[Summer 2016 is so awful because...................]

1 minute ago, Pennine Ten Foot Drifts said:

Isn't there a theory that a warmer atmosphere = more moisture held aloft = more cloud, especially at certain latitudes ? Added to that the theory that a warmer Arctic relative to mid-latitudes is affecting the jet stream in summer, i.e. keeping more active and further south ? Put the two together and it doesn't make for good reading if you're a UK dweller who enjoys sunshine and long hot summers................

No it doesn't, I will definitely keep on trying to win the lottery!!!

[Summer 2016 is so awful because...................]

33 minutes ago, B87 said:

It's been record cloudy.  Infact, to equal our current cloudiest June on record (2012), we will need to record 20.4 hours of sun tomorrow...

We might not even make the 3 figures, currently on 98.1 hours.

Here's the list of our top 10 cloudiest Junes.  There's going to be a huge gap from 1st to 2nd, and from 2nd to 3rd.

June 2012: 118.5 hrs
June 1990: 132.5 hrs
June 1987: 132.9 hrs
June 1977: 134.8 hrs
June 1991: 135.0 hrs
June 2007: 139.7 hrs
June 1979: 140.3 hrs
June 1971: 145.4 hrs
June 1997: 151.6 hrs
June 1981: 152.1 hrs
 

Thanks but how depressing. And it's not just cloudy here it's windy and chilly too

[Summer 2016 is so awful because...................]

41 minutes ago, Woollymummy said:

 

The problem is the jetstream, cold polar air coming near to us and meeting warm air either right over us or just south of us, so we either get wet and windy, or cold. Or warm/damp. Every few days might be a bit of change between the cold, and the wet and windy. Or just persistently one or the other.

Thank you for the maps, yes I understand this but could the jetstream actually stay like this for our whole summer? I've never known a summer like this. I moved to the coast last year to East Anglia to enjoy the sun and beach but so far this year I've not sat on it!

[Summer 2016 is so awful because...................]

Hi,

 

Is anyone able to explain what has happened to our weather this summer? Is the lack of sunshine and awful torrential rain due to something not budging from the Atlantic? I don't really understand this in meteorological terms so if you know why would you please write  "in simple form" lol

 

Thank you in anticipation,

 

Sarah