Poxy Weather

[Smiffy]

On Large expanses of Tarmac, temperatures are expected to exceed 50 degrees this week.

 

[V8Druid]

Why have I got to have the kitchen lights on to see, I thought we were in Summer
Junior terrier is wanting a cuddle (the terrified of lightning one) so shmbo may go hungry, I'll tell her it's good for her figure

Standard response is to whack the music on loud, doesn't help when the last cd played was dreadzone starting with a rumble of thunder

threatening here and had quite a few very large spots of rain, but hasn't come to anything yet ...
temp has gone down from 32C to 27C but so 'heavy' it's pretty unbearable ---
cats don't know what to do with themselves -
have 'wet' squeak down a few times but although he likes the effect, he's not happy with the M.O. to achieve it

and in reply to the first line .... longest day was yesterday - down hill again from here on in

 

[William127]

I just can’t work in shorts, deffo not with tarmac! Half tempted in trousers at Hillhead.. bright white limestone on the back of your legs = burns!!

Same, can't really stand any trousers apart from jeans
Although I did crack and wear shorts on my bike earlier, mainly because I didn't want another pair of soaked jeans to deal with starred raining as I got home
People always say 'oh how can you wear jeans in this weather, put some shorts on etc' but I'll take the little bit of extra heat to be able to kneel down/not get stung/not end up with oil grease and mud all over my legs

 

[V8Druid]

21C at 07.00 doesn't bode 'well' for the day

 

[Lancs Lad]

21C at 07.00 doesn't bode 'well' for the day

It's summer

Sure it was about 50c when I was a primary school. Mini shorts and them black plastic chairs.
Or sat cross legged on the tarmac picking the 10mm bits out

 

[Smiffy]

Airports across the country are currently watering runways in an attempt to keep them cool.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Airports across the country are currently watering runways in an attempt to keep them cool.

Meanwhile Aberdeen are salt spreading

Why out interest? Surely it's factored in? What about Spain etc?

 

[Smiffy]

Meanwhile Aberdeen are salt spreading

Why out interest? Surely it's factored in? What about Spain etc?

I couldn't tell you about spain but there are generally a few things at play.
The bitumen in modern asphalt is polymer modified so will be tailored to the environment. We probably have tarmac that copes best with rain, and I dare say spain has tarmac that copes better with heat.
Secondly it appears to be the areas where the planes turn from the taxiways that are causing problems. If you know this is a problem you can use concrete or design the taxiways to reduce the turning required.

 

[Routy56]

Fairly hot today in NE Essex

Weather station showing 30.6c at 12:33 and we are near and have a coastal breeze
On a positive note the white meter, far left shows the solar panel generation at about 2.9kW. It been giving great output over most of the day. And means that we can run the AC all day and charge up the EV for nothing

 

[Russell]

35c on the isle of wight according to the car.
I love it but couldnt do more than half a day fixing the lr.

 

[V8Druid]

35c on the isle of wight according to the car.
I love it but couldnt do more than half a day fixing the lr.

36 on the patio thermometer, late afternoon, in the shade of the umbrella - not done a lot today, other than piddly bits an' bobs
house is like a sauna, even with two sets of French windows still wide open and a lot of windows - next to zero breeze - thermometers still showing 25C