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While June was dry in the Northwest (UK) and wet in the Southwest (Spain) and the heart of Europe (Germany), it was opposite in July with wet NW, dry SW but still relatively wet in central. 30-day precipitation anomaly Despite the recent heat surge, temps are below normal across Scandinavia, average to slightly below average over the UK and warmer […]
It’s business as usual following the very short lived heat surge with thundery breakdown as the next Atlantic front ploughed into the warm, humid air. Did you notice the much fresher feel and consequential drop in temperature as a result last night? Atlantic air is back and with sunshine, it warms nicely but it’s less humid. The […]
Hot yes, exceptional, certainly not and the widespread storms following the hottest day of the year is fairly typical when you’ve got a cold front bumping into a very warm, juicy air mass. The atmosphere is simply doing what it should be doing. Some of these storms may seem dramatic, especially over Scotland but simply because it’s been several years […]
It’s a balmy start to what could be a record challenging day. This morning’s visible satellite says it all! A beautiful clear sky Ireland and UK wide this morning, with exception of Scotland but this is breaking up. Yesterday saw France and Britain’s warmest day of 2016. We saw 27.3C at Mount Dillon yesterday, marking Ireland’s warmest day […]
Last July we went from record hot on July’s opening day to near record cold later in the month. This year it’s opposite with a lot of cool, even chilly and breezy days at the beginning and pretty much through the first first to a sudden blast of significant summer heat. Saturday and Sunday both saw large […]
For us here in the British Isles and since the departure of high pressure at the close of June’s opening week, our best hope for summer warmth this year has been the northward surge of heat between weather systems. Looks we our window opens Sunday through Tuesday as some significant heat transfers north from Africa up […]
We have a stark N-S UK weather and temperature contrast today and through the weekend thanks to low pressure to the north and high pressure to the south. This morning’s infrared satellite view shows the next system piling rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland but clear and increasingly warm further south. Today sees the eastward progression […]
The weather remains active across the continent with an unusually deep and cold trough swinging through. A boundary draped N-S over eastern Europe triggered severe and damaging thunderstorms over western Russia, the Baltics and Ukraine yesterday. All the while low pressure and unusually cold air for July brought snowfall to the Alps while the UK catches a break of […]
Way back in the early spring I shared my thoughts on the upcoming summer and stated that when looking back at previous El Nino to La Nina transition years, the pattern does not favour warm and dry but quite the opposite. Upper anomaly through June 2016. 2m temp anomaly for July so far! This, like last […]
The UK and Ireland sits beneath a cool northwest air flow in the wake of the last Atlantic system. Ahead of the front, SW winds drove highs widely into the 30s over Spain and France with 41C reported in Cordoba once again. In fact many resorts up and down the Costas likely witnessed their hottest […]
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