General summer chat

[damianslaw]

 weatherguru14 Yes nice Autumn so far (meant summer!).

[SunnyG]

This ain't summer. 14c outside and chucking it down: worse than last July, which was already pants. We no longer have any seasons, just a dark, wet, endless autumn with a few intervals of cold/warmth in between. It's like being in a dystopian film where evil has prevailed.

Edited July 6, 2024 by SunnyG

[IcySpicy]

More of the same dumpy weather here as well. It cleared up last night but didn't even last until the morning and we have cloud again, wind as well.

I am also sick and tired of the models. I have never seen such bad uncertainty before (although last summer was also bad), now it looks like the HP over NE Europe is also only gonna be a short blip, we might get 2 dry days out of it, Tuesday and Wednesday... after that looks like some more shallow lows are gonna get stuck around Scandinavia. Ofc they always show good conditions around day 8-10 but thats FI and never comes off, I fully expect the Scandi trough to be the default pattern.

[SunnyG]

 IcySpicy Same here probably.

[Earthshine]

Does anyone know if the CET has always been three stations since it's conception?  I keep getting mixed answers!

[weatherguru14]

Been a lovely summers day here today. so cant complain about it..doubt it will last mind 

[Weather-history]

This is what this summer is starting to feel like

[Scuba steve]

This threads not aging well

[weatherguru14]

So the BBC weekly out put this evening is saying."rest of the summer above average temperatures" so eggs in one basket??

[SunnyG]

No summer to be seen as of yet. The BBC is about as reliable as tea leaves or a crystal ball.

[Methuselah]

 SunnyG

Which, according to the gutter-press, are both 100% accurate! 

[damianslaw]

Coldest first half of summer since 2012. 

[Summerlover2006]

We must be in for at least an august 2016 the summer can not be this cold all the way through surely.

[Don]

I actually quite liked June as although it wasn't a warm month, it was dry for the most part and weeks 3 and 4 were pleasant enough.  However, July has been pretty naff!

[weatherguru14]

A top weather expert predicts the UK could be in for a sizzling heatwave, with temperatures potentially soaring into the "high-30Cs" in certain areas.

James Madden, a forecaster at Exacta Weather, took to Facebook on Saturday, July 13 to alert of an imminent "significant change in our overall weather pattern to very warm/very hot conditions throughout next week and late July".

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I'd forgotten this person existed... "exacta weather" exacta dog biscuits 

[damianslaw]

 weatherguru14 What a load of rubbish! High 30s - not going to happen, 30 degrees will be a tall order, high 20s briefly at best for favoured few in the SE, low to mid 20s elsewhere. Better than much of the summer so far. 

[weatherguru14]

Yep, id settle for settled August and low 20s.. no one wants high 20s and 30s.. some weather forecasters like James Madden have been doing this for at least 10 years.. 

[Addicks Fan 1981]

 damianslaw this summer is following the same path as 1998 it would seem.

[LetItSnow]

 Addicks Fan 1981 June 1998 and June 2024 were completely different. June 1998 was dull and extremely wet while June 2024 very dry and quite sunny. 

[Weather Enthusiast91]

I think August will end up being the best month of the summer this year. This often happens after a poor June and July. 2007 and 2012 for example had pleasant enough Augusts after the previous two poor months.

I think it will be a benign month with temps predominently in the low to mid 20s with average sunshine and just below average rainfall. So nothing like 1995, but nothing like 2008 either. 

I would be happy with that.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2024 by Weather Enthusiast91

[I remember Atlantic 252]

won't let me post in heat haters thread! but Solihull Oliver it's not going to be bad here, decent temps mid 20's

[al78]

 Weather Enthusiast91 I tend to agree, it is very rare for all three months of a season to be anomalous in the same direction. I can only recall one year in the early 20th century where all three summer months were dire.

[raz.org.rain]

 Weather Enthusiast91 we're seemingly overdue for a summer where August is the best month.

[WYorksWeather]

 raz.org.rain Yep, definitely looks likely. Could even see a true split summer - if the second half of July does turn out significantly warmer and drier than the first half, and then August continues in the same vein, perhaps with a notable hot spell, it'd be split right down the middle.

It would be interesting to see how people would rank this summer if that happened - last year the good June was largely ignored due to the very poor July and poor to mediocre August. I imagine it would be the opposite this year - a good late July and August in the peak holiday season would subjectively rank a lot higher.

Of course, it has to happen first!

[Frigid]

 raz.org.rain 2020, 2022? These summers weren't long ago.