A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.

[Basil]

Back to normal. Cool and pissing down.

There are people in the village desperately trying to remember how to take off a kagool.

And now they are desperately trying to remember where they left it.

[Kim]

The weather reached Birmingham about 10 seconds after I got back from riding my bike.

I've had to put a jumper on.

[Mr Larrington]

Still 29 C in the Great Hall if the thermostat is to be believed.

[ElyDave]

effin' roasting in TEH FENZ today, and quite breezy to keep it pleasenter.  Slight bit of raining later in the day

Tomorrow looks breezy

[T42]

Yesterday: 33.7°C max, 27°C inside & fuggy as hell.  Dire storms & inundations were forecast for today but disappeared from forecast overnight, & radar shows no threatening clouds north of the Jura and what there is is heading for Germany. Cool 22° just now.

[Auntie Helen]

It was horribly close last night - we went for an evening walk at 8pm and were dripping with sweat. The promised colossal storm passed us by (we heard the thunder but only had normal rain). Today's rain forecast seems to have reduced somewhat and it is cooler but we still have the fans on to move the air around a bit - and all the windows wide open. Hoping for slightly cooler temperatures this week as it was a bit mega-sweaty last week.

[andrewc]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/19/midges-thriving-wet-scottish-summer-worse-to-come


http://www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2024/07/a-wonderful-new-midge-net.html


The midgies are thriving.   

[Mr Larrington]

I can only assume that midgies hatched on the Outer Hebrides get blown out to sea before they can do much damage.

[rafletcher]

I can only assume that midgies hatched on the Outer Hebrides get blown out to sea before they can do much damage.

Exactly that. You need the warm moist still air of, say, a lochside picnic spot to make the most of them.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Having considerable experience of sailing the West Coast of Scotland, I can attest that mudges will not travel beyond the shoreline. Mozzies yes, mudges no.  To keep mozzies on deck you should put a lantern by the companionway. A Tilley lamp is good.