A blocking area of high pressure stays close to the British Isles, keeping the benign weather warm, fine and settled into the start of September with some mist forming in the mornings, with any slack winds. I said a heatwave would never happen, with a Northerly airflow. That also holds true for Southern Europe as well the highest temp forecast being one day at 37 °C.
That was a very silly unsigned, anonymous blog from the MET Office, that will only tarnish their reputation further. I rather doubt that many on here actually believed it.
Now if it had been made by an experienced forecaster not only would they have attached their name to it, a much different tone of language would have been used.
Often you may hear the expression of 'consulting the seaweed'. In fact consulting an old sea-dog is probably more accurate. To gain a skippers certificate from the RYA, (Royal Yachting Association) part of the written examination consists of reading weather charts and formulating a forecast. Very important when sailing relatively small yachts. You need to be able to have knowledge of the expected wind speed and direction, precipitation and temperature. Plus a lot of other things not related to weather. I'll say no more.
31 degrees!!
The Heatwave.
Easter Wishes
Cold weather on the way (again!)
