Mark wheeler

Depends on what an individual sees as summer ? For some it’s not Heat and Sun , Plenty to keep the storm enthusiasts going for the foreseeable for example , I also see no raging jet stream in the outlook either but I know through experience to expect the unexpected. Perhaps also an Indian summer in Autumn that would be great . Anyway a bit off topic so I shall pipe down now and wait for the evening runs especially the Navgem ( better than the GFS )

I haven’t given the Mighty Navgem an outing for a while so here it is . It’s much slower to my eye anyway in clearing the heat . incidentally has anyone noticed that recently the navgem’s uppers has fallen largely in line with the other models? Perhaps an upgrade? ( Ahem ) I see a post or Two claiming Summer is over . I suppose we can write off Winter too whilst we are at it . What Nonsense .

Yeah we recorded 36c eventually I noticed just how much scorched the grass is compared to Wiltshire for example , Devon is still luscious green . We come off at Sunbury instead of the M25 as I noticed the journey time jumped by 30mins very quickly. We was lucky as I had a 2nd phone to reset the sat nav , I’ve come back to a boiling hot house too . Fans on full go and all the windows wide open , We also have the occasional strong whiff of marijuana coming in to the house but I can’t stand the heat so I will put up with it tonight . oh to be back in suburbia London . We asked my Father whilst we was away to do 3 things , Feed the fish , Remove apples and keep the parsley plant going . I guess he forgot one of them

Can see it Steve from Chessington , Looks to be moving away Northwards .

Just driving ( well the wife is ) back From Devon , The outside temp of the car went from 27c 150miles from London to 34c and we are still 28 miles out from London . Weather also drastically different , mostly cloudy until 70 odd miles out but now mostly sunny skies . edit - 35c now

Glorious Day here in Exmouth , not sure on the temperature but it feels hot in the sun despite the persistent breeze which is actually quite welcoming. Some small patches of high cloud but nothing significant.

Cheerio again Abruzzi , Always a powder keg with you for some reason it was only in jest so why the flippant comment ? And why should people tread so carefully? Anyway Thanks Daniel for your inputs the last few days in the different forums , please don’t let posts like these get you down . My Holiday in Devon is brilliant so far but the weather is not on my side given the current set up , we was plagued by cloud yesterday and then again today from 10am until the cloud went by 4pm . Any way a nice trip to the castle ( Powderham ) and then a swim at the complex was nice , Perhaps the Beach tomorrow. Hope the heat is not to bad back in the south east , Looks good for some fireworks next week .

Cool Outlier ?

Ukmo is special , I know uppers are not everything but oh boy .

Well my sister has sent me this from Folkestone , Meanwhile I’m currently at West Ward Ho beach in Devon still under grey skies and Drizzle . Sister is not on holiday but I am .

Breaks beginning to show in Bideford . Some short spells of sun shine and it feels warm .

Later frames of the Navgem . The last frame is actually the only time 20c uppers make inroads in to England .

Steady as she goes on 18z after 6 hours .

brrr

I have to agree with regards to the Ukmo , I thought to myself earlier today when I was backing the model that ( I bet it goes T up now I’ve said that ) and Hey Ho it does . Oh well we all know that they all can all be wrong even at 48 hours out as we all learned a few years ago .

Rest of the Navgem

The all important Navgem just beginning to trickle out . So far

Me either although I was looking at some charts the other day and I noticed this , can someone enlighten us . edit - Thanks @Singularity that makes sense .

Boo

I have to say I’ve also been on this forum for years and if I’ve learnt anything from the models ( runs ) is that if the Ukmo doesn’t budge it needs to be taken extremely seriously and is likely to verify especially at short ranges and certainly over the GFS . I’ve seen it copious of times especially in winter when all other models especially the gfs have shown easterlies and the Ukmo doesn’t and the Ukmo comes out on top . nothing is certain but I know where my money is and it’s not GFS.

Aprege

Never fear the Navgem is here and Scotland joins in on the heat party on this run

I’m sure someone used to post a UKMO 168hrs Chart ? Is that not available anymore , I take it its behind some sort of paywall .

Whilst I’m at it and just for fun whilst it’s quiet ,Has anyone taken a look at the CMA today .

I see Heathrow has reached almost 26c today despite the apps and forecasts I’ve seen only predicting maxes of 23c today . Beautiful day here , On visiting my garden this morning I have discovered we have a badger that has dug up several holes ? in my garden .