Heat Alert

Mr Bump said:
have to say i put the AC on in the main bedroom last night, it was 25 degs we popped it on sleep o/night which puts the fan on super low
costs about 1 euro for 2 hours.
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I love the warmer weather,I grew up in Spain so I'm pretty used to the heat, but the air conditioning just makes it a little easier to sleep at night, probably the best investment I've made in a while.
 
We went camping on the south coast on Monday, supposed to be coming home Thursday or Friday but gave it up as bad job yesterday and came home.

The temperature staying so warm overnight just meant the tent was getting hotter and hotter and there wasn’t much we could do with a dog in tow.

The one I haven’t seen before was the air coming out the airbeds was actually hot when I deflated them suggesting they were acting as heat sponge and would have probably retained warmth for hours overnight,
 
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I have something to say to the “I survived 1976” crowd*

f***. Off.

It was 50 years ago, which means if you are bragging about just toughing your way through it, you were likely either a child or young adult at the time, and the majority of you were therefore statistically likely to have been in the best health years of your lives.

People died in that heatwave, as many as 250 a day. Animals had to be shot for lack of water. Harvests failed. Food prices rose by 12%.
You’re not hard or special because you lived through it, you’re privileged. You’re old enough now to know better and to have learned some empathy and compassion towards those who are struggling, you arrogant tossers. The whole lot of you are a couple of flags short of a roundabout.

* NOT aimed at the people who are not being pricks about it.
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Dale. said:
I'm dreading the heat, no likey. Thankfully, it should be cooler here than down south, I feel for anybody caught up in that.

This time, it's going to be the humidity and night time temps that could be dangerous for some.

UK eh? If it's not named storms or lashing it down, it's extreme temps. Hopefully though, when it begins to end, there should be some cracking thunderstorms. :clap:

It could be worse.
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My bold:

Do you have a spare room, Dale ? I'd be no bother, you wouldn't know I was there...I can feed myself,too..:D

..and why would I want to do that ? Because tomorrow you are under thunderstorm warning.The whole of Scotland is. What's coming is torrential rain, very high gusts of wind and note this ..hail 2-4cm.That can do some damage so best to take precautions. Maybe you're aware already.With conditions like that I wouldn't be surpised if a tornado was reported. We're getting zilch.:(

Do you photograph lightning ?
 
JohnC6 said:
My bold:

Do you have a spare room, Dale ? I'd be no bother, you wouldn't know I was there...I can feed myself,too..:D

..and why would I want to do that ? Because tomorrow you are under thunderstorm warning.The whole of Scotland is. What's coming is torrential rain, very high gusts of wind and note this ..hail 2-4cm.That can do some damage so best to take precautions. Maybe you're aware already.With conditions like that I wouldn't be surpised if a tornado was reported. We're getting zilch.:(

Do you photograph lightning ?
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Lol.

Yup, I'm aware of the warnings John, looking forward to it, although as always, we'll probably get zilch here. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though.

Many years ago, I did attempt to photograph lighting, I just left a 40D running with a locked remote, I got mixed results and it was mid afternoon, it's much better, IMO, to try when it's dark.

I may try tomorrow though, depending if we get any lightning of course and it's frequency and intensity. Pre capture should work a treat, something I didn't have last time I tried.
 
From today the temperatures will roll back in our region.The SE will still be on a red alert, though.

This was the highest temperature we had which broke yesterday's record..The official one was registered in the next county..Somerset.

My weather monitor.


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I have to say that I lived through 1976 and that long hot summer. The office where I worked at the time we'd play rounders in the local park at lunchtimes and then go back to work. I don't remember ever being told to stay home because my choc ice might melt. Seriously I take heart that most of the population will completely ignore the handbag wetting alarums given out by the met office. Lot of silly nonsense.
 
My wife suffers in the heat. I'm more stoic. We have two tower fans which are OK but we've had them a few years. My wife went to Currys and came back with a very modern one. It's a Meaco Sefte 10" table air circular. Not really a fan per se. Which? decribed it as the best it has tested. We unpacked it and set it up. It was so good my wife went back to the store and bought the last one. £99.99 each. and comes with a 3 year guarantee. I've seen them at £119. so if anyone is interested, look around.

It shows the temperature in the room and put it on Eco and you get a strong breeze. We had to open the living room blind as they kept swaying as the fan moved left-right. It can go up and down,too. It's very light and really quiet. On a low setting it's pretty well silent.The current heat-wave is over for us after tomorrow but,no doubt it will return. This 'air circulator' is so good I look on it as an investmdent (in our health) rather than just a cost.

