In search of some early heat? Well your unlikely to get any during much of May across the favoured sunspots of SW Europe. In fact it’s been a very different spring this year compared to last year when dry, hot weather was the rule.
This year, it’s struggling to truly warm up, well by Spanish standards and certainly not to the dizzy heights of last year or recent years for that matter. It seems to want to rain or thunder more than normal and with that comes fresher air. You’d expect things to settle and heat up as we head into May but low instead of high pressure is to blame.
Year to date precip anomaly
Temp anomaly
Any warm-ups have been recent and quite brief.
https://twitter.com/MeteoGib/status/990872069763104768
Even some fresh snow in the Spanish mountains.
https://twitter.com/MeteoGib/status/990488695823323136
With above normal water in the ground, this can influence the weather pattern heading into the warmest time of year.
Looks like the same theme as we’ve seen so far this year shall continue.
The upcoming week precip/temp anomaly.
Credit: AEMET
CFSv2 for May
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: AEMET
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