What's Ya Weather At?

[sufferinsilence]

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Yes, good idea. Let's give them names

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Raw maxima today from the models suggest that 39c will be breached Mon/Tues. Even worse, Monday night minimums don’t fall below 25c for some. Good luck sleeping in that.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Reading around the comments sections on the BBC etc, people really aren't taking what is about to hit the UK weatherwise very seriously at all.

Widespread 35-39C right up into Yorkshire etc is unprecedented for the UK. This isn't just going to be one small part of the country. I think it'll begin to dawn on people Sunday night into Monday that this is serious heat.

The maximum temperature recorded around these parts, for example, is about 34C in 1990. The Cheshire region looks to smash that record on Monday and Tuesday by 3 or 4C. Most people will never have experienced these coming temperatures in their lifetimes.

 

[ads2003uk]

I live v.close to the M6 and have friends that work on the repair side of it.
They have said that anything above 32° and the road surfaces start to melt.
So don't be surprised to see gritter trucks out dusting the roads as a preventive measure.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

I live v.close to the M6 and have friends that work on the repair side of it.
They have said that anything above 32° and the road surfaces start to melt.
So don't be surprised to see gritter trucks out dusting the roads as a preventive measure.

Come Monday we’ll almost certainly see road surfaces begin to melt, breakdown of refrigeration devices (expect to see many supermarkets with empty fridges), increased demand for electricity may overtop supply from the national grid etc etc.

The UK doesn’t have the infrastructure to deal with widespread intense heat.

Expect a red warning tomorrow or Friday latest IMO.

 

[ads2003uk]

Substations will "pop" - due to demand and heat, which will knock out traffic lights, mobile/virgin lines (and yeah the big switch over to VOIP is really going to come in useful if we get the same temps when it goes ahead)

 

[justdoit]

half of UK will call sick off work, to hot to work ?

 

[ads2003uk]

half of UK will call sick off work, to hot to work ?

We've had that at work already, but it's been gorgeous in the office with the Aircon, especially IT server room and part of our distribution center (h&s we have to wear a jacket to walk round it cos it's that cold)

 

[goatwack]

It's the usual excuses British workers excel at, namely if anything's 'too much of something'. Unless I'm mistaken, many if not most offices and indoor spaces will be fitted with air-conditioning, as mentioned.

As for outdoor jobs, perhaps some sectors will be more directly affected by the heat, but enough to down tools altogether? How do other countries manage to keep their infrastructure going? I'm sorry if it's a little outside your comfort zone, but workers' ready-made excuses are grating. Pretty typical behaviour if anything.

You know where half of these afflicted workers will be when the time comes? Adorning those beaches like the best of 'em. Themz the facts

 

[dunover]

Raw maxima today from the models suggest that 39c will be breached Mon/Tues. Even worse, Monday night minimums don’t fall below 25c for some. Good luck sleeping in that.

Betty Swollocks time then.....

 

[Mr_Slot5]

It's the usual excuses British workers excel at, namely if anything's 'too much of something'. Unless I'm mistaken, many if not most offices and indoor spaces will be fitted with air-conditioning, as mentioned.

As for outdoor jobs, perhaps some sectors will be more directly affected by the heat, but enough to down tools altogether? How do other countries manage to keep their infrastructure going? I'm sorry if it's a little outside your comfort zone, but workers' ready-made excuses are grating. Pretty typical behaviour if anything.

You know where half of these afflicted workers will be when the time comes? Adorning those beaches like the best of 'em. Themz the facts

The excuses are legitimate.

People in other countries are conditioned physiologically to such heat as it's more of a regular occurrence...and whilst still not great for the body, they are less likely to suffer the effects of such heat. Basically acclimatisation.

In the UK, our bodies are not acclimatised to such levels of heat and so a quick, intense wave such as this has the potential to cause heart attacks etc due to the extra strain on the heart. Add these extra casualties to an NHS that is already teetering on the brink of emergency and we have a genuine recipe for a disaster.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

39c showing around London...40C could be breached

 

[sufferinsilence]

39c showing around London...40C could be breached

I'm at the 35 in the NE of Belgium, seems like it'll be a bit warmer here on Tuesday perhaps also reaching 38. Not particularly looking forward to it and the options for a cooler scenario are few and far between now even tho it's still 4 to 5 days out.

