AderynCoch
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Yikes, Level 3 Estofex warning in effect here for today.
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All that rain in the Austrian Alps has made its way down the Danube into Slovakia. I've just come back from Devín, at the confluence with the Morava (and on the Austrian border) and there's a lot of flooding. The Danube in spate is powerful enough to also overwhelm the lower reaches of the Morava, which is what has happened here.
Foot/cyclepath completely submerged
Iron Curtain memorial below Devín Castle
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A thundery weekend here with persistent storms yesterday evening and a big one currently passing through. It's gone from 30C and sunny to 20C and dull in the space of two hours.
The grass is gradually turning green again.
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Northern Ireland, not the Republic.
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19 minutes ago, MP-R said:
Some notably low minima there! Do you live in or near a frost hollow?
There's a Frost Hollow who lives not far away in Oldham, though that's probably not what you meant.
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From 34C and dry yesterday to 30C and humid today, which definitely feels hotter!. I'm finally getting some thunderstorms now as well (got woken up early this morning by an almighty bang).
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13 hours ago, Seasonal Trim said:
It's that time of the year again that we start looking towards that slow descent into Autumn (and W*****).
Is it? We're not even halfway through summer yet.
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I'd give summer here so far 9/10. It's been very sunny and warm since the beginning of June. The one downside is the lack of thunderstorms (they missed again today!), and although I've personally enjoyed the lack of rain and the usability it has provided, the ground does need some of the wet stuff pretty badly.
Meanwhile, some places in Slovakia didn't drop below 25C last night, ahead of the cold front advancing eastwards. Nitra bottomed out at 25.6C.
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6 hours ago, AderynCoch said:
Red heat warning in effect here today, only the second time I've ever seen that happen (the other was in August 2017). The forecast was for 38C but that will be difficult to achieve with most stations in the area "only" at 30-31C at 11am (Slovenský Grob is the warmest local station at 32.6C).
Mužla in the south of the country is worth keeping an eye on. It's already 35.0C there! (the same location reached 38.0C a couple of weeks ago)
The forecast wasn't that far off in the end. It got to 36-37C at most local stations, with 37.6C at Slovenský Grob (just outside Bratislava). Elsewhere, Mužla "only" managed about 38C after such a hot start along with Hurbanovo (usually considered the hottest village in Slovakia - it holds the national record of 40.3C from July 2007). Certainly a very hot day.
A cold front is due to sweep through in the early hours bringing thunderstorms but the models keep flip-flopping on the amount of rain, sometimes showing none at all. The ground is absolutely parched at the moment.
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Red heat warning in effect here today, only the second time I've ever seen that happen (the other was in August 2017). The forecast was for 38C but that will be difficult to achieve with most stations in the area "only" at 30-31C at 11am (Slovenský Grob is the warmest local station at 32.6C).
Mužla in the south of the country is worth keeping an eye on. It's already 35.0C there! (the same location reached 38.0C a couple of weeks ago)
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Hot week coming up here. Forecast high of 37C on Thursday.
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A hot, sunny and dry June here. The first half was slightly average temperature-wise but the second half was very warm indeed. Many stations in Central and East Slovakia broke their record maxima for June, while in the west Bratislava-Koliba set a new national June record for consecutive tropical nights (20C and above), with six from 19-24th.
Sunshine at Bratislava Airport was about 380 hours and rainfall ended up around 12mm - Stupava (another nearby station) only managed 6.8mm. Despite an abundance of thundery activity in Central Europe there's been sod all here, which is unusual for the time of year. The only proper thunderstorm I've had so far this year was in April (and brought snow with it!).
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1 hour ago, cheeky_monkey said:
this thread is priceless...its a thread to moan or ramp ..yet people moan when people do exactly that
Today I've learnt that if you don't like cool, grey summer days you can put a few layers on and it'll feel just like Tahiti.
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3 hours ago, Alderc said:
Someone laughed when I posted something saying I found summer in Canada about 5 or 6 days ago showing a forecast of 46/47C. It reached 47.9C in Lytton yesterday. Possibly the most extraordinary temperature record ever set.
