London Scalding

[marmar]

UK weather returns to normal after record-breaking heatwave
Monday expected to see last of high temperatures, with frost predicted in Scotland by end of week

Sam Jones and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 October 2011



Sunbathers enjoy the hot weather in Hyde Park, central London, on Sunday. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Corbis


After days of fiercely hot autumn weather, which culminated in a new record temperature for 2 October of 29.4C (84.92F), the British climate is slowly resuming business as usual, with showers looming and frost predicted in parts of Scotland by the end of the week.

But the tail end of the heatwave was not enjoyed by the whole of the UK. Although much of England and south Wales sweltered over the weekend, there was rain in north Wales, the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with temperatures hovering around 15C.

Monday is expected to see the last of the unseasonably warm weather, with highs of 28C possible. However, the mercury will peak at a much cooler 14C by the end of the week, forecasters said.

Victoria Kettley, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "The last of the high temperatures will be today, with temperatures of 25C and 26C across the Midlands and eastern England, and highs of 27C and 28C in some places. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/03/uk-weather-normal-record-heatwave?newsfeed=true

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Nice phonetic pun :)

[Demoiselle]

2. I just got it!

Thanks for pointing it out, I was considering a comment on the order of "SCALDING?" Hah! Englishmen are such Heat Weenies!
Fortunately I didn't. Well...er...not really.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. "...now warm is declared, and battle comes down.."

[marmar]

4. "...now warm is declared"

:spray: :thumbsup:

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. :)

I should have said "...and (water) bottles come down..."

:hi:

Gotta dig up my Clash recordings. Have a good one!

[ceile]

6. I know that's hot for them

but really? 85 degrees?! That's downright cool.

[dipsydoodle]

7. For this time of the year - in fact a record here.

But it will soon cool down - Ophelia has looped back in this direction.

[ceile]

8. I once had in-laws in from Ireland

to visit Texas, in August. 95-105 everyday. I thought they were going to die. They went home sunburned and exhausted. They never came in the summer again.

[11 Bravo]

9. Fuck, I'm old! I thought of Edward R. Murrow before I thought of The Clash.

[Demoiselle]

10. Aw, pooh. So did I.

We're not old, just seasoned.