Back in the UK, the sun noticeably hotter here in W London the last 45 minutes. Are the hot conditions ready to show their hand?

Villevieille now 45.4C

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Villevieille now 45.4C

So Bulgaria overtaken.

That is official?

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https://twitter.com/peacockreports/status/1144608622091087874

Sheltering and the foehn effect determining the UK hot spots today, while in France it looks to be entirely down to a strong foehn effect. The usually cooling tramontane wind has turned against the locals of the Provence region, where typically good weather fortune (often fine and sunny but not oppressively hot) has been sorely interrupted.

 

Here, it's into the 27s and with lower humidity than of late. Feels almost Californian in the wind. Albeit a poor-man's interpretation of it!

Speaking of which, some good lulls in that now with only light, variable airflow - timed one at over over 90 seconds during lunch.

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So Bulgaria overtaken.

That is official?

Yes, per Meteo France. But now superseded by 45.8C nearby

https://twitter.com/gwoznica/status/1144610801711505409?s=21

 

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Villevieille now 45.4C

A couple of PWSs just down the road from Villevieille are now at 46C. Of course they may well not be under standard exposure.

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ISAINTDI65

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ILANGUED24

EDIT: This one about a mile from Villevieille is now at 47C!

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ISOMMI1

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Meanwhile in the UK we are closing in on 30C

Achnagart 29.3C 

 

Yes, per Meteo France. But now superseded by 45.8C nearby

https://twitter.com/gwoznica/status/1144610801711505409?s=21

 

Interesting - claims it is a new absolute record, but still provisional.

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A couple of PWSs just down the road from Villevieille are now at 46C. Of course they may well not be under standard exposure.

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ISAINTDI65

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ILANGUED24

EDIT: This one about a mile from Villevieille is now at 47C!

https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ISOMMI1

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Back in the UK, the sun noticeably hotter here in W London the last 45 minutes. Are the hot conditions ready to show their hand?

Yes, I noticed that the sun seems hotter now than it was at lunchtime, and the air has a definite continental feel to it.  The N Sea breeze has diminished as well.  Temp at my local PWS is 23*C which is 2degC higher than this time yesterday.

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I like this, it really highlights how vast temperatures can be in my city.

Often what im recording in my area is greatly higher than surrounding stations and its to do with the city layout and typography ..

Look at that 29C and less than 1.5 miles away only 19C haha

 

Yes, per Meteo France. But now superseded by 45.8C nearby

https://twitter.com/gwoznica/status/1144610801711505409?s=21

 

Utterly smashed the old record. And in June too! 

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Yes, a truly historic day in France today, and as other's have pointed out, in late June! I can't help but wonder what kind of temperatures we would be seeing had a spell of the same intensity occurred in late July/early August instead. Somewhere in southern France getting close to 50C? Remarkable!

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Yes, a truly historic day in France today, and as other's have pointed out, in late June! I can't help but wonder what kind of temperatures we would be seeing had a spell of the same intensity occurred in late July/early August instead. Somewhere in southern France getting close to 50C? Remarkable!

50C is definitely possible in France now.

 

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Yes, a truly historic day in France today, and as other's have pointed out, in late June! I can't help but wonder what kind of temperatures we would be seeing had a spell of the same intensity occurred in late July/early August instead. Somewhere in southern France getting close to 50C? Remarkable!

Why would it be hotter in Late July though?

By then the solar radiation is down, given that these high temperatures are mostly down to solar heating and foehn wind type effects I'm not sure it would be any hotter in late July. For sure the airmass advected is crazy warm, but is it actually record breaking in the south of France? Ironically the place where it is record breaking (UK) has mediocre temperatures.

 

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Latest official max in France is 45.9c 

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Meanwhile here in Edinburgh it's reached a balmy 17 C. Clear blue sky though.

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We reached the 30C mark today in the UK

Achnagart 30.0C at 1600

Latest official max in France is 45.9c 

Missed out on the 46C then by 0.1C

 

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We reached the 30C mark today in the UK

Achnagart 30.0C at 1600

 

Can you remember how many days we reached 30c last year? it was something crazy like 25 times wasn't it a record?

 

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