Hope everyone enjoys the really glorious weather today. Its great, make the most of it, and remember to stay hydrated (with water).
I'm even drinking a glass of water between my cups of coffee today.
But whatever you're doing, hope you enjoy it. We don't get weather this glorious often enough so make the most of it, and stay hydrated.
Don't worry we'll be getting plenty more of this "glorious" weather. I'll let you know how I get on cycling home for 10km in 40 degree heat, I expect that glorious may not be my preferred choice of adjective.
I hope we do indeed get more of this good weather. 👍
As someone who grew up downunder, so is used to 40C weather, I find the perpetually Moaning Myrtles who are complaining about people going to the beach in this weather, or even suggesting the beaches should be closed, absolutely hilarious.
Yeah, I'm sure Bondi Beach would be utterly deserted every time the weather is this glorious (!) 🤦♂️
People have to pay hundreds or thousands of pounds to travel to enjoy weather this good normally. If you do go out just bring with you plenty of sunscreen and water in a cooler, and enjoy it! Make the most of it.
Average annual max for Bondi Beach is only 27C and it's not like Australians don't whinge like bitches when it hits 40, the very last news thing to happen before covid was a lot of dreary whining from down there about ooh dear me we have set our entire country on fire. Fannies.
Yes, you fool, the max is cooler at Bondi, because beaches have cooler temperatures than city centres. That's part of the point.
Sydney gets 40C temperatures every year normally, but Bondi does not, just as UK beaches today will not either even if some city centres do.
The temperature at UK beaches today ought to be much lower than it is in city centres like London, just as the temperature at Bondi will be cooler than the temperature in Sydney. 🤦♂️
Talking of The Spectator, I recently discovered an even more right wing competitor: The Critic. Absolutely barking mad.
Those who thought the Mussolini trick couldn’t be pulled again ought to have a good look at these propaganda sheets, because fascism is clearly their driving motor.
Check out their "On Drink" column. Written by proven expert.
I sat beside a Finnish medic at a scientific conference in Denmark some years ago. Although most delegates were Scandinavian, all the lectures were in English. She nudged me at one point. "You're English," she said. "Was the speaker's last sentence not poor grammar?"
I had to admit I'd no idea. Afterwards we spoke on that subject for a few moments. She joked about native English speakers being poor linguists. As a Finn, she claimed no non-Finns every lrearned the language, but she had a liking for learning foreign languages. I asked her how many she knew.
"Seventeen," she said."But only eight fluently." She, of course, spoke better English than I did.
The loudest whingers during this heatwave by far seem to be those moaning about weather warnings and how much hotter it was in 1976, back in the good old days when we used Fahrenheit.
Just got back from a few days in the Italian lakes. It was very hot but very agreeable. Nice to get back to the cool of England, though.
Anything much happened whilst I've been away?
Not much. The soaring heights of political rhetoric in the leadership debates; England won some cricket but lost some other cricket; PB has interesting new posters.
I still think it will be Sunak v Mordaunt in the last 2, helped by tactical voting from Sunak to knock out Truss
What makes you so convinced that Sunak would prefer to face Mordaunt rather than Truss? Earlier YouGov polling of Tory members on 12/13 July showed that he was way behind (28% to 67%) in a head to head against Mordaunt, but less so against Truss (35% to 59%).
Its almost as if polls change, who could foresee that?
You were adamant that the "traitor" Sunak had no chance due to prior polls only about a week ago, remember?
He still doesn't against Truss on that survey and is trounced by Badenoch 60% to 34%.
The main reason he leads Mordaunt by 2% is Mordaunt is now seen as too woke and pro trans after heavy media attacks and attacks from rival campaigns. Facing Mordaunt in the last 2 is therefore his best chance of winning the membership vote
You are choosing to disregard the YouGov poll despite the fact that they go to some trouble to ensure that it's a representative sample of Conservative party members, and have a pretty good record when it comes to polling for party leadership contests. The Conservative Home survey you favour is basically a survey biased towards the sort of people who read that website and choose to respond to their surveys, and is not subject to any sample controls as far as I can see.
At the very least you should moderate your views, rather than state them with such absolute certainty, as is your unfortunate habit more generally.
"We have a lot to get done so what I think we need to demonstrate is our hunger to get those things done. And we are facing some really difficult times. In the Equalities Office I’ve got a growing list of legislation, some of which I can’t even be seen to be helping with."
