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saxtemp
26 July 2026 09:43:17
GEFS has 8/30 going for 38 on wednesday, and 15/30 going for 37c. Pretty consistent by GEFS standards, no crazy 43c runs either.
Jiries
26 July 2026 10:48:32

GEFS has 8/30 going for 38 on wednesday, and 15/30 going for 37c. Pretty consistent by GEFS standards, no crazy 43c runs either.

Originally Posted by: saxtemp 

They are very correct as if France are in the high 30s to lows 40C hugging to the north coast and we usually take out 3C from them so that seem right to get 37-38C in London while here 35C.   

The Beast from the East
26 July 2026 11:31:52
at least its not just cold spells that go pete tong!

Though still hot for us here in the SE.   And a secon bite in early august, a lot depends on that developing low.  Could act a heat pump but potentially very wet for Ireland, north west england and scotland


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Ally Pally Snowman
26 July 2026 11:51:34

In the SE, yeah. Here - mid 20s. Might scrape a 27 on Weds

Originally Posted by: Matty H 

You'll hit 30c Wednesday easily I should think


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picturesareme
26 July 2026 12:29:28
Already pushing for 27C today and it's only 1:30pm
Bertwhistle
26 July 2026 13:20:52
A look at the GFS ENS 850s chart shows why #4 is likley to be a one hit wonder as far as extremes are concerned- not that heatwave criteria won't be met, mind. I find myself already glancing at the up-bump in the first few days of August- beyond which the Ps are looking chaotic leaving the mean meaninglessly hugging the LTA (black line).
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Rob K
26 July 2026 13:43:44
 Looks like a near miss this time around although Wednesday still looking hot. And we did scrape a 29th 30C yesterday (just!)


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Retron
26 July 2026 13:56:46

Looks like a near miss this time around although Wednesday still looking hot. And we did scrape a 29th 30C yesterday (just!)

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

GFS has 31/37/30 here for Tuesday to Thursday, and if it can get into the 30s here (which is likely IMO) then I'm sure areas further inland will be able to too... which should add another three to the tally (out of six required to beat 95). Indeed, with barely any rain from the front across the south today - only a few areas reached the giddy heights of 1mm - it will be even warmer than first thought. (GFS only backed down on the rain here yesterday lunchtime, before then it was confidently showing 2-4mm). 


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fairweather
26 July 2026 15:26:05
Shows where we're at these days. This cooler day between heatwaves was 26.6C !
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Rob K
26 July 2026 16:21:38
It was a different world up north with gale force winds and light rain for my MTB race in Yorkshire. More light rain this morning as we were packing up. 
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Brian Gaze
26 July 2026 16:34:39
GEFS 06Z has 68% ≥ 35C on Wednesday. Next o nothing before or after.

GEFS 06Z Sun 26 JUL 2026 - London

% of members with Max temperatures C ≥ 35

Valid (GMT)%
26/07 12:000
27/07 12:000
28/07 12:000
29/07 12:0068
30/07 12:003
31/07 12:000
01/08 12:000
02/08 12:000
03/08 12:000
04/08 12:000
05/08 12:000
06/08 12:000
07/08 12:000
08/08 12:000
09/08 12:000
10/08 12:000

theweatheroutlook.com GEFS data tables


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Jiries
26 July 2026 17:58:27

Shows where we're at these days. This cooler day between heatwaves was 26.6C !

Originally Posted by: fairweather 

Today also the coolest day at 24.8C which felt cool at those temperatures even the conservatory dropped to cool 37.1c today after many days in the 39-41C range with the latest average now 39.7C for July.  Expecting to see low to mid 30's on Wed before it cool down to mid 20's.  Some hints of warming up again on the 12z ensembles.  

I think many posters lost interest with this interesting hot spell coming up due to not showing 40C or so on the charts which should reduce their high expectations that average heatwave is 32-34C should be exciting for UK.  The last 3 heatwaves saw many posts but this time very little shown.

What causing all this cold and wet weather further nortn as past good summers the north was joined with it but this year had been fully excluded.  I wonder what the outcome if the split did not exist then UK would be experiencing very high temps all the time.

