Thanks to a clear sky this morning my thermometer says that the temperature in my garden is only 8.9° C. Hopefully it will rise to 18° C again, but maybe not until as late as 6pm. The sky is mostly blue at the moment, and the sun, still very low in the sky, is doing it's best to shine. Apparently it won't be long before clouds move in again, and the latest revision to the forecast says it will be completely overcast from about 9am, and no more sun will get through for the rest of the day. Sometimes the sky will be heavily overcast with dark grey clouds, but the chances of rain never get higher than 10% today. Tomorrow may feature sunny spells from morning to early in the afternoon. It will take it's time getting there, maybe not until 6pm, but the temperature may rise to 19° C tomorrow.
 
  Yesterday was a busy day, and quite enjoyable - very enjoyable for a while ! It was also a day that featured some annoying pain. I think I mentioned back ache yesterday morning.It didn't stop me doing two walks adding up to just over 5.5 miles. This involved quite a few pictures, and some video - video of a street gig rather than my attempt at commentary on one of my walks. All the words, all the pictured, and the video, plus my thoughts this morning, and maybe plans for today, are all in my full archive page for today.

  Once again the day has started at just 12° C, but by this afternoon it should be a more comfortable 18° C.  At the moment the sun is trying to break through the cloud cover. It is currently bright enough to cast a dim shadow....that as I write this is getting stronger ! This may bode well for this afternoon when some sunny spells are forecast. It seems the forecast is in a state of flux at the moment and so the timing of any sunshine seems to be random. The idea that it should be a dry day seems constant though. Tomorrow could see a similar range of temperatures, but otherwise may be more extreme with longer spells of sunshine, and some even heavier spells of dark cloud...but maybe still a dry day.

  I think I may have woken up after a bad night's sleep partly uncovered yesterday morning. My body temperature was just 34.9° C, and so I was possibly more sensitive to feeling cold. I fought the feeling for as long as possible, but I was forced to turn the heater on low, and put not only trousers, but a shirt on too. I can't remember when it was, but I also warmed myself a bit with a can of hot chicken soup. My body temperature showed I did not have a fever, very far from it, but I did seem to go through all the symptoms of a cold in the space of a couple of hours yesterday morning. It was the preface to another very lazy day, even though all the cold symptoms went away after I warmed up a bit. I describe all this, plus more boring, or inconsequential stuff from yesterday and this morning, in my full archive page for today.

  It has been raining this morning, but appears to have stopped now. The main thing about this morning is that it is cold. All the heat stored in the brickwork of my house seems to have all gone now, and this morning it feels cold enough for me to want to put some heating on. The latest revision to the forecast says that if we are going to see any glimpse of the sun it should be right now, but the chances of the sun making it's way through the dense cloud cover seems very unlikely. The chance of sunny spells at 11am and midday have disappeared in the latest revision, and it is looking like today will be completely overcast - sometimes very heavily ! It may be a dry day, but it will still be cold and horrible. Today the maximum temperature is predicted to be just 16° C. If I go out I will probably have to put a coat on. This is not summer weather ! Tomorrow may start as a re-run of today, but there is a chance of a few sparse sunny spells from about 2pm, and they may drive the temperature up to 18° C.

  I had no idea that yesterday morning would turn out as sunny as it was. There was nothing in the forecast to suggest it would be so, but I still felt the urge to get out for a walk, and it seemed perfectly reasonable that I wouldn't need a coat, or any other protection. I think the sun popped out just as I was leaving, and maybe that felt like a good omen.  After not getting any exercise for 6 days apart from one short walk, that was very uncomfortable, I wondered how yesterday's walk would go. I felt a bit creaky when I started out, and I wondered how long it would take for that muscle on the rear of my right thigh to start complaining. It didn't, and that was good news. It turned out to be an enjoyable walk, and covered new ground on a walk that was very close to 5 miles. There is the usual map, pictures, and another video of the walk, plus a description of my day, my night, and how this morning seems to be, in my full archive page for today.

