I came back from a 10 day break last Tuesday and from the sounds of it we really "lucked out" on the weather. The completely inaccurate car thermometer said 35-40 degrees some days we were there! 
Sounds exciting cubsur - I love thunder and lightening (not on a flight though 
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Rose have a great holiday - sorry if I've missed you.
)Rose have a great holiday - sorry if I've missed you.
Dunno about exciting - it rained hard until lunchtime. I saw some of the damage down in the old town later - that was from Sunday's storm - with paving stones ripped up, drain covers torn out and general mess. Water was 2 feet deep in 'Bar Street'.
Webcams this morning indicate that normal service has been resumed weatherwise on the Algarve - blue skies and sunshine are back again.Time,methinks,for one of my anti-jealousy tablets with my morning coffee !! 
Sorry to hear about the damage cubsur - hope things are back to normal soon.
Just looked at the webcam and yes Sagres sun is out - hallelujah - my friend can now use the large terrace that she's booked
Just looked at the webcam and yes Sagres sun is out - hallelujah - my friend can now use the large terrace that she's booked
Has anyone got any pictures/videos of the flooding etc in the old town? I can't believe it! We only left last Thursday and it was still boiling hot
One of the people visiting me last week took some photos and a short video; I hope to be able to publish soon.
I took a few pictures at the football ground (where the pitch was flooded and the game called off) these can be seen at http://thomasallen.spaces.live.com
I took a few pictures at the football ground (where the pitch was flooded and the game called off) these can be seen at http://thomasallen.spaces.live.com
well im back, sorry to inform you
that it was a little cool this year in Kriopigi only reached a min day temp of 24 with horendous storms [the day we left] the rest of the week wall to wall sun 28-30 deg
good job the Mythos was cold
that it was a little cool this year in Kriopigi only reached a min day temp of 24 with horendous storms [the day we left] the rest of the week wall to wall sun 28-30 deg
good job the Mythos was cold
Yesterday in Albufeira it hit 80F in old money and today feels hotter; 77F on BBC website and 81F on Weather Underground.
Phew!
Phew!
Well, on Monday evening (1st) we had a very tense text from our daughter imploring us to "bring some b****y sun" out with us! So we did our best - and the weather has been great all the time, getting hotter and hotter (especially after the family went home!!).
It's still hot but just a bit hazy on the horizon. The weekend forecast is looking at 24C but a bit cloudy tomorrow (Sunday) and dropping to 22 on Monday.
Did anyone ever get any pictures or videos of the weather a couple of weeks back? I checked out the link that cubsur sent us but didn't seem to find anything.
Unfortunately my mate's video hasn't come through. The only pix I took were at the football ground which was flooded but not as dramatically as the town.
I took them off the albums as they were not very good!
I took them off the albums as they were not very good!
ah right, let us know if you get anything, cheers
I will be posting a few pictures at http://thomasallen.spaces.live.com later today (Tuesday) - he's having to edit the video as it is too big to send by email.
We had lots of thunder and lightning yesterday evening but luckily not much rain hereabouts - it might have been worse however the storm passed out to sea but no doubt someone to the west copped it!
We had lots of thunder and lightning yesterday evening but luckily not much rain hereabouts - it might have been worse however the storm passed out to sea but no doubt someone to the west copped it!
cheers for those! Man we did have a luck escape, we were standing there only a few hours before!
Here is the link to my friend's video clip:
http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/TJCURTIES/?action=view¤t=Portugal4101.flv
http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/TJCURTIES/?action=view¤t=Portugal4101.flv
Oh my goodness thank your friend for us cubsur.....didn't realise how bad it was.
thank your friend for us cubsur.....didn't realise how bad it was.
We had one of those in Lagos the night we arrived this year - 10th. Sept ? -we were marooned in a bar for several hours and our friends from the bar eventually had to run us back to the hotel.(I think he was afraid of running out of beer !! 
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and our friends from the bar eventually had to run us back to the hotel.(I think he was afraid of running out of beer !! )
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