How's your weather?

[Mick F]

Melanomas?
No, and I don't see any at all.
I have very few freckles either.

[Mick F]

20miles this morning. Left at 9am and home just before 11am.
21degC when I left, and 26degC when I got home.
Took the dog a 2mile walk, and called in at The Rising Sun to cool off.
28degC out there now - 14:50 as I type.
Washing line is full, and the stuff is drying quickly.

I understand that in Scotland it's chucking it down, and in the SE of England it's 30+odd degC and even hotter on the continent.

Supposedly thunderstorms tomorrow, but the barometer dial is still 1019mb here.

[Cowsham]

Raining most of the day here -- but what's new?

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Well it's a balmy 14 point something here in South Devon At the moment

[Mick F]

17degC and cloudy with a gentle breeze at the mo.

Part of yesterday's ride was through Tavistock. I was hot and sat down on a bench in the shade, and at the other end of the bench was a sweet old lady. We chatted about this and that, and the weather and the hot sunshine in the cloudless sky.

I mentioned that my thermometer was reading 25degC ................. as I was in the shade, it had dropped a bit.
She didn't really understand centrigrade, so I said she had to multiply by nine, divide by five and add 32! She looked at me with a wry smile!

I went to Settings on my Garmin and changed the temp readout to Fahrenheit and told her it was 77degF. We discussed that people are very happy with Celsius for cold - zero, minus one etc etc, but we all (of a certain age) prefer to hear Fahrenheit for the hot temps.

[Jdsk]

We discussed that people are very happy with Celsius for cold - zero, minus one etc etc, but we all (of a certain age) prefer to hear Fahrenheit for the hot temps.

Not "all". On this morning's walk my companion and I, both born in the early 1950s, agreed that we preferred weather temperatures in Celsius, and had done for several decades.

Jonathan

PS: This website supports the degree symbol, as discussed upthread:
viewtopic.php?p=1661481#p1661481

[Nearholmer]

How’s our weather?

Confusing.

Yesterday: 33 degrees, belting sun, hot southerly wind.

Today: 13 degrees, rain alternating heavy-light-drizzly-heavy, chilly North westerly wind.

Naturally, today my son and I are outdoors all day at a very prolonged football tournament!

Still, it’ll be fun to be able to make snowmen tomorrow.

[al_yrpal]

After the eye watering gas bill the Aga was going off but it hasnt

Al

[Mick F]

We let our Stanley solid fuel cooker in the kitchen go out a couple of days ago. We had to switch on the immersion heater (electric!) this morning as the "hot" water was only tepid and the kettle on the "Hot Plate" was cold.
When we boil the electric kettle normally, we fill it from the kettle on top of the Stanley and it boils almost within seconds. Today, we had to fill it from the cold tap!

Still not re-lit it, but I've lit the woodburner in the living room this afternoon and we will have enough hot water for a few days with it. Massive back boiler ................... and all fuelled by logs from our own woodland.

Nice and cosy here in the living room now, and Mrs Mick F will be having a hot power-shower later.

21degC outside, but quite breezy and very overcast.

[Audax67]

35.5°C at 16:20. Hoping that that's the peak for today. We're due a let-up on Monday so of course there are thunderstorms on the menu - in fact, for next week we either have >30°C or storms. I don't like riding when there's lightning about.

[Mick F]

Chucking it down now.
Possible lighting strikes so disconnected the router and the landline phone as we’ve had many a device blown up because we are fed by over head wires. Posting on here using mobile signal.

Lighting strike recently in Plymouth and we heard the thunder.

[rjb]

We are going out to an evening outdoor picnic and concert shortly on the Somerset levels. We have just been issued with a weather warning for Thunder and Lightning for Somerset. I've heard a few rumbles in the distance too. If I don't post again you will all know why.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/wa ... 2022-06-18

[Mick F]

This is a good website.
http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m ... ;dl=2;dc=0;
Scroll to your location.

[peetee]

Getting on towards three years living here in the far southwest and we have just had the first thunderstorm since I moved here.
I like thunderstorms. Been within several feet of a strike on two occasions so I reckon I don’t have a lot to worry about......
But I think I said that after the first near miss too!

[Mike Sales]

Getting on towards three years living here in the far southwest and we have just had the first thunderstorm since I moved here.
I like thunderstorms. Been within several feet of a strike on two occasions so I reckon I don’t have a lot to worry about......
But I think I said that after the first near miss too!

Perhaps, like the ticket collector who pocketed the fares, you are a bad conductor.