  For a while there was a lot of blue sky, albeit punctuated with small streaks of cloud, to be seen a bit earlier this morning. Half an hour later and it is raining again. Maybe there may be another sunny spell later, but it is looking like today will be similar to yesterday. One potential significant difference will be if we finally get a heaven splitting bolt of lightning or two today. Many have been forecast, but none have happened locally. It is going to be another cool day. The weather may briefly peak at 17° C again, but 16°, or even 15° C is going to be more typical. The daylight hours tomorrow are currently predicted to be dry, but with 100% cloud cover. Once again the temperature will briefly peak at 17° C,

  The latest revision to the forecast has added a couple of sunny spells for the morning. They are happening as I write this, and may continue for an hour yet. Everything changes this afternoon as thick black clouds roll, and heavy rain is predicted. Oh well, another day when the garden doesn't need watering.  Late evening may be dry. The most significant aspect of today's weather is that at just 16° C it is going to feel quite cool. Tomorrow may be a little less cool at 18° C, but it may start dull, then light rain will fall, and possibly there will be a thunderstorm in the early afternoon.

  The forecast has not got off to a good start ! There is currently a lot of blue sky, and the sun is shining. Maybe 10am will see dense clouds, but it doesn't feel like it will happen. It does seem feasible that this afternoon may be bright, and sometimes sunny. Today is another day when the Met Office forecast is very different to the BBC (Meteogroup) forecast. They even manage to disagree on the temperature, but only by one degree. The BBC are slightly more generous with 22° C against the 21° C of the Met Office. At least both agree that the strong winds/gales we had yesterday are over, although yesterday it was thought they would continue today. Tomorrow may start sunny, but the afternoon will feature rain, and some of it may be heavy rain. It looks like it could continue into Friday. Tomorrow could be a couple of degrees cooler than today, and Friday could be cooler still - feeling quite cold by comparison to a week or so ago.

  It seems like it was raining a lot through the night, but it was not heavy enough to be noticeable. The puddles and general soggyness this morning are it's legacy. If that were not enough, the rain has continued, but may be stopping soon...well actually the forecast has just been revised, and it now says the heavy rain will stop at 9am, but lighter rain will continue until midday. I must admit I haven't observed what I would call heavy rain this morning, but it is persistent. The afternoon should see some sunny spells, and maybe a bit of light rain around 6pm, but the main weather feature for this afternoon is more strong winds. The temperature might just briefly make it to 21° C. Tomorrow may be dry, but it is predicted to be a very dull day with just a small chance of a solitary sunny spell sometime in the afternoon. The temperature will stay around the 20° C region again.

  The sunny spell forecast for 8am, or now, is trying to happen, but I don't think the sun is going to completely get through the clouds just yet. In fact the latest revision to the forecast omits it. It also say the light rain before the heavy rain at 10am will now fall after the heavy rain. If that heavy rain does fall it will mean I won't have to worry about watering the garden. There should also be some light rain this evening too. The afternoon may have sunny period, but it looks like it will be mainly a bit dull, but at least the temperature should reach 21° C again today. It seems October, or even November starts tomorrow. There will be strong winds and copious winds in the morning, and it will be rather cool too. Maybe no more than 16° C. It should hopefully brighten up a bit later in the afternoon, but sunshine may be very rare. By early evening the temperature should have risen to 20° C.

