What do you want from Summer 2014?

[Thunderbolt_]

Yes I know it's only mid-April, but I think it's a good time to start asking "what do you want for summer" as late April and May can often be quite summery. You can select more than one option in the poll, just in case you want a few weather types. For example, I chosen heatwaves and thunderstorms - 'cause let's face it, it's what a summer should be!

Edited April 14, 2014 by ScottRichards10

[Milhouse]

No continuous heatwave as i dont want the countryside to look parched and there to be wildfires everywhere. But a summer with frequent hot spells and occasional deluges from thunderstorms. I want to be often waking up to clear blue skies in the morning and enjoying calm sultry evenings.

[CongletonHeat]

High pressure, would prefer 21-24c but warmer than that would be preferable to cooler.

[Thunderbolt_]

High pressure, would prefer 21-24c but warmer than that would be preferable to cooler.

 

Yeah, if not hot, certainly settled. I hate cool summers!

[simshady]

Cool and wet. Certainly not warm or hot. Hate the smell of sunblock, beer and bbq's. Seeing people sat on deckchairs, slowly reddening and vegetating in their garden while music blares and their kids run around screaming. Roll on winter and earlier dark nights. 

Edited April 12, 2014 by simshady

[Jax]

Warm with decent hot spells, mixed with some showers and the odd storm to mix it up, we need the rain to keep the countryside alive (and us) but some long calm and warm spells would be nice, a full on heat wave would be bad as would a dull damp summer.

[ChezWeather]

Il take a week of scorching sunshine followed by a massive night time thunderstorm! Repeated several times!

 

In a perfect world eh? 

[Chris K]

I'm not really a heatwave fan in all honesty. (Especially as our office buildings have the excellent design of glass ceilings....) The only time I don't mind it, is if it is broken up by nice big thunderstorms to tone down the humidity a bit.

 

Other than that, give me settled weather with sunshine, 24-26 degrees Celsius and a gentle warm breeze. Lovely! 

Edited April 12, 2014 by Chris K

[Costa Del Fal]

Cool and wet. Certainly not warm or hot. Hate the smell of sunblock, beer and bbq's. Seeing people sat on deckchairs, slowly reddening and vegetating in their garden while music blares and their kids run around screaming. Roll on winter and earlier dark nights. 

Laserguys long lost relative? Lol

[Jax]

fun fun fun, in the sun sun sun.

[simshady]

Laserguys long lost relative? Lol

 

 Hahaha!      No.

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Overall, A summer like Florida would be the one with temperatures between 28-32C with the odd 34C thrown in and LOTS of thunder and lightning!! Its a little far fetched I know.

[cheese]

A typical UK summer would be alright. Average high in July here is 21C, with 206 hours of sun, which is acceptable. More thunderstorms would be nice though.

[laserguy]

 Certainly not warm or hot. Hate the smell of sunblock, beer and bbq's. Seeing people sat on deckchairs, slowly reddening and vegetating in their garden while music blares and their kids run around screaming. Roll on winter and earlier dark nights. 

 

A fleeting glimpse into the gaping maw of Hell itself. Be strong, calm and composed - a sniff of Autumn will be in the air before you know it. Buy black curtains and avoid the light - it will hurt you. Oh, and barbeques too.

[Mokidugway]

Euro millions win , brabus rocket 800 , and a villa in Monaco , oh, and a hot thundery summer !!!.....

[lassie23]

A warm summer would be nice, hot summers make me reach for the Magnum!

[simshady]

A fleeting glimpse into the gaping maw of Hell itself. Be strong, calm and composed - a sniff of Autumn will be in the air before you know it. Buy black curtains and avoid the light - it will hurt you. Oh, and barbeques too.

 

I have been training with my Tibetan monk friend who also happens to be a vampire. He's taught me the ways of calmness whilst also giving me tips on how to avoid the rays of the sun. He said he can't help with the bbq's or screaming kids though.

[Mokidugway]

Vlad the impaler would be handy especially around bbq season !!!....

[Lettucing Gutted]

I want a cool and not too wet summer (always cool with alternating spells of persistent cool light rain and cool sunshine and light showers and cool clear high pressure weather patterns) but one that will make summers 2007 and 2012 look like heatwaves by comparison.  So something like summers 1993 and 2011 and colder. 

Edited April 14, 2014 by Craig Evans

[Thunderbolt_]

I'm glad that high-pressure is here and I'm glad that it looks to be close by until early May. My only concern is that persistant highs are usually then followed by persistant lows, and so I really hope that summer will not be a constant bombardment of low-pressure systems, just like 2012 was.

Edited April 14, 2014 by ScottRichards10

[Mr_Pessimistic]

Im hopeing for a repeat of 1816 - "the year without summer"!

as someone with light sensitive eyes (after a eye injury) and someone that hates the heat, i would be over the moon with this (minus the crop failures and famine!), and plenty of snow thrown in! 

That would certainly cause some headlines!

 

come on you volcanoes!!

Edited April 14, 2014 by Mr_Pessimistic

[laserguy]

Im hopeing for a repeat of 1816 - "the year without summer"!

 

 

 

 

Ah a man after me own heart. Wish all years would come without a summer. How neat would that be?

[feb1991blizzard]

A full on direct hit for 3 months with Max temps of 12-15c.

[Bottesford]

Lets all be very glad the above 3 posters have zero control of our weather!!

[Mark Bayley]

I would like a warm and sunny summer, although another low sea ice year and the warm phase of the AMO won't bode well for that!