It raises a number of questions. She was the Minister responsible and could push legislation forward and speak up for it. Indeed if it is legislation being promoted by her department she would be expected to push it forward in Parliament and speak for it elsewhere. So why did she say she couldn't "even be seen to be helping with". That does not make sense to me.
And what was this "growing list of legislation"? And who is the "we" she is referring to?
Central LAAAAAAAAndan the hottest at the moment. 34 C by 10:15 !
Nonsense on stilts.
The quality of Wunderground sites is very variable.
Even a vented screen made of painted metal over-reads by a degree or so in full sun. Unless you are using a proper Stevenson screen you need active ventilation (a fan) or correction using wind and solar input.
Plastic or no screen on a sunny wall in the garden and you could easily be 5-10C too high.
1 - Excessive reliance on or use of facts and figures that can be derived using statistical or mathematical procedures. 2 - The inappropriate application of such processes, especially in anthropology and sociology.
quantophrenic is the adjective, and the noun for one who suffers from it
Sociology including psephology.
Qualitative research seems to have gone out of fashion since Tony’s infamous focus groups.
Too dear, or just unreported these days?
Having a research department should surely be a necessity. Being led by focus groups (used properly) didn't do Blair's Labour Party any harm as you say. They seldom seemed out of touch or unlike this lot who often seem to be from a different planet
Hope everyone enjoys the really glorious weather today. Its great, make the most of it, and remember to stay hydrated (with water).
I'm even drinking a glass of water between my cups of coffee today.
But whatever you're doing, hope you enjoy it. We don't get weather this glorious often enough so make the most of it, and stay hydrated.
Don't worry we'll be getting plenty more of this "glorious" weather. I'll let you know how I get on cycling home for 10km in 40 degree heat, I expect that glorious may not be my preferred choice of adjective.
I hope we do indeed get more of this good weather. 👍
As someone who grew up downunder, so is used to 40C weather, I find the perpetually Moaning Myrtles who are complaining about people going to the beach in this weather, or even suggesting the beaches should be closed, absolutely hilarious.
Yeah, I'm sure Bondi Beach would be utterly deserted every time the weather is this glorious (!) 🤦♂️
People have to pay hundreds or thousands of pounds to travel to enjoy weather this good normally. If you do go out just bring with you plenty of sunscreen and water in a cooler, and enjoy it! Make the most of it.
Average annual max for Bondi Beach is only 27C and it's not like Australians don't whinge like bitches when it hits 40, the very last news thing to happen before covid was a lot of dreary whining from down there about ooh dear me we have set our entire country on fire. Fannies.
Yes, you fool, the max is cooler at Bondi, because beaches have cooler temperatures than city centres. That's part of the point.
Sydney gets 40C temperatures every year normally, but Bondi does not, just as UK beaches today will not either even if some city centres do.
The temperature at UK beaches today ought to be much lower than it is in city centres like London, just as the temperature at Bondi will be cooler than the temperature in Sydney. 🤦♂️
Average high BB 27 average high Sydney 26
Averages, at peak temperatures the beach is cooler, as the water provides a moderating influence. People go to the beach to enjoy it and cool down with the water.
Anyway, any time its 40C+ the beach is packed, the only issue in recent years has been people complaining about it being busy when due to Covid they were worried about social distancing.
The idea of Bondi being closed when the weather is hot would be considered rightly insane.
I still think it will be Sunak v Mordaunt in the last 2, helped by tactical voting from Sunak to knock out Truss
What makes you so convinced that Sunak would prefer to face Mordaunt rather than Truss? Earlier YouGov polling of Tory members on 12/13 July showed that he was way behind (28% to 67%) in a head to head against Mordaunt, but less so against Truss (35% to 59%).
Its almost as if polls change, who could foresee that?
You were adamant that the "traitor" Sunak had no chance due to prior polls only about a week ago, remember?
He still doesn't against Truss on that survey and is trounced by Badenoch 60% to 34%.
The main reason he leads Mordaunt by 2% is Mordaunt is now seen as too woke and pro trans after heavy media attacks and attacks from rival campaigns. Facing Mordaunt in the last 2 is therefore his best chance of winning the membership vote
ConHome's panel seem to want the person they've vaguely heard of, but don't know as much about.
That was Mourdant, followed by Badenoch last week, but now Badenoch trounces everyone is they know more about Mourdant.
"We have a lot to get done so what I think we need to demonstrate is our hunger to get those things done. And we are facing some really difficult times. In the Equalities Office I’ve got a growing list of legislation, some of which I can’t even be seen to be helping with."
