Archive for June, 2018
The end game to winter and the overall spring pattern has certainly played well with my thinking. May was a dry month for particularly the northern two thirds of the British Isles. The dry May led to the UK’s warmest and sunniest May on record. https://twitter.com/liamdutton/status/1002558079064473600 June is dry too for northern and eastern Scotland, […]
Well I’m sure many if not most thought the 2-3 weeks of dry pleasant weather we enjoyed in May and much of the first half of June was our summer as the Atlantic returned with unseasonably wet and windy conditions. I have to admit, while next week’s potential ‘hot spell’ is well within the parameters […]
3 weeks of unusually settled weather came to an abrupt this week thanks to the arrival of an unusual summer wind storm. Thanks to an increase in temperature gradient over North America, our sleepy trans Atlantic jet stream awoke and spawned an unusually deep Atlantic low and may have reached it’s peak as it passed […]
In recent years, heat has without a doubt been the dominant weather/climate story across Alaska. However, thanks to a cold trough spinning over northern Alaska a spell of unusual cool payed a visit to the Alaskan interior. Fairbanks International Airport recorded a minimum of 36 degrees which ties a record low dating all the way […]
After a month of cloudy misty mornings giving way to warm sunny afternoons, North America has decided to give our beloved jet stream the kiss of life. Our upper air setup has turned back to what we’d typically see even at this time of year. Sorry folks! On the whole it’s not looking bad for […]
After months of subpar precip across northern europe, soils have dried out big time thanks to an unusually persistent blocking high over Scandinavia. Would would argue that this is where the heat’s going for the heart of summer. However, we have the first forecast test on it’s way as the pattern is about to flip […]
Following a LONG winter for Newfoundland and Labrador, Wabush in western Labrador went straight to a mid summer-like 27.9C on May 31. It was a dramatic way to see it’s first 20s of the year. https://twitter.com/rcbstormpost/status/1002341702701649920 HOWEVER, talk about one step forward and two back… amazingly, in the wake of a ‘snowy’ low pressure system, […]
After a cool and wettish open to May, the majority of the month was dry with places going two weeks with barely a drop. Thanks to heavy thunderstorms and downpours, the only ‘wetter than normal’ portion of the UK was the south-central portion of England. It looks like June could turn out much the same. […]
As we progress into June, the models have the core of heat centred right where the worst of the drought is. This is coinciding well with my long terms ideas in which at least the front end of this summer will be hottest from the Four Corners to Texas and points north into the Dakotas. […]
Below article is from the BBC. 2 June 2018 Last month was the warmest May since records began more than 100 years ago, the Met Office has said. According to provisional figures, May 2018 saw an average daily maximum temperature of 17C (63F). It would beat the previous May record of 16.9C set in 1992. […]
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