On Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:11:21 AM UTC+1, ron button wrote:
Having read Philip Edens excellent piece in the Torygraph this morning about the difficulty of forecasting persistent low cloud over (mostly eastern) Britain, I confess to feeling extremely irritated by the cheerful burblings of our weather masters,who have for the last few days been saying how nice and summery this weekend was gonna be. As the High migrated west on Friday it was obvious to even the most optimistic weather watcher that a chilly northerly was about to set in with its attendant cloud ,so all the poor unfortunates who had been trapped in inside jobs through a steamy week would be very peed off as they huddled under their barbecue canopies trying to pretend it was still summer. For some reason the Met Office must feel responsible for issuing upbeat and cheerful outlooks despite the opposite being likely ,as portrayed in the very British habit of praising our 'brave' sports heroes of 'football 'cricket' and rugby' who normally come second. Come on Met Office ,face facts ,we are British and can take it !! RonB PS Of course, none of this applies to Northerners and those in the south who hate the sun and break out into a muck sweat when temperatures exceed 15C.! .

Wasn't too bad here in the end, Ron - a clearance mid afternoon led to long sunny spells. Looked as if the gloom very gradually cleared earlier the further west you were.

Heathrow 22.2C
Northolt 21.7C
St James Park 21.5C
Wanstead 21C
Gravesend 19.9C
Shoeburyness 18.8C
Langdon Bay 17.4C