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[Mr_Data]

Mr_Data, on 14 February 2012 - 08:44 , said:

I will be downloading some in the new future,

I have converted the forecasts and hopefully will be downloading them onto youtube later. They are absolute scorchers!

[Alza]

I was in France between the 29th July and 12 August, and the temperatures were approaching 40C. The only other time I've experienced heat like it in Europe was in Belgium in August 2009 when the temperature peaked at 38C. I've been to Florida where the heat index sometimes exceeds 50C, but to me that is more comfortable as you are never outside for very long there, unless you're in a water park of course! Oh, and at least there you have a daily thunderstorm to cool you down.

It seems like August 2003 wasn't that special away from the SE, although the whole Summer was decent compared with the last 5!

Edited by Alza 2, 15 February 2012 - 18:30 .

[polarlow2]

I played football in 33 degrees, in the middle of the afternoon, during this spell. I was fine. Yet I've also played in temps in the low 20s, and almost died (not literally) of dehydration. I'm guessing the airmass in 03 was particularly dry?

[Aaron]

August 2003 definitely was not that special away from the SE. It reached 31.8C here which is nothing compared to August 1990 and July 2006

[Mr_Data]

Here's the Countryfile forecast from 3rd August 2003

Edited by Mr_Data, 16 February 2012 - 07:26 .

[Aaron]

Philip Avery looks the same!

[Marcus_surfer]

Aaron, on 15 February 2012 - 23:25 , said:

Philip Avery looks the same!

With a Lee Evans haircut!

[Mr_Data]

Forecast from 4th August 2003

[Interitus]

The Met Office have a good run down of this warm spell on their site -
http://www.metoffice...03maxtemps.html

Here in the northwest of England although it was a decent spell of weather it was nowhere near as good as in many other places. Particularly disappointing on the record breaking 10th as already noted, I recall it was cloudy and only just into the 70s fahrenheit.

Edited by Interitus, 16 February 2012 - 13:18 .

[Northernlights]

Farmwise 2003 was up with "76" with harvest completed on the 11th August in both years about a month earlier than usual up here yields ok and no drying costs.Baling straw into round bales the straw was so dry and polished it would not even revolve in the baler to form a bale. ( We had fire extinguishers in every field where machinery was working ). The language was very blue and baling abandoned till evening when straw was a bit less dry .Oh for that problem last harvest,we are still opening damp bales to bed cattle!!!

[Mr_Data]

Forecasts from the 5th and 6th August 2003

[summer blizzard]

I was in the Cadbury's factory near Birmingham on the fateful day and it was very oppressive.

Aaron, on 15 February 2012 - 18:52 , said:

August 2003 definitely was not that special away from the SE. It reached 31.8C here which is nothing compared to August 1990 and July 2006

What did we get in those spells (i assume near 35C)?

[Aaron]

summer blizzard, on 17 February 2012 - 02:49 , said:

I was in the Cadbury's factory near Birmingham on the fateful day and it was very oppressive.



What did we get in those spells (i assume near 35C)?

August 1990, Leeds reached 34.4c. Not sure about July 2006 since Leeds Weather Centre closed in 2003, the best I can find is New Farnley which reached 32.2c, but it was probably higher in the city centre like it usually is

Edited by Aaron, 17 February 2012 - 04:57 .

[Mr_Data]

[Interitus]

summer blizzard, on 17 February 2012 - 02:49 , said:

I was in the Cadbury's factory near Birmingham on the fateful day and it was very oppressive.



What did we get in those spells (i assume near 35C)?

Not to mention messy with all that melting chocolate!

[Mr_Data]

BBC News coverage of the temperature record

[danm]

Mr_Data, on 18 February 2012 - 00:00 , said:

BBC News coverage of the temperature record

Brilliant! What a heatwave that was! Amazing. I remember that day like it was yesterday. Insanely hot.

Thanks for uploading the videos.

[Mr_Data]

Here's the last of my downloads from the 11th August 2003. Something we sadly don't see these days is the sferic charts showing the position and movement of thunderstorms as can be seen with this forecast.

Edited by Mr_Data, 18 February 2012 - 08:03 .

[Stormmad26]

Thanks a lot for these videos! Looking at the video posted in post #35, in recent years when the forecast said 'look at the difference in temperature' while showing 25-27C you would think it had warmed up a lot, not cooled down by over 10C!

[Fresh_Prince_Of_Leyland]

I remember i waked up really early and it was a very foggy morning and then the skies are getting darker and darker until the clouds gets pitch-greenish black, and it rained very very heavily. And flashes of lightining each second and I was only 12 years old at the time and because of it I was terrorfied!!

Ever since then I am terrorfied of thunderstorms. Because I fear a similar event is gonna happen. Thats where I get my fear of lightining from.

It just feels like the end of the world or doomsday.. I hope this doomsday never happen this year or otherwise it be like that strange weather event that I occurred it during the heatwave 2003 but much more common and deadly. I really hope it never happens this severe again.

Now the happy part of the Heatwave:

During the heatwave, before the thunderstorm I went on holiday in North Wales with my dad and brother. Its so hot over there It was a best holiday and it was sunny, clear skies every single day, apart from a odd downpour. In fact it was the only holiday when its perfect in Wales. I usually go to shell island every once per year, and 2003 is the bestest year when I went to.

In other years except 2010 it was windswept and a washout.

In some point during my childhood past, I remembered I suffered a heat stroke in Anglesey in Wales.
It was so severe my dad had to phone the ambulence. It was red all over my body and my worst part I remembered is my shoulder and it hurts quite a bit too. Maybe I used to got very pale white skin, then over the years I got darker and darker skin. Now I got olive skin.

After the heat stroke I used to peel my skin and throw it at people as a kid. only kidding. lol.

Edited by Fresh_Prince_Of_Leyland, 21 February 2012 - 18:10 .