I didn't laugh but believed it had to be wrong. It's got to be the most exceptional heatwave I've ever seen worldwide, even moreso than the Russian heatwave of 2010 (though that one went on for a long time).
Here it's been another sticky night (one local weather station didn't drop below 23C) with 34-35C expected today, but a cool-down is in store for the rest of the week. It's been very dry and the grass has turned yellow in many places.
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On 27/06/2021 at 15:18, matty40s said:
YouTube of the Czech Hodonine tornado.
Been confirmed as an F4 now.
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4 hours ago, markyo said:
Sorry you have totally lost me on that one, your post makes no sense. 5 people at least lost their lives, Birmingham? Why on earth are you comparing 2005 to what has just happend?
Okay then, Central Europe is more likely to get strong tornadoes than Britain - but it's still so unlikely that you wouldn't ever think about it. You make it sound like it's a normal part of the weather here, as though people wish summers were cool and unsettled (as you like them). They don't, simple as.
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8 minutes ago, markyo said:
I suspect the poor folk caught up in that misery would happily exchange their climate for the UK's current summer in a heartbeat, typing this looking out on to a beautiful summers evening, blue sky, light winds, low humidity....nothing to possibly moan about here
Getting hit by a tornado like that in Europe is so rare you wouldn't give it any thought. It's like saying Birmingham has a dangerous climate because they had a tornado in 2005.
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15 hours ago, AderynCoch said:
A really sultry day in Slovakia. 34C here but as high as 37.7C in the village of Mužla (not far from Esztergom in Hungary), only 0.5C short of the all-time June high.
Slight correction - Mužla reached 38.0C.
Much cooler here today ("only" 27C) but early next week could bring more high temperatures. Certainly a very warm second half of June.
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In other news, Hungary recorded its first ever 40C in June today and the Czech Republic got hit by tornadoes. There was a pretty bad one in Hodonín:
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2 hours ago, cheeky_monkey said:
going to be in Prince George next week ..will be hotter than there all time record by over 2c ..40c on Monday 41c on Tuesday..record is 38.9c set back in 1941
Some ridiculous temperatures being forecast for the coming days. 47C in Kelowna, 45C in Kamloops, even 40C in Vancouver.
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A really sultry day in Slovakia. 34C here but as high as 37.7C in the village of Mužla (not far from Esztergom in Hungary), only 0.5C short of the all-time June high.
Mammatus clouds have rolled in now. A portent for fireworks this evening?
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36 minutes ago, Thundershine said:
He does act a bit trollish at times, IIRC he stayed in London one summer when the weather was particularly bad and seems pretty anti-UK anyway. He also says how crap British food is so he's one of those types, perhaps a bit, um, biased. I read that Seattle vs London thread in which he posted and he says he'd prefer it to be sunnier and warmer in summer. Then people tease him about the rainy weather there in winter.
I bet he's fun at parties.
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9 minutes ago, Alderc said:
I sound summer!!! Western Canada!! Same latitude as southern England
This is possibly the most remarkable forecast I’ve ever seen!
I'd be very surprised if that was anywhere near accurate given that the all-time record for Kamloops is 41.7C. The Canadian record is 45C.
That said, inland British Columbia does get warmer and drier summers than the UK. Vancouver would be a better comparison.
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33C here currently. Last night didn't go below 22C. It's getting pretty tough to sleep without a fan I must admit.
Some parts of southern Slovakia might reach 37C on Thursday, though I reckon it'll be more like 34-5C here. The all-time national record for June is 38.2C.
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Summer 2021: Moans, Groans, Ramps and Banter
in Spring Weather Discussion
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Warning for severe storm potential:
3 is the highest level. The takeaway is possible large hail and severe gusts associated with MCS storms, but we'll see. Nothing at all might happen. The Slovak weather service have only issued a bog-standard yellow thunderstorm warning for 6pm onwards (though I've seen some meaty storms under yellow warnings).
In the meantime there's not a cloud in the sky and hardly any breeze. A vintage summer's afternoon.