Rest of Europe
The upper air pattern remains the same with the trough supplying cool and showery weather to the UK, while a downstream ridge keeps the blowtorch going across South and East Europe. The extreme heat remains relentless over southern Spain (44.7C in Cordoba yesterday), southern France (41C), Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy and the Balkans (42C) with widespread mid to upper 30s, low 40s. RED […]
The cool, breezy and often showery pattern holds firm over the UK and Ireland while the blowtorch continues to the south and east. A 2nd unusually strong blast of African air has engulfed the Balearics in recent days. First we see an overnight minimum temperature fail to drop below 33.6C. https://twitter.com/AEMET_Baleares/status/892650181937836032 Followed by a low […]
While stuck beneath the trough and remaining disappointingly unsettled here in the UK, the heat is well and truly cranking across Italy, Balkans up into Poland and western Russia. Today’s satellite view shows a cloudy UK but very clear Spain, Italy, Balkans and entire eastern Europe… Today’s charts A rainy London yesterday. Wet day in #London […]
It’s been an interesting July… Article from Met Office Wet July sees Shetland shine 1 August 2017 Early statistics for 1-29 July show that it has been a wet month, with all areas receiving more than their average rainfall while temperatures have been close to average in most places. The provisional statistics show that some […]
The Icelandic capital of Reykjavik touched 22.5C on July 27. This was the warmest day for the city in 9 years when the thermometer hit 25.7C in July 2008. The previous day (26th) saw north-central Iceland rise to a balmy 24C. Meanwhile further south, while the UK is locked out of summer and stuck beneath low […]
An active tropical Pacific with currently EIGHT systems spinning is transferring tropical energy into the North Pacific/North Atlantic jet stream and in turn we’ve seen significant cooling in our northern oceans and continents as a result. Eight Tropical #Cyclones At Once in the North Pacific Ocean For First Time Since 1974 https://t.co/l3G244tlmM pic.twitter.com/Bd02KS9Xv4 — Weather Underground (@wunderground) […]
With at least 5 tropical cyclones roaming the tropical Pacific, the North Pacific jet stream has strengthened therefore enhancing the downstream North America/North Atlantic jet stream and cyclogenesis. This explains the UK’s current and near term disappointing weather pattern frequently consisting of sunshine and showers along with a chilly breeze. Unfortunately UK and Irish sun seekers will need to head for the Med […]
Following the 3rd driest spring and 2 years of below average rainfall, Italy’s drought continues to worsen and has now forced the government to switch off fountains across Rome including those of St Peter’s Square. Parts of mainland Italy, Sicily and Sardinia have seen rivers dry up while forests suffer fire. Italy isn’t alone in this summer’s drought and wildfire problem. […]
Cloud and onshore wind brought an unusual July afternoon temperature profile across the UK yesterday. Onshore winds blowing off a cool North Sea combined with cloud really supressed temperatures from Kent right the way up to Caithness. In the sunshine of the West however it was a glorious summer’s day with 23 to 25C achieved from the Southwest of England […]
There’s no question, July is turning out different to what I had thought with a cooler than normal Scotland and downright colder than normal Scandinavia with core of cold into west-central Russia. I’m not surprised about the warm Southern UK extending into France as this was expected but I thought the warmth would have stretched into Scotland. The reason […]
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