It's too hot :(

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Do I get a few more points now?
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That's much better, yes you can have the points, even more if you put a cold bottle in there aswell:D
 
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All fun and games, until.....
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(In the news a few days ago).

Top right is Catalonia (Barcelona, Girona etc)
Middle is Madrid (40c in the end of june!)
Bottom is Andalucia (hottest region of Spain, Cadiz, Seville, Malaga etc).
Top left is Galicia (bit of a weird one, as its usually a cooler part of Spain. There is this famous walking trail there, maybe people died from heat exhaustion while walking.).


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Just for fun (very unlikely to verify) yesterdays 12z run from the GFS was akin to 2022 with next weekend looking incredibly hot

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The 18z run cooled things down a little:
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And then this mornings 6z run has things holding steady next weekend

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We are seeing some cross model agreement from Wednesday onwards, how hot will it get? 850hpa temps are currently predicting mid teens so this would equate to low to mid 30s.

Word of warning, back in 2022 the GFS at around 7-10 days out was forecasting 40c, this verified and we saw 40c so whilst it might just be an outlier, it also may be history repeating itself.
 
Not liking the look of the forecast again this week. Think I'll be off shopping for a portable air conditioning unit tomorrow!

Probably going to take a look at Costco first.

I think choice is going to be few and far between though, most places like screwfix have been out of stock since last week.

Anyone got one they would or would not recommend? Prices seem to be a lot higher than I remember, £350-400 seems the average now. Obviously wrong time of year to be buying one!
 
If you're after a portable unit, the main number one thing you need to look out for, is the exhaust hose kit itself. If it can not be put out of the window of your intended room for any reason (gap too small for it around the window, window opening is large enough but at a height too high for the exhaust, etc for example), then the portable unit is useless. You will need to basically hack a ad-hoc janky solution to it to convert it from a larger exhaust size to a smaller one that fits and try to seal it up to get it to work at that point, or have a large chunk of the flexible exhaust hanging outside the window (this might not be a problem for some locations, but can be for others).

Only after making sure that can happen, do you look for other details of the unit, like dba when in use (how loud it is), BTU it cools (typically determines room size it can handle), etc.
 
Meddling-Monk said:
If you're after a portable unit, the main number one thing you need to look out for, is the exhaust hose kit itself. If it can not be put out of the window of your intended room for any reason (gap too small for it around the window, window opening is large enough but at a height too high for the exhaust, etc for example), then the portable unit is useless. You will need to basically hack a ad-hoc janky solution to it to convert it from a larger exhaust size to a smaller one that fits and try to seal it up to get it to work at that point, or have a large chunk of the flexible exhaust hanging outside the window (this might not be a problem for some locations, but can be for others).

Only after making sure that can happen, do you look for other details of the unit, like dba when in use (how loud it is), BTU it cools (typically determines room size it can handle), etc.
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Thanks, long-term plan is to get a split system installed but have been advised we need the consumer unit changing before we can do this, so stuck with portable for now.

Plan temporarily is to cut a piece of perspex to fit the window opening , pipe insulation glued around the edge of this, and then use the squishyness (new word) of the foam to hold it in place, with the hose mounted to a hole in the perspex. Might even use ply to be fair, probably easier and cheaper. It's a bit of a janky solution but should work, have used similar in containers that have been converted for office use before.

Hose to window opening would be about 4ft, Could put it out of the top-opening window but thats more like 6ft and not sure they can "push" the air that high?

Loudness is a concern, but hoping that by running it for 1.5-2hrs a night should bring the temps down enough to sleep.

BTU wise, I think i'm looking at between 10-12k , I'm reading that having overhead is useful.

Anything else I should be looking out for?
 
Hoping for a good downpour today, at least some kind of rain before the next hot spell.

Rexxar said:
Thanks, long-term plan is to get a split system installed but have been advised we need the consumer unit changing before we can do this, so stuck with portable for now.

Plan temporarily is to cut a piece of perspex to fit the window opening , pipe insulation glued around the edge of this, and then use the squishyness (new word) of the foam to hold it in place, with the hose mounted to a hole in the perspex. Might even use ply to be fair, probably easier and cheaper. It's a bit of a janky solution but should work, have used similar in containers that have been converted for office use before.

Hose to window opening would be about 4ft, Could put it out of the top-opening window but thats more like 6ft and not sure they can "push" the air that high?

Loudness is a concern, but hoping that by running it for 1.5-2hrs a night should bring the temps down enough to sleep.

BTU wise, I think i'm looking at between 10-12k , I'm reading that having overhead is useful.

Anything else I should be looking out for?
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Noise, the portable units are very noisy.
 
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Had rain here aswell, luckily we missed the really heavy rain but Corby may have had that.
Raining before and during the dog walk, stopped by the time we got home :(
 
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The GFS 06z once again bringing in the heat and keeping it past the weekend:

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Icon, Meto and Gem not as hot, ECM high res showing a breakdown next tuesday but the south east never really easing up.

Night time temperatures next weekend for some central spots look to be low to mid 20s

bear in mind the 06z GFS run does like to overcook temperatures a little.
 
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Had a thunderstorm lasted about half hour wasn't expecting that! Neither were the forecasters by the look of it. Other than that still dry (and warmer than yesterday that was chilly in the strong winds). Still too warm indoors still need a fan to sleep at night
 
My Part of the world is forecast 30+oC the week i go back to work :(

Kinda nice to stand in a freezer at -18 when you need to cool down though :)
 
Rexxar said:
Thanks, long-term plan is to get a split system installed but have been advised we need the consumer unit changing before we can do this, so stuck with portable for now.

Plan temporarily is to cut a piece of perspex to fit the window opening , pipe insulation glued around the edge of this, and then use the squishyness (new word) of the foam to hold it in place, with the hose mounted to a hole in the perspex. Might even use ply to be fair, probably easier and cheaper. It's a bit of a janky solution but should work, have used similar in containers that have been converted for office use before.

Hose to window opening would be about 4ft, Could put it out of the top-opening window but thats more like 6ft and not sure they can "push" the air that high?

Loudness is a concern, but hoping that by running it for 1.5-2hrs a night should bring the temps down enough to sleep.

BTU wise, I think i'm looking at between 10-12k , I'm reading that having overhead is useful.

Anything else I should be looking out for?
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I velcro mine to to the window opening, used a bit of 6mm hardboard I had lying around.
AC unit ontop of a chest of draws.
 
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