It's all very exciting, but there's a danger of getting too many threads so that no-one can find anything. I agree that today's weather is likely to spawn an extraordinary number of posts so useful to have them all in one thread. May O recommend the following protocol:
Historic Heat watch - actual reports from anywhere of temps today 25th July
High temp reports - suspended for now, will re-open tomorrow
Potential record breaker - speculation as to where things will happen next
Current conditions - actual reports from where you are now unless meriting a post in Historic heat Watch
Convection thread - reports of storms and their development
Model output thread - developments over the next few days
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