Slowpoke

Indeed buddy, let's hope for a change soon! Preferably, the Azores High coming NE and sitting on top of us for a few weeks so that we can steadily build our own heat, or a big high just to east of us dragging up some hot temps, warm winds and thundery air from France and Spain!

It's a shame these charts are so deep in FI, imagine the thunderstorms this low (imported from the continent) would produce! Hot and humid with big storms, yes please!

A low pressure system that moves in from the continent (that doesn't happen often, does it?) shown in FI that would bring some warm, humid temperatures with it. Temperatures potentially up to the mid-20s for England, Wales and Scotland, maybe even high 20s locally with widespread 850s of 12-14C and I imagine we'd get lots of really intense thunderstorms! I wouldn't mind that, looks interesting. A hell of a lot better than these Atlantic lows, so boring! Unfortunately it's in deep FI, anyone else think it'd be fun?

For some areas, I think the max temperature recorded in March of this year exceeds every max of June, thus far. Now THAT is shocking. What a horrible month we're having...

Next week looks quite pleasent. If it turns out that way, my forecast for June will have been scarily accurate!

June 02, 1975 seems like it was rather nasty looking at the charts:

Yup! But let's just hope that it's not just a brief period of warmth, I want to see a pattern change. We are so overdue a decent July, nationwide!

Apart from the low to the SW of the high over us in that chart Gav, it does look ever so slightly similar to the early June heatwave from last year and my forecast mentioned the possibility of similar sort of spell albeit longer lasting, I'm quite impressed with myself

I'm quite pleased with myself to be honest. My own personal forecast called for a poor first 2/3's of the month with below average temperatures, below average sunshine and above average rainfall, although it's been much cloudier and wetter than I expected. I went on to forecast a warm end to the month with widespread low-mid twenties and even warmer in the South (similar the warm spell of early June 2011) but that remains to be seen. For the people calling a hot end to the month unlikely - the May heatwave came out of nowhere, there's still opportunities for a big turnaround, we aren't even at the half way point yet!

I understand all that, I'm just trying to be optimistic. Low after low after low and all this cloud and rainfall this month has had me in a pretty bad mood for the last two weeks. Anymore pessimism might cause me to have a nervous breakdown!

The jet moving north and high pressure building from the south is being shown on quite a few models now. If the models look similar on tomorrows 12z I'd say the weather improvement is pretty much nailed. It's just a question of getting tomorrow and Saturday's nasty low out of the way as it seems to be the main reason the models have been really inconsistent these past few days. They were struggling to forecast what the low was going to do after it was done with the UK.

Even under uppers of 2-5C - if the sun is out - temperatures should easily get to the high teens widely and locally into the low twenties.

Please let the end of June and July/August forecasts be right. I'm quite confident of a warm up next week, I just hope it's a pattern change and not a blip. Things will become much, much clearer after we get that nasty low out of the way on Saturday!

High to the NE, with Easterly winds from the continent, which will be coincidently very warm by the end of next weekend thanks to the disgusting low over us that throws up hot air from the Mediterranean on Fri/Sat. BANK!

This thread is actually painful to read

"rare storm" Seriously, they don't half talk a lot of crap

Makes a difference to be honest, it's quiet here in Blackpool and it's generally us that get the high winds. The low is positioned much further South than usual.

This chart shows high pressure building from the NW this time next week. This is mid-June and it would feel lovely in the sunshine in this set-up. Light winds, high teens and maybe even the low twenties for parts of the West Midlands and perhaps NW England (me included ). It would feel lovely after the first two weeks of June that we've had to endure. As you say, the real eye candy is reserved for the final few frames: HOT HOT HOT! The above chart is fantastic for storm lovers too! Just a shame it's so deep in FI. A trend to more settled, warmer conditions as we head further into June is looking much more likely though now/ I just hope it materializes.

How can I look at this eye candy?

If....

GFS shows the atlantic dying out in deep FI. Yes, I know its deep FI, but I can dream

I must have gotten her ascension and coronation confused Nope, because that was in Feb '52. Yikes

Signs of hope in GFS FI especially for me in the NW, also East Wales & West Mids

Thanks for the figures! And just a month after Her Majesty's coronation! It looks rather similar to the May warm spell of this year for the NW !!!

Where can I find values for this short-lived heatwave, please? http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/archive/ra/1952/Rrea00119520706.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/archive/ra/1952/Rrea00219520706.gif