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Nick L

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  1. Hear hear. One great big plus for this summer is the near absence of unpleasant heat. June was consistently very warm for a prolonged period as opposed to hot, which is far more enjoyable than 3 days of 35C+!
  2. Unfortunately they're all much of the same, simply taking in raw model data and applying no human input at all. All apps struggle with the concept of showers. Best route to go down is read human-written forecasts (such as the Met Office or BBC) or take a look at hi-res models such as UKV. UKV had a completely dry morning, perhaps with the odd shower drifting in across Staffs and Shropshire this afternoon.
  3. Ah, that explains why it was a rubbish forecast then!
  4. Was it? Showers for Wales and NW England but West Mids was looking dry with sunny spells.
  5. Another lovely morning in this mostly fine August.
  6. No, far too high up and in low concentrations to be able to smell it.
  7. Looks like we've peaked at 23.9C with mostly sunny skies. What a stunner of a summer's day.
  8. I don't, unfortunately. I'm only going off satellite-derived maps at work. Although they seem at odds with the official observations so now I don't know what to believe!
  9. Just had a quick look at our stats around here for the last 2 weeks. 10 dry days and only one day where we had a sub-20C max, and in the last 7 days we have had 6 dry days with each day having a max temperature above 70F/21C. It's not exactly heatwave territory but like I said, pleasant.
  10. It may well have been crap in Devon, in which case, condolences. But just because it may have been crap in one location doesn't mean that 150 miles away it hasn't been a pleasant month here. There is no need for such animosity because it's been a reasonable few weeks here. Currently, glorious sunshine and 22.7C. Dare I say it, rather average for August.
  11. I was responding to your comment clearly aimed at me. For Bucks it has been a pleasant month so far, and Buckinghamshire isn't Devon.
  12. Well it has here. I could sit here and incessantly whinge instead? Temps average, rainfall average, sunshine above average around these parts. Pleasant. As much as that might upset folk!
  13. My opinion too. June amazing, July really poor, August pleasant.
  14. We were in Krakow last weekend and had very similar conditions. Lovely for a holiday sat by the pool, but horrendous for a city break.
  15. What a lovely weekend and with plenty of pleasant days to come this week too!
  16. I'm not really seeing any substantial difference with the 9z UKV. The risk for me remains Kent and Sussex, perhaps E London and then into Essex and East Anglia. As much as I would love to see it substantially further west!
  17. I was referring to the London area in fairness. Already clearing up nicely south of London looking at some webcams in Sussex.
  18. Yep, apologies, tend to agree! Was always likely to be a mushfest this morning.
  19. Are we talking at cross purposes here? I'm talking about the thunderstorm warning for tonight. Edit: I didn't realise they had issued one for this morning. Fair enough, that wasn't warranted really.
  20. Some areas could well see 30mm+ in an hour. That's definitely severe and not just normal rain.
  21. I think this is absolutely a large part of it. We have been spoiled in the last decade, it has been frighteningly easy to get full on heatwaves which just 20 years ago would have been exceptional. If we hadn't had a miserable spring then I suspect there wouldn't be as much frustration with this summer.
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