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There’s little doubt that many will be asking why 2018 was such a warm one across the Northern Hemisphere. I believe it’s very likely down to the response and lag of the Super El Nino which peaked during the winter of 2015-2016 combined with the cooling Atlantic basin. El Ninos typically release heat from […]
Low 30s for England and mid 30s for France and low 40s for Iberia persist. With the exceptions of Iberia, this summer is turning out to be a relentless for heat. However for those sweating in southern England and much of France, there is very welcome relief on it’s way, we just need to get […]
Could summer 2018 be remembered for the year the Mediterranean shifted to Scandinavia? An unusually persistent and hot sun with day after day soaring to between 27-32C on land and a lack of wind out over the water has allowed Scandinavian waters to heat to remarkable levels. Levels you’d even find warm in parts of […]
At the peak of last week’s heat, when the mid 30s was expected in the Southeast of England, Scotland was only forecasted to reach 25 or 26C. With the aid of southerly winds and some downslope enhancement off the Grampians, 30C was achieved in Scotland for a third time this summer. This time it was […]
In true heat wave breaking style, powerful thunderstorms packing flooding rain, damaging wind, large hail and frequent lightning became widespread yesterday as cooling Atlantic fronts slammed into our hot, humid atmosphere. Ahead of the approaching system, temperatures both at the surface and at 5,000ft climbed 10-15C above normal across central, southern and eastern England but […]
Much of Great Britain and Ireland is dry, very dry and in fact it’s the driest since 1961 for the period between June 1 through July 16. The evidence is all around and clear to see with rock hard soils and yellow scorched grass and fields. Rivers and reservoirs are running low in many areas […]
We are well past the half way point of summer 2018 and I think most of you would agree that it’s been a very warm and very dry summer so far. Especially from Ireland to Finland while cooler and particularly wetter conditions have dominated from Portugal to Balkans. My half time score? Some years you […]
While Scotland saw a breakdown in the ‘weeks’ of dry, sunny weather last weekend, it’s been England and Wales’s turn in the last 36 hours. Sure there have been showers and storms in the past 5 days but they’ve been hit and miss with many missing out completely. Driest 1st half to a summer on […]
Christopher C. Burt · July 13, 2018, 12:40 PM EDT The first five months of 2018 were the fourth warmest in global records going back to 1880, according to NOAA. Along the way, a number of extreme heat events have occurred already this year. In recent weeks across the Northern Hemisphere, these records have included […]
After a month of continental style weather, change is on it’s way! Our 3, 4 even nearly 5 weeks of rain free days are well and truly numbered. For some, downpours and minor flooding has already occurred but for many the grass continues to brown and crops, plants wilt having not seen rain in over […]
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