It raises a number of questions. She was the Minister responsible and could push legislation forward and speak up for it. Indeed if it is legislation being promoted by her department she would be expected to push it forward in Parliament and speak for it elsewhere. So why did she say she couldn't "even be seen to be helping with". That does not make sense to me.
And what was this "growing list of legislation"? And who is the "we" she is referring to?
Also interesting is this from Rachel Reeves, who is the best performer on the Labour front bench.
Central LAAAAAAAAndan the hottest at the moment. 34 C by 10:15 !
Providence Square is showing 36C, but it's only 30C in Westminster and 28C in Bermondsey. There's a lot of local variability, and some high recordings elsewhere including 34C on the edge of Snowdonia, 35C in Accrington, 34C west of Hull
I can see it suits Truss to pull out, but why is Sunak doing so?
Rattled by the attack on covid loan fraud, and thinks he is ahead
Rishi and Liz are pulling out from the debates because they treat junior ministers and non-ministers as equal to holders of the Great Offices of State, and vice versa. In addition, Sunak is in the lead and has most to lose; Truss might have been in the lead but has already lost support.
43ºC here at 13:30, which is probably as high as it’s going to go. I’m still confident I’ll have the PB temperature record of the day.
You mean the lowest indoor temperature, thanks to your aircon?
You should all get air conditioned houses, they’re great!
43ºC outside, 23ºC inside!
Our front room's indoor temperature will be interesting. Just below 22 yesterday, think it'll go above that but it's about as good as you'll find sans aircon.
43ºC here at 13:30, which is probably as high as it’s going to go. I’m still confident I’ll have the PB temperature record of the day.
You mean the lowest indoor temperature, thanks to your aircon?
You should all get air conditioned houses, they’re great!
43ºC outside, 23ºC inside!
Our front room's indoor temperature will be interesting. Just below 22 yesterday, think it'll go above that but it's about as good as you'll find sans aircon.
That’s impressive. Triple-glazed, and with the windows covered from the outside?
43ºC here at 13:30, which is probably as high as it’s going to go. I’m still confident I’ll have the PB temperature record of the day.
You mean the lowest indoor temperature, thanks to your aircon?
You should all get air conditioned houses, they’re great!
43ºC outside, 23ºC inside!
The coldest place on earth is Dubai (or Au Dhabi, Doha etc) in July. With locals pumping their AC full blast it can get freezing indoors...guaranteed to get a chill
"We have a lot to get done so what I think we need to demonstrate is our hunger to get those things done. And we are facing some really difficult times. In the Equalities Office I’ve got a growing list of legislation, some of which I can’t even be seen to be helping with."
It raises a number of questions. She was the Minister responsible and could push legislation forward and speak up for it. Indeed if it is legislation being promoted by her department she would be expected to push it forward in Parliament and speak for it elsewhere. So why did she say she couldn't "even be seen to be helping with". That does not make sense to me.
And what was this "growing list of legislation"? And who is the "we" she is referring to?
Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
One of the candidates should offer to buy the Met Office a brand new supercomputer. Lots of scope for rhetoric about levelling up, beating rival nations, British ingenuity and so on. Some of it will be true and we might even get better weather forecasts.
England head coach Eddie Jones could be in line for an emotional homecoming with sources close to Rugby Australia suggesting that he has emerged as a target after the next World Cup.
Too much time in the sun I think for Rugby Australia.
The loudest whingers during this heatwave by far seem to be those moaning about weather warnings and how much hotter it was in 1976, back in the good old days when we used Fahrenheit.
I don't think that is right. I see lots of rebuttals about that supposedly boomer meme, but not much sign of the meme itself. Rather like all these rabid transphobes who are meant to lurk round every corner, but whose offence turns out to be a very slight bias in favour of women not being raped by men.
My temperature sensor is not great or ideally situated, but it does have a radiation screen and it is some distance from concrete, so it could be a lot worse. It currently reads 20.9C.
Somebody in South Edinburgh is providing data to that website and recorded a temperature of 28.6C 50 minutes ago. I'm closer to the Forth here, so I'd expect to be a bit cooler, but the magnitude of the difference makes me wonder about where their sensor is located.
I guess it gives you an idea of temperature as experienced by people in their back gardens, as opposed to the scientifically most rigorous observations of the large-scale temperature.
