The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024

[fttm]

Very pleasant 28C and a day on the lake with a gentle breeze , fairly sure we're in for a thunderstorm later though .

[Snow and Rocks]

thepritch said:

Probably the warmest day of the year here? Perfect timing as we spent all night in A&E (all fine) so ended up sleeping most of the day and missed it. Pants.

One forecast going to 26 here tomorrow which is fairly getting up there for Aberdeenshire. Plenty of clegs (horse flies?) on the go today, hoping the dragonflies emerge soon as they almost solve the problem overnight.

[demic]

Stunning evening on the North Sea coast (Saltburn)

[Puggit]

demic said:

Stunning evening on the North Sea coast (Saltburn)

Crikey, it stays light forever up north

[r3g]

Says pic was taken in the evening, but Saltburn is on the east coast.

[spikeyhead]

r3g said:

Says pic was taken in the evening, but Saltburn is on the east coast.

Looks about right to me, it's on the East coast, but on a bit that runs NW to SE and the sun would be NNW, about right for last thing before it sets

[thepritch]

Local weather chap is saying we’re the warmest place in UK (Aboyne) today citing met office data.

We’ll see later, but it’s bouncing off 29 degs in the shade right now. Lush!

[jimmyjimjim]

Forecast is 36c here in Colorado.

[demic]

spikeyhead said:

r3g said:

Says pic was taken in the evening, but Saltburn is on the east coast.

Looks about right to me, it's on the East coast, but on a bit that runs NW to SE and the sun would be NNW, about right for last thing before it sets

Correct, taken around 2130 last night. Looking straight out to sea is a few degrees off due north

[Composer62]

25 degrees but cloudy in Edinburgh today. I'll take that.

[Blib]

28 degrees, right now, NE Suffolk.

(Trees for scale).

[CivicDuties]

Warm but very cloudy in the Thames Valley today. Which is fine. Suspect will get horribler tomorrow with sun and heat and stuff.

[spikeyhead]

Blib said:

28 degrees, right now, NE Suffolk.

(Trees for scale).

Was 80% of that inspired by Rothko?

[Blib]

spikeyhead said:

Blib said:

28 degrees, right now, NE Suffolk.

(Trees for scale).

Was 80% of that inspired by Rothko?

feignsknowledgeofamericanartist
Oh yes! Absoflippinlutely!
/feign

[JakeT]

Ideal day in West Berks. In spite of being in training all day I’ve been outside as much as I can.

[spikeyhead]

Blib said:

spikeyhead said:

Blib said:

28 degrees, right now, NE Suffolk.

(Trees for scale).

Was 80% of that inspired by Rothko?

feignsknowledgeofamericanartist
Oh yes! Absoflippinlutely!
/feign

[thepritch]

So the official numbers had us at 3rd hottest place in UK today, with only heathrow & Northolt hotter by only 0.3 deg.

But we were also fourth coldest in UK this morning

I do love the climate here on upper Deeside, the swings in temps / conditions can really be quite large.

[fttm]

jimmyjimjim said:

Forecast is 36c here in Colorado.

We shouldn't moan but that's uncomfortably hot .

[jimmyjimjim]

fttm said:

jimmyjimjim said:

Forecast is 36c here in Colorado.

We shouldn't moan but that's uncomfortably hot .

It hit 101f/38c when I was in the car. Nothing compared to Saudi, or India thankfully.

Anything above 30c and you really start to limit your time outside.

[mooseracer]

Personally I don't mind that ^^
My rule of thumb is anything above body temperature gets a bit much.

Of course, humidity level is the biggest part and it is very different lounging by the pool/beach or trying to do normal life.


Here in South Glos it looks like it's going to be a sunny warm one - after a slightly disappointing grey day yesterday