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Will the heatwave from southern Europe come here?

127 replies

AutisticLegoLover · 15/07/2023 19:21

@youbadbadkitten ant idea?? Worried here and you are the weather oracle.

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VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 15/07/2023 22:35

I fucking hope not. Our tarmac melts at nearing 30.
the wildlife will be decimated. Our insects literally desiccated last year like coconut, what a way to go.

gingercat02 · 15/07/2023 22:43

For anyone worried about food prices, now is not the time for cool wet weather. It's harvest for grains in particular. They don't wait for the right weather!

MetaverseMavis · 15/07/2023 22:45

I'm done with British weather, planning an overseas retirement

AutisticLegoLover · 15/07/2023 22:46

I hope not either. My elderly mum struggles with anything above 23 and swells up like a balloon. My asthma kicks off at about the same. I'm ok if I don't have to go anywhere or do much but otherwise my chest starts to clamp up. This year I've tolerated high 20s better than last year but please god no. This rain and cold and wind is pretty miserable though. 22 degrees max and sunny with a few small clouds would suit me fine all summer. I'm not built for the heat. I'm a summer of '76 baby and have never liked it hot. I hate being sticky and sweaty and red faced. I'm a blondish redhead and that's not suited to blazing sun and high temperatures at all.

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tillyandmilly · 15/07/2023 22:49

Please god no - we don't want those temperatures!!

tillyandmilly · 15/07/2023 22:51

Yay!!😝👍

User9753224 · 15/07/2023 23:03

MetaverseMavis · 15/07/2023 22:45

I'm done with British weather, planning an overseas retirement

Where are you thinking of going?

Askil · 15/07/2023 23:04

Praying that kind of weather doesn't come here. I like the warmth we have coupled with rain and then some sunshine again, not the deathly heat they're having in Europe where everything is burning up the air is thick, you can't breathe and cannot think straight.

DrCoconut · 15/07/2023 23:04

We need a midway point really. Not into the 40s but better than the teens. I'd settle for 25 in the day for the rest of July and August. And no rain for a while. It's been almost non stop for days. Today felt more like autumn or winter. I want decent weather for our holiday at the end of the month.

toomuchlaundry · 15/07/2023 23:11

Maybe some of the posters who want the heatwave have a few elderly relatives they are fed up with

RampantIvy · 15/07/2023 23:25

And the ones who want the torrential rain to continue don't eat.

sleepyscientist · 15/07/2023 23:36

It's the wildlife I feel sorry for if we get a nice summer

toochesterdraws · 15/07/2023 23:39

ForeverFriendsAndPierrot · 15/07/2023 20:17

Severity?

A hotter than average summer

It's a bit more serious than than a hotter than average summer. Did you not see the news the other day about global temperatures? The hottest global temperatures on record ever, for three days in a row this July, and the UN says that 'climate change is out of control'.

Fizbosshoes · 15/07/2023 23:44

RampantIvy · 15/07/2023 20:28

It's a pity they can't send some of the heat over here - say reduce the temperatures there by 10 degrees and increase ours by 10 degrees. We have had as low as 13 degrees and torrential rain today. I got so wet that I had to buy new socks.

Yes this is what I would hope for. It was 20° when I went out this morning (OK if a little cool for this time of year) ....and a few hours later pelting down with rain, blowing a gale and 16°.

I wouldn't wish 40° temperatures on anyone although I realise they might be standard in some areas. (It was about 38-39° almost every day when we went to Greece in 2003)

toomuchlaundry · 15/07/2023 23:51

There’s a difference in wanting the rain to stop and wanting a heatwave, I would like the sun but not the heat that some parts of Europe are suffering at the moment

toochesterdraws · 15/07/2023 23:56

RampantIvy · 15/07/2023 23:25

And the ones who want the torrential rain to continue don't eat.

Still, at least we won't have hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland, cereal crops, woodland and heathland on fire, eh? We won't have elderly & infirm people dying from heat exhaustion. We won't have a blistering drought, when the streams and aquifers run dry and the farmers can't water their crops which shrivel up in the fields. We won't have ponds, lakes and reservoirs drying up and millions of fish and invertebrates dying.

And if the planet gets hot enough to melt the polar ice shelves any more than they are already, the gulf stream will be diverted south and the UK will get Siberian winters as well as Saharan summers, tropical storms, devastating floods and unstoppable coastal erosion.

The British Isles are supposed to have a temperate maritime climate. All our trees, wildlife, the crops we grow, our infrastructure of roads and rail, housing, offices and factories, gardens, everything is based on that type of climate. We are not geared up for even minor climate change. It is a catastrophe waiting to happen and still people go "Yay!! Bring it on!!". Twits.

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 16/07/2023 06:53

toochesterdraws · 15/07/2023 20:16

I'm not quite sure you understand the severity of the situation.
Confused

I live in Scotland, I'd like to wear shorts for at least ten minutes.

Istanbulnotconstantinople72 · 16/07/2023 07:04

Christ, it's no wonder we're not doing enough about climate change. Are people really that thick and self-absorbed? 'Oooh I'd love to wear shorts and have a nice, warm summer'. Not as those temperatures you won't! Temperatures that high kill people and animals and cause huge forest fires. Is that worth you being able to wear shorts?

rwalker · 16/07/2023 07:09

I think people are confused between being hot and extreme heat
being hot is nice
extreme heat dangerous
I worked near Bolton where they had the wild fires the other year it was terrifying

Daisyhillsareblooming · 16/07/2023 07:12

My teenagers are going to Rome with my ex husband today , holiday has been planned for well over a year and I am extremely worried about this . If it was me I would cancel. They think I am nagging them about staying out of the sun but they are totally oblivious to how hot it is there .

blobby10 · 16/07/2023 07:12

Met office said yesterday that ‘we’ are not expecting any further heatwaves for July and august ! However they don’t seem to be able to forecast the weather today sometimes so who knows!

WandaWonder · 16/07/2023 07:19

toochesterdraws · 15/07/2023 20:16

I'm not quite sure you understand the severity of the situation.
Confused

Well people live with heat like fairly regularly

orangeleavesinautumn · 16/07/2023 07:21

Daisyhillsareblooming · 16/07/2023 07:12

My teenagers are going to Rome with my ex husband today , holiday has been planned for well over a year and I am extremely worried about this . If it was me I would cancel. They think I am nagging them about staying out of the sun but they are totally oblivious to how hot it is there .

are you sure they are going? Lots of flights and package deals have been cancelled for safety reasons

orangeleavesinautumn · 16/07/2023 07:21

WandaWonder · 16/07/2023 07:19

Well people live with heat like fairly regularly

not heat like this, not in europe they dont

BillyNoM8s · 16/07/2023 07:29

orangeleavesinautumn · 16/07/2023 07:21

are you sure they are going? Lots of flights and package deals have been cancelled for safety reasons

Have they? I know there's been cancellations due to strikes.

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