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More seriously arent some schools considering closing Mon/Tues?
term ends Thursday, may as well just shut it down, but at least give notice, I've already taken Tuesday off in anticipation, dis back down to 22ish on wednesday, but what are they doing a day out from summer hols? watching films etc, just childcare at this point of the year
Great so now I'm in a 39degC area. I'm built for cold this is not funny 🙁
I was thinking 34, that's a bit warm for my scottish blood, but if I go just up the road it's 21. But then I realised, that's the sea.
was at spurn point today at 4, and it appears to have an 18 degree swing to anywhere inland, lets all go
anyone care to explain why its peaking in a 25 mile inland diameter of York/Lincoln?
It probably help to see the wind patterns.
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=52.63;-2.46;6&l=temperature-2m&t=20220719/1400
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ahhh so the offshore wind cooling has gone,
Aye - and the warm air is crossing over the warm south
obsessed by that website now
I know it's a freak occurrence, but we got the tidal surge a few years ago too, temp literally peaks in my back yard before the wind off the humber stunts it going north
The other tip is to try and cover south facing windows, outside, like the European blinds. This is even better than closed curtains or blinds inside.
Hanging a towel, sheet or cardboard on the window (etc)
term ends Thursday, may as well just shut it down, but at least give notice, I’ve already taken Tuesday off in anticipation, dis back down to 22ish on wednesday, but what are they doing a day out from summer hols? watching films etc, just childcare at this point of the year
In the vipers nest that is the school parents FB page...... one load of posts complaining that the kids have to go in, another load complaining that if the school closes then parents are supposed to be at work and will need to organise childcare. To summarise
IT'S ALL THE SCHOOL'S FAULT, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT!!!!!!
Schools are shut here Mon/Tues with a nominal amount of work set on google classroom. Fair enough.
Thanks qwert, I'm going to open all the windows over Monday night and hope someone breaks in and burns the place down!! FFS that is hardly advice is it!!
Schools are shut here Mon/Tues
Sensible, and called early, even better. West Berkshire heads have a zoom meeting this afternoon which seems far too late to actually do much, I am more than happy to go in but think a day in blistering classrooms followed by kids going home in the hottest part of the day is not a good idea and would seem to be against the government advice.
In the vipers nest that is the school parents FB page…… one load of posts complaining that the kids have to go in, another load complaining that if the school closes then parents are supposed to be at work and will need to organise childcare.
Indeed, parents are a nightmare!!
I don't see why any school couldn't suggest kids stay home but have teachers in to supervise kids who can't stay home.
obsessed by that website now
theweatheroutlook.com - go to the 'buzz' section to check the blog. It's very informative and helps you understand the charts that you can get on there and how weather forecasting is actully done. There's usually a flurry of posts in advance of possible weather events but not so much this time. He does go in holiday from time to time so maybe that's it 🙂
Another weather blog about the next few days. Worth reading, especially for the outdoorsy types.
https://www.mwis.org.uk/blog/post/summit-heat-dry-air
Reading the MWIS blog, are we really going to experience 'dry heat' rather than our usual humid heat? That wouldn't be quite as awful. I'll take 35 dry rather than 28 soggy.
Does this include staying indoors in a very poorly ventilated room with 30 sweaty teenagers?
My daughter's school sent round a note on Friday saying not to come in Monday and Tuesday - seems sensible to me.
Freeze a 2ltr pop bottle or milk container. Stand it in a bowl in front of a fan. The specific heat capacity of ice is huge so ypu should get some respite if you are really suffering
Damp cloth on the back of your neck if ypu have a headache, supposed to cool down the blood hitting the brain as the water evaporates it cools slightly.
Dont cook a roast dinner, hoover, use hair dryer etc as they add to the thermal load indoors.
Keep windows open till around d 0900 then shut them if your inland.
Do not exercise between 1200 and 1700 mon, tues. It will be blistering hot.
Walk your dog bfore 0900 or after 1900, do the back of hand test on the tarmac just to ensure its cooled enough.
Opening the fridge and standing in front of it will make the house warmer, despite what facebook tells your other half
Trying to post a pic of my house, built 1901, from 1925 showing the roll out awnings protecting the front windows, sadly long gone. The Historic England site doesn't allow screenshots, and I would rather crop it to avoid making my address obvious.
Just tested positive for Covid, this is going to be fun.
I might rig a white tarp to do the same job for the next couple of days.
Photo from here, some great time wasting to be had.
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/
I have just put 2 tarps on the back of the house (east facing) and will put some on the front before the sun comes round.
