We've had a lot of cloud here today but sunny spells too. Temps peaked at about 29C.

Yes the temperature shoots up in the sunny spells but it's been very grey and depressing most of the time here.

In case anyone thinks it’s unfair that the SE gets all the nice weather, let me assure you we are enduring unending permacast here and have been for several days. Yesterday managed about 4 octas but both Friday and Sunday have been completely overcast, and very muggy. Tomorrow is forecast to be cloudy yet again. I’m starting to wonder what happened to those lovely cobalt blue skies of early summer. A distant memory - this stuff is much more British.

Same here and yuck, even 20C and sunny is better than this! It reminded me of how much I dislike Tm air masses throughout the year.

At least it's dry!

It was dull and cloudy here all morning with a few brighter spells but no sun. This afternoon the cloud has gradually disappeared, sunny spells increased, temp got over 27c and now the sky is almost clear and it’s 26.5c.  It’s also very calm and looks like being an uncomfortable night!  

Too hot and sunny for too long. Want clouds and some precipitation.....

This is turning into a disaster of a summer from my point of view - barely any rain, temperatures persistently above 25C (bearing in mind the average IMBY is 20 or 21 this time of year) and stale, hot and humid air indoors due to a lack of wind.

I've endured two "too hot to be confortable" days at the wolf centre (the wolves themselves sought the shade during the walks, they're not daft) and now I've come down with a summer cold - being hot and bothered for weeks on end is bad enough, let alone being all blocked up!

The sooner this crapfest of a summer breaks the better, but sadly there's no sign of that.

It's flipping typical, really - we had a decent 1-week cold spell, with snow (1996 ot 1997 style), then we get a really long, drawn-out 1995 (or even 1976) style summer. We'd better get payback for this dross in the form of some more snow this winter!

In case anyone thinks it’s unfair that the SE gets all the nice weather, let me assure you we are enduring unending permacast here and have been for several days. Yesterday managed about 4 octas but both Friday and Sunday have been completely overcast, and very muggy. Tomorrow is forecast to be cloudy yet again. I’m starting to wonder what happened to those lovely cobalt blue skies of early summer. A distant memory - this stuff is much more British.

Ah, that lovely easterly flow bringing its dry, continental air...

Yet people still moaned at the time because some murk came in off the North Sea to affect the far-eastern areas.

This is turning into a disaster of a summer from my point of view - barely any rain, temperatures persistently above 25C (bearing in mind the average IMBY is 20 or 21 this time of year) and stale, hot and humid air indoors due to a lack of wind.

I've endured two "too hot to be confortable" days at the wolf centre (the wolves themselves sought the shade during the walks, they're not daft) and now I've come down with a summer cold - being hot and bothered for weeks on end is bad enough, let alone being all blocked up!

The sooner this crapfest of a summer breaks the better, but sadly there's no sign of that.

It's flipping typical, really - we had a decent 1-week cold spell, with snow (1996 ot 1997 style), then we get a really long, drawn-out 1995 (or even 1976) style summer. We'd better get payback for this dross in the form of some more snow this winter!

About winter I look forward how much snow I can get from the NE or ENE flow over Lower Stoke when I move there in early August which on the hottest peak from the ensembles.  For London and Surrey they do well with ENE flow but what about Lower Stoke which is near you do well on both ENE and NE or not?

About winter I look forward how much snow I can get from the NE or ENE flow over Lower Stoke when I move there in early August which on the hottest peak from the ensembles.  For London and Surrey they do well with ENE flow but what about Lower Stoke which is near you do well on both ENE and NE or not?

Down here anything from a NNE to easterly will do the trick in terms of bringing snow showers onshore, albeit they do tend to align in bands (so you sometimes get the situation where you spend all day seeing clouds passing just to the east or west of you!)

Talking of which, I'd kill for a nice stiff NE'ly right now! Instead there's the merest hint of a SW'ly and it's bloomin' hot.

 

Down here anything from a NNE to easterly will do the trick in terms of bringing snow showers onshore, albeit they do tend to align in bands (so you sometimes get the situation where you spend all day seeing clouds passing just to the east or west of you!)

Talking of which, I'd kill for a nice stiff NE'ly right now! Instead there's the merest hint of a SW'ly and it's bloomin' hot.

 

Thanks for the tip and speaking of SW that would give Lower Stoke very hot air from the main land Kent or near southerly winds as long it not tampered much from the small water area between Sheerness and Isle of Grain.  They reached 29C yesterday as the wind was westerly so probably around 30-31C in Lower Stoke as they have no weather station at all even online not found.  

 

 

Ah, that lovely easterly flow bringing its dry, continental air...

Yet people still moaned at the time because some murk came in off the North Sea to affect the far-eastern areas.

Yes, thankfully this areas has cloud from the NW instead now.  (At least it is warm)

Yes, thankfully this areas has cloud from the NW instead now.  (At least it is warm)

Indeed. The irony was that those toward the east were moaning at the time that if only we could have a flow from a westerly quadrant, they'd be fine. As it turns out, all the westerly flow has done is add cloud for the western two-thirds of the country, too.

 Ah, that lovely easterly flow bringing its dry, continental air...

Yet people still moaned at the time because some murk came in off the North Sea to affect the far-eastern areas.

When we had the NE flow for what seemed like an entire week or so, it only brought in low cloud/mist/murk overnight (at least here in Suffolk 30miles from the coast).

It quickly burned away each morning though.  There were no complaints from me having that NE flow; took the edge of the temperatures and felt far more comfortable than it does right now.

And another thing...

When forecasters/TWO'ers talk of 'the north west', I'm never sure whether that includes this region (as in "less settled with more chance of rain in the north west, where temps will be cooler")

I'm in North West England, I know that much, and we get BBC North West (and used to get Granada). But when it's a more vague 'the north west', I don't know if the person is talking about my region, or the fringes of Ulster and far west of Scotland, or setting the boundary somewhere in between.

And another thing...

When forecasters/TWO'ers talk of 'the north west', I'm never sure whether that includes this region (as in "less settled with more chance of rain in the north west, where temps will be cooler")

I'm in North West England, I know that much, and we get BBC North West (and used to get Granada). But when it's a more vague 'the north west', I don't know if the person is talking about my region, or the fringes of Ulster and far west of Scotland, or setting the boundary somewhere in between.

 

 

They did this on BBC Radio One this morning. They said it would be hot and sunny for many today but it would be cooler with showers in the north west but what does that mean?!

 

They did this on BBC Radio One this morning. They said it would be hot and sunny for many today but it would be cooler with showers in the north west but what does that mean?!

They're talking about that vague area known in media circles as "outside London".

 

They're talking about that vague area known in media circles as "outside London".

Given BBC news (well, TV anyway) is based in Salford maybe NW means somewhere to the North and West of Manchester.

Based on the current maps the bad weather seems to stretch through North Lancs and Cumbria.

And another thing...

When forecasters/TWO'ers talk of 'the north west', I'm never sure whether that includes this region (as in "less settled with more chance of rain in the north west, where temps will be cooler")

I'm in North West England, I know that much, and we get BBC North West (and used to get Granada). But when it's a more vague 'the north west', I don't know if the person is talking about my region, or the fringes of Ulster and far west of Scotland, or setting the boundary somewhere in between.

 

 

THIS!!!

BBC Radio is very guilty of this. 

In a UK perspective the NW doesn't mean us IMO, if I hear NW (when talking about the UK), I presume Glasgow, Belfast etc.