SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Blessed Weather]

9 hours ago, TN9 said:

Yep ..it does,look at the  records..Faversham,gravesend ,East malling ,all stand out at times,I'm not sure anymore where the official sites are ,East malling fruit research centre .  the centre was bulldozed ages ago for houses but that was an official met office site..

Hi TN. Here's the Met Office page with a full list of the 270 automatic and 150 manual weather stations. There's also a map included and you can click on the location pointer to bring up the station name. If you want detailed observations from a particular station, copy and paste the name into the Met Office Latest Observations page.

Synoptic and climate stations

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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The map shows the current network of automatic (synoptic) and manual (climate) stations covering the UK.

 

[Captain Shortwave]

Bright but cloudy would describe conditions this morning. Not sure how high the temperatures will get because it is reliant on the cloud thinning enough. Temperatures could easily hit 32c in sunnier spots but of course it is a nowcasting scenario.

 

Most models going around the 30c mark today.

Interestingly, tomorrow looks like it could hit 30c towards the south east as the warmth seems to be hanging on a little longer. We should also see blue skies return for most as the cloud associated with the cold front clears southwards.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Captain Shortwave

[Katrine Basso]

55 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Hi TN. Here's the Met Office page with a full list of the 270 automatic and 150 manual weather stations. There's also a map included and you can click on the location pointer to bring up the station name. If you want detailed observations from a particular station, copy and paste the name into the Met Office Latest Observations page.

Synoptic and climate stations

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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The map shows the current network of automatic (synoptic) and manual (climate) stations covering the UK.

 

They are still showing the Gravesend weather station which is not being used as it has been removed.  The nearest weather stations to Thurrock are in Landwick near Shoeburyness which 29 miles away from me and is a coastal weather station and St James Park which is 21 miles away and is on a more built up area. 

[Kentspur]

So models are moving away from Sunday being the hottest day im glad as I'm working for 12hours outdoors 33-34c is more than enough 40c would have been a killer!! Monday I'm off to the beach with my uncle from Australia escaping the Melbourne cold   he like my dad are originally from Mauritius which also has a similar humid type heat as here although they have also never reached 40c being a tiny island with lots of sea breezes. 37c inside the M25 no thank you!- East Kent beaches here I come. I also went yesterday as I get free train travel including the high speed found a quiet spot. My uncle didn't believe we had nice sandy beaches in England lol

[Captain Shortwave]

The cloud has been thinning a little, the sun is coming through at least. 25c at the moment.

[Blazerblue]

Looked at the radar, surprised to see rain over the midlands stretching over to the NE, albeit light and patchy, assuming this wont make it over to EA? Explains the cloud coverage though. Would be nice to see some rain, everything here is so so dry, front lawn long wide cracks appearing in it, never had that before, at some point we really need a long wet spell, river levels must be low around the country. Temp 26c here.

[Tn9]

Ahhh restbite ....and a tad windier which I'm not sure is any better than a fan oven  

Edited July 12, 2022 by TN9

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Models have done very poor with that rain associated with that cold front. Although I doubt much is actually falling from the sky...

[Blessed Weather]

The Top 10 temperatures around the UK at 12.50 clearly showing where the hot air is hanging on, ahead of the cold front that's sinking south. Several stations at 30C+.

[Methuselah]

29C just now. And barely a minute of sunshine!

[Blazerblue]

Amber heat alert now been extended through all of Monday  

Barely a breath of wind today, feels more humid than it’s been too.

[laddie]

Don't get excited about that rain showing on radar, just a few spots hit the ground in Peterborough we used to call them heatspots

[Methuselah]

Any chance of it all falling on the Oval: England are 26-5 with FOUR ducks!

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Few rouge drops of rain 

[Jimmyh]

I had a feeling the rain showing on radar won't hot the ground almost like an anoprobe if that's what they call it where it rains bit don't hit the ground. Was at daughters sports day earlier #seriously hot. I am loving this weather. Long may it continue. I have backed off from the record breaking heat but I will take low 30's all day long 

[Tn9]

40 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Few rouge drops of rain 

Big dollops ..but too few and far between...is that the back edge of the heat

Edited July 12, 2022 by TN9

[Tn9]

Plane has cut straight through our little rain cloud that's put the mockers on it 

Edited July 12, 2022 by TN9

[Emz by the Thames]

Disgusting day. Dark cloud, humid, 31.c here but feels hotter. Got the week off but weather like this is unusable to most.

[Kent Blizzard]

2 hours ago, Ed Stone said:

Any chance of it all falling on the Oval: England are 26-5 with FOUR ducks!

The Ducks need the rain too

[Dami]

a few drops of rain here. wasn't expecting that.

well i was Met0 had a rain symbol yesterday and the took it away.

[Stroudley]

High cloud all day and now increasing a little more. Our max has been 25.1 and and breeze has now dropped away. It feels hot, despite what the thermometer might suggest! 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Mostly cloudy all day with a nice breeze that came and went. 

A few drops of rain around 5pm.

[Captain Shortwave]

A high of 28c here, some bits of sunshine and also a few bits of rain. 30c reached not too far down the road from here, really surprising given the cloud cover.

[Eagle Eye]

ECM ensembles suggest an average near 32 degrees C on Monday at 12:00 for what would be a wide space of London, would expect a high of somewhere near the mid 30's widely with local temperatures near to the record and if that isn't enough, the ECM tends to underestimate temperatures so I would think locally 40 degrees C is possible (not probable yet though). There looks to be the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday which could all have the potential to break the record.

[Polaris]

Pouring rain here. 
 

What a heatwave