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Heathrow proxy now at 35C
Sadly not Heathrow itself though. Still stubbornly at 33C on the last METAR
Kew Gardens may just have hit 34C as well
The next two days are potential date record targets. Today wasn't!
The rise has all happened in the last hour. I'm sure it will show on the next obs.
34C on the 1350Z METAR at Heathrow and Northolt. And the hourly temp is sometimes more than a degree out from the xx50 METAR for some reason.
Edit: Northolt is 34.1 so we have at least made an official 34C for the fourth day in a row.
Heathrow 34.6c at 3pm.
2C more to go in the next 2 hours?
Isn't that the 2pm reading not the 3pm reading?
I think the 3pm reading will be around 36C
Impressive. 35C definitely on then
Isn't that the 2pm reading not the 3pm reading?I think the 3pm reading will be around 36C
No, it's already 3.05pm.
2pm was 33.8C. The 1400Z (3pm) synops have three above 34C: Heathrow 34.6 and Northolt and St James's Park both 34.1.
Nudged up again here, 32.2C the new high at Blackbushe.
No, it's 3pm (1400 UTC).
Ah :(
Not much time left then for this to get past 36C
I don't think so. Its just over 34 here. I can't see it being 2c hotter 5-6 miles away. I think we'll do well to hit 36 today. 35+ very much on the cards though
Marco Petagna getting the heat ramp out on Twitter for tomorrow:"The thundery #weather needs top priority, but tomorrow's #temperatures will want watching...37C our headline high but with 850-1000 hpa thicknesses >143dm (wow!) 38C can't be ruled out SE England...if #cloud and/or #thunderstorms don't get in way"https://twitter.com/Petagna/status/1292812994804617219
I wonder if there's a chance the Met might update to 38C, seeing as they like to overdo it
Ah :(Not much time left then for this to get past 36C
There is still time actually and it probably has already exceeded 35C at Heathrow. The temperature is sensitive to the wind direction (it drops when the wind becomes more NNE). It does need the wind to be mostly/consistently SSE in order to go much higher.
In a humid airmass, late maxima are common, so 36 is still possible although I’d say it’s unlikely. But with our weather as it is these days, nothing can be ruled out!
Would be interesting to see what the long term 'average time' for daily maxima to be reached at this time of year for London. At a rough guess I'd say about 4 o clockish?
Edit, what a badly composed sentence.