TonyH

Clear intervals to fog last night. Thick fog to 0830, then hazy sunny intervals, turning to bright sunny spells afternoon. Warm with a moderate SW breeze. Clouded over early evening, with spells of light rain and drizzle since 2030. Min: 10.1c @ 0200 Max: 22.2c @ 1400 Rain yesterday: Trace Rain since 10am today: 1.5mm Est sun: 6 hours Max wind: SW 23mph @ 1430 Currently: Drizzle 15.2c/ 95%/ 1017mbar, falling slowly

I see people have put photos in the Convective weather thread too: http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/77496-convective-storm-discussion-5th-august-onwards-2013/page-3 Very impressive!

Funnel clouds spotted at Brecon and Cross Hands this afternoon: https://twitter.com/DerekTheWeather

Clear spells last night. Spells of hazy sunshine and warm today, mostly cloudy since 1700, heavy showers passed just to our east late afternoon. Light to moderate north/ variable breezes. Min: 8.7c @ 0700 Max: 22.8c @ 1230 Dry yesterday/ Trace rain today Est sun: 8 hours Max wind: NW 17mph @ 1330 Currently: Cloudy, dry 17c/ 82%/ 1017mbar rising slowly

Clear spells and cool last night. Mostly cloudy am, sunny intervals afternoon, sunny periods early evening. Light to moderate SW then north/ variable breezes. Min: 7.7c @ 0500 Max: 21.6c @ 1700 Rain yesterday: 1.7mm Dry since 10am today Est sun: 5 hours Max wind: SW 14 mph @ 1200 Currently: Clear, cool 10.5c/ 92%/ 1015mbar steady

Only a modest 30mm here past 2 days

Rain, heavy at times last night, which was quite warm, moderate to fresh SE wind. Strong southerly wind early morning but the rain became intermittent and light and drizzly. Rain cleared by 1530, sunny periods after 1700. Moderate NW breeze pm. Coolest day since July 3rd (18.4c). Min: 15.3c @ 0900 Max: 17.7c @ 1100 Rain yesterday: 19.1mm Rain since 10am today: 2mm Est sun: 2.5 hours Max wind: 39mph @ 0700 Currently: Clear and very cool 9.3c/ 97%/ 1015mbar rising

Cloudy and rather humid today, rain at times, some very heavy, turned light and intermittent from mid afternoon. MOderate to fresh southerly wind. Min: 13.3c @ 0600 Max: 18.4c @ 1630 Rain yesterday: 9.2mm Rain since 10am today: 6mm Est sun: Nil Max wind: 28mph @ 2030 Currently: Druzzly, mild 16.8c/ 92%/ 1014mbar steady

No more July summaries?

