The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024

[Last Visit]

Blib said:

Suffolk, last night.

This morning, cold and rain.

Suffolk resident also. Almost sideways rain this morning, wind like a winter storm and I can see from the thermostat that if the internal temp doesn't rise then the heating will be kicking in later this afternoon.

Poor show for June.

[thepritch]

p1stonhead said:

OMG went out without a coat it’s FREEZING

Went for a walk with my wife yesterday eve. Winter coat (ski jacket type thing) and gloves on!

Beautiful light though.

[Humpy D]

I agree that it's not as warm as it should be but what is it with this constant breeze/wind? Anything lightweight on tables, walls, etc needs to be put on the floor otherwise it blows off.

[Composer62]

13 degrees and cloudy in East Lothian, with a low of 7 degrees overnight.

[UTH]

I know the BBC isn't the last word on forecasting by any means, but the fact that their long range forecast now passes the summer solstice and still not showing anything settled or hot (vaguely warm at best) is really getting me down. Mid june and my doors and windows are all shut, I'm juggling work with trying to keep my 1.5 year old entertained stuck in the house......she should be roaming around the garden playing with water and garden toys. Maybe I should start thinking about how I'll make Christmas amazing.

[poo at Paul's]

Woodstove lit last couple of days. Can’t wait for the ‘hottest ever June recorded’ bks in the papers in a few weeks.

[Its Just Adz]

I don't hold much faith in the reporting from the Lancashire Post, but.....

[Puggit]

Just had a Teams call with a contact in Croatia. She was sat on a balcony overlooking the Dalmatian Coast and it looked just so beautiful.

People can fall out

[Puggit]

This won't help either:

[CivicDuties]

Thank fk we're avoiding that horror.

I think I remember putting my above ground pool up in the garden for that little burst of heat, then it sitting there consuming chemicals and electricity to the pump until the weather rendered its use necessary again in late July.

[Its Just Adz]

I'd much rather have that heat than the 9 degrees is was this morning.

[mooseracer]

Puggit said:

This won't help either:

Haha, just checked and yes - I did a walk up at High Peak near Buxton on this afternoon last year.....23 degrees recorded, 11 warmer than this afternoon.

[MiniMan64]

Bill said:

MiniMan64 said:

Don’t know what part of the country you’re all in but I’ve been in shorts for over a month in Plymouth. Having to water the allotment every night, BBQed every week, apart from a slightly stiff breeze occasionally it’s been quite pleasant

Similar here in the Purbecks, but I think we've been lucky.

I fked it.

Pissing it down this morning in Plymouth…

[Bill]

Been ok all day, but rain alarm has just pinged and I suspect MiniBill's cricket match this evening is about to be called off...

[Shnozz]

Just sheeted down with rain. At leeds airport thankfully so get me gone.

[v8250]

[abzmike]

Heater on in my office and log burner fired up this evening… a bit like March.

[leglessAlex]

Pretty nice here in Gran Sasso National Park, Italy. Same latitude as Rome, so about halfway down.

Not super warm, mid to high 20s each day, just right. I do get the feeling that even they aren’t escaping the weird weather, it might even dip into single figures overnight later in the week.

[ArnageWRC]

UTH said:

I know the BBC isn't the last word on forecasting by any means, but the fact that their long range forecast now passes the summer solstice and still not showing anything settled or hot (vaguely warm at best) is really getting me down. Mid june and my doors and windows are all shut, I'm juggling work with trying to keep my 1.5 year old entertained stuck in the house......she should be roaming around the garden playing with water and garden toys. Maybe I should start thinking about how I'll make Christmas amazing.

The weather will probably be warmer at Christmas........

[fttm]

Seems to have taken a while to warm up on the prairie this year , cold overnights around 2C , 16 and rain today then mid 20s for a week or two . Finally filling the pool this coming weekend.