Is the 'Heat Wave' over?

It's cooled right down up here - only 62F (17C) out there right now. 

Doesn't feel like it here...still 21c and very humid despite the downpour

Really?  Wow & you're so close-ish.  It's a lot cooler here - noticed it right away when I left work today.

Also, the slugs that came with the rain ate DH's wild strawberries. 

This week we've had a battle between the dry, warm air from the continent in the south and the cooler, moister air from the Atlantic in the west. There's been a frontal system sitting out over the Irish Sea/just into West Wales for the last few days, but as the winds have been light, it's not been moving (hence the really warm temperatures hanging around in the east). However, the system finally moved eastwards overnight and during today.... so temperatures are cooling off now, with cooler air coming in from the west behind the frontal system.

Up here in Shropshire, we're looking at maximum temperatures of about 19 degrees or so over the weekend with sunshine and showers (but more/heavier showers on Sunday). Temperatures looking to still 21-23 degrees in the south (mainly southeast - London area) for the next few days but around 17-19 degrees further north.

Yay!  I knew you'd come through! 

I saw that 16/17 degrees for the weekend. 

lol always count on ksand for the most up to date weather!

The fog has been bag out on the rigs - slowing the helicopters down at Skatska (sp)
Its only 64 here now boooo I want sun, I was hoping to work on the tan before vacation so I dont show up as a ghost.

I'm actually happy it's cooler! Transport in London when it's over 25C is horrid. I'm always stuck on an overcrowded train with lots of stinky businessmen. 

I'm actually happy it's cooler! Transport in London when it's over 25C is horrid. I'm always stuck on an overcrowded train with lots of stinky businessmen. 

When it's hot in the underground all I can think about is what if it breaks down for an hour...

When it's hot in the underground all I can think about is what if it breaks down for an hour...

Next to being trapped in an elevator, this is my worst nightmare.  Every time I'm on that rickety Glasgow subway, in my head I'm saying "Don't break down, don't break down, don't break down." 

I'm actually happy it's cooler! Transport in London when it's over 25C is horrid. I'm always stuck on an overcrowded train with lots of stinky businessmen. 

Yeah, can't say I'm a fan of the packed-like-sardines-with-my-nose-next-to-someone's-sweaty-armpit forms of public transport either.  And I know you struggle with that overall situation.

You should move north!    It's usually cooler up here.

Wish it could be hot where we want it hot & cooler where we want it cool.  ksand24, what can you do to sort that?! 

I worry about trains breaking down all the time.  Every time I take a train trip, I read in the news about a disrupted train just the day before my trip.  I panic when I think of being stuck for any period of time, especially in a tunnel!!!

When it's hot in the underground all I can think about is what if it breaks down for an hour...

That happened on the Red Line here recently and people were trapped for several hours on a boiling day  Emergency folks eventually got bottled water to them. Thank goodness it wasn't my train!

That happened on the Red Line here recently and people were trapped for several hours on a boiling day  Emergency folks eventually got bottled water to them. Thank goodness it wasn't my train!

I worry about this too....so they bring bottles of water....what if there aren't enough bottles to go around....maybe they just have five nice cold bottles and they toss them in the window amongst the 72 sweltering people and it becomes like a Mad Max scenario....factions forming....garrotted in the hot dark for a bottle of Highland Springs.

I am very amused at what's considered a "heat wave." Seems like normal perfectly pleasant summer weather to me (that I look forward to all year long!) It's not a heat wave to me until it goes above 95F (35C). Personally, I actually LOVE that weather (I'm always cold so 95 feels about right to me, I don't get even a little uncomfortably hot until it goes over 100). I'm kind of dreading cool summers when I ultimately move to southeast England. Will definitely have to plan visits home (to the northeast) in the end of July to soak up the heat.

That being said, much less frigid winters and much less snow might be an ok trade off. 

Its so hot here I saw a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking.