UK to bake in 33C amid extreme heat warning

[Babylon]

4 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Christ. Never seen wildfires like that before in the UK. Hope it causes a few of the "pfftt, it won't be that hot, it was hotter in 1976, bunch of snowflakes" types to actually sit up and take notice. Sadly forests and grasslands blazing out of control in the heat is going to become a regular occurrence.

I’m not built for this, I’m moving to Lapland. 

[Wymsey]

3 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I’m not built for this, I’m moving to Lapland. 

Good luck in finding some ice there nowadays..

[SpacedX]

5 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I’m not built for this, I’m moving to Lapland. 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/15/climate-crisis-sends-temperatures-soaring-in-lapland

[Free Falling Foxes]

57 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Can't wait for this rain later. Hopefully it does actually arrive... 

 

And looking forward to a more comfortable night sleep if those are the temps... 

But over on the BBC......

 

Edited 19 July 2022 by Free Falling Foxes

[Foxdiamond]

Anybody that thinks these extreme temperatures are not a problem is potty. If they were in isolation it would be OK but it is obviously part of a pattern 

[StanSP]

47 minutes ago, Trumpet said:

Don’t think it’s going to happen. Hope I’m wrong but a front is passing over now and there’s nothing from it. I think it’s so hot that the rains not making it to ground level. 

 

1 minute ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

But over on the BBC......

 

Don't kill my hope

 

[Babylon]

3 minutes ago, Line-X said:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/15/climate-crisis-sends-temperatures-soaring-in-lapland

Low teens rising to 20’s on  the odd occasion… like Jimmy Saville, I’m happy with that.

[Parafox]

Our local Asda store has cleared all its fresh salad, soft fruit, chilled cabinets and freezers of EVERTYHING. There's a notice saying something along the lines of 'due to the current high temperatures and to avoid food waste, our fridges and freezers have been temporarily closed'. WTF?

Edited 19 July 2022 by Parafox

[lgfualol]

Scary, scary times - a real warning about the future. 

[Babylon]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

Our local Asda store has cleared all its fresh salad, chilled cabinets and freezers of EVERTYHING. There's a notice saying something along the lines of 'due to the current high temperatures and to avoid food waste, our fridges and freezers have been temporarily closed'. WTF?

Not sure why they are bothered. Since brexit food waste is off the scale In supermarkets.

[Super_horns]

Rain on the way :

 

Via the BBC.

 

Rain begins heading in from the west

After the blistering heat, we're starting to see a notable drop off in temperatures for some, following a cold front sweeping in from the west.

 

Tonight, a band of heavy, showery rain will progress eastwards across Britain, falling as thundery showers in places.

It's still set to be a tropical night in some places, but will feel slightly fresher than last night for many.

[Trumpet]

2 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Rain on the way :

 

Via the BBC.

 

Rain begins heading in from the west

After the blistering heat, we're starting to see a notable drop off in temperatures for some, following a cold front sweeping in from the west.

 

Tonight, a band of heavy, showery rain will progress eastwards across Britain, falling as thundery showers in places.

It's still set to be a tropical night in some places, but will feel slightly fresher than last night for many.

There’s rain in the air, it’s just not reaching the ground. We’ve had showers and a front move over and we’ve not had a single drop. Really hoping for a substantial storm over the next few hours.

 

 

 

[Jattdogg]

Insane over here today in ontario. I live in milton but even where i grew up (Hamilton) after leaving Leicester is insanely hot. Thank god for the AC. Been inside all day and having a cuppa now

 

Edited 19 July 2022 by Jattdogg

[Zear0]

13 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Our local Asda store has cleared all its fresh salad, soft fruit, chilled cabinets and freezers of EVERTYHING. There's a notice saying something along the lines of 'due to the current high temperatures and to avoid food waste, our fridges and freezers have been temporarily closed'. WTF?

Same at Tesco Boggy Leys. Everything chilled in the bin. 