In the past I've seen ridiculous scenarios in the cards for 48 to 72hrs ahead that magically disappeared but except for convective clouds hampering the sun, which would only help out a tiny bit, it seems like this scenario is set in stone now.

Let's see what the 0z Euro says.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

I'm at the 35 in the NE of Belgium, seems like it'll be a bit warmer here on Tuesday perhaps also reaching 38. Not particularly looking forward to it and the options for a cooler scenario are few and far between now even tho it's still 4 to 5 days out.

In the past I've seen ridiculous scenarios in the cards for 48 to 72hrs ahead that magically disappeared but except for convective clouds hampering the sun, which would only help out a tiny bit, it seems like this scenario is set in stone now.

Let's see what the 0z Euro says.

Yep I think the heat is inevitable now. What’s more worrying is that the 850mb temperatures are notching up slightly run by run. Some models are showing patches of 24C at the upper levels.

I’ve seen comments online of people saying they’ll sunbathe in the garden. Ain’t nobody sunbathing in 40c heat, they’d be scurrying inside as quickly as they ventured out.

 

[sufferinsilence]

Yep I think the heat is inevitable now. What’s more worrying is that the 850mb temperatures are notching up slightly run by run. Some models are showing patches of 24C at the upper levels.

I’ve seen comments online of people saying they’ll sunbathe in the garden. Ain’t nobody sunbathing in 40c heat, they’d be scurrying inside as quickly as they ventured out.

Seen some of the early runs when the plume of hot air was first forecasted keeping it at 30 during the night around these parts because of a bubble of 26 to 28 at 850hpa. That would be pure horror... But from a pure meteorological view point it would've been quite something to see it materialize.

I'm not going outside until the sun is down on Monday and Tuesday, that's for sure.

 

[dunover]

London has experienced some insane midnight temperatures in the past, I recall in August 1990 over 28c. It's an EU conspiracy.

 

[goatwack]

Ah yes, I remember. The World Cup had just finished, and it was a bit hot. It was called Summer

 

[shadow123]

Bit of a respite here for a few day until DANGER OF DEATH !!! on Monday
We do tend to exagerate in the UK, parts of Europe have recently had temperatures we will never reach,
however I can remember 40 degrees a few years ago when I was metal detecting,was never reported but was difficult to breath,
suppose the wussy UK human being is not built for such extremes

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Bit of a respite here for a few day until DANGER OF DEATH !!! on Monday
We do tend to exagerate in the UK, parts of Europe have recently had temperatures we will never reach,
however I can remember 40 degrees a few years ago when I was metal detecting,was never reported but was difficult to breath,
suppose the wussy UK human being is not built for such extremes

I don't think @dunover has safe balls at this point

 

[sufferinsilence]

London has experienced some insane midnight temperatures in the past, I recall in August 1990 over 28c. It's an EU conspiracy.

Official highest daily minimum for England is 23.9°C on August 3rd 1990.

But it's very common it's warmer in an urban environment.

 

[ads2003uk]

It wasn't that long ago one of the skyscrapers in London was melting cars due to the angles of the building reflecting the sunlight.
Add dry grounds and we could see similar around the Uk with other buildings.

 

[dunover]

Well, won't be 42c but 40c is an increasing possibility, which being surrounded by sea even though it's very dry inland at the moment will mean Dubai-like evenings...

 

[dunover]

Well, I never thought I would see this 40c figure on a UK weather forecast in my lifetime...

 

[Mr_Slot5]

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Well it's almost here. Later today will see temperatures into the 30s in southern parts of the UK (32/33C in a couple of spots) but it's Monday and Tuesday that history will be made. 41C isn't out of the equation on Tuesday.

Stay safe everyone and don't over exert.

By Wednesday we should see a rapid drop in temperatures, this will start later Tuesday in more western areas.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

40.3c hit in Coningsby (Lincolnshire) after the previous high of 40.2 reached at Heathrow earlier.

Unfortunately grass fires are starting to break out around London now.

What an extraordinary day of weather.

 

[dionysus]

Heat warning here.
It's disgustingly hot.
But add 70 percent humidity
ack

 

[dunover]

40.3c hit in Coningsby (Lincolnshire) after the previous high of 40.2 reached at Heathrow earlier.

