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dieselking

10-08-2003 21:23

In north Lancashire today it rainned here for about 3 hours this morning & we had aa thunder storm which last 1 1/2 hours. (our dog is terrified of thunder, she hid upstairs for about 4 hours after) It has been a lot cooler & the forecast said it will be all week (thank god):):)

Steve H

10-08-2003 21:40

Just goes to show how screwed up the world is getting!

paulyoung666

10-08-2003 21:46

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Originally posted by Cantona
It was like that on the A59 near Gisburn (Lancashire) at 9am this morning.

We were walking around a nearby car boot sale (there was a bit of mist in the air), then suddenly it went black (and I mean black) and it started to throw it down. We ran back to the car, and then the heavens really did open - it was the worst weather I have experienced in my life. You couldn't even see 1 yard in front of you. Cars were pulling over it was that bad, but we just carried on very slowly with our hazard warning lights on (10mph on a 60mph road!), and eventually we drove out of the weather.

I can honestly say it resembled being in a tornado, the worst severe flash floods I have ever seen. I wish I had my camera to take a photo, because words cannot adequately describe what it was like.

much the same here mate , did you have the hailstones as well ?????????

Ramrod

10-08-2003 22:22

I live just down the road from Gravesend ( allegedly the hottest place in the country) and the temp here was 47degs in the sun:D and 39 in the shade. So I dont know where they got their figures from....

TigaSefi

10-08-2003 22:56

All this officiallly announced numbers are crap..... I am not sure how they measure it. I m sure it was more than 38.1.....like i said my car said it was 39 outside too on the A289 with one other care on the road so it was pretty accurate.

danielf

10-08-2003 23:02

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Originally posted by TigaSefi
All this officiallly announced numbers are crap..... I am not sure how they measure it. I m sure it was more than 38.1.....like i said my car said it was 39 outside too on the A289 with one other care on the road so it was pretty accurate.

I would imagine with a calibrated very accurate thermormeter, in very precisely laid out surroudings, so measurements can be compared against each other. I don't think your car thermo qualifies as such.

Marcus_Tandy

10-08-2003 23:02

Its raining and Thundering here and has been for the past 5 hours or more in Northampton

bob_a_builder

10-08-2003 23:57

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I don't think your car thermo qualifies as such

almost certainly not - since it also seems to be affected by the number of cars on the road as well as temperature

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on the A289 with one other care on the road so it was pretty accurate

yesman

11-08-2003 01:19

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Originally posted by danielf
I would imagine with a calibrated very accurate thermormeter, in very precisely laid out surroudings, so measurements can be compared against each other. I don't think your car thermo qualifies as such.

I am sure I read somewhere that the temperature is recorded by a "mean average" reading i.e. taken from several points, then added together and then divided by the number of readings over a certain time period, hence that in some places it will be hotter and in some places it will be cooler, and there was an equation which I can't remember.

I am sure I will be corrected on this, anyway as far as I am concerned, it has been bloody hot :)

allanprg

11-08-2003 01:29

It's been really hot down here in Pompey. I've had all the doors and windows open most of the day. Fans going full blast. And it's still hot now so I won't be sleeping much tonight no doubt.:wavey: :devsmoke:

yesman

11-08-2003 01:55

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Originally posted by allanprg
And it's still hot now so I won't be sleeping much tonight no doubt.:wavey: :devsmoke:

Me Either :(

kronas

11-08-2003 02:36

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Originally posted by yesman
Me Either :(

wimps its not that hot :shrug:

Jerrek

11-08-2003 06:23

Aw what's this!?!! You get a little bit of warm sunshine and you guys start moaning about dying?

Tsk tsk.

Go to your rooms.

:p :p

TigaSefi

11-08-2003 09:28

lol innit... i slept like a log last night in London just fine....hellishly humid this morning. No sign of the rains yet.

Russ	11-08-2003 09:30

It's been hammering down in South Wales this morning, cleared up about 10 minutes ago though.

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