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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2018 10:00:26 GMT
My weather app last night said thunder and lightening all day today. Hmmmm can’t see a cloud in the sky. Ok with this today as it happens but hoping the rain comes later. What weather app is accurate?
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Post by crowblack on Jul 27, 2018 11:17:54 GMT
It was 35 degrees on my coach Oh goody. I've got that tomorrow night. Hoping the weather will have broken by then as forecast.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 11:34:30 GMT
I've been invited to a barbecue this evening and I am keen to attend, but the weather forecast is ALL OVER THE PLACE. The BBC reckons it'll rain all night long, the Met Office reckons it'll be totally dry, Accuweather says it'll mostly be fine but there'll be an hour of thunderstorms right in the middle, and whatever it is that provides results when you type "[town name] weather" into Google agrees with the Met Office. So I've NO idea what to expect, but if I take my waterproofs, then that'll make it *less* likely to rain, right?
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Post by Snciole on Jul 27, 2018 11:50:03 GMT
I am very fortunate that I work and live in buildings with air con but the air con is so expensive at home so we have it on during the day to cool the flat down (it has gone up to 30.5) and then have a fan in our bedroom. I just feel like I am being baked and I neither have the hot bod or clothing to be adequately dressed (my work banned shorts years ago, I turned up in "cropped trousers" I will happily take them off if anyone complains)
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 27, 2018 12:53:29 GMT
I find the Met Office most reliable, though they do seem to overestimate the probability of rain sometimes. Unfortunately their app doesn't offer a countrywide weather map, so (unlike their website) you can't look at the area around you and use the weather to decide which way to head for a day out.
That's actually a problem with most weather apps I've seen. They tell me huge amounts of detail about the weather where I am, but I can see the weather where I am. I want to know about the weather everywhere else.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2018 15:05:15 GMT
I only take note of the weather when Tomasz Schafernaker tells me about it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 27, 2018 16:43:15 GMT
I only take note of the weather when Tomasz Schafernaker tells me about it. Cheeky Tomasz always brightens up the weather report. Ben Rich has generated some areas of high pressure since he grew that beard too...
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 27, 2018 17:41:01 GMT
Finally had thunder & a short downpour. Still very muggy but at least it's feeling a bit cooler.
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2018 19:21:03 GMT
Drove out of London and the temperature dropped by 8 degrees. There's a message in that somewhere.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 27, 2018 19:59:40 GMT
I have goosebumps.🐓☹️
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Post by crowblack on Jul 27, 2018 20:25:55 GMT
It has of course clouded over in time for the eclipse.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 28, 2018 8:46:41 GMT
Thought your reading age was a little higher than that Tibidabo . I felt it necessary to revisit my 'Son of Slappy' after the conversation on the Unpopular Opinion thread.
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Jul 28, 2018 16:21:59 GMT
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Post by kathryn on Jul 28, 2018 16:21:59 GMT
I have just bought a cardigan.
The thing about heatwaves is they make perfectly normal British summer time temperatures suddenly seem freezing! (Ok, so it’s actually a bit below the average here in Manc and very windy - after 26 degrees yesterday 17 is a proper shock!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 16:34:19 GMT
I was both genuinely cold, and nearly blown over by the wind while waiting for a bus earlier! Narrowly missed the downpour while walking the dog, who when asked if she wanted to go out the garden during looked at me as if to say 'Are you having an actual laugh?'
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Post by peggs on Jul 28, 2018 17:08:04 GMT
Have put on trousers and socks for first time in what seems ages to go to theatre tonight, feels quite odd. And yes the top half of me is dressed as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 18:12:12 GMT
It's a damn good job I wear shorts under my frocks, otherwise a LOT of people in Hyde Park would've been treated to a wind-induced look at my granny knickers. Still, DEFINITELY not complaining, any sort of air movement is MOST welcome at this point!
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Jul 28, 2018 22:17:07 GMT
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Post by poster J on Jul 28, 2018 22:17:07 GMT
Just out of the cinema and very glad I have a cardigan and a scarf with me - it's freezing!
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Post by Roxie on Jul 29, 2018 9:38:32 GMT
I hate this heat. I seem to be able to cope with it on holiday as can dress appropriately, have air con, a swimming pool to cool down in etc but here it's horrible. No air con at work SAME!! No air con at work - it’s been hell! They did eventually hire portable a/c units which have made it slightly cooler. I thank my past self every day for buying a car with A/C! I usually have both windows down and a breeze when it’s hot but this has been TOO hot! Even on holiday I struggle with the heat and that’s when I can regularly get in a pool/the sea! It’s now 14C and raining and I’m so happy !!
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Post by crowblack on Jul 29, 2018 17:51:14 GMT
Smells strangely Autumnal with all the damp fallen leaves. Wildlife / vegetation-wise, I hope they do a BBC Heatwavewatch special.
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Post by viserys on Jul 29, 2018 20:00:23 GMT
Well, I'm back from lovely cold windy rainy London where I was freezing because I had packed with only the heatwave in mind. But I welcomed the chance to freeze actually as it's still boiling hot here on the continent.
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Post by lynette on Aug 2, 2018 12:42:00 GMT
Hot again!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 2, 2018 12:47:35 GMT
48c in Spain and Portugal tomorrow.
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Post by lynette on Aug 2, 2018 13:48:19 GMT
48c in Spain and Portugal tomorrow. If we had experienced this kind of temperature we have here this summer, 30+ , in the 1960s the package holiday business would never have got off the ground.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 14:00:31 GMT
48c in Spain and Portugal tomorrow. What's that in old money? I don't work in celsius.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Aug 2, 2018 14:43:27 GMT
48c in Spain and Portugal tomorrow. What's that in old money? I don't work in celsius. 118 fahrenheit. In short, it could kill you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 15:49:22 GMT
What's that in old money? I don't work in celsius. 118 fahrenheit. In short, it could kill you. Oooooh, toasty.
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Post by d'James on Aug 2, 2018 15:53:06 GMT
Has anyone every tried putting their underwear in the freezer. I’m thinking about trying it tomorrow.
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Post by Marwood on Aug 4, 2018 13:51:09 GMT
Going to see King Lear later - wasn't expecting the weather to be anything like this when I booked but I'm hoping that the Duke of York's air conditioning is working seriously properly:I'm hoping I don't have to depend on a splashing from Sir Ian to keep cool...
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Post by lynette on Aug 8, 2018 23:29:27 GMT
Quite chilly today 😂😂😂
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 9, 2018 17:22:57 GMT
I think it's blissful. I wish all summer was like this.
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