Overcast, but with very mild temperatures.

I stepped out of Gatwick around 10:00 in the morning and felt heat on my face. It was surreal but pleasant. I don't think I saw the sun for even a moment back in May.

he's already making plans for a post-hurricane visit to the UK to throw paper towels to those recovering.

Giving us one of those occasional blasts of >35ºC temperatures here in the Canary Islands, and Calima.

Due to all the dust coming off the Sahara.

There are vast wildfires on the Iberian Peninsula at the moment, so the smoke from those is getting channeled our way too.

(total cloud cover, so I couldn't say what the sun itself looked like).

A less spectacular example from near us:



That sun/sky effect's been reported all over.

Jersey:



Southport:



Cumbria:



Solway Firth:



Ayr:



Dundee:



We might have had a spectacular sunset if the weather hadn't closed in so much we couldn't see the sky.

Sunset over Meopham, Kent:



This is very, very near us, looking south-south-west (the Isle of Bute is the low ground in the distance, Arran would be beyond it if visible):



So far, this is a standard autumn/winter (even summer, after the year we've had) storm in the west of Scotland, but it's gathering still.

Parts of Ireland haven't looked much fun during the day (3 deaths so far). See here: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ophelia-in-pictures-1.3257522?g=p

Makes me feel almost at home