Midlands Regional Weather Discussion

[davehsug]

Hmm, awful lot of convection going on, and I see a shower has popped up to the South West of us towards Market Drayton.

[Snowyowl9]

Showers heading this way...

[cyclonic happiness]

Castellanus clouds over this area

[Snowyowl9]

Shower s dying out mid level but passed just south of here..

Temp which more accurate at 29.9c with sun in cloud...

[Polar Maritime]

Peak District National Park have closed all Access land as there is now an exceptional fire risk not seen for years.

[Polar Maritime]

33c here now 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

37.2c

[AltonMatthew]

35degrees on our own weather thermometer in Alton Staffordshire ST10. Over 40 on the mercury thermometer. A few spots of rain at the minute mixed with beautiful sunshine. 

[Terminal Moraine]

32.2c here according to  the  Davis on the roof mast. That breaks  the old record for the Davis by 0.1c.

[davehsug]

Convection has disappeared now. 36c here. About 3 degrees higher than the previous record, but there are no official stations in the city. Closet is Thorncliffe near Leek, but that's 1,000ft up in the moorlands and usually 2-3c lower than here.

[Dancerwithwings]

Due to convention I had a brief shower at 3:10pm now that’s all gone here’s my temps;

36c outdoors 24.9c indoors

 

[Neil Harris]

Very light rain.. WS3

30 seconds tops

[Midlander]

 

[Midlands Ice Age]

At 14:30 a sudden downpour of heavy spots which lasted 2 mins.

Evaporated immediately.

Temp dropped by 2degrees C in that time! even though the sun was never hidden.

Its moved away now (15:30) and the temp has rebounded back up to 36.2C in the shade,but my Davis (8 feet of the ground) which is in full sun (and with no wind) reads 38.3C, I do not have a fan fitted, so little or no outside cooling today to give a correct temperature.

Looks like a new record for me, but the 40 degrees is well out of reach, except in my conservatory,  which reads 47.6C with the wind blowing through.

 In the house still around 25 -26C, so it looks as though the MO advice was good.

Beginning to look more and more like the old saying '2 fine days and a thunderstorm'.

MIA

 

Edited July 18, 2022 by Midlands Ice Age

[Midlands Ice Age]

7 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Due to convention I had a brief shower at 3:10pm now that’s all gone here’s my temps;

36c outdoors 24.9c indoors

 

Nice one DWW...

Ties in exactly with my temps for around here, very high - but no blockbuster.  (see above)

Lets us see if we can geta sudden spurt in the next 1.5hrs.

It is possible after that shower burst through and lowered the temps so quickly.

MIA

[AltonMatthew]

Certainly feels even hotter to our earlier post here. Same problem with those in Stoke that our weather station is Leek and always a few degrees cooler! 
 

We have definitely smashes a record today surely here and even more tomorrow maybe.

[Deeptricky74]

Extremely warm now in Wolverhampton, even under shade it feels uncomfortable. Have noticed some showers dotted around the Midlands on rain radar. I wonder if any precipitation is reaching the ground or gobbled up by evaporation from the extreme heat... 

Edited July 18, 2022 by Deeptricky74
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[cyclonic happiness]

4 minutes ago, Deeptricky74 said:

Extremely warm now in Wolverhampton, even under shade it feels uncomfortable. Have noticed some showers dotted around the Midlands on rain radar. I wonder if any precipitation is reaching the ground or gobbled up by evaporation from the extreme heat... 

it's evaporating before hitting the ground, we just had one pass over here, the dew points and humidity are really low so they don't stand much chance

 

[Dancerwithwings]

11 minutes ago, Midlands Ice Age said:

Nice one DWW...

Ties in exactly with my temps for around here, very high - but no blockbuster.  (see above)

Lets us see if we can geta sudden spurt in the next 1.5hrs.

It is possible after that shower burst through and lowered the temps so quickly.

MIA

MIA....talking of a sudden spurt, in 30mins I’ve shot up by 2c 

then I seen this update on the BBC 

 

[Derbyshire_snow]

37c here in North Derbyshire for the first time ever old record obliterated.

[Midlands Ice Age]

1 hour ago, Dancerwithwings said:

MIA....talking of a sudden spurt, in 30mins I’ve shot up by 2c 

then I seen this update on the BBC 

 

Yep...

Thought it could happen..

It means my (and yours?) max could have been better without the sudden convection, but it is still pretty good.

For further info my Davis went back up to 40.4C max at 16.20 (just after last posting) then fell back to 38.8C after a  sudden blast of wind.... and since then it rose again (very still and quiet again now) and within the last 5mins has hit 40.1C again.(17.20). 40.2C at 17:30)

So what to report?

My thermometer in the shade got to 38.1C. Still a record for here and just about 100F. (in old money terms) and  thats still hot.

Tomorrow is my canal boat day so I will not be checking my data on line,but I will watch yours closely.

MIA

[Dancerwithwings]

I maxed out at 38.3c and now at 18:00 (37.1c)  I’ve checked the MO wow observations and most in general are spot on to mine

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Edit, mine station is 10 feet from the ground and away from my house as bricks and concrete can affect readings.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Dancerwithwings

[Dancerwithwings]

Status...19:00h...outdoor 35.3c, indoor 25.9c,

Outdoor humidity 26%;...Indoor humidity 62%

[Polar Maritime]

32c here now and dropping, 24c in living room, I've opened East facing curtains but no windows until/if temp droops below inside temp. Dreading tomo but it will be an experience..

[Dancerwithwings]

4 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

32c here now and dropping, 24c in living room, I've opened East facing curtains but no windows until/if temp droops below inside temp. Dreading tomo but it will be an experience..

Same here, I’ve kept my curtains, windows and French doors leading into my garden all shut, but the humidity is far lower outside than indoors

I’ll give it an hour and all will be opened...methinks

20.00h....outdoor 33.1c, indoor 26c