Hot spell and possible breakdown discussion & temperature reports July 2013

[Weather-history]

Still 23C at the airport! The BBC are going for a minimum of 21C for Manchester tonight...

Interestingly the last TAF given by Manchester Airport says towering cumulus.

[Bottesford]

The thunderstorm we had pulled temps down sharp to a fresher 20.6c where they've levelled off.

Cool storm and some lovely evening temperatures!

[joggs]

Currently 20.5° in Bingley with a max of 23.5 today! I think we were the last place to see the cloud burn away today! Ive studdied the sat images over and over lol

Edited July 22, 2013 by joggs

[Scorcher]

Interestingly the last TAF given by Manchester Airport says towering cumulus.

 

Not sure how official the station is but the summary of this evening for Manchester Hulme Library is very interesting, apparently a maximum of 26.9C was reached at 20:00 there  http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/99029.html

[ARW WeatherMan]

Wow! What a scorcher! at 5.17pm it hit 32.1oC which just beats my 31.9oC record in June 2011! The humidity actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting either but I was on a field all afternoon near a lake which I assume brought the humidity up because it felt SO MUCH more humid and hot when I was there to when we went onto the road, walked home at 10pm and it was still 24oC and really was hot but very nice to be able to walk home so late in such nice temperatures, I really can't deal with the heat just due to sweating but other than that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the day!

It's still 23.3oC now at 11:30pm...

Next week is still looking warm and above 26oC most days with some sun around and possibly temperatures really rising back up to 30oC at the weekend! If we only get storms here and there and quite a lot of sun around with the high humidity then I don't even really want to call it a break down, if we had next week during a normal year or like last year then we would be calling it the "very warm and summery spell" I bet! haha

Amazing summer so far!

[ARW WeatherMan]

According to Tomasz Shaffernaker we may come close to beating the all time record minimum tonight. A low of 23c shown for London

19.0oC is the highest min I have ever recorded here on the 2nd of July 2009!, we are forecast a low of 20oC here so looks pretty possible although it's usually a bit lower here during these spells than forecast, if we DO stay above 19oC then that's the highest and lowest temperatures I've recorded here beaten in the last 5 years!

[Tony27]

loud rumbles of thunder here but no rain, temp 21c

[reef]

Down to 15.7C here after a max of 21.1C. The North Sea cack cleared around midday but an onshore breeze kept it cool.

 

I do hope this north-easterly wind will die down soon though, its about the worst thing going for thundery weather as it kills any convection good and proper.

[Backtrack]

Reached 26.8C today. Cold compared to the 33C recorded in London. Unfair didn't even have any thunderstorms!!!!

Ahaha, we're down as a 21C min tonight and a 22C max tomorrow? Sort it out Met Office....

[cheese]

Feels chilly at 16C here - really odd how we got similar max temps to Manchester despite far less sun, yet the temperature here is falling really fast..

[Scorcher]

What was your max cheese? The temperature is holding up very nicely here, still 21C.

[cheese]

25.5C.

[NeilN]

Thunderstorm of about half an hour with very heavy showers at around 2-3ish in Weston-super-mare.

Grey and muggy so far.

[Bottesford]

Well that was certainly a wild night of storms! Got no sleep between 0430-0600 (which doesn't leave long till the ruddy alarm!) with it hammering it down and frequent flashes & loud thunder.

Despite all the rain temps never dropped below 19c - a real steamy tropical feeling night - really enjoyed it!

A lot of standing water around this morning and the river well up. Now I remember why I wear black trousers most of the year - my light coloured shorts are covered in road muck - can't say I've missed that in the dry period.

It's now very dull & grey temp 19.2c and about to rain... again. Glad I got to work in the 30 min rain gap!

[Bobd29]

Much of Wiltshire and certainly here in Trowbridge has escaped any rain and no sign of a thunderstorm, so my garden didn't get the torrential refresher I promised it....now looking like a potential desert!!!!

[matty007]

A lot of rain and thunder last night and some of this morning. 

 

Yesterday looks like the last settled day as from the now it becomes more unsettled and lower temps. 

[Stargazer]

Apart form 2 minutes of light rain with some thunder this morning it's been mainly sunny here today after a cloudy start, with the temperature far exceeding predictions and already nearing 30 deg C.

[Bottesford]

Storms all gone - now clear & sunny. Feeling lovely too in that sun.

22.2c so far.

[The PIT]

A weak thundery shower early doors then the nothing much to mention. Brief spell of humid warm sunshine now humid with odd spot of rain as the Sheffield shield calmly destroys another storm.

Sadly the hot spell going out with a whimper once again

[Richard2901]

Warm spell well and truly over here. It ended on Friday morning. Hasn't reached 20C since then with the wind constantly coming from the worst possible direction (SE). Today has been awful - murky, wet and 16C - and the rest of the week promises more of the same. Every bit as bad as this time last year 

 

[Eugene]

Must of been very dangerous for cyclists this morning, wouldn't fancy being out with lightning/heavy rain cycling around country lanes, some roads in Warwickshire had flash floods and had to be closed down.

[J10]

Another dry and warmish day here, sunny at times more especially into the afternoon with temps around 21-22c.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Jackone

[Bottesford]

A lot of mess around this morning after last nights flooding - debris all over and can see where the river went over its banks too. Someone I know got their entire downstairs of their house flooded out wrecking everything - a bad day for them indeed. Exciting as these storms can be they can be very destructive.

 

Today is fine & pleasantly warm with sunshine. 17.7c low now 20.1c and quite humid. A day like today looks pretty good for most I'd say - certainly not too hot nor too cold with evenings remaining pleasant enough to enjoy outside (assuming it doesn't rain of course!).

[Bottesford]

Well today is every bit as warm as many days in this warm spell that has now errm 'broken' down...

Currently 25.7c so can see a 26c today. Not bad when we were predicted to reach 24c today. Makes a real change for us to exceed predications instead of fall short of them!

Today has beaten all of last weekend, and numerous days in the week of the 8th. 

 

 

edit- 26.1c...

[Captain Shortwave]

Mid twenties widely across England, Heathrow top at 27C with still an hour till the temperature peaks.