  Like yesterday, I think the weather is still changing too fast for a reliable forecast. The sunny periods forecast for this morning are extended sunny periods. The type where it is mostly sunny, but the occasional cloud flits across the face of the sun. What is more is that the sun has only just gone in, and I can still see blue patches of sky over half an hour after the sunny periods were supposed to finish. I think today is going to be a lot like yesterday. The latest revision to the forecast now acknowledges the extended sunny periods, but still says we can look forward to thick cloud from 11am, and now it will continue to 3pm, and at 4pm there is a 60% chance of heavy rain. After that the forecast continues as above. It will be a degree cooler than yesterday, and that might feel slightly cool under those black clouds. Tomorrow may make it to 20° C, but not until early evening. The afternoon may be a lot cooler - and wetter. Rain is forecast for tomorrow, and some of it may be heavy.
   This was how yesterday's weather looked before I had a shower, and got dressed. I was convinced I would not be going out for a walk yesterday, but while showering the weather did a rapid change. By the time I was dressed the same view was of blue sky and the sun was shining. I quickly changed my mind about going out, and while I can't say I really looked forward to it, I knew I had to do it. My walk is described, and illustrated in my full archive page for today which also includes my thoughts about this morning and the day ahead.

  The latest revision to the forecast adds sunshine for 9am, and takes away a few sunny spells during the day. Apart from the wind, it looks like today will be very similar to yesterday, and I didn't find yesterday a nice day. Tomorrow will also follow a similar pattern except the temperature may only rise to 21° C instead of 22° C. It is looking like summer is over before August is over. That seems a fair reason to be miserable.
 
  I was initially quite keen to go for a walk yesterday morning. I had an approximate route planned that would take me to places I hadn't been to for a very long time, and definitely had not explored them on foot, but by the time I was ready to go out the sky looked like mud, and I found myself losing enthusiasm so fast that before I had got my socks on I had given up. I didn't completely waste the day. I did some useful jobs, and read many more pages of the book I am currently reading. I describe my day, it's ups and downs, and how I could have died from botulism, plus my thoughts and aches and pains this morning in my full archive page for today.

  It seems the main feature of today's weather will be wind. It is the remnants of some storm that crossed the Atlantic. At the moment it is just a bit gusty, but maybe it might get stronger. One thing omitted from the forecast for this morning is rain. It says there is a less than 5% chance of rain, and yet something wet is hitting my window in very small quantities - possibly enough to fill a teaspoon over the last 20 minutes ! There is a 30% chance of rain for 3pm (and I would add plus or minus 3 hours !). It seems the sun may break through the clouds now and then, but it's looking to me like today could be described as "cloudy". The afternoon should see the temperature rise to 22° C, and that is acceptable. Tomorrow is probably going to be similar to today.
 
  There was hot sunshine as I set out on my walk yesterday. I didn't have set route, and I made up a lot of it as I went along. My only objective was to arrive in Lewisham Park just after 1pm in the hope of meeting Angela in there. On this occasion I sent her a text message just after midday to say I would be passing through the park, and would stop for a chat if she was there. I didn't see Angela, and nor did she even acknowledge my message. That left me feeling miserable in the evening. My walk covered 4.1 miles, and it was an eye opener as to how close some places are that previously seemed much more distant. I say more about my walk, and illustrate it with a selection of pictures, plus there is commentary of my afternoon, evening, night, and this morning in my full archive page for today.

  The last of the current spell of rain probably gave it's last gasp sometime in the small hours of this morning. For the last hour it has been sunny, but it may cloud over for a few hours, and only give a few sunny spells. The afternoon should see a return to glorious sunshine again, and while 24° C is not that high it should feel lovely and warm in the afternoon. The BBC's weather forecast again agrees with the Met Office forecast, but they diverge tonight when the latest revision to the Met Office forecast predicts light rain from about 9pm. Tomorrow may be a couple of degrees cooler, and most, but not all, the sunshine will come as sunny spells. It should be dry.

  The dark grey sky, drizzle, and a hangover combined to make for a day with no ambitions yesterday. I don't think I did any more than just laying on my bed reading (and drinking water to cure my hangover) all morning. I did eventually do a limited amount of housework in the afternoon, and I spent a while checking, and editing some of my old video of gigs in 2016 to 2018. All the details, but no pictures, or video, are described in my full archive page for today that also includes my thoughts about this morning.

  It was possibly a little before 9am when the rain started, but so far the forecast is looking correct for today. Even the BBC (Meteogroup) forecast agrees on the general idea that today is likely to be very dull and very wet ! With the temperature not reaching 20° C until early evening it is also going to feel a slightly cool day. The BBC forecast has also had another go at predicting some lightning for near midnight. Tomorrow is currently predicted to be very different. All hours of daylight may be sunny, and the temperature may rise to 23° C.

  I felt strangely keen to go for a walk once I was ready yesterday. I wanted to test a pair of lightweight trainers rather than boots, and that meant mainly sticking to paved paths and roads. Curiously enough they seemed more comfortable than boots for walking up hills, but more uncomfortable when walking down hills !  While I had no special place in mind to walk to, there was a short cut I wanted to try.The short cut lead me to Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery in what seemed like record time, and from there I walked to the top of Hilly Fields with ease. That walk is described in pictures and words in my full archive page for today. I also describe how, thanks to a visit from Jodie, I ended up with a hangover today, and how because of the hangover and the terrible wet and gloomy weather I intend to do as little as possible today.

  The latest revision to the weather forecast just shows a few sporadic showers, and the chance of some of those is fairly low, and they may not happen. It could leave us with a fairly bright, and mostly dry day. The BBC weather forecast still clings to the idea that there could be a thunderstorm, but while the Met Office thought it would be at 4pm, the BBC reckons it will happen at 1pm. I guess they will be right one day. Today could be a whole degree warmer than yesterday, 22° C. The current prediction for tomorrow shows the temperature down to just 20° C, and it will probably be a wet day with some very heavy rain now and then, but apparently no thunderstorms !

 I thought the weather forecast would put me off going out yesterday, but later revisions to the forecast seemed less threatening, and so I thought I would go out for a short walk. I ended up walking 3.2 miles, and I only stopped going further because the boots I was giving another test were, once again, making my feet sore. I have illustrated my commentary on the day with video and quite a few pictures. It can all be found on my full archive page for today. It also includes my thoughts this morning.

  This morning's forecast has already been revised to show that it is a sunny morning, but there are still lots of clouds in the sky. It seems that today may well end up as a slightly cooler version of yesterday. Both the original (above) and the latest revision agree that it will be no more than 21° C. Both also agree that rain will start at 11am, and continue until 6pm. Some of that rain may be heavy, and once again thunderstorms are predicted. This time for 11am and midday, but most thunderstorm prediction have come to nothing here. (Some places, like along the Kent coast) have definitely had some. Once the rain finishes, assuming it starts, there could be some sunny spells until sunset. Current predictions for tomorrow say that it will be similar to today.

  Yesterday morning I had high hopes that I might suddenly decide to go out for a walk. I felt I should do, but I didn't feel in the right mood for it. It's hard to say why I felt like that. The weather was OK, and I felt reasonably OK, but maybe I was bored going over the same routes, and I couldn't think of somewhere new to explore. In the end it got later and later, and the inspiration never arrived so I stayed at home. My time wasn't wasted, and I did some housework, and fair bit of gardening. There is a picture of my potato harvest, and a description of my day, and this morning, in my full archive page for today.

  Last night the forecast predicted a misty start to today (the BBC forecast still does). This morning's update shows no mist, although the air is a bit hazy off in the distance. The latest update still looks like the screenshot above with just a few small changes. There might be only one sunny period now (although looking at the thick blanket of cloud I have my doubts about even one sunny period). The first light rain is now shown to start at 3pm instead of 2pm, but the same pattern follows with the potential for thunderstorms at 7pm, and heavy rain into the night. The afternoon should see the temperature rise to 23° C, and so at least the rain should feel warm....sort of. Tomorrow shows the chances of rain to be 30 or 40% except for a few hours when it falls to 10%. I expect that will change by tomorrow, but there still seems to be a fair chance that I won't have to water the garden again.

  Yesterday was one of those odd days where I didn't really do much, but the day seemed too short. I was trying to psyche myself up to go for a walk, and I probably would have if it were not for two linked problems. As I was close to going out, just after 11am, I had another long rambling phone call from my friend Lee. It may have been good that he delayed me for over an hour because towards the end of the call I was beginning to feel slightly uncomfortable.My guts were feeling a bit volatile. I stayed in and eat too much according to my weight, but all the correct stuff according to my blood glucose level. I seemed to write quite a bit about yesterday, and I also wrote some stuff about my stay in hospital. I was discharged from hospital, and left the same way I arrived - on foot - exactly a year ago today. All this, plus some hospital pictures, are in my full archive page for today.

  Like yesterday, and a few days before that, there is another warning of a thunderstorm today, but no time is shown for it on the forecast. Last night was a lot fresher than recently, and I was quite happy to sleep with the window closed, and the curtains drawn. I woke up to it looking very damp outside.Most of the rain is so light that it is hard to see, but it's effect is clearly visible. The latest revision to the forecast says there will be very thick cloud until 4pm when it may lighten up. There could even be a glimpse of the sun after that. On the other hand it could be the second period of rain. The first (as shown on the latest revision that starts about now) could be between 10pm and midday when an 80% chance of rain is predicted. The second second, starting at 6pm may continue into tomorrow, but with the chance of rain for the first two hours being shown as just 40%, and after that just 30%, I expect it may be dry for a lot of the evening. No time for thunderstorms in all that ! It is going to be a comparatively cool day of just 21° C. Tomorrow could be a re-run of tomorrow with a few times slightly changed.

  It felt really good to give my hair a good wash and condition, plus give my body a good scrubbing (not literally !) under the shower yesterday morning. Before that I felt horrible and greasy after not having a proper wash the day before, and and after so many sweaty days.  Meanwhile, outside it was all horrible and grey, but it was at least dry. The latest forecast said at midday there was an 80% chance of rain, and yet it didn't really look like it would rain - although I can't say why I thought that. The sky was horrible and grey, and so there was the potential for rain. Maybe I just thought I would be lucky, and it seems I was when I decided to go for some exercise. I ended up doing a 4.59 mile walk. I only took a few pictures because I was treading a well worn route, but I did make a video featuring a few places on my walk. The pictures and video, plus some commentary on the rest of my day, and my thoughts this morning, are all on my full archive page for today.

  There is a weather warning for thunderstorms again today, but no actual time for one has been predicted. At the moment it is overcast with a 10% chance of rain. That goes up to 20% from midday to 1pm, and then it is back to 10% until 6pm. The chance of rain then goes up to 30% until the end of the day, and rain is expected then. The maximum temperature will be just 23° C, and the feeble breeze that occasionally stirs the curtains feels quite fresh. Tomorrow may see a bit more light rain, but otherwise will probably be very similar to today except at 6pm when the chance of rain, and a thunderstorm goes up to 60%.

  As I explained yesterday morning, my movements were constrained while I waited for my delivery of cans of Guinness. It turned out to be a longer wait than expected. As I mentioned yesterday, I had seen the delivery van outside, but the driver couldn't seem to find my booze, and just drove off with leaving a message or anything. It took some time to get through to the depot to ask what was happening, perhaps what was going to happen. The lady at the other end took my details, and said she would try and contact the driver, and then phone me back. My Guinness was finally delivered at about 1pm. From then on I could relax. All the other details for the rest of the day, a brief description of a rather wonderful dream, and my thoughts this morning are all in my full archive page for today.

  Today has started correctly with rain, although I think I would describe it as more light than heavy. It started about 6.30am, and may have lasted an hour. It is now sunny. The sun is a bit hazy, but I would say this is more like sunshine than just a sunny period. Maybe it will cloud over in the afternoon, and maybe it will start to rain at 6pm. Maybe there will even be a thunderstorm today, but the reliability of even the Met Office forecasts recently has been such that it is difficult to believe too much of them. Hopefully the temperature prediction is right - it is usually the most accurate prediction. 27° C is still very warm, but will feel almost cool (but not actually) compared to the 30° plus we have had for what feels like ages. Tomorrow could be cooler still. 22° C is the maximum predicted after the days starts with rain, continues overcast, and more rain late afternoon and evening.

  I wanted to go for some sort of walk yesterday to ease some of the stiffness of doing almost nothing the day before. I had an idea I might walk in the direction of Crofton Park station because I had never walked that way before. That is what I did, but without intending to go there I also found Brockley & Ladywell cemetery. I had only briefly glimpsed it when passing the Ladywell end, and I never realised how big it was, and how old parts of it are. It was a very taxing walk despite being only just over 4 miles, on account of the high humidity. As usual there are a selection of pictures, plus another pointless video showing some of my progress, in my full archive page for today. It also includes a description of my morning up to the point of writing this - it includes the (so far) non delivery of my Guinness !

  This morning both the BBC and Met Office (screenshot of Met Office above) both agree there will be a thunderstorm today, and amazingly they both agree on a time too - about 2pm. Of course the forecasts are never complete until sometimes after the event. The Met Office has reduced the hours when a thunderstorm might happen to just one single hour. The BBC still reckon on thunderstorms between 2pm and 6pm, and have now added a few more hours of thunderstorms late tonight. Until the sky does, or doesn't cloud over with black thunderclouds there should be non stop strong sunshine. That will raise an already warm morning up to just 31° C today, but any rain will cool things off a bit, but not much. It looks like it will be another very hot and sweaty night, and tomorrow will start off very warm again, but tomorrow may only reach 28° C with some rain in the afternoon.

  I was constrained as to what I could do yesterday until I had two packets delivered. I took advantage of that to be quite lazy, and it was probably deserved after my very long walk in the heat the day before. It was early afternoon when my two packets arrived - my new soda syphon, and the CO² charges for it. I now have delicious fizzy water on tap ! I may not have done much yesterday, but I seemed to have written a fair bit about my day, and, as usual, my thoughts this morning all in my full archive page for today.

  It is probable that there will be some rain this morning - the sky is very sullen at the moment - and it seems possible that there could be a thunderstorm late in the afternoon. The BBC and Met Office predict different times for rain this morning The BBC took a gamble on 7pm, but there was no rain then. The Met Office said 9am, but the latest revision says no rain then, and no rain until 4pm when there could be light showers until 9pm, but no thunderstorms now. From 11am until 4pm it could be sunny according to the latest revision. The temperature is still predicted to reach 32 or 33° C again. Maybe we will get that thunderstorm tomorrow, but despite the warnings, none are explicitly shown in tomorrow's forecast. It says light rain for most of the afternoon, but sunshine at other times. Once again it will be a hot day, around 32° C, and is seems likely that tonight is going to be a very warm night.

I knew I had to take a walk yesterday for the sake of my health. I didn't predict it would be a long walk, but by the time I was ready to go out I had the crazy idea of walking to Blackheath again. I did get a sort of thrill walking there last time. It seemed sort of remote, and the idea I could not only get there, but get back again on foot seemed amazing (for limited amounts of amazing). I took a different route, and one I regret. I used the same route as the bus, but that was a just a very long hill that seemed to go on forever. Anyway, I made it and it turned out to be my longest walk for maybe 10 years. There are some pictures taken along the way, plus a video of progress reports at various points in the walk, plus the usual comments on the picture, what I did after the walk, how I slept, and my thoughts this morning, all in my full archive page for today.

