The Weather

[Quel Carreleur]

Let's support one of Britain's most famous obsessions, and have a thread dedicated to talking / complaining about the weather!

So after May beat the Spring record by a full 2*, and now....


Presumably worse in the SE (and more urban areas)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We're "only" getting up to 35 as a max next week, but the two highest days coincide with our two in-office days for me

Positive: air conditioned office
Negative: 20min walk each way from car park to the office

I've also got tickets to a gig on the Thursday. Weather app reckons it'll still be 30deg when it ends, let along the train and walk there. Been to a gig in the same venue when it was about 10deg colder and there was condensation (sweat?) dripping off the ceiling

Gonna be a sweaty few days

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Here in the states this summer has been better than last so far. Only rarely reached 90F and not having thunderstorms every night. Going to USA vs Zimbabwe in July and hoping weather stays like this or else the players will need water breaks every 10 minutes.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Quel Carreleur]

I took an umbrella with me to get to work, and use as a parasol.
Effective, but a bit embarrassing - I can live with that though.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

We just get class weather when the rest of Europe burns.

29 degrees today and unlikely to get hotter. It's beautiful.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Amazing any time the BBC report things like very hot weather and you get the usual "HoT wEAtHeR? mUsT Be sUmMEr! Hurr hurr" types coming out.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Amazing any time the BBC report things like very hot weather and you get the usual "HoT wEAtHeR? mUsT Be sUmMEr! Hurr hurr" types coming out.

I remember last year, one of the further right rags (Mail? Sun?) were complaining about the heat warnings, and woke nonsense, then the following day were leading the complaints about it being too hot with absolutely no sense of irony

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Just emerged from the (oversized) paddling pool - bliss!

Less blissful was sharing it with labradorables...

 

[mackerzz]

Don't get me fkn started on New Zealand's weather atm.....

We had no summer (it barely reached 25°C), and now we are having no winter.

I live in Taranaki, and by now the mountain would normally have snow down to 1000m at least; this year, there's not even anything at the top..... the best we have had was one day of a light dusting. (Mountain is 2500m at peak)

The only ski fields open this year are the ones with enough backup water to snow-blow enough (aka i think 3 of like 15ish are open)

 

[Quel Carreleur]

https://www.worldenergynews.com/news/heatwave-europe-shuts-down-french-nuclear-plants-776081

Heatwave in Europe shuts down French nuclear plants​

The heatwave that has swept across western Europe on Wednesday reduced France's nuclear production as the high temperatures in the country made it difficult to get water to cool the reactors.
ARTICLE CONTINUES...

 

[Quel Carreleur]

The labradorables have learned to hold their breath and collect toys from the bottom of the pool (about 50cm, so not swimming down) - I'm not convinced that this is a good thing.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Only 24hrs to survive (until the next one)

Definitely buying an air conditioning unit when they're back in stock (did try and get one from LIDL this morning but the restock was all sold out by the time I got there, and that was still before 9) - went to bed last night and my room was 28.6 - woke up and it was still over 27
I've had enough!

Been meaning to buy one for a few years but do the classic "That was horrible, I'm definitely getting one when they're cheaper in winter"
Then in winter "Ah the heatwave was only a few days, i can handle it"

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Only 24hrs to survive (until the next one)

Definitely buying an air conditioning unit when they're back in stock (did try and get one from LIDL this morning but the restock was all sold out by the time I got there, and that was still before 9) - went to bed last night and my room was 28.6 - woke up and it was still over 27
I've had enough!

Been meaning to buy one for a few years but do the classic "That was horrible, I'm definitely getting one when they're cheaper in winter"
Then in winter "Ah the heatwave was only a few days, i can handle it"

I'm stocking up on blankets right now

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Only 24hrs to survive (until the next one)

Definitely buying an air conditioning unit when they're back in stock (did try and get one from LIDL this morning but the restock was all sold out by the time I got there, and that was still before 9) - went to bed last night and my room was 28.6 - woke up and it was still over 27
I've had enough!

