With a maximum of “only” 25.4°C, today marks the first day since 3rd July that I’ve recorded a maximum temperature below 26°C. The THIRD #heatwave here has finally come to an end after 28 days, my longest in records from 2009. However the #drought continues. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

July Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: - • Warmest July on record • Warmest month on record • 14 days >30°C (lowest max 24.6°C) • Mean max 6.1°C above average • Min min 1.5°C above average 1/2

Driest July for 190 years. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

A large slab of altocumulus stratiformis at sunset this evening, with a couple of fallstreak holes. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Keeping my fingers crossed whilst doing a rain dance! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Can confirm it’s pouring down in Blandford! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Some nice sea breeze convergence showers forming over Dorset this afternoon.

Altocumulus floccus virga Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Smoke from the huge #Gironde #wildfires captured from yesterday morning’s #MeteorM23 pass. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Not as hot today but we’ve met the #heatwave threshold of >26°C again! That’s 15 days now. #Dorset Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Interesting how the UK political party opinion polls are changing. Labour and Conservative neck & neck with Reform sliding, as expected after Farage’s recent stunt! I don’t think Burnham will fare well down south. Could we be heading back to the two party system? Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Fabulous #Dorset #Sunset this evening. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This is the seventh day in a row that the #heatwave threshold has been met in #Dorset. This is Dorset’s third such period this year. And each of these seven days has set a maximum temperature date record for my station. Better?

Have you ever seen the man in the Moon? The article shows the classic one, but there are actually two! www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-scienc... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Cirrus spissatus sunset over #Dorset this evening. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

It must be flying ant day!

3 days in a row with a max >26°C, and each of those beating their date record (records from 2010). Welcome to #Dorset #Heatwave No.3! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

#Meteorology Q: On a day like this with extensive cirrus but lots of blue sky & bright sunshine, would this sky still be classed as 7 or 8 oktas cloud cover? Would a blue sky completely covered with a barely perceptible layer of cirrostratus be classed as 8 oktas? Crossposted with @openvibe.social

• A cool & wet start to the month with a record-breaking heatwave in week 3 • Previous record of 35.5°C set on 18th July 2022 beaten on 3 consecutive days (23rd-25th) • Three tropical nights >20°C recorded on 23rd-25th - never previously recorded at my station 1/2 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Lovely cloudspotting day in this cooler, cleaner Atlantic airmass. #clouds #weather #meteorology Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Interesting graph showing my max temp and rainfall data for May and June. Such contrasts! A cool and fairly wet start to May with the first heatwave in the final week, then a cool and exceptionally wet start to June before this year’s second heatwave. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Altocumulus castellanus over #Dorset this evening ahead of showers in the Channel. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Wind is now picking up with lightning visible to the SW. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

All yesterday’s heat records have been broken again today. 39°C is too high, aided by poor airflow in an increasingly overgrown location, but my Weatherflow Tempest registered 38.1°C. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

🔴⚠️ The RED Extreme Heat warning has been expanded and extended south to include most of our region, valid today and Thursday. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

My #Dorset #weather station has been recording continuously since July 2009, and an unprecedented set of heat records has been broken today! • Date record • June record • 2026 record • ALL-TIME record (beating the infamous 18/07/2022) • Overnight minimum record Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Another #ClimateChange milestone: - First tropical night since my records in #Wiltshire & #Dorset began in 2009. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Today’s heat has triggered a MASSIVE thunderstorm in the West Country this afternoon! Crossposted with @openvibe.social

⚠️ The AMBER heat warning has been extended further until midnight Thursday, with the addition of a rare RED heat warning affecting central & southern England on Weds/Thurs. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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