43ºC here at 13:30, which is probably as high as it’s going to go. I’m still confident I’ll have the PB temperature record of the day.
You mean the lowest indoor temperature, thanks to your aircon?
You should all get air conditioned houses, they’re great!
43ºC outside, 23ºC inside!
Our front room's indoor temperature will be interesting. Just below 22 yesterday, think it'll go above that but it's about as good as you'll find sans aircon.
That’s impressive. Triple-glazed, and with the windows covered from the outside?
No, double glazed, internal blinds. The windows are sloped and there's a bit of roof overhang tho..
I can see it suits Truss to pull out, but why is Sunak doing so?
Rattled by the attack on covid loan fraud, and thinks he is ahead
Rishi and Liz are pulling out from the debates because they treat junior ministers and non-ministers as equal to holders of the Great Offices of State, and vice versa. In addition, Sunak is in the lead and has most to lose; Truss might have been in the lead but has already lost support.
Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
One of the candidates should offer to buy the Met Office a brand new supercomputer. Lots of scope for rhetoric about levelling up, beating rival nations, British ingenuity and so on. Some of it will be true and we might even get better weather forecasts.
They are already getting one, £1.2bn from the government. Funding announced in 2020, partnership announced last year.
There is a reasonable coverage throughout the UK (and beyond).
It appears to be giving a similar pattern as the Met site, with a fair few readings already in the low 30s - but you cant see the pattern unless you click on each dot individually?
In my garden I only have 24.5, so sitting indoors in the dark might prove to be overkill?
Looking up the current temperature in Sheffield it's 24 according to MSN weather, 28 by Google and either 24 or 26 according to how zoomed on Windy it is (ECMWF) or 27 if you switch to GFS.
I get forecasting isn't exact, but surely the current temperature should be in agreement ?
Depends what data they're using and how quickly they're updating it. There's no Met Office observation site in Sheffield, their nearest station is 27 miles away, and it's warming up rapidly this morning, so you'd get a large difference if using the same data but updating it more or less quickly.
There are more observations on the Weather Observations Website (WOW), but not all of those will necessarily be well sited for high quality observations. https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/
Even on there you can't see readings of 25-33C in the Greater Sheffield area. This will vary depending on the site location, quality of the radiation shielding on the instrument, etc.
There's this observation for 36.6C (now 37.7C) on the WOW, at Lyneham, but it's a bit out of kilter with other nearby observations.
The official observation is quite a bit cooler (at 8am), and from the change over time I'd guess the WOW observation has caught a bit of sun on their temperature sensor.
No idea what the actual temperature is up here up my Buchan hill. Gooooogle says 20 but feels well sultry outside. Forecast to hit 25 over the next few days. No problem sleeping of course because granite building means nice and cool inside.
No idea what the actual temperature is up here up my Buchan hill. Gooooogle says 20 but feels well sultry outside. Forecast to hit 25 over the next few days. No problem sleeping of course because granite building means nice and cool inside.
Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
One of the candidates should offer to buy the Met Office a brand new supercomputer. Lots of scope for rhetoric about levelling up, beating rival nations, British ingenuity and so on. Some of it will be true and we might even get better weather forecasts.
They are already getting one, £1.2bn from the government. Funding announced in 2020, partnership announced last year.
The simple observable reality is that we are starting to see bigger and bigger impacts of climate change. I hustle vegan food as my main source of income so that does something, and drive a PHEV which is another.
Still haven't committed to go full EV despite a Tesla Y on order. Full-size SUV is just too sodding useful up here - yet another example at the weekend of hauling items which *just* fit inside which wouldn't in the Tesla. I can see why there are so many pick-up trucks up here. Which I want/don't want. So the Outlander is the best compromise at the moment.
Anyway, I don't think it is tooooo bad for the environment. Did a YouTube trip to Sandend then Cullen then Fraserburgh then home last week. 85 miles, 116mpg. Not too shabby.
Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
One of the candidates should offer to buy the Met Office a brand new supercomputer. Lots of scope for rhetoric about levelling up, beating rival nations, British ingenuity and so on. Some of it will be true and we might even get better weather forecasts.
They are already getting one, £1.2bn from the government. Funding announced in 2020, partnership announced last year.
Exactly. It will be the fastest supercomputer exclusively used for meteorology. And despite some of the moaning there was when the deal was announced it all looks sensible to me. There aren't many organisations that can run a data centre more efficiently than Microsoft, maybe Amazon and Google, but Microsoft seem to be offering just what is needed for the Met Office in the UK.
