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EaasmanG

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  1. Managed 17.5°C here which is the highest maximum temperature since 15th, if that can be believed, which of course it can be, here. Not quite enough to really enjoy being outdoors for any length of time without getting cold. Would like to see the next 20 arrive soon.

  2. I was under the impression that the latest output I've seen (the 06z) was rather an improvement especially for western areas. The only thing that "bothers" me slightly is the persistence of higher pressure at higher-than-usual latitudes on the charts. Such as the azores high being much further north in the Atlantic, bringing more northerly winds over the UK, when usually it would be south of the UK bringing up mild tropical maritime air. Also, the high pressure building over Greenland again.

  3. But 41C for NYC at this time of year is still quite a way above thier average - the average high in July in NYC is 28C or 29C so that is at least 12C above average. That would still be the equivalent of me in Liverpool (whose average July max is approx 20C) getting to 32C so even taking into account climatic differences, it is still quite a way above average in NYC or the Eastern Seaboard. NYC could be getting close to an all time high so it is the equivalent of Liverpool experiencing July 2006 temps or London August 2003 temps so I am sure if it can happen thier (i.e. local records being challenged) there is no reason why it can't happen here.

    BTW, I thought the last example of a poor June and July being followed by a good August was 1997, not 1871.

    Luke

    NYC's July avg max is 30°C.

    The 38.5°C in Kent in August 2003 was actually far more impressive considering the avg. max of 22°C.

    Edit: I thought 1991 was a good example of a year with a poor June, average July and good August.

  4. Lovely ECM should provide nice warm temps into the 20's for most.

    Ironically The west of the UK should fair best next week with HP not quite making across the whole Island.

    Not totally convinced really. Knowing our luck it will be chock a block with anticyclonic gloom and convective infill to some degree.

  5. Don't you say that about every run? Since like over 2 months ago? And it's been bleedin' crap so far. I'm still not convinced of any sign of real improvement on these charts, which look exactly like the same thing we've had, with the blocking high pressure to the west, giving us a lovely northerly (stinking) airflow which is what we don't need in summer. At least here, that will give us the usual stable-marine layer with sunny morning, convective cloud hitting an inversion and spreading into stratocumulus cumulogenitus by mid-day, and clearing again by 6:00PM, just before the sun sets. Useless.

  6. The problem is that there's been no real prolonged spells of nice sunny weather. June and July have been very similar so far; both started well and entered unsettled phases in mid-month. Late June had a warm up, and July also looks like possibly bringing something more settled and warm in later on.

    Another slight moan is the lack of real thunderstorms. I've not had a single good old fashioned overhead thunderstorm this year. Every single storm has been a shower with a few rumbles and a bit of rain. Plus, they've all lasted for fifteen minutes or so. It's just boring.

    Agreed on both this counts, exactly the way it is indeed. Consistent, never ending mediocrity. Not warm spells balanced by cooler spells, more like continuous slightly below average dross, so the averages don't look terrible on paper, but the everyday experience is one of gloomy, cool monotony and tedium.

    This place I live in also hasn't had a thunderstorm this year, which is strange, and I've had a couple of rumbles of thunder on just three days this year, far below the supposed average of 10 days or so.

  7. Buxton only needs 45 more hours of sunshine for the remainder of the month to be the 2nd sunniest July in the last 8 years - some way behind the ridiculous July 2006 of course, but it would beat decent months such as July 2003 and 2005. In terms of averages it's not been too bad really! Your problem is the Peak's climate, there's been no shocking month this year, in terms of wind, rain and a lack of sunshine. Yes, even February wasn't too bad considering autumn 2006 and winter 2006/07.

    I never knew we could be on the way to the 2nd sunniest July in 8 years with only 102 hours sunshine so far. LOL

    What gets me is not alone the Peak District's climate but the sheer mediocrity and consistent boringness of this summer. The forecast shows 15°C highs and overcast for almost every single day in the next 6 days! It's just devoid of anything interesting or good.

  8. So, July then, at least the way it was here:

    Mediocre bog standard boring homogenous crap for a week, followed by an epic drizzle-fest of some 2 and a half inches rain, with record low max temperatures mid-month, and now what appears to be a hideous north-easterly wind development flexing its muscles to chill this rotten little Island further, summing up the first two months of this tedious gnarly cold borefest non-summer.

    Then we'll have August, a month that better shape its ass into gear and provide at least a week of summery weather, not a heatwave (now that would be asking too much), or this will go down as the worst summer I've experienced in my entire life.

    I wish I'd spent my savings on that holiday in Florida now for my storms and my summer but I still somehow have an interest in weather enough to have bought a weather station instead.

    Before anyone comes on whining at me about my whine at the weather, go talk to a wall. And have a nice day! :acute:

  9. Well what about that 12z.... what a bloody screw up for my neck of the woods.... highs of 18-20 degrees now downgraded to 14-16 degrees, well below average, yet again, in the systematic predictable manner as always with this summer.

    Sorry for the rant oh ye sensitive hearts out there, I was really hoping for something warm to actually make this July count as a summer month - not expecting a heatwave, or even wall-to-wall sunshine, just some days by which to call it "summer", and now that's been snatched a way as usual. AAAARGGGHHHH.

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