[font=arial][size=3][b]Headline: Mixed; some rain and showers, some dry, bright and warm weather[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]July 2013 was the warmest of any month since July 2006, monthly mean temperatures of 19c for Coventry, it does not often get much warmer! Rainfall wise downpours and thunderstorms in the final week turned it into a rather wet month for parts of the Midlands, while West Wales had well below average rain for the month: [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]Coventry 64.8mm [url="http://bws.users.netlink.co.uk/"]http://bws.users.netlink.co.uk/[/url][/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]Rugby 50mm [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]Llanwnnen: 40.6mm [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]Llanelli: 44.2mm [url="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=51.680%2C-4.141&sp=ICARMART4"]http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=51.680%2C-4.141&sp=ICARMART4[/url][/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]It was also a very sunny month with over 300 hours sunshine for Anglesey and Pembrokeshire. [url="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/anomacts"]http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/anomacts[/url][/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]It cooled off early last week only to hot up in many places on Thursday, which saw the highest UK reading of the year, 34c at London Heathrow, while Coventry and much of the Midlands reached 31c, again the hottest of the Summer to date. Meanwhile in Wales some of us were not so fortunate with Thursday's brief heatwave, as the warm airmass contained a lot of moisture resulting in a rather cloudy day over Carmarthenshire and keeping temperatures down to around 22c, while neighbouring Ceredigion fared better seeing sunny spells and maxima of 25c. Many places experienced showers and thunderstorms again last week, parts of the Midlands quite badly hit on Monday and again on Friday evening but more localised. Parts of West Wales saw thunder and lightning too especially on Friday evening. [/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]This coming week will continue in the rather unsettled vein, a sluggish pattern of slow moving but not so deep lows trying to make up their minds where to soak, interspersed with weak transient ridges of high pressure. So, while it will be wet at times, showers or even some longer spells of rain never far away, some days this week will turn out very pleasant and feeling warm in the sunshine, all in all a typical week in a british Summer! During Sunday and Monday we are affected by a slow moving trough of low pressure bringing spells of rain and showers, very heavy at times, throughout the rest of Sunday, overnight and well into Monday. Already on Sunday parts of Carmarthenshire have had almost two inches of rain with localised flooding likely? Heaviest of the rain this afternoon over Mid Wales, more patchy, showery rain for South and North Wales and the Midlands. Wales seeing further rain, heavy at times on Sunday night, very wet in places, there will be one to two inches of rain totalling up widely by morning. Much of the rain intermittent and light for the Midlands until morning when heavier bursts affect here too, and the rain on Monday lasts through much of the afternoon, whereas it should have cleared West Wales by around midday. Needless to say a lot of cloud on Monday, although it should brighten through the afternoon over Wales, maximum temperatures betwen 18 and 21c a little below the August averages. Clearing skies on Monday night and fairly low mimima of 7 to 10c, except on coasts adjacent to the warm Summer seas.[/size][/font] [font=arial][size=3]The weakest of high pressure ridges on Tuesday which is a generally dry and bright day, but with a few showers scattered about. Feeling warm in the sunny spells, highs around 21c for West Wales and 23c for the Midlands. On Wednesday it looks like we are inbeween lows, one just to our SW, the other over the near Continent, a slack pressure pattern over us so light winds. Probably decent sunny spells again on Wednesday but with more in the way of showers for the afternoon, heavy and perhaps thundery in places. Another day where it feels pleasant in any sunny breaks and given the light winds, highs between 20 and 23c, but not so good under the showers! Just the possibilty that one of our adjacent lows decides to encroach further our way to produce some longer spells of rain, but sun and some sharp showers the most likely outcome for Wednesday. Thursday too looking another pleasant enough day, another weak transient ridge expected so few if any showers and plenty of dry weather with sunny spells. Rather warm too, highs 21 to 25c, best for the Midlands. 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Clear intervals and a few showers last night. Sunny spells and a few spitty showers today, rather warm with a moderate SW breeze. Min: 10.7c @ 0700 Max: 22.1c @ 1500 Rain yesterday: 3.4mm Rain since 10am today: Trace Est sun: 7 hours Max wind: 22mph @ 1600 Currently: Clear intervals, nearby showers 16c/ 82%/ 1016mbar steady

I need to check back through 40 pages of the Midlands thread to see which days had thunderstorms last week but there is no search page tool to make like easier!

Warm with a few showers last night. Rather cloudy this morning with a couple of brief but very heavy showers. Sunny spells afternoon. Rather warm; moderate to fresh SSW wind. Min: 16.3c @ 0530 Max: 22.6c @ 1400 Rain yesterday: 1.1mm Rain since 10am today: 1mm Est sun: 6 hours Max wind: 28mph @ 1500 Currently: Nearby showers, breezy 17c/ 77%/ 1007mbar steady

Can't see it during our lifetimes, after monitoring the hottest daily readings for Europe this Summer, 42c is the highest temperature even for Turkey, Spain and Greece. Considering the widespread 34 and 35c readings that day it is very possible and it is accepted.

