United Kingdom & Ireland
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 […]
It’s a rough Friday from SW England up through Wales, NW England and SW Scotland thanks to a fairly deep, tightly wound July low spinning almost stationary over Ireland. Trapped by surrounding high pressure, the same ‘western’ areas are likely to get a beating for much of the day while further east and north it’s drier, brighter and […]
I know it’s been a fairly changeable July across the Northern UK with cool, cloudy, wet and windy days but equally there has been some warm or very warm sunny days. So I was surprised to see that July was running below normal across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Not surprised at the warmer South […]
With a hot, steamy SE flow ahead of a northbound low, the setup was perfect for what was an incredible overnight light show across southern England, Wales and Ireland. Ahead of the storms, it was a near perfect summers day but note the trouble brewing over Cornwall. Yesterday’s maximums The Biscay low tracked north out of France into southern Britain, energising and […]
Fire and water grab headlines across Europe and world as the summer of 2017 continues to bring extremes. What started as a shower Monday night turned into a monsoon-like deluge early Tuesday as thunderstorms dropped a month’s worth of rain on Istanbul within just a couple of hours. The impacts were felt throughout the city as streets turned to rivers. Receiving rainfall […]
Blame the lack of winter snow and warm spring for the tiny, few and far between display of summer snow patches that are typically found within sheltered mountain gullies. On this day last year I climbed Ben Macdui (2), Beinn Mheadhoin (10), Cairn Gorm (6) and despite being mid summer plenty of large snow patches remained thanks to large late […]
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