Another heatwave due?

[ladybird69]

Does anyone know whether we're getting another heatwave after this rain? A friend has said that we're having mega hot weather until September after this spell of wet weather.

I hear you mint. It is truly fucking shite up here

Thanks kitten, warm is nice just not heat wave warm. The dm reported a killer heat wave end of July I know they speculate but I thought I'd check with kitten

Rain here today finally.
Some forecasts saying back to quite warm
again next week? Probably too
early to be sure. I'm looking at the SE. 25/26? So not killer heatwave but warm again and there's been a real trend for forecasters undercooking the temperatures so I dress all wrong and it ends up being scorching.

Accuweather saying 27 for Monday, so that will make the office at least 32
BBC saying 20
Alas BBC have been wrong all summer
I suppose looking forward to autumn is a new experience at least

Trying to see a positive to this....! Spoken with a couple of neighbors since last post, we are all losing our minds, but people who've lived here even longer than I have are confirming it's never been this bad in here before.

I'm about to give up even checking the BBC. They are so far out it's ridiculous. I went to Majorca recently and they insisted it would be cloudy for 2 days, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. They didn't even update it.
They tend to get the temps wrong by at least 4/5 degrees which is hugely significant. I don't know why they bother!

Delatron, I've found Accuweather wildly wrong too but that was about a year ago, started checking again in recent heatwave and they've been more accurate.

Then in winter Wunderground was totally wrong....xcweather seems to hedge bets...but at the moment I like to know whether I need to get the stepladder out and cover all the glass, it doesn't matter so much at other times because I can just chuck an extra layer in my bag. But if I cover the windows before leaving for work it helps by about two degrees which matters in the sweatbox I live in!

Slimthistime, yes accuweather are ok, they do like to constantly forecast 'a possible t-storm' though that never happens! I cross reference about 4 weather sites and still haven't a clue half the time. I just know to add on about 4 degrees to the BBC one!

accuweather are definitely going for hot next week - but to be fair at the moment anything over 22 makes me groan. Yesterday and today have been a relief, though today is going to get "nicer"!!

It does look as though very hot weather is possible mid week next week. I'm not so sure about the early part of the week, I think low to mid 20's on Monday, but potentially reaching 30C by Wednesday.

In the south and midlands. Sorry elsewhere.

Kitten, you mean reaching 30 by Weds 19th?

buggeration. Another week where I can't rearrange work at home days.

d'argh! send it to Scotland. We will welcome it with our woolly sleeved arms.

gfs is backing down a bit from the 31c it forecast to around 26/27C. Will have to see how it settles down.

What we can't argue is that the south east at least is having a good summer.
I wish I could blow it up to Scotland for you lovely people though.

Dd is getting married on the 5th Aug so I'm watching this thread very carefully!

We are in the South, so I hope it is a lovely warm day, but not scorching.

Today has been a lot better than forecast here.

I'm off Thursday Friday next week for a jolly to the coast so hoping it's reasonable.

Have to say, looking at temps across Europe, they are much warmer than I remember them being at this point over the past few years. Not sure how accurate my perception is.

everyone's saying it's going to be a super hot summer in a few weeks.

I feel like it's always vaguely warmer these days, I remember really cold winters and wet springs when I was younger, and we don't seem to get those anymore much - but maybe that's memory for you.

lieka, if you have any company recs for air con that can vent out of a really narrow window opening, I'd love to hear them!

"everyone's saying it's going to be a super hot summer in a few weeks" - September is a super busy time at work, can't take time off, so really hope not. That said, sunset will be earlier, so at least the flat will spend a little less time getting roasted.

re vaguely warmer - I don't know. Last May we had frost, I remember because I had to put a bunch of my mother's summer planting into frost bags/plastic cover things.

It's very unusual for me to go to work without a light coat. I haven't used a coat for weeks now. It's kind of weird because I normally keep as much as I can in coat pockets rather than a handbag.

isn't there a pattern that freezing winters often follow very hot summers? (may be totally misremembering something there).

Looks like the forecasts are saying not so hot next week now? 24/25 in the South East.

That's a perfect temperature.

It's cold and wet here this morning, a nice change but I'm dressed in summer clothes and can't be bothered changing

Accuweather continues to say 26 and 27 for my postcode....clearly bbc has it classified as another planet.

I don't mind 27 outside if not for the flat and office.

Ach well, it's mid July, fingers crossed for no more crazy heatwaves at least.

Oh yes, back up to 27 on Tuesday. Looks short lived..

KITTEN have you got any idea of the 12th Aug in Gloucestershire? Will it be hot or torrential rainstorm? Tia

Delatron, Accuweather still saying that but....today is matching up to BBC expectations so I'm hoping that Accuweather is wrong this time.

it's raining and quite fresh outside whereas Accuweather said a higher temp and humidity. Accuweather still convinced that we will be up to 27 by Tuesday here though.....I'm not sure how often these models get updated.

Yes lots of rain in London (not forecasted) and cooler than forecast... Who knows what next week will bring!