Been meaning to buy one for a few years but do the classic "That was horrible, I'm definitely getting one when they're cheaper in winter"
Then in winter "Ah the heatwave was only a few days, i can handle it"

I got mine for work a decade ago - currently thinking of getting one for home... in the winter when prices will be lower...
We're going to be getting more and more of this ****. The climate is collapsing all around us, and it's too late to stop it - though not yet too late to stop the very worst - but it'll require a political will that simply isn't close to existing in the West.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We're going to be getting more and more of this ****. The climate is collapsing all around us, and it's too late to stop it - though not yet too late to stop the very worst - but it'll require a political will that simply isn't close to existing in the West.

Yeah that was my thinking to

Kinda scary thinking about the food security side of it all too - sounds silly but Clarkson's Farm has done a really good job of educating how badly farming is being decimated by the weather

 

[Saintjay]

Was listening to a debate about the need for gas and oil for energy security and defence.

One of the main ways of stopping an armoured enemy is stopping access to fuel.

I don't know what the answer is. The climates ****** and you can't have electric main battle tanks. Seems like we are buggered either way.

 

[Seeker]

I live in southern California and we hit 103 degrees Farenheit way back in mid-March (still in the Winter season). It was nearly five weeks ahead of the previous record for the earliest 100+ temperature. The record wasn't just broken, it was shattered.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Yup, and that's the thing, records are falling left, right and centre.
The planet is already FUBAR.d, and there's still no actual will to do anything about abpverting the worst case scenario. Hell, the USA recently elected a president who explicitly wants to make it worse!

At least his excursion in Iran has sped up renewable uptake in quite a few places, and China are leading the way, regardless

 

[Seeker]

El Nino roars to life. 5 reasons why it's a big deal.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/el-ni-o-roars-life-100434040.html

 

[mackerzz]

Yup, and that's the thing, records are falling left, right and centre.
The planet is already FUBAR.d, and there's still no actual will to do anything about abpverting the worst case scenario. Hell, the USA recently elected a president who explicitly wants to make it worse!

At least his excursion in Iran has sped up renewable uptake in quite a few places, and China are leading the way, regardless

Renewable/ electricity is not the way to go, though.

More expensive to run, more to install, not actually that great for the environment.

If you want to 'fix' global warming/ or at least any global warming humans have done, the best way is to go on a killing spree.......

ol Covid helped, but we need more lmao

 

[Quel Carreleur]

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

I grew up without air conditioning and by the time I was finishing high school we had four window units cause summer went from a bit hot to unbearable. I've moved a bit south but higher elevation and it's the same with the people here.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

NB: it's still warmer than you think out there.
It's been such a refreshing day, with some clouds and breeze, so we decided to take the dogs out after being cooped up indoors for a week.
Of course, by the time we'd got shoes and harnesses on, the sun made an appearance, but we didn't think much of it, we got about 2 minutes in before heading back inside, having decided it was deceptively warm.
Thermometer home says 27* in the shade - so still officially a heatwave.
I always have 25* as my cut-off for the dogs.

 

[Saintjay]

NB: it's still warmer than you think out there.
It's been such a refreshing day, with some clouds and breeze, so we decided to take the dogs out after being cooped up indoors for a week.
Of course, by the time we'd got shoes and harnesses on, the sun made an appearance, but we didn't think much of it, we got about 2 minutes in before heading back inside, having decided it was deceptively warm.
Thermometer home says 27* in the shade - so still officially a heatwave.
I always have 25* as my cut-off for the dogs.

Mine is normally 20* have pushed it to 23* but that's about it. Does depend on breed, age and in my case the boys inability to not run about like a loon.

Lots of very early, very late walks atm. He's takes to being kept in like his world has ended

 

[TommiG88]

Had my wedding on Friday. The ******* heat was intense. Spent most of the day in a 3 piece suit.

I think I could have watered the garden with the sweat I produced

Glad the weather has improved now

 

[Quel Carreleur]

Had my wedding on Friday. The ******* heat was intense. Spent most of the day in a 3 piece suit.

I think I could have watered the garden with the sweat I produced

Glad the weather has improved now

Congratulations!

 

[Tomma235]

Just emerged from the (oversized) paddling pool - bliss!

Less blissful was sharing it with labradorables...

I've had 4 swimming/paddling pools in the last 6 years and actually been in them less than 10 times so I'm resisting the urge this year.

 

[Amiga500]

Definitely buying an air conditioning unit when they're back in stock

Have you tried the fans that inject water spray? Apparently good at cooking down the room and far cheaper than air con.