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Nikon photographer said:
I love the warmer weather,I grew up in Spain so I'm pretty used to the heat, but the air conditioning just makes it a little easier to sleep at night, probably the best investment I've made in a while.
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i'm in Spain now, well my house in GC and its pretty roast here.
 
Pound Coin said:
Also, remember that you’ll fare slightly better at heat reduction if you drink hot drinks. Cold drinks lower core body temperature and reduce your temperature control mechanisms

Whatever you do, stay hydrated, and avoid alcohol!
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Both red and white wine, for whatever reason, started to 'burn' my stomach.Red hot poker-style. The acid content, I assume. I don't like British beer so I haven't drunk alcohol for maybe 25 years. Just water. I'll be donating my kydneys when I die...Lol.
 
tikkathreebarrel said:
I have to say that I lived through 1976 and that long hot summer. The office where I worked at the time we'd play rounders in the local park at lunchtimes and then go back to work. I don't remember ever being told to stay home because my choc ice might melt. Seriously I take heart that most of the population will completely ignore the handbag wetting alarums given out by the met office. Lot of silly nonsense.
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1976 was the year I came to England from Southern Spain, I couldn't understand what everyone was complaining about....
 
Nikon photographer said:
1976 was the year I came to England from Southern Spain, I couldn't understand what everyone was complaining about....
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I remember playing golf in 1976, the heat was relentless. On one round of golf, the fairways had cracks across them like an earthquake had taken place, I was unlucky to lose a golf ball down one. Fortunately, the mate I was playing with let me place another ball without penalty. I have been to Spain, Italy and the South of France, never experienced heat like1976.
At the moment, here in Kent at 08:55, it is 28C. Yesterday, it was 24C at 09:30, so today could be very hot indeed.
 
A lot cooler here (Ayrshire) at the moment than it was yesterday. I'm not getting any younger and for the first time I've known, the heat really got to me yesterday afternoon and evening. Without being too dramatic, I even lay on the sofa at one point, which isn't like me at all during the day. There was no escape, indoors or out.

We have though had an interesting, noisy night. I watched a storm building from about 9pm onwards, to the west of Arran. There were the odd strikes here and there quite local but it didn't really arrive for us until about 2am. I was actually woken by the rain, we're in a bungalow so we hear it on the roof quite loudly. This was another level though. I could still hear the thunder and I was tempted to get up an watch but I was feeling really tired, which again, isn't like me. I pulled a t-shirt over my eyes and slept through it all but apparently, it was quite a significant storm. I heard the last rumble at about 7am this morning when I got out of bed but it has cleared up, for now at least. It's a lot fresher indoors but still 28 according to our GCH thermostat.

The thing that is noticeable is that it is much more comfortable at the moment, which probably relates to humidity.
 
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29.5 in my upstairs office right now. I've got a fan heater running fan-only for cooling.

It was 25 degrees in our living room first thing, but by 9 the air coming through the open window was warmer than the room. Windows shut, curtains drawn, keeping the heat out as much as possible.
 
Not been out this week bar a 10 minute jaunt , it’s even to hot to sit in front of a computer doing pp
 
Just learnt that the PIR sensors on wireless CCTV don't work in very hot weather. Woke up to find our garage door and others in the close were open this morning. Checked the CCTV and nothing on there, not even me taking the dog out last thing. Checked back and no night time activity at all for last 3 nights.
Fortunately nothing taken from any local garages. Must have been looking for ebikes.
One neighbour has the hand brake cable cut so they could move the car away from the garage door. Loads of garages attacked in local area.
Never had any problems in the 11years we have lived here.
 
Window-opening time just arrived. 26 degrees in our livingroom (probably 32 upstairs). The temperature outside is only 27-28 now, but the air movement through the home makes it feel much nicer with a draft running through.

Someone told my wife at work that having an insulated loft held the heat in, and we should open our loft hatches to let the hot air rise. Perhaps modern houses are different, but they appear to be an idiot - I could feel the heat coming down from the open loft hatches as I went upstairs. Maybe a modern loft has more airflow through it (I seriously doubt it through) but the direct sun on dark roof tiles makes for an intensely hot environment.
 
We've had 2 lots of thunder & lightning, first lot started to rumble on at 7.30am for about an hour and then 2 hours of thunder storms a couple of hours ago, the ones shown on the weather, temp dropped from 31c to 17c during it, we also had a deluge of 26mm rain in 30 mins. Thunder has not cleared the air, still very muggy but not as hot.
 
ancient_mariner said:
...but the direct sun on dark roof tiles makes for an intensely hot environment.
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I think you're correct.

Our ground floor is relatively warm in winter and cool in summer, while the first floor is the opposite. I wouldn't go into our loft in the current conditions for fear of heat stroke!
 
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