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.
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Scotland seems to best. The skies are clear at night , there was blue skies and pinky clouds this morning but it soon disappeared . Grey again. And with no rain I have to keep watering all my pot plants. And there are a lot!
Think I caught a fleeting glimpse of a slightly brighter patch in the grey sky today .Mind you , I am pleased we didn’t have the heatwave that Spain and other Med countries had.
Yes it's been quite hot here but nowhere near ridiculous temperatures like 50 degrees. I would say it's normal for this time of the year. Thanks for your much more accurