It's getting hot in here!

[doulikefish]

Altogether everybody

"London's Burning London's Burning

Fetch the engine Fetch the Engine

Fire Fire Fire Fire

Pour on water Pour on water"

[Silvio Tattiescone]

22 minutes ago, dorlomin said:

 

The Welsh, English and Scottish records were all pretty much shattered. Even with climate change it might be a couple of decades before these records are broken. This was probably much rarer than the 1 in 10 year type event that sets a record with an underlying trend of 0.2C per decade (that is globally, higher latitudes like us are warming faster).

The 2003 record stood till 2019, so its not really a big reach to suggest that it could take more than a decade to break. 

Two big caveats, one being a rearranging of atmospheric circulation bringing warmer southerly air masses here more frequently, the other being a big shift in Arctic sea ice seeing high latitude northern hemisphere summer temperatures jump. 

 

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Countries across Europe broke temperature records in June - with an unprecedented 32.5C (90.5F) reported in the Arctic Circle.

Norway's Meteorological Institute has warned the high temperatures are a clear signal of climate change.

In Banak, where this new record was broken, average temperatures for June typically stand at 13C (55F).

https://news.sky.com/story/unprecedented-32-5c-in-the-arctic-circle-during-month-of-smashed-global-temperature-records-12643828

[Billy Jean King]

Those are unbelievable rises in the records. Pretty much spot on from the forecasters too despite the input from our resident Shaun Batty's yesterday.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

It’s almost as if science and maths actually work.

[carpetmonster]

2 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

It’s almost as if science and maths actually work.

Now we just need to work out magnets and we'll be sorted. 

[Thorongil]

I hereby issue a formal apology to the Met Office.

[Billy Jean King]

Those scenes of the streets burning in the South of England are absolutely horrific.

[welshbairn]

12 minutes ago, Thorongil said:

I hereby issue a formal apology to the Met Office.

This was my favourite 

On 18/07/2022 at 14:48, Thorongil said:

Met Office now claiming that Wales has “provisionally” broken its record, by 0.1 of a degree. This previous record was set in 1990. 

So 2 very hot days at the height of summer, 32 years apart. How terrifying. 

Must have been the “hole in the Ozone layer” causing it back then and then everyone getting new fridges and changing their deodorant has held back the tide.

 

On 18/07/2022 at 14:57, MrWorldwideJr said:

I see we've switched gear smoothly from claiming there will be no records broken today and the Met Office have embarrassed themselves by predicting it straight to the fact that there has been a record broken today is irrelevent and the Met Office have embarrassed themselves by pointing it out.

 

[Silvio Tattiescone]

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by Newbornbairn

[jamamafegan]

Those scenes of the streets burning in the South of England are absolutely horrific.

They better get used to it. This is going to become the “new normal” - except with this it definitely will be unless we take truly drastic action to address man-made climate change. More frequent heatwaves and dangerous temperatures, more fires, water scarcity, crop failure, more extreme weather events ie flooding. Countries closer to the equator will become uninhabitable and as people start to die we will see mass migration. Oh yeah, the polar ice melt with raise sea levels as well which will devastate coastal cities worldwide. Covid, the war in Ukraine, everything else is a complete irrelevance compared to this - it is the single biggest crisis facing humanity. It’s a slow burner, which is perhaps why there’s still so many people in denial. Unlike covid where all of a sudden we entered lockdown and that was that, this will drag on and on. By the time any meaningful action is taken (the point where the powers to be decide “oh shit we need to do something”) I believe it will be too late.

[Thorongil]

5 minutes ago, jamamafegan said:

 

They better get used to it. This is going to become the “new normal” - except with this it definitely will be unless we take truly drastic action to address man-made climate change. More frequent heatwaves and dangerous temperatures, more fires, water scarcity, crop failure, more extreme weather events ie flooding. Countries closer to the equator will become uninhabitable and as people start to die we will see mass migration. Oh yeah, the polar ice melt with raise sea levels as well which will devastate coastal cities worldwide. Covid, the war in Ukraine, everything else is a complete irrelevance compared to this - it is the single biggest crisis facing humanity. It’s a slow burner, which is perhaps why there’s still so many people in denial. Unlike covid where all of a sudden we entered lockdown and that was that, this will drag on and on. By the time any meaningful action is taken (the point where the powers to be decide “oh shit we need to do something”) I believe it will be too late.

 

Has meaningful action not been taken, with more meaningful action planned?

[philpy]

[Raven]

Chilled down to 33 here now, wind picking up and i suspect the storm isnt far off 

[Bully Wee Villa]

34 minutes ago, philpy said:

Being raped and murdered is such a laugh.

[SuperSaints1877]

With all these fires in London would it sense to lift the Thames Barrier?

[welshbairn]

18 minutes ago, Raven said:

Chilled down to 33 here now, wind picking up and i suspect the storm isnt far off 

It's not been that bad in Inverness but the big storm cloud was a bit of a damp squib, bit of light rain and back to the same.

[DiegoDiego]

Being raped and murdered is such a laugh.

I think you're getting confused with Michael Barrymore, that post is about Micheal barrymore.

[Raven]

27 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

It's not been that bad in Inverness but the big storm cloud was a bit of a damp squib, bit of light rain and back to the same.

Yes indeed, it's still merely teasing with a few spots. Nice with the wind though. probably a bit like the infamous fergie hairdryer treatment.

[Theroadlesstravelled]

Fear not. It’ll be freezing again soon and the complaining can stop.

[Sergeant Wilson]

42 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said:

With all these fires in London would it sense to lift the Thames Barrier?

Do you think dying in a fire then drowning is funny?