Entries accepted until 11am. Have I missed anyone?
I'll guess Corby...
I've checked and I don't think the Met Office station at Cheltenham is operative now, so can I change mine? Needs somewhere with a bit of descent off the hills. I'll try Hawarden Airport, 53.175, -2.985
Ten minutes left and murali_s is obviously the smartest person on here
The hottest place in the country will be wherever Boris Johnson is. After his Top Gun cosplay at the weekend he is the literal embodiment of hot stuff. With his sex drive he must generate an extra 5 degrees all by himself.
Travelling to our refuge hotel in the next town to sit out the next couple of days. Have to go back to work tomorrow and won't be able to use the trains to get back and forth because the entire service has been axed for Tuesday. They're obviously in a real panic about the tracks and the overhead lines. Mercifully I can get a lift.
Train is nice and comfy but it's already really quite hot out. This afternoon promises to be like something from the infernal regions. Grim.
Wow, the Tories are so afraid of public scrutiny that they won't even debate each other. Perhaps someone could find an extra large fridge for them to hide in together.
Wow, the Tories are so afraid of public scrutiny that they won't even debate each other. Perhaps someone could find an extra large fridge for them to hide in together.
The simple observable reality is that we are starting to see bigger and bigger impacts of climate change. I hustle vegan food as my main source of income so that does something, and drive a PHEV which is another.
Still haven't committed to go full EV despite a Tesla Y on order. Full-size SUV is just too sodding useful up here - yet another example at the weekend of hauling items which *just* fit inside which wouldn't in the Tesla. I can see why there are so many pick-up trucks up here. Which I want/don't want. So the Outlander is the best compromise at the moment.
Anyway, I don't think it is tooooo bad for the environment. Did a YouTube trip to Sandend then Cullen then Fraserburgh then home last week. 85 miles, 116mpg. Not too shabby.
Local Tory activist I know has proven to be a bellwether in the past… leading Brexit campaigner, Boris worshipper, net-zero phobic… having flirted with Badenoch, he is now committed to Sunak and is already planning for the hustings in August… the reason? Simple, Sunak is seen as the most likely to avoid defeat in 2024
Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
One of the candidates should offer to buy the Met Office a brand new supercomputer. Lots of scope for rhetoric about levelling up, beating rival nations, British ingenuity and so on. Some of it will be true and we might even get better weather forecasts.
They are already getting one, £1.2bn from the government. Funding announced in 2020, partnership announced last year.
Exactly. It will be the fastest supercomputer exclusively used for meteorology. And despite some of the moaning there was when the deal was announced it all looks sensible to me. There aren't many organisations that can run a data centre more efficiently than Microsoft, maybe Amazon and Google, but Microsoft seem to be offering just what is needed for the Met Office in the UK.
Well, it might be better in the long term to use British Datacentre and Hosting PLC but we are where we are. At some point we need to learn from the Americans to balance buying the best but also supporting and developing home industries.
But this new supercomputer is good news (and of course, is really a cluster like they all are).
I can see it suits Truss to pull out, but why is Sunak doing so?
Rattled by the attack on covid loan fraud, and thinks he is ahead
Rishi and Liz are pulling out from the debates because they treat junior ministers and non-ministers as equal to holders of the Great Offices of State, and vice versa. In addition, Sunak is in the lead and has most to lose; Truss might have been in the lead but has already lost support.
Rishi is a back bencher!
So that's Kemi and Penny and the other one left?
Recast it into a longer form conversation format, with more space to develop policies.
Sky officially confirming their leadership debate is cancelled. 🤣
I expect Sky will be pushing hard for a head to head debate since Rishi has said he's still open to future debates, but not during the MPs selection stage. Although I think the BBC has been standing back to nab a later head to head too.
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average high Sydney 26
I had to admit I'd no idea. Afterwards we spoke on that subject for a few moments. She joked about native English speakers being poor linguists. As a Finn, she claimed no non-Finns every lrearned the language, but she had a liking for learning foreign languages. I asked her how many she knew.
"Seventeen," she said."But only eight fluently." She, of course, spoke better English than I did.
At the very least you should moderate your views, rather than state them with such absolute certainty, as is your unfortunate habit more generally.
Could also happen at Northolt, Kew Gardens.
Though Badenoch would be his worst option, she beats him by over 20%
https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/17/the-complete-run-offs-from-our-next-tory-leader-survey-badenoch-first-truss-second-sunak-third-mordaunt-fourth-tugendhat-fifth/
Insert "smug" emoji here.
