And I think I can just about use the word 'heatwave' without
seeming over-dramatic.

With all the talk of musical genres, Red Dwarf and the posting
of Michael Jackson videos, it's about time somebody actually
mentioned this!

Looks like lasting at least a week, then possibly cooling off
a little. And everybody should get to join in!

The only annoying thing about it is that I've been on holiday
for the past two weeks and the weather waita until the final
Friday before really turning up trumps
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

On 03/07/2013 11:52, Col wrote:
And I think I can just about use the word 'heatwave' without
seeming over-dramatic.

Hurrah! It finally got a mention - I know I could have mentioned it but
I didn't have anything to add other than 'Oooh it's going to get warm!'



--
Wendy Tinley
SE Sheffield
4 miles west of junction 30 M1

On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 11:52:46 UTC+1, Col wrote:
And I think I can just about use the word 'heatwave' without
seeming over-dramatic.

Looks like a potential snorter of a spell. I guess we're now entering climatologically the warmest 6-8 weeks or so, so it's timed well for some proper heat.

Richard

"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 11:52:46 UTC+1, Col wrote:
And I think I can just about use the word 'heatwave' without
seeming over-dramatic.

Looks like a potential snorter of a spell. I guess we're now entering
climatologically the warmest 6-8 weeks or so, so it's timed well for some
proper heat.

Yes, the absolute peak is late July/early August so I believe.
That's when the very highest temperatures seem to be recorded anyway.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 13:59:33 UTC+1, Col wrote:

Yes, the absolute peak is late July/early August so I believe.
That's when the very highest temperatures seem to be recorded anyway.

And in case you wanted a view on how non-chaotic (both in the descriptive and mathematical senses) the forecast looks, the various ensemble clusters in the GFS are remarkably similar:

http://goo.gl/rYTZD

Richard

On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 13:59:33 UTC+1, Col wrote:

Yes, the absolute peak is late July/early August so I believe. That's when the very highest temperatures seem to be recorded anyway.

-- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl Snow videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

The average hottest-day-of-the-year here (1984-2012) is July 19. It actually fell on that day in 2006. I was rather surprised to find that the hottest day of the year is almost uniformly distributed between June (9 cases), July (10) and August (9) with one in September. Earliest was June 7 (1996) and the latest September 1 (1991).

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 11:52:46 AM UTC+1, Col wrote:
And I think I can just about use the word 'heatwave' without

seeming over-dramatic.



With all the talk of musical genres, Red Dwarf and the posting

of Michael Jackson videos, it's about time somebody actually

mentioned this!



Looks like lasting at least a week, then possibly cooling off

a little. And everybody should get to join in!



The only annoying thing about it is that I've been on holiday

for the past two weeks and the weather waita until the final

Friday before really turning up trumps

--

Col



Bolton, Lancashire

160m asl

Snow videos:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

Already have.............

On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:47:52 -0700 (PDT)
Tudor Hughes wrote:

On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 13:59:33 UTC+1, Col wrote:

Yes, the absolute peak is late July/early August so I believe. That's
when the very highest temperatures seem to be recorded anyway.

-- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

The average hottest-day-of-the-year here (1984-2012) is July
19. It actually fell on that day in 2006. I was rather surprised to
find that the hottest day of the year is almost uniformly distributed
between June (9 cases), July (10) and August (9) with one in
September. Earliest was June 7 (1996) and the latest September 1
(1991).


If I remember rightly - and it was 48 years ago I worked on this - 19th
July was also the date I calculated was the time of maximum temperature
in the Arctic and near-Arctic (comprising any station whose normal
temperature fell below 0C). The date was only accurate to +/-5 days as
it had to coincide with the end of of 10-day periods that began on 1st
January; similarly, the minimum temperature occurred on 20th January.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
A lot of care homes use computer games to keep their residents
physically active. That's why old people smell of wii.
[https://twitter.com/BridgetandJoan]

On 2013-08-06 13:38:16 +0000, BK said:

And can we have some classic summer thunderstorms when it does break
down please, Especially some decent nightime imports from France :-)

Rob



How did you manage to post this in Aug 2013, when it is only early July here?

Are you from the future? Please give us a sign…..

The result of the 1st Test against the Aussies will do for a start.

"yttiw" wrote in message
news:2013070409584478845-cuddles@britpostcom...
On 2013-08-06 13:38:16 +0000, BK said:

And can we have some classic summer thunderstorms when it does break down
please, Especially some decent nightime imports from France :-)

Rob



How did you manage to post this in Aug 2013, when it is only early July
here?


And if it's August 6th and we're *still* waiting for it to break down,
it's going to be quite a heatwave
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg