as quiet for the bedroom. Pah. Its soooo blummin noisy its a joke, but I kept it as my dog gets hot so we have it on in the lounge for him. Quote:
At the moment it's 25.5c in the house, and its been 24c when I go to bed. I live in an older style house with silly small Windows. In the winter it does get cold as we have an open fire so the wind whistles down the chimney .... but I love snuggling up in a blanket.
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nasty looking little storm just westnorthwest of london atm... isolated but the first?
My peak temperature yesterday (Wednesday 14th) was just shy of thirty at 29.6c, so another mighty impressive September day. Even today has been highly impressive albeit notably cooler with a peak of 24.9c. |
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Much cloudier than yesterday here S Hants but slightly warmer! 25.0 max so far (24.7 yesterday). Bournemouth not far away is 27 and some places in the general SE area are a bit higher than that.
Mean maximum temperature here for the month has now reached 22.1 deg C, not bad for the first half of September as it's more typical of August, though cloudiness has been variable. So... here this year to date: June 19.9 av max (and wet!) July 22.3 av max (very dry) Aug 22.1 av max (dry) Sep 22.1 av max (average wetness) It's been more or less a fairly normal but on the whole pleasant summer here but delayed by a month, though it looks like starting to tail off from tomorrow. Bring it on. |
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Another very warm and humid day today.
Temp reached 23C here at Bingley Samos Weather Station. It was still 22C at 6:00pm: Observations Observed at 18:00, Thursday 15 September Sunny 22°C WIND SPEED3 MPH NORTH NORTH WESTERLY Humidity: 84% Visibility: Moderate Pressure: 1010mb, Falling Observation station: Bingley Samos (Lat: 53.811 | Lon: -1.865) http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652819 Looking at the stats so far the temperatures have been above average for practically all of this month. http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/bin...016&view=table However, there is change on the way as the wind direction changes, it was in the South a couple of days ago, then it became the east, before tomorrow when we go back to a typical westerly pattern, and temperatures return to average. 16C max forecast tommorow, and over the weekend. A big change from what we've had. |
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Regarding the 34.4 degrees being the highest September reading since that in Raunds in 1911.
As we all know that was beaten in September 1906, with 35.6 near Doncaster on 2nd, and 35 in Northants. However, in his very comprehensive book, "Climate and the British Scene", written in 1951 by Professor Gordon Manley, when detailing the monthly range of temperature records, Manley includes the 1911 Raunds reading, but fails to mention the 1906 Doncaster/Northants readings. Whether he regarded them as suspicious and therefore lacking credibility, who knows. But he must have been aware of them at the time. |
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Summer of 2016 (at least here in the Sputh East) will go down as a dreadful first half, then a pretty decent second half
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Very strange tonight, loads of flashes but no rumbles. Lightning maps show that the storms are miles away but we can still see them
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As we all know that was beaten in September 1906, with 35.6 near Doncaster on 2nd, and 35 in Northants. However, in his very comprehensive book, "Climate and the British Scene", written in 1951 by Professor Gordon Manley, when detailing the monthly range of temperature records, Manley includes the 1911 Raunds reading, but fails to mention the 1906 Doncaster/Northants readings.
Whether he regarded them as suspicious and therefore lacking credibility, who knows. But he must have been aware of them at the time. |
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The first half of September 2016 has been warmer across the UK than the entire months of June, July or August.
Now when did that last happen I wonder? A very very long time ago. There remains a high potential for some overnight pyrotechnics south east of a line from The Wash to the Bristol Channel. The yellow warnings have been upgraded to amber in parts, with 100mm downpours possible says the Met's chief forecaster. |
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Indeed he must, and this is recognised by the Met Office, which has expressed reservations about it. But it doesn't explain why. Not here, anyway.
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The first half of September 2016 has been warmer across the UK than the entire months of June, July or August.
Now when did that last happen I wonder? A very very long time ago. There remains a high potential for some overnight pyrotechnics south east of a line from The Wash to the Bristol Channel. The yellow warnings have been upgraded to amber in parts, with 100mm downpours possible says the Met's chief forecaster. ![]() Obviously, it will fall in the next 2 weeks, but if we get any more warmth, especially continued night time warmth, the month may still end as the warmest September on record. As to when it last happened - well 1729 had an overall September mean of 16.55C, and 1949 a mean of 16.3C, so maybe one of those two. I understand that the mean for 1729 was derived from daily records, adjusted to the Gregorian, from the old 11 days different, Julian calendar, which was in use until 1752. Otherwise part of that September would have been in what is now August !!! |
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I understand that the mean for 1729 was derived from daily records, adjusted to the Gregorian, from the old 11 days different, Julian calendar, which was in use until 1752. Otherwise part of that September would have been in what is now August !!!
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Very strange tonight, loads of flashes but no rumbles. Lightning maps show that the storms are miles away but we can still see them
![]() Not sure how old you are, but if past a certain age, I'm amazed you haven't ever noticed this before. |
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Where do they express reservations? Can't see that bit, or is it somewhere else?
I think different professionals sometimes take a different view of certain records, for example ISTR that Philip Eden and a colleague investigated the 38.5 Faversham all-time record and don't accept it as being representative, but the Met Office do. I think personally that both the Faversham and Gravesend (Broadness) sites are a bit dodgy. |
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