Unfortunately grass fires are starting to break out around London now.

What an extraordinary day of weather.

As I confidently predicted 42c = BUUUULLLSHIT! lol my gonad is safe.

The BBC alas indulged in the usual exaggerations of adding 1-2c to what was actually feasible.

Although when I saw 39.1c at 11AM and 40.2c at 1PM I thought it was odds-on we'd end up with a top somewhere of 41-42c.

29 weather stations apparently recorded over the old 38.7c record.

 

[Mr_Slot5]

As I confidently predicted 42c = BUUUULLLSHIT! lol my gonad is safe.

The BBC alas indulged in the usual exaggerations of adding 1-2c to what was actually feasible.

Although when I saw 39.1c at 11AM and 40.2c at 1PM I thought it was odds-on we'd end up with a top somewhere of 41-42c.

29 weather stations apparently recorded over the old 38.7c record.

The models genuinely had 42-43 as their upper maximum, there was no exaggeration with this. At the top end, things can be affected at relatively short lead times by cloud cover, small nuances in wind direction etc.

Still, the models (GFS in particular) did extremely well at picking this out 10-14 days ago…which shows how far forecasting models have come over the years.

Somewhere will have hit 41c today, but we’ll never officially know that because there’s a general sparsity of official stations reporting.

We remain at risk of further hot spells over the next few weeks as Europe remains toasty, but something on this level probably won’t repeat now (and once we get into August max temperature potential begins to wane due to lengthening nights and reducing insolation).

 

[goatwack]

Hopefully this'll be the week where venturing outside designated sludged-up pathways isn't fraught with humiliation, as the treacherous ice paths clear up, with temperatures in double-figures throughout, at least in London.

One such affected locale has been the gym, which has sat entrenched, like a moat of doom, encircled in the most evil- looking ice known to man, which has made me avert my desire to enter its premises for the last few days.

We're just soft up here, what can I say.

F*** this weather

 

[Jono777]

That was me trying to get the Xmas meds to the blue rinse brigade this past week, on a plus, got plenty of biscuits and choc in for Christmas and New Year

 

[dionysus]

minus 34 with windchill, and white-outs.
Chucked the garage kitty in my basement, too cold.
Stoopid winter doggos want the door open but literally snowing inside.

 

[Mark_Lottomart]

There’s 2 feet of snow here.

 

[Kroffe]

There’s 2 feet of snow here.

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Puns are great, especially puns that include pictures so even i can understand them.

 

[shadow123]

Dog discovered snow for the first time, refused to go a pee till I dragged him out.Found out snow is fun and churned
up the lawn doing 5 minutes of zoomies.

 

[goatwack]

You'd think there was no weather the way this thread's stalled. And yet, it's all around us, like the Force

With the Met Office's penchant to allocate names for any upcoming storms - as part of their Know Your Storm initiative - it's fair to say we're all fairly pally with our apocalyptic gusts.

And whilst extreme windy weather is nothing new, storm 'Henk' sure made its presence known during its short, furious reign, with storm 'Isha' about to come out of the bullpen.

Unprecedented and dangerous indeed, the joys of inner city life shielding us from such windy woes, and yet, when these things come around, it really is nature flexing, showing us how helpless we really are....

I had the pleasure of holding a window handle as the storm lashed, forcing it shut, as each pass felt like Andre the Giant prising it open from the other side. Thankfully, it's now fixed, but in those 45 minutes or so it was ungodly. Trees were felled, ambulances and fire fighters everywhere -

and worst of all, within the space of around five minutes of peeking outside, a car had been crushed by what God knows what, with a person stretchered off by paramedics, in full view of our abode

Alas, Henk wrought quite a bit of damage, and Isha's set to do the same. Stay inside, people!

 

[Mattue]

I was at the park with my dog when the tree I was watching in the distance just happened to crack from a massive gust of wind, then fall.

It must have been there a good 100 years and all I could think about were the odds of me just happening to be there at that exact moment to witness it falling after standing for over 100 years.

Felt like a once in a lifetime progressive jackpot type of event, only I didn't get paid. ?

 

[dunover]

I think it was the 14th or maybe 15th snowflake to fall that caused all this.

 

[Kroffe]

I like the picture they chose for the article, really emphasizes the calamity and terror brought by the snow.

 

[justdoit]