   There is no thunderstorm shown on this screenshot of the first version of today's forecast, but this is the warning -
  In other words, they have no idea when, or where there might be a thunderstorm. It is just a case that all the ingredients are there for summer thunder and lightning. It just depends on where the humidity and heat is highest. The BBC reckon that this coming Thursday is the day, and although so far in advance that it is bound to be wrong, they have produced a very lively looking forecast for the day !
   It should be easy to see when a thunderstorm is brewing today, if indeed one does brew up. All hours of daylight are forecast to be sunny. If the sun suddenly ducks behind thick roiling clouds we can expect the worst. Hmmm, maybe there are hints that it could happen now. The latest revision to the forecast has added some cloud at midday, 5 and 7pm, but only enough to reduce the sunshine to sunny periods. It is going to be another hot day with the temperature around 33° C this afternoon. Tomorrow could see a fair bit of cloud that will keep the temperature lower at first, but by late afternoon it was head towards 33° C again. There will probably be light rain in the morning, and some more late in the afternoon. That sounds like a more likely time for a thunderstorm !

   My prediction that I probably would not go for a walk yesterday turned out to be correct. I couldn't seem to raise the enthusiasm for it. I did have enough enthusiasm to do a few chores though. I did two lots of laundry by hand.Another thing that I almost did, but didn't was to sunbathe in the garden, but while looking for a large towel that I knew I had stashed somewhere I found other things (as well as the towel). There is terrible picture of me wearing an old coat, plus pictures of stuff in the garden, and a vague commentary of my day, plus thoughts this morning, in my full archive page for today.

   As the forecast says, this morning started both cool and cloudy. The cloud is slowly dissipating now, and the temperature is beginning to rise. By late afternoon it will be above 30° C, but maybe only by one degree no more according to the latest revision. Today the bright sun will probably bake my bedroom again. It is tomorrow when things get interesting. It will be another very sunny day with temperature possibly reaching 32° C, but at some time there could be a thunderstorm. No time is predicted for this thunderstorm, and I guess it is only predicted because the ingredients are there if the weather should decide to use them. Curiously enough, the BBC forecast agrees with the temperature prediction, and also warns of thunderstorms at some unpredictable time. The day after get the same treatment.
 
   Yesterday morning I was feeling tired, and although I speculated that I might end up going for a walk, I didn't. I just felt lazy.....or maybe it wasn't lazy but just ordinary tired.There wasn't that much to describe, but the full story of yesterday, plus my thoughts this morning are in my full archive page for today.

   Today may see a lot less sunshine according to the Met Office (screenshot above), although the BBC say it will be another sunny day. Both estimate it will be over 30° C again today. Today the BBC has the edge over the Met Office. They predicted an 80% chance of rain at 7am, although for some bizzare reason they didn't actually say it would rain. 80% seems close to a certainty to me, and indeed there was evidence of a light shower maybe a bit earlier than 7am, but not a lot earlier. At the moment about half the sky is covered in clouds, but that still leaves a lot of blue sky, and the sun is currently shining through a gap in those clouds. I suspect the BBC's forecast for a lot of sunshine may turn out to be right.

  The current prediction for tomorrow is that there won't be full sunshine until about 11am, but then the sun is probably going to blaze down until at least early evening, and the temperature will rise to about 30° C. This coming Monday and Tuesday will also be hot, and possibly very humid to as thunderstorms brew up. Both the Met Office and BBC predict thunderstorms for both Monday and Tuesday. Oh well, at least I won't have to water the garden on those days....probably.

   Yesterday afternoon was probably the rehearsal for a spell of hot sunny weather. Today has certainly started with blue sky, and sunshine. It should continue until sunset. The prediction is that today will reach a sizzling 34° C ! The next 3 or 4 days could see the temperature over 30° C. Tomorrow may feature more cloud, but that won't affect the temperature. The next few days after tomorrow may be mostly sunny, and it is not until next Wednesday when there could be some rain - possibly heavy rain. The BBC, Meteogroup, forecast reckons all this heat will end in thunderstorms for three days starting as early as next Tuesday. That is a reasonable guess, but I expect reality may choose another path.