[adam1]

How hot has it been in the rest of the shire today?

 

Walked into my garden with my meat thermometer and it was going north of 40c.

 

Went to the co op and my car thermometer said it was 41.5c

[Vlad the Fox]

2 minutes ago, adam1 said:

How hot has it been in the rest of the shire today?

 

Walked into my garden with my meat thermometer and it was going north of 40c.

 

Went to the co op and my car thermometer said it was 41.5c

My car hit 40c. 43c sat in the sun but once we’d been driving a few miles dropped and stuck at 40c.
 

Replaced the toilet pan connector, was that hot and sweating that much that when I stood up the sweat was running down my leg, thought I was pisssing myself for a second  Then leant back on the towel rail and it was warm, had to go and check the heating wasn’t on. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

We've got a temporary pool in our garden, 75 cm deep.  Water in it earlier this evening was warmer than any pool I've been in in Spain,  Greece wherever. Did feel a bit mad. 

 

I can see no downside to the hot weather apart from a lot of things being on fire, surely a small price to pay for it feeling like a holiday you went on that was actually slightly spoiled by it being too hot 

 

[Foxdiamond]

1 minute ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

We've got a temporary pool in our garden, 75 cm deep.  Water in it earlier this evening was warmer than any pool I've been in in Spain,  Greece wherever. Did feel a bit mad. 

 

I can see no downside to the hot weather apart from a lot of things being on fire, surely a small price to pay for it feeling like a holiday you went on that was actually slightly spoiled by it being too hot 

 

This is a joke I assume

[Parafox]

14 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Same at Tesco Boggy Leys. Everything chilled in the bin. 

I'm not sure it's in the bin but hopefully they have some backroom chilled/frozen storage

[Parafox]

17 minutes ago, Trumpet said:

There’s rain in the air, it’s just not reaching the ground. We’ve had showers and a front move over and we’ve not had a single drop. Really hoping for a substantial storm over the next few hours.

 

 

 

Mrs P was watering her crops down the allotment an hour ago. She felt a few heavy drops of rain then nothing

[Parafox]

8 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

My car hit 40c. 43c sat in the sun but once we’d been driving a few miles dropped and stuck at 40c.
 

Replaced the toilet pan connector, was that hot and sweating that much that when I stood up the sweat was running down my leg, thought I was pisssing myself for a second  Then leant back on the towel rail and it was warm, had to go and check the heating wasn’t on. 

I put on a pair of clean undies this morning and they were warm out of the draw. Putting tomorrows change in the fridge tonight.

[StanSP]

33 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Our local Asda store has cleared all its fresh salad, soft fruit, chilled cabinets and freezers of EVERTYHING. There's a notice saying something along the lines of 'due to the current high temperatures and to avoid food waste, our fridges and freezers have been temporarily closed'. WTF?

Guessing it's something to do with the machines perhaps malfunctioning due to the heat? As in their generators overheating? 

 

I have no idea. 

[FoxesDeb]

55 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Christ. Never seen wildfires like that before in the UK. Hope it causes a few of the "pfftt, it won't be that hot, it was hotter in 1976, bunch of snowflakes" types to actually sit up and take notice. Sadly forests and grasslands blazing out of control in the heat is going to become a regular occurrence.

I just came in to say similar, it's rubbish for those directly affected obviously, but maybe this will be the wake up call that some people need.

[Bellend Sebastian]

12 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

This is a joke I assume

Well one person laughed, that's fairly typical

[Parafox]

12 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

We've got a temporary pool in our garden, 75 cm deep.  Water in it earlier this evening was warmer than any pool I've been in in Spain,  Greece wherever. Did feel a bit mad. 

 

I can see no downside to the hot weather apart from a lot of things being on fire, surely a small price to pay for it feeling like a holiday you went on that was actually slightly spoiled by it being too hot or your grandma. elderly dog, cat, rabbit dying.

 

 

9 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

This is a joke I assume

I was about to say the same. I've added an end to the post.