Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:21 pm
Either harden up or buy an AC unit. The choice is obvious.
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Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:25 pm
Humidity has come back with a vengeance although temperatures are still lower than they have been. Sky's been completely grey for a little while now, hoping that means some more rain soon to clear the air a bit.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:24 pm
Just started lashing rain here! 
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:32 pm
Constant rumbling of thunder here, storms springing up rapidly here, there and everywhere. Still 28 °C and humid though after the rain cleared
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:38 pm
AC in a country that get's a bit uncomfortable for 5 days of the year?Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:21 pm Either harden up or buy an AC unit. The choice is obvious.
Might as well rent a refrigeration truck and set up a couch and telly in the back.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:50 pm
Five minutes of rain here, slightly cooler now.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:56 pm
Some good thunder and plenty of surface water running along the sides of the roads. Rain has passed already, but the outside air temperature has dropped nicely.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:59 pm
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:06 pm
It's cleared up and surface water is already gone, but definitely a bit cooler. Think the clouds went south, so hard luck!
Still fairly warm inside. Probably needs a whole evening a blowing cool air through the flat, rather than just the 10/15 minutes of the storm.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:04 pm
To my north and west, less than 10 miles, rainfall recorders logged over 30mm rainfall in half an hour, here: only 3 mm. A pleasant 23 °C now and house noticeably cooling 
That lot's over Surrey now.
That lot's over Surrey now.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:27 pm
Was cloudy all morning, raining since lunchtime and yet it certainly seems far warmer today.
Sprayed my cucumbers for mildew this am, bit of a waste of time really.
Blight weather.
Sprayed my cucumbers for mildew this am, bit of a waste of time really.
Blight weather.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:40 am
Had my best sleep in what felt like ages last night. Overcast and pleasant now. Don't mind the lack of sun for the moment, had plenty over the last few weeks.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:31 am
Finally, it's umbrella time 
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:32 am
It’s like Atlantis here at the moment.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:52 am
Thanks Patrick Duffy.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:01 pm
7 pages of whinging and counting.average joe wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:38 pmAC in a country that get's a bit uncomfortable for 5 days of the year?Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:21 pm Either harden up or buy an AC unit. The choice is obvious.
Might as well rent a refrigeration truck and set up a couch and telly in the back.
It would be a better use of funds than putting it up your nose.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:03 pm
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:52 pm
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:59 pm
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:04 pm
TBF that is bloody hot.
I'm just not sure why you'd complain, rather than put a 400 quid wall mounted AC unit up. Or even better, have a tradesman do it for you.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:15 pm
In my case I'd need a complete rewiring of all the house electrics first, it's flaky enough as it is. 100 year old+ homes suck sometimes.Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:04 pmTBF that is bloody hot.
I'm just not sure why you'd complain, rather than put a 400 quid wall mounted AC unit up. Or even better, have a tradesman do it for you.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:37 am
Down to minus 2 here tonight but down in Hareaway territory they are getting minus 8s. Beaut days though.
We'd take a few of those degree thingies if you have any spare ones still
We'd take a few of those degree thingies if you have any spare ones still
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:10 am
All you whinging pussies have tempted the weather gods and Autumn is here already.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:53 am
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:54 am
Incredibly dreary, but it's dry and a not too unpleasant day that's a bit of relief from baking.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:03 pm
Overcast and cool.
It’s such a lovely change.
It’s such a lovely change.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:07 pm
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:44 pm
Fucking pissing down... 
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:45 pm
Did a 20k walk this morning, had coffee at the top of a bronze age hill fort, misty but lovely
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:49 pm
Shit. Think I’ve become British ...
I’d rather moan about the weather and enjoy the inevitable Aussie reaction, than invest in air con.
I’d rather moan about the weather and enjoy the inevitable Aussie reaction, than invest in air con.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:05 pm
I think that's it for summer looking at the forecast. Been overcast for 3 days now with no rain. Was hoping for a bit more sun for my tomatoes.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:10 pm
We've had some fairly Summer-y Septembers and Octobers in recent years. High teens/low twenties, plenty of sun and little enough rain that my dad is constantly moaning about having to water his garden.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:25 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:07 pm?
Its 20 degrees and overcast where I am.
Perfect.
Hard to believe that a mere 2 days ago I was sweating my bollocks even while sat still.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:41 pm
True, I've just got back from a week canoeing and sh*t on rivers and the only relief was when we were actually swimming in the river. All other times it was various stages of dehydration and sun stroke.
Thank God for Britain's unpredictable weather. The p*ssing rain at the beach today was most welcome, yes indeed.
Thank God for Britain's unpredictable weather. The p*ssing rain at the beach today was most welcome, yes indeed.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 4:34 am
Just finished a shift in Reading East and I've never known it so humid. From the start to the finish of the shift the sweat was pouring off me like a waterfall, at one point I was genuinely worried I had some disease until I saw everyone was sweating just as much. Never been so glad to end a shift.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:03 am
Well, there goes summer...
Fucking Stormforce car cover is nowhere to be seen even after extra straps on it yesterday...
Fucking Stormforce car cover is nowhere to be seen even after extra straps on it yesterday...
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:10 am
I've been in the Lake District all week and had the mother of storms last night and the rain lashing down all morning.
Has been mid 20s all week, some great walks around Windermere and Conniston.
It was so warm last Saturday that I was swimming in Conniston just to cool down.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:10 am
We had days and days of pissy drizzle over the thurs/fri/sat/sun last week.sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:07 pm?
Its 20 degrees and overcast where I am.
Perfect.
Hard to believe that a mere 2 days ago I was sweating my bollocks even while sat still.
That damp, I was mopping water off the damp patch around the fireplace.
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:52 pm
Looks like a November storm today with huge winds and driving rain. I WANT TO SWEAT MY BOLLOCKS AGAIN!! 
Re: UK is melting
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:02 pm