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26 July 2026 18:18:32
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Rob K
26 July 2026 18:30:29
Today’s “coolest day of the month” ended up reaching 28.0C. So it looks odds on that the lowest nationwide max of the month will be 26.6C. 
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tierradelfuego
26 July 2026 19:21:51

Today’s “coolest day of the month” ended up reaching 28.0C. So it looks odds on that the lowest nationwide max of the month will be 26.6C. 

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

To think that the 2018 scorchio July here had a daily average high of 26.5c, what a cool month that was in comparison.


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idj20
26 July 2026 22:16:16
Today's temperature peaked at 27.8 C at 5.30 pm after the weak cold front passed over, thought cold fronts were supposed to introduce cooler air. 🤣 It may be where fresh onshore SW breeze was replaced by warmer air from inland as wind veered to as lighter westerly breeze, I noticed how it suddenly came over all warm and humid in mid-afternoon after having been relatively fresh and overcast in morning.
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Jiries
27 July 2026 05:49:12

Today's temperature peaked at 27.8 C at 5.30 pm after the weak cold front passed over, thought cold fronts were supposed to introduce cooler air. 🤣 It may be where fresh onshore SW breeze was replaced by warmer air from inland as wind veered to as lighter westerly breeze, I noticed how it suddenly came over all warm and humid in mid-afternoon after having been relatively fresh and overcast in morning.

Originally Posted by: idj20 

I think the dry ground and high soil temperatures kept this high.  Mine was cool 24.8C yesterday which was 4C higher than inaccurate app at 21C. Today expect to reach 28C, 31 to 32 tomorrow to mid 30s Wednesday.

Does anyone know better weather app for Apple? It been very poor with very low maxes for here, Nicosia and Death Valley? Samsung was great on my old phone.

Matty H
27 July 2026 05:59:32
I haven’t looked at any of the models yet as I’m just heading out the door, but all of my weather apps are now showing what appears to be a second burst of heat into the weekend 
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Retron
27 July 2026 06:11:16
Another day closer, another 4 runs where the GFS op has had mid 30s here for Wednesday. The MetO raw is now up to 33C, and I suspect 33 or 34 is where we'll end up... 
Leysdown, north Kent
Jiries
27 July 2026 06:52:14

Another day closer, another 4 runs where the GFS op has had mid 30s here for Wednesday. The MetO raw is now up to 33C, and I suspect 33 or 34 is where we'll end up... 

Originally Posted by: Retron 

GFS had been solid and very realistic outcome with 00z ensembles still showing 16-17c uppers.  If you get 34-35c by the coast then London likely to be 37-38C and midlands 34-35C.  

Rob K
27 July 2026 12:48:25

I haven’t looked at any of the models yet as I’m just heading out the door, but all of my weather apps are now showing what appears to be a second burst of heat into the weekend 

Originally Posted by: Matty H 

Not too much sign of that on the GEFS. Mean 850s holding steady around 10C for the weekend. The op run has another brief excursion into the high teens on the 5th-6th but generally it's looking, dare I say it, a bit average from Friday onwards now. Rain spikes are also starting to gather from the 3rd, even in London. I wonder if this thread might be a bit redundant after Wednesday?

AIFS ensembles do have more of a peak up to 13-14C early next week though.


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27 July 2026 12:56:37
Last night on BBC news weather, they were giving max of 32c for far south east today, Monday. I couldn't see any of the models going that high. This morning they gave 28c that's a big difference, I wonder where they got 32c from. I've managed to postpone some outdoor work until Friday thankfully which otherwise would have been midweek.
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Ally Pally Snowman
27 July 2026 13:04:11

Last night on BBC news weather, they were giving max of 32c for far south east today, Monday. I couldn't see any of the models going that high. This morning they gave 28c that's a big difference, I wonder where they got 32c from. I've managed to postpone some outdoor work until Friday thankfully which otherwise would have been midweek.

Originally Posted by: BYF1 

Randomly ECM 12z had 32c,  I think it was an error as it didn't seem right. The BBC use ecm data. Shows how shiit they are that they actually put  it in a forecast. Shocking.

Here's the ECM 12z chart from yesterday.  An obvious error .

https://wetterzentrale.de/en/topkarten.php?map=20&model=ecm&var=17&run=12&time=30&lid=OP&h=0&mv=0&tr=3#mapref 


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