Rest of Europe
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
The extreme cold and snow of March is a distant memory as May will go down as the warmest on record for much of Western and Northern Europe. With the core of high pressure centred over Scandinavia, here it’s likely been the warmest and driest May on record for Norway, Sweden and Finland combined. Europe […]
It’s been quite the upside down pattern this May over Europe with a wet south and dry north thanks to the relentless persistency in a Scandinavian blocking high. However, it may be of a surprise to you that Reykjavik, Iceland has seen a very wet May and in fact precipitation has been reported on every […]
While Scotland has been spoiled by a stunning spell of weather with day after day of warm sunshine, our luck is about to run out as the thunderstorms which have plagued England, Wales and a large swathe of southern Europe are lifting north. The west Highlands has been the place to be over the past […]
With a strong upper level ridge of high pressure is parked over Scotland, we continue to enjoy a coastal California-like May with gloomy low cloud and sea mist morning’s which give way to glorious blue sky and 20s by afternoon. This was the scene in Oban yesterday. Even with the slackest of easterly flows, North […]
Yesterday and the previous few days have seen a marked east to west temperature contrast across Scotland. Brisk easterly winds crossing a cool North Sea meant coastal areas struggled to get much above 12C, made worse by low cloud, mist and fog known as haar. Further west and as the air crossed a warming land, […]
It’s been a very dry past 10 days for Scotland, Northern Ireland and N England as well as right across Scandinavia and the next 10 days could be equally as dry. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some, perhaps many places which see little to no rain over the next 10 days where high […]
Thanks to a strong and anchored Scandinavian blocking high extending over Scotland much of this month, we can enjoy a rare, warm back to back May bank holiday weekend’s Remember back to the first weekend of the month and we set two records. With RAF Northolt recording a peak temperature of 28.7C, this surpasses the […]
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