Weather

[lmj56]

South Wales 33.5 today. Hottest day this year and for a long time, clouding over now ready for thunderstorms tomorrow. Was a bit like Spain today!

[patricia]

If your in Spain in the summer surely you don’t need a weather warning unless you have a very small brain. Do they warn that its going to cold in Sweden in January.

It is called "the weather forecast" In the UK you certainly get weather forecasts which tell of bad weather snow etc, why not in warmer climates to say if it is going to be warmer than usual. Forewarned is forearmed.

[lmj56]

Third of the trains coming out of London were cancelled today. Apparantley the rails were too hot!!
Wrong type of heat maybe?

[patricia]

Well obviously things happen in extreme heat, that is common knowledge and of course it will have an affect. That is why forearmed is forewarned. You should even use different tyers on the car if the weather is very hot the same as for very cold. Having a weather forecast is very helpful. You know to go out very early to do the shopping etc etc

[swerve]

Some people just can't help themselves to stupid comments. No wonder we have a lack of new posters or old members that just don't bother anymore.

[costakid]

Some people just can't help themselves to stupid comments. No wonder we have a lack of new posters or old members that just don't bother anymore.

Not stupid! Who needs telling its dangerous if the temp is over 35 and your old. Not a Spaniard thats for sure

PATRICIA: Winter tyres are compulsory in Germany after November but there worthless if its over 6 degrees. Summer tyres? Thats a new one

[markwilding]

In the north of Spain, especially near the coast, weather forecasts are definitely required since the weather can vary enormously. If it becomes very hot, there is the possibility of electric storms, which can be dangerous. Once I even saw a mini tornado coming off the sea. They call it a ' galerna' and its unique to this part of Spain and France

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerna

Very hot in Ireland today as well.

[Free at Last]

Third of the trains coming out of London were cancelled today. Apparantley the rails were too hot!!
Wrong type of heat maybe?

That always seems to happen when there is exceptionally hot weather in the UK. I well remember the last time I had to travel from Manchester to London in 2006, on what happened to be the hottest day of that year. On the return journey, the rails were buckling due to the heat so they cancelled every alternate service to allow for the trains to run more slowly - which meant, of course, that the trains which did run were even more overcrowded than usual. The air-conditioning was broken in the carriage I was in, and the buffet car ran out of bottled water half an hour into the journey. It was absolutely awful and I felt sorry for the people I saw having to travel yesterday.

Using public transport here in the hot weather is an absolute pleasure, I don't think in 10 years I have ever caught a bus or a train on which the air-conditioning wasn't working.

I don't suppose the holidaymakers here are liking the grey, cloudy skies too much but as far as we're concerned we're enjoying the unusually cool weather for July. For the last two nights I haven't needed to sleep with the fan on, it's been so cool.

[swerve]

Looking like the hot weather in uk is sending everyone mad. Stabbings and such.

[Lavanda]

Hot weather can make people irritable and grumpy and some people can go over-the-top. The weather forecast here is indispensable. Extremadura is pretty big with variations in temperatures between north and south, sometimes, to up to 15ºC. When it's 40ºC in the south people head up to the north and the snow-melt natural pools in the shade of the Gredos Mountains. The forecast always has sun warnings, ray warnings, sun factor advice and so forth. It's more than a forecast it's a public information service. I think visitors and tourists find it helpful.

[Wicksey]

Yes it is hot in Spain in the summer but extremes should be warned about. The other day it was over 40 in the north of Spain which is unusual, and prolonged spells of extremely hot weather, even down in the south, can be dangerous. Just before we moved to France in 2003 there was a heatwave (canicule) there that the government say caused nearly 15,000 deaths, particularly in the elderly. As in cold weather, when family and neighbours are asked to look out for the elderly, then the same applies to heatwaves when it is so important that people stay hidrated.

It is so much cooler this year, and cloudy too ....... long may it last! Our cats obviously are aware of the dropping temperatures as they felt the need to all snuggle up to us on the bed at night over the past few nights

[peteroldracer]

France in 2003 there was a heatwave (canicule) there that the government say caused nearly 15,000 deaths, particularly in the elderly.

The death toll was not helped by the stupidity of letting virtually all the medical staff be on holiday at the same time. Similarly it is not a good idea to be ill in Spain during August - timing is everything!

[El Cid]

Very odd weather today. It started off cloudy and pleasantly cooler than usual. We even had a few spots of rain, there was quite a lot around on the Weather Radar. It brightened up later but was still about 27ºc at 2.15. Then it all went very odd. The temperature went up very rapidly to 40.9ºc by 3pm. That's the hottest we have had since I started recording the weather 12 years ago.

20 minutes later it was down to 28ºc. Very odd!

Sid

[olive]

Sid

that is similar to the range change I experienced yesterday. It dropped by 10 degrees (but my measuring equipment isn't sophisticated like yours) in just a few minutes but half an hour later was hot again. It would be interesting to know where the cooler air had been. With fronts you can physically see the demarcation between cold/warm or wet/dry. Here it was just heat haze everywhere and overcast.

[Lavanda]

Yesterday was hot — the usual high 30ºC — but we had three very loud claps of thunder around 23.15, loud enough to wake the proverbial dead. That was it. This morning was faintly overcast and we had five huge drops of rain per sq.m. and no more. It's hot now but with a stiff breeze that feels quite cool. How can the breeze be cool but the air be hot? Normally the breeze is like a fan assisted oven.

[patricia]

Well I am lovely and cool thank you and long may it reign or should I say rain. I drove up to Competa, very cloudy but cool. The coolest I have ever felt in July. Lovely sea breezes coming in through the window, have not even had to wind out the awning

[Enrique]

Hi patricia,

Guess you're a cool chick then............

Just don't come any further inland.........at least up here you can save some kilowatts by not using the hair dryer, just stick your head out of the bathroom window...............

[patricia]

Haha Definitely

Never use the hair dryer in the summer, far too hot, just wash and leave, dries nice and smooth, apart from my quiff and that is a quick 10 seconds

[swerve]

That wind narf got up around our way this afternoon. I was put on washing line duty. Had to keep an eye on the pillow cases.

[Lavanda]