Quite a lot of thin high cloud now, mainly to the south and east, although the sun is still shining.

The east wind has increased to fresh.

Temp 27.5C

Pressure 1015mb.

Hi, Ian! Hazy sunshine here, due in part to some cirrostratus and smoke from moorland fires. Winds still in the east but much lighter, 27.1 C @ 39% RH - that humidity creeping up. Pressure steady @ 1015mb. 

However, those annoying easterlies are back again and along with that has come that North Sea muck which is lurking not too far away from here and ready to pounce when its has a chance to do so.

At the moment, that is making for quite an interesting view of things from where I live because I am probably only about a mile or so from the coast where I live and the Sun is still shining here just now as I write. However, there is also some thick fog which is obscuring the view of a lot of buildings and obstacles right on the coast itself which is quite weird to look at since that is also obscuring the sunshine from those parts as well.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 12 noon was 19.8ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 19ºC at Edinburgh Airport, but just 17.2ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Clouded over at 1000 but at 1030 the temp was still rising from 25C; quickly got to 26.2 but then plateaued. Sun out again and temp got to 27C before 12.00, rising on to 28.4 a few moments ago. Humid, with a breeze flicking between N and SE. Will we get the magic 30 here? 

Pool is warming up nicely- had the cover over overnight.

It's rather amusing that 12 miles inland from me on the south downs the temps have yet to hit 27C, and yet down here on the flat coastal areas to the south the temps have managed unto the 30's at multiple stations. 

Will be interesting to see if Thorney has joined the 30's party yet or not.

27.3C and more humid than recent days, the sort of thing that you hits you when you get off the plane abroad. 

Hazy sun but temp has risen to 29.0C

RH 32%

I suspect 32C might not be reached here now with 31C being our best.

Still we often have double peaks during warm weather - 11am-1pm and again between 4.30pm-6.30pm.

Still clear blue sky here and temp currently 28.3c

Cloudy but Bright. 23.0c. Bedroom..   24.0c. Hallway and Lounge..  25.0c. In the Shade.. 27.0c In the Brick Shed. . 28.0c. Wooden Shed..

24.9c Outside with a humidity of 50 % rh.   

This follows on from 15.7 hours sun yesterday so the first weekend since May with two good days.

Hottest day of the year here with a max of 28.8c.

Currently 27.5c.

29.3C and overcast after a 30C max- this has got to be noted or it will disappear with the next 'Current Conditions' replacement: the temperature kept rising under the cloud, and there was a sort of radiative heat feel about the afternoon; sounds absurd, but it was almost as if the cloud base was heating us up.

This means that a total of 11.6 hours of sunshine have been recorded for today so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 5pm this afternoon so today is still looking at the very least, to be on course to end up being the second sunniest day of the year so far.

The one downside again though has been that constant easterly wind which once again resulted in the temperatures refusing to rise for very long during this afternoon although today did end up being slightly warmer than yesterday.

Today's maximum temperature was 20.5ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 19ºC at Edinburgh Airport, but only 17.9ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Meanwhile, the temperature at 5pm this afternoon was 19.0ºC at Edinburgh Gogarbank, 18ºC at Edinburgh Airport and 17.4ºC at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Some thin high cloud but generally still hot and sunny.

28C/9C

ENE’ly 9 mph 

You smashed it today.  I'm so glad you've got a decent station these days. The days of you under-reading me by several degrees are now a distant memory . 

Warmest day of the year here thus far, notching a max of 27.2 here on the far eastern point of the south coast.

Currently 24.4.  Pool up to 25c

Wind SE 3.1mph

DP 10.4c

That reading seems a bit high to me Ian.  Cant compute why Steve's max would be lower?