Yep, it’s pretty much the opposite of what I had for this month. Widespread sunshine and southwest winds have propelled the temperature 6-12C above normal over the UK. The below visible satellite looks like a capture from back last summer with clear skies and turquoise blue waters.
Sunny skies actually remained unbroken from Africa to Norway thanks to a powerful high centred over Europe and strikingly similar to this time 21 years ago.
Our current pattern is eerily similar to that of 21 years ago. HP over central Europe and SW winds could push temps to 16C somwehere but not the 19.7C recorded at Greenwich on this day 21 years ago! 13/2 1998 vs 13/2 2019 pic.twitter.com/pAiHHvqJ6V
— MarkVoganWeather.com (@MarkVogan) February 13, 2019
The last few days has seen temperatures widely reach the very pleasant 12-14C range but the warmest spots were north Wales and northern Scotland, specifically locations positioned to the north of mountains. The reason, the southerly winds crossing over the hills enhance the warming, adding about 2 or 3 degrees on compared to surrounding places.
Rhyl reached 17.5C yesterday as seen in the below map.
With the sunshine and southerly winds extending all the way into Norway, even here 16C was reached.
Foehn effect in Western Norway currently – temperatures locally up to +16 °C. pic.twitter.com/A5wBeUfQPY
— Kairo Kiitsak (@kairokiitsak) February 15, 2019
Although warming to April levels by day, it cooled to February levels by night thanks to the dry air which has traveled all the way from from west Africa and the Canaries.
Bala was the coldest spot in Wales last night and the second warmest in the UK today with a diurnal range of over 20 degrees (difference between min and max temps) pic.twitter.com/JCU5QWOXTY
— Met Office (@metoffice) February 15, 2019
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