Thanks for the tip @jamesholt Even though it's usually hot down here in the South of France, yesterday at 44°C and a very very hot north wind - was unbearable! All of Europe seem to be getting this weather - I hope you are all right in Texas and have air conditioning. How are your tomatoes doing this year? Is your lake okay?
It’s only a couple of days for us here, on Tuesday temperatures will be 19° and 9° at night, rain/thunder and downhill for the rest of the week. Nothing compares to the 10 dry weeks we had in 1976.. Even the hottest day Monday the forecast says ‘near record high’. It’s summer, I expect some will be moaning about the rain soon.
Our hot spell isn’t coming from US, our SW or W weather is wet and windy. Hot weather from E and SE
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Me too Victorian. Can’t remember when it rained last but the butts are getting low. Can’t use hose pipe but it always rains at the time it should, seems to know when our butts are low.😉
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
We have had this weather for ten days now and have changed our routines to cope with it. The water butts are empty and the fish pond is looking very depleted in water, just topping it up a bit every so often with tap water.
Hope you and your plants are not suffering too much in your Texan heat @jamesholt. Ours is coming from the continent. The forecast means we can plan - moving susceptible plants into shadier areas and getting things done in advance that we might not have the energy for when the temperature really soars. Glad you will be able to keep your OH safe @WonkyWomble. Hope you have plenty to amuse you in the basement.
I think our heatwave is coming from southern Europe annoyingly as I can already see a layer of orange dust on my car AGAIN - every few weeks it seems to be happening now. I'm dreading it - 20C is just about right for me 40C is just plain silly and there's never even a slight breeze when we have a heatwave. Roll on November 😁
If you like weather like that you're living in the wrong part of the country We have a predicted high of 30 and it's usually breezy.
There's that air mass sitting over France, Spain and Portugal at the moment which, come Monday, spreads northwards to heat up these islands. That then gets pushed out by the typical tropical maritime, which could well bring some rain come Wednesday. The winds should mean we won't get the usual Sarahan dusting - he says.
we are still taking this forecast with a pinch of salt. That said, Monday and Tuesday will be very hot and you should make plans accordingly as even temperatures into the high 30s are extremely uncomfortable. But, theGFS ►has a known planetary boundary layer warm bias. We've seen it across parts of arid USA where theGFS ►consistently goes a degree or two higher than actual recordings and this is something meteorologists are aware of.
Much of this bias comes from how the global model simulates soil type and vegetation type of the land. Mesoscale models like AROME, ARPEGE and HIRLAM are far better at the finer resolutions of handling this and it's likely that when Monday/Tuesday falls into this timeframe then you will see a better representation of the potential maxima.
But again, regardless of whether we reach 40C or not, it will be extremely hot with this Saharan air and a very uncomfortable 48 hours before temperatures return to normal on Wednesday.
So Saharan dust is likely, the extraordinary temps currently being trumpeted everywhere may not happen, but high 30s is high enough to cause deaths.
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Nothing compares to the 10 dry weeks we had in 1976.. Even the hottest day Monday the forecast says ‘near record high’.
It’s summer, I expect some will be moaning about the rain soon.
Glad you will be able to keep your OH safe @WonkyWomble. Hope you have plenty to amuse you in the basement.
We have a predicted high of 30 and it's usually breezy.
There's that air mass sitting over France, Spain and Portugal at the moment which, come Monday, spreads northwards to heat up these islands. That then gets pushed out by the typical tropical maritime, which could well bring some rain come Wednesday. The winds should mean we won't get the usual Sarahan dusting - he says.
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we are still taking this forecast with a pinch of salt. That said, Monday and Tuesday will be very hot and you should make plans accordingly as even temperatures into the high 30s are extremely uncomfortable. But, the GFS ► has a known planetary boundary layer warm bias. We've seen it across parts of arid USA where the GFS ► consistently goes a degree or two higher than actual recordings and this is something meteorologists are aware of.
Much of this bias comes from how the global model simulates soil type and vegetation type of the land. Mesoscale models like AROME, ARPEGE and HIRLAM are far better at the finer resolutions of handling this and it's likely that when Monday/Tuesday falls into this timeframe then you will see a better representation of the potential maxima.
But again, regardless of whether we reach 40C or not, it will be extremely hot with this Saharan air and a very uncomfortable 48 hours before temperatures return to normal on Wednesday.
So Saharan dust is likely, the extraordinary temps currently being trumpeted everywhere may not happen, but high 30s is high enough to cause deaths.
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