Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2012
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Jet stream set to spoil summer again
After a fine and warm weekend across much of the country, temperatures today have reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit in Bridlington in East Yorkshire for the first time this summer - although similar values were reached in places for a time during late May. It's certainly come as a welcome relief ...
Better weather on the way
It has seemed an awful long time in coming, but an area of high pressure this weekend will ensure some fine and warm weather across much of England and Wales, for the first time since the second half of May. For the best part of two months the jet stream has been positioned too far south, di...
What's causing our extreme weather? Is it unprecedented?
The awful weather which continues to affect the UK led yesterday to the Great Yorkshire show being cancelled (because of the weather) for the first time in its 154 year history. And on Monday, serious flash flooding devastated parts of the Calder valley for the second time in as many weeks. ...
Parts of UK at risk of renewed flooding
UPDATE at 6.30pm Lastest information from American GFS model shifts emphasis for heavy rain towards the earlier ECMWF solution detailed below, i.e with much of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at risk of some of the highest rainfall totals. ENDS Amber alerts are in force for parts of the UK t...
Poor summer weather to continue well into July
UPDATE at 5PM According to the Met Office, averaged across the UK, June 2012 has been the wettest since records began in 1910, the coolest since 1991, and the second dullest since records began (record for lowest sunshine in June is still 1987). ENDS It will come as no surprise that Jun...