On La Mordaunt, this Spectator article is interesting - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/revealed-penny-mordaunt-s-hidden-equalities-agenda
This passage from her speech is curious.
"We have a lot to get done so what I think we need to demonstrate is our hunger to get those things done. And we are facing some really difficult times. In the Equalities Office I’ve got a growing list of legislation, some of which I can’t even be seen to be helping with."
It raises a number of questions. She was the Minister responsible and could push legislation forward and speak up for it. Indeed if it is legislation being promoted by her department she would be expected to push it forward in Parliament and speak for it elsewhere. So why did she say she couldn't "even be seen to be helping with". That does not make sense to me.
And what was this "growing list of legislation"? And who is the "we" she is referring to?
https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/
Wait for it to load up, then zoom in
The quality of Wunderground sites is very variable.
Even a vented screen made of painted metal over-reads by a degree or so in full sun. Unless you are using a proper Stevenson screen you need active ventilation (a fan) or correction using wind and solar input.
Plastic or no screen on a sunny wall in the garden and you could easily be 5-10C too high.
Official Met Office Stations aren't all live and data may only be uploaded once per day but a selection is here:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/#?map=Temperature&zoom=6&lon=-4.00&lat=52.52
I'm reading 25.8C in the garden (too shaded) and 28.3C out in the Flatlands (not enough shielding, probably +1C)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2020/nov/29/sydney-gripped-by-scorching-40c-heatwave-in-pictures
Anyway, any time its 40C+ the beach is packed, the only issue in recent years has been people complaining about it being busy when due to Covid they were worried about social distancing.
The idea of Bondi being closed when the weather is hot would be considered rightly insane.
That was Mourdant, followed by Badenoch last week, but now Badenoch trounces everyone is they know more about Mourdant.
Edit: They've cut away as it is total gibberish.
43ºC outside, 23ºC inside!
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-labour-changing-its-mind-on-trans-issues-
In SW London, am coping just about.
Guess the computer just ran a new model run.
"Met have changed forecast for tomorrow. Now saying extreme heat but 50% chance of afternoon thunder storms."
Perfect, that would make it two hot days and a thunderstorm. Now where have I heard that before?
Too much time in the sun I think for Rugby Australia.
Just outside Sleaford, by a village called Quarrington, there's a Boiling Wells Farm
My temperature sensor is not great or ideally situated, but it does have a radiation screen and it is some distance from concrete, so it could be a lot worse. It currently reads 20.9C.
Somebody in South Edinburgh is providing data to that website and recorded a temperature of 28.6C 50 minutes ago. I'm closer to the Forth here, so I'd expect to be a bit cooler, but the magnitude of the difference makes me wonder about where their sensor is located.
I guess it gives you an idea of temperature as experienced by people in their back gardens, as opposed to the scientifically most rigorous observations of the large-scale temperature.
There is a reasonable coverage throughout the UK (and beyond).
Met Office and Microsoft to build climate supercomputer
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56840169
In my garden I only have 24.5, so sitting indoors in the dark might prove to be overkill?
Yesterday I waited until after 10pm to do the washing up.
Fortunately our bedroom is north-facing.
So I've gone for Dorking, Surrey, in case you missed that one.
Still haven't committed to go full EV despite a Tesla Y on order. Full-size SUV is just too sodding useful up here - yet another example at the weekend of hauling items which *just* fit inside which wouldn't in the Tesla. I can see why there are so many pick-up trucks up here. Which I want/don't want. So the Outlander is the best compromise at the moment.
Anyway, I don't think it is tooooo bad for the environment. Did a YouTube trip to Sandend then Cullen then Fraserburgh then home last week. 85 miles, 116mpg. Not too shabby.
Tories running scared, this is the attitude of a party out of ideas and destined for opposition, not a party that is going to win another landslide.
Tomorrow I'm sticking with Cawood (Selby).
Train is nice and comfy but it's already really quite hot out. This afternoon promises to be like something from the infernal regions. Grim.
Not having seen the terms, and it doesn't involve money.
https://order-order.com/2022/07/18/rishi-truss-not-doing-sky-debate/
(Or you put £25 on him at 200/1?)
Pathetic display.
NE region record is 33.0.
But this new supercomputer is good news (and of course, is really a cluster like they all are).
Recast it into a longer form conversation format, with more space to develop policies.