If they work then will look to get some proper solar shades and permanent attachment points so i can remove them easier
Best thing I have found is a cool shower. Start cool ish then gradually turn it down as much as you want, it's pleasant rather than shocking. Fifteen mins in a nice cool shower will really bring your core temp down and you will then feel far better going back into the heat.
I love doing this before bed, it really helps.
Then get into bed witj wet hair.
We have wooden shutters on the inside windows of our former foundry/grain mill/haulage company now house. These block a lot of heat in summer. The massively thick stone walls are a good thermal sink for two days before they start transmitting the heat.
The bedroom is in the attic and is red hot in summer but there's a guest bedroom on the ground floor that is closer to the river and is nice and cool.
Our Finland dog sleeps downstairs in the workshop on the stone floor.
I'm smug now but I won't be in winter when trying to heat the place again.
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Got a roll of lining paper lying about. Just Duck Taped some to the outside of the kids south facing windows. Didn't take long at all and if it's effective I shall make some external shades using radiator foil that I can put up/take down quickly as required throughout the season (thinking Command velcro strips) There are a few occasions each year where something like that would be a godsend. Shutters would be great on the back bedroom but the other one doesn't have the room to fit shutters (middle bedroom of a Victorian semi).
I just stapled an old sheet to a batten to cover outside the south facing french doors. Couple of fat screws in some wall plugs wedged themselves in to the weep holes above the "stone" lintel. Couple of spring clamps and job sorted.
Conservatory windows & outside door open, inner sliding patio door to lounge shut and curtains closed. Yesterday managed to keep inside at 22c, while about 28c outside. I tried to explain the concept of keeping the heat out to the Mrs. Usual retort of needing everything open to "let the oxygen in" . (She was working yesterday, this afternoon and tomorrow). I fully expect to come home from work 1/2 hour after her tomorrow and find everything open, and any cool sanctuary gone.
If they work then will look to get some proper solar shades and permanent attachment points so i can remove them easier
Just get permanent roll up one's, I have them on four South facing windows in my place. One's broken, and you can really tell the difference.
Usual retort of needing everything open to “let the oxygen in” .
And your response to this statement of utter genius?
@mert
What would the roll up ones be like? Similar to roller blinds?
Am currently looking at retractable awnings but they are expensive
the challenge will be tomorrow night where the temperature will drop to only 23C by midnight and 20C by 5am before it starts to climb again, so it'll be harder to cool the house overnight to then maintain.
Following night similar profile but minimising to 17C, and then Weds we'll be breaking the winter woolies out again!
And your response to this statement of utter genius
I've given up trying to reason! "There's no oxygen in here" being her usual response to any slightly warm or stuffy room.
Dear wife moans about air-con in the car "blowing the dust around". No point trying to explain its better than the air coming in that open window as there's a pollen filter.
all the leaves fell from the trees that morning as temperatures nudged 50
Big cherry tree down the bottom of our garden is doing this. Leaves going yellow and dropping, like its autumn. Assume its heat/lack of water?
Usual retort of needing everything open to “let the oxygen in” .
How do you survive in winter?
Starting at 7am for the next 2 days so as to avoid the very worst of it. Our work landlord won't allow external modifications, including a air con heat exchanger. But our print lab must be remain between 20 and 30 degrees and the MJF puts out a lot of heat. The exchanger is therefore in the workshop. Combined with the heat coming from 15kw air compressor the workshop is going to be deeply unpleasant.
I work outside. Will freeze a 2 litre bottle of water to take, start at 6am, then regularly soak my hat and shirt with water. Can usually keep going pretty well using these techniques.
A friend of mine used to worked on a melon farm in the Negev desert. All the workers slept in airconditioned rooms. He froze 4 bottles of water overnight. Up before dawn, work at first light, carry on working until all the water bottles had melted and been drunk, back to bed around 11am. Wake up around dusk, have dinner and a few beers, rinse and repeat.
East coast mainline railway looking like it will be closed south of York tomorrow so anyone planning on hopping on a train, don’t bother.
Seriously contemplating sleeping outside on the kids trampoline
Yep, if heat is bad tomorrow night and Tues I'll use my bikepacking gear and sleep in the garden.
Frankly I've loved today; 7hr mtb ride with mates, pouring water over my back by the end, snooze in front of the WC xco, then beer in the back garden. It's a dry heat tonight. Lovely.
What's not mentioned in the forecast is that whilst tomorrow has very little wind, Tuesday has lots. That wind will make the extreme heat bearable I reckon.
Tomorrow's the worst day I think.
Not looking forward to Monday Tuesday. My classroom is on the 2nd floor with south facing windows that only open 4cm and blow shut with just a little wind and blinds that are thick and black. It was 28c at 8.30am last week.