   There was a fair bit of blue sky around 6am this morning, but now the sky is filled with clouds and looking quite grey. There is a very small chance of rain at the moment, but by 11am the clouds may break to enough to allow some sunny spells. If the forecast holds we should get back to non stop sunshine for the last 4 hours before the sun set. It could be a very warm 27° C in the early evening. Tomorrow is still on track to be a very hot day with non stop sunshine, and the temperature hitting 34° C !

   This morning was not as cool as yesterday, but it is rather cloudy. If the forecast holds it shouldn't be too long before the sun starts to break through the cloud, and from 11am it should be warm sunshine right through to early evening. It seems it will be a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow could be good and bad. Thick clouds may replace sunshine, but it should stay dry, and even warmer than today. It is the day after when we get another brief heatwave. The latest revision is saying 34° C !

   The Met Office forecast seems to be the most optimistic, and at the moment it matches reality. There are only a few fluffy white clouds in the sky as I write this, and the sun is shining. If reality continues to follow the forecast a bit more cloud will appear by mid morning, and reduce the sunshine to just sunny spells until late afternoon. It should be a degree, and maybe two warmer than yesterday. Tomorrow may start heavily overcast with a 10% chance of rain, but by mid morning the clouds will have dispersed enough to give sunny spells for most of the day. There could be some very long periods of sunshine in the afternoon, and the temperature should rise to a nice warm 25° C.

   The Met Office forecast seems to be a bit gloomy, and doesn't seem to be reflecting reality at the moment. I think I'll switch to the BBC's weather forecast because it is more optimistic.
   The BBC forecast looks a lot like yesterday's weather, and on the basis that statistically the weather today is usually the same as yesterday, and because I prefer a more optimistic forecast, I shall choose the BBC's forecast to base my commentary on. At the moment the sky seems to be about 50% blue, and 50% cloud. If this continues then we can expect sunny spells all day. Both forecasts agree that the afternoon temperature will rise to 21° C, and that it should stay dry. Tomorrow will probably be a degree or so warmer, and both forecasts say there should be sunshine or sunny spells for most of the day.

   Today could be a lot like yesterday. It is sunny now, but by 11am that might be reduced to just sunny periods, and by midday we may lose the sun for the rest of the day - the latest revision to the forecast doesn't include the sunny periods at 4 and 5pm, plus 8pm. It's probably better to try and believe the BBC's forecast. That says sunny periods through the whole day. Both forecasts agree that the temperature will rise to 22° C, but the Met Office forecast says it will reach there a few hours later than the BBC's forecast. Tomorrow may be a degree or two cooler, but once again there is a choice of weather. If we live in the Met Office reality there will be some sunshine, some sunny periods, and a 40% chance of rain a few times in the afternoon. In the BBC's reality it will sunny periods all day, but no solid sunshine,, and no chance of rain.

   This morning has started bright and fairly fresh - except it isn't fresh indoors ! It is predicted we will lose the sunshine late this morning, and once again the forecast is going to have another go at predicting rain for 6pm (like it didn't happen yesterday). There are no predictions for thunderstorms today, but cynic in me says there probably will be one. It is going to be pleasantly warm even without afternoon sunshine. 24° C is forecast. Of course the BBC (Meteogroup) disagrees, and says there could be sunny spells for a lot of today, and it will stay dry. Tomorrows forecasts, from both forecasters, are currently looking to be similar to today.
  One of the first things I did yesterday morning was to water the garden. In yesterday's heat it would have got baked dry, and damaged many of my plants, but I gave it a good wetting, and everything seemed to survive. After that I had no more excuses to not go out for a walk. Well, I just had to walk in the fierce sun, and to walk 4.2 miles, up hill and down dales. It was a very thirsty walk, but enjoyable, and it yielded some pictures and a 5 minute video. You can see the pictures, watch the video, and read about the day, and this morning, in my full archive page for today.