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For Suffolk: 1.The first ground frost? 2nd December 2.The first Snowfall? 8th February 3.The first sub-zero night? 16th December

Just had a blustery shower sweep through here, with a couple of rumbles of thunder too.

Fine, warm and breezy here - heaven help us if a fire was to break out in the tinder dry countryside. Temperature at 22.7C, after a high today of 24.5C.

Wednesday's UKMO FAX chart for ex-Bill: http://www.meteociel.../fax/fax48s.gif The centre of the low is now around 150 miles further south than suggested this morning...

Yeah, another very warm day here and the sunshine this morning helped temperatures soar to 26.8C, Cloudier this afternoon, but still warm at 25.1C, and the sun is now returning.

My gas BBQ has run out of gas, dammit! Have had too many BBQ's!

Hot and windy with virtually unbroken sunshine. 26.2C and the August sizzler continues.

Bill is placed on even more of a southerly track across the Atlantic this morning: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

My BBQ is staying out...with 25/26C forecast for Sunday we look like we will be able to have yet another BBQ - had around 10 now this summer!

My problem is a south-facing flat with the hot sun on it all day! Currently the temperature in here is at 27C, and thats with all the windows open! Over the last few days, temperatures in here have consistently been around the 28C mark. By the time the flat cools down overnight, its time to get up!

Wednesday night looks like a hot and sticky one across the south and east as the plume peaks with +17C 850hPa air brushing the southeast: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rmgfs602.html Minimums of 19C or 20C quite possible: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rmgfs664.html And it doesn't even look like thunderstorms will develop as the cooler and fresher air moves in from the west: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rmgfs722.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rmgfs723.html And Germany bakes on Thursday: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rmgfs784.html Will be uncomfortable for the World Athletics Championships in Berlin! Longer term, and its back to the northwest/southeast split: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1201.html And then attention may turn to Hurricane Bill (comes in at the left of this chart): http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1441.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1442.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1444.html +20C 850hPa air and copious rainfall - now that would be a warm rain!

Not wishing to upset the rest of the country, but I might soon have to have a whinge about the endless warmth and uncomfortable nights if this heat continues for much longer here!

Yet another fine and very warm day here with long spells of sunshine and temperatures of 23.9C thanks to the offshore breeze. We have now only had one day with a below average maximum in the last month!

Another very warm day here. After 26.2C yesterday, today we made 26.0C again, so its been yet another superb summer weekend in this part of the world with plenty of sunshine as well.

Has been another fine day here, and the decent summer continues down here at least. Temperatures have been consistently above average now for several weeks and there have been a lot of fine days to boot too.

Still a fair degree of uncertainty about developments for next week, but it does look like the southeast will again become hot for a time as a southerly plume drifts north. Certainly the week starts on a promising note with high pressure over or close to the country (note the differences at this stage though!) http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn961.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rukm961.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm961.html The warm/hot air really begins to move north by the midweek period: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1201.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rukm1201.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm1201.html And then there is the potential for thundery weather to move up from France by next Thursday: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1441.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rukm1441.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm1441.html Obviously, with the subtle differences between the models we do have to be careful, but certainly the trend is there for some hot weather in the southeast followed by thunder, before it turns unsettled again from the west across most parts. Of course, the north and west look set to remain cooler and more unsettled for much of the time, but even here Monday could be a half decent day depending on which model you believe. Time is running out now for Summer 2009 so expectations should be kept realistic for next week, but I see no reason at this stage why a potentially notable thundery outbreak can't occur later in the week.

After a cloudy start its turned into another beautiful summer's day with plenty of sunshine, light winds and temperatures at 24.2C. Glorious, and it really has been a pretty good summer here.

Not a bad little storm!

Very warm and sticky here. Sunny skies at times today allowed temperatures to soar to 27.3C. Currently at 22.8C and clear. Summer continues here!

It is indeed. Awaiting reply...I will PM you when I get a reply.

Yes you are probably right there. I will email Jim Bacon and ask him.

Certainly looks like a backwards step tonight in terms of a fine and fairly sunny outlook from the UKMO and now the ECM: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm961.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm1201.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm1441.html http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Recm1681.html Most of the rain would always be for the north, but its not looking so clever as it did earlier on.

I do often catch it, but I missed it this evening! They seem to use the same data as the BBC national forecasts? Maybe they have changed though?

Some activity over Cambridgeshire, the Fens, Lincolnshire by the looks of things...

Yes, although the cold front has cleared through by then. All subject to change however given the changes we have seen on the output this evening!