Heat watch

[PS_RalphW]

Cambridge University reported 35.6 c, the BBC reported 38c, but I think that was estimated, not an actual weather station reading.

Still reporting 30C at 9pm

[PS_RalphW]

9:30 am and Cambridge already reporting over 30C. A new record looks likely

[clv101]

New record, 39.1°C in Surrey, and it's not even noon yet!

[Mark]

Woman reveals genius £2 foil blanket hack that has reduced her home's temperature by up to FOUR degrees:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... twave.html

[PS_RalphW]

Outside temperature nearly 37C. Inside our 18C thatched cottage 27C.

[Mark]

As predicted, we've broken the 40C barrier - 40.2C recorded at Heathrow - how high can it go ??
The previous record was 38.7C in Cambridge in July 2019

[clv101]

As predicted, we've broken the 40C barrier - 40.2C recorded at Heathrow - how high can it go ??
The previous record was 38.7C in Cambridge in July 2019

This extreme event first showed up in models over two weeks ago, to much academic interest and amusement. Interesting that the models could generate such temperatures but few thought it would verify. But here we are, smashing records all across the county, often by large margins.

[UndercoverElephant]

Cold front just passed through Hastings, and it was like somebody flipped a switch. The wind went from non-existent to blowing the pagoda off its pegs in about five seconds, and the temperature plunged by about ten degrees. Well, five anyway. I am now attempting to answer my 4 year old's incessant questions about why it happened...

[kenneal - lagger]

I measured 38 today which beats our previous high of 34 by a large margin. Inside was 24 which was very comfortable. Our porch, which is on the north side of the house was a lot cooler than that.

I'm wondering where I can fit a pipe down into the cellar in the future so that I can pull some of the 11/12C air from there to cool the house if necessary. The replacement air for the cellar would come from a pipe which is about 20m long and buried 1.5m so should cool the incoming air considerably.

[BritDownUnder]

I'm wondering where I can fit a pipe down into the cellar in the future so that I can pull some of the 11/12C air from there to cool the house if necessary. The replacement air for the cellar would come from a pipe which is about 20m long and buried 1.5m so should cool the incoming air considerably.

You can and you should.

I already have a test hole set up that I regularly measure the temperature in but in my case it will be for warming the greenhouse.
Simply bury some drainpipe, as you say, about two metres down and back fill carefully. Plenty of resources on the internet for it. The only thing to take care with is to allow a slope in the pipe to allow for condensation to drip away and soak into the ground ( water table may not allow this of course ). Otherwise there will be a horrible damp smell coming from the pipe.

Back to the ‘moderate’ (by Aussie standards anyway) levels of heat currently in the UK I am seeing lots of reports of ‘grarse’ fires, on the Sky News UK channel that is currently showing on my TV. Even a fire station has reportedly burnt down.

Welcome to the future!

[adam2]

The scale of destruction that resulted yesterday is shocking. Grass and scrub fires are to be expected, but the number of homes and other buildings destroyed by fire was shocking.
Images of multiple houses burning, are the sort of thing we see in overseas disasters, not in the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62232654

[clv101]

Images of multiple houses burning, are the sort of thing we see in overseas disasters, not in the UK.

The UK has changed, we are now a country that can see 40C heat waves (and don't believe anyone who tells you this was a one in a hundred year freak event). This will happen again, soon, and higher. The previous record was only three years old, we probably won't have to wait long before this new record falls.

[Catweazle]

The UK has changed, we are now a country that can see 40C heat waves (and don't believe anyone who tells you this was a one in a hundred year freak event). This will happen again, soon, and higher. The previous record was only three years old, we probably won't have to wait long before this new record falls.

It's ridiculous that "experts" are on TV saying that these events "could be once every 15 year events by the year 2100". Madness.

[automaticearth2]

The scale of destruction that resulted yesterday is shocking. Grass and scrub fires are to be expected, but the number of homes and other buildings destroyed by fire was shocking.
Images of multiple houses burning, are the sort of thing we see in overseas disasters, not in the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62232654

All I could smell yesterday was the faint smell of wood smoke. Turns out there were a number of blazes including ones in Dartford (Kent) and Upminster (Essex), both not far away.

Late yesterday evening you could see the smoke underneath some approaching thunderstorms. I'm amazed that the nearby nature reserve hasn't gone up in smoke yet, given how parched it looks. Let's hope that things improve, but that's looking like wishful thinking at this point.

[adam2]

See also this thread viewtopic.php?f=10&t=27622 In which I have previously argued the case for a proper civil defence orgainisation, including a reserve of basic fire engines.