July 2013 Very warm, very sunny and dry This was a fine and sunny Summer month, the warmest of any month since July 2006, also with the highest temperatures since that hot month when it reached 33.6c. The rather rare occurrence here in West Wales of the mercury exceeding 30c. Large amounts of sunshine and a prolonged dry spell lasting 20 days, a rather wet last few days not redressing the balance, it was the driest July since 2006 (30.4mm) 1st – 3rd: Cool, a little sunshine with a little rain and drizzle at times, warmer 4th. 4th – 6th: Building pressure, warmer, dry with some sunshine after fog and low cloud. Clear and chilly by night 7th – 22nd: Dry, very warm/ hot and very sunny., thanks to high pressure stuck firmly over or close to the UK. An outstanding fortnight plus of heat and sunshine, most days having above 10 hours sun. Maxima consistently above 24c with the exception of 16th (22.6c), and hot at times. Hottest day being 30.1c 19th , while it exceeded 26.6c (80f) on 7 days. Nights for the most part clear and refreshingly cool, regularly dropping below 11c, although it only fell to a sticky 16c on 22nd. Some mornings experienced fog which always cleared by 0900. 23rd – 27th: Mostly dry and warm with sunny intervals. A gentle let down from the heat! With more cloud, nights were often warm at around 16c, while highs were a more pleasant 24c. The first rain for weeks arrived during the evening of 24th only amounted to 3.5mm, and was followed by a further mostly dry couple of days. 28th – 31st: Cooler and unsettled with rain at times. A proper cool down to nearer average levels, some rain and showers each day, a solitary clap of thunder 29th. Half inch of rain 28th made it by far the wettest day of this dry month. Much cloudier but with still with sunny intervals. Final day and it was the first sub 20c maximum since July 6th. Total rainfall: 40.6mm Wettest day: 12.5mm 28th Rain days >0.2mm: 8 Wet days >1.0mm: 7 Days of heavy rain >10mm: 1 Longest dry spell/ drought: 20 days 4th - 23rd Mean temperature: 17.4c Mean Max: 23.9c Mean Min: 10.8c High Max: 30.1c 19th Low Max: 14.7 2nd High Min: 16.1c 23rd Low Min: 5.4c 7th Estimated sun (from 5 minute webcam captures): 278 hours – very sunny Sunniest day: 15 hours various dates Ground frost: 0 Mean RH: 81% High RH: 98% various dates Low RH: 33% 13th Predominant wind directions: North Mean wind speed: 3.4mph Max wind: 28mph 28th Mean pressure: 1020mbar Max pressure: 1035mbar 8th Min pressure: 1002mbar 2nd Days with: Hail: 0 Gale: 0 Thunder: 1 Fog: 5 Fog at 0900: 0

Thursday cloudier for Carmarthenshire while Ceredigion was sunny!  31c widely for the Midlands Thursday.

The Midlands has had plenty of storms and downpours during the past week especially Leicestershire! Highest reading in the East Mids at midday around 22c.

2013 Rainfall, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire (thanks to Dad) Jan: 51.0mm = averageFeb: 43.8mm = average March: 59.6mm = rather wetApril: 12.8mm = very dry May: 62.5mm = rather wet June: 32.5mm = rather dry July: 50.0mm = near average 2013 so far: 312.2mm

Llanwnnen, Ceredigion, Wales Jan: 119.9mm = near normal Feb: 67.7mm = rather dry March: 95.3mm = near normal April: 64.7mm = rather dry May: 124.7mm = rather wet June: 50.1mm = dry July: 40.6mm = dry 2013 so far: 564mm

Cloudy and warm last night with a little drizzle. Cloud and a few sunny intervals this morning, sunny afternoon, then cloud and sunny intervals this evening. Warm with a moderate to fresh southerly. Min: 15.8c@ 0600 Max: 24.9c @ 1600 Rain yesterday: 6.2mm Dry since 10am today Est sun: 8 hours Currently: Clear spells, breezy 16c/ 90%/ 1006mbar steady

16.0c please

Cloudy today. Spells of mainly light rain and drizzle from late night to currently, a spell of heavy rain 11-1230. Cooler than of late but rather humid. Moderate to fresh south to SW wind. Min: 14.1c @ 0700 Max: 18.6c @ 1130 Rain yesterday: 3mm Rain since 10am today: 7mm Est sun: Nil Max wind: 25mph @ 1400 Currently: Recent drizzle 16.7c/95%/ 1012mbar steady

Clear periods. Cloud with sunny intervals today, few brief afternoon showers, quite warm with moderate SW to west breeze. Min: 10.2c @ 0500 Max: 21.3c @ 1700 Rain yesterday: 6.0mm Rain since 10am today: 1mm Est sun: 4 hours Max wind: 14mph @ 1100 Currently: Rather cloudy, dry 15.8c/ 86%/ 1014mbar rising slowly

The weathers actual warm still there, with heat potentially once more.

Amusing some belittling the brevity of the heat when it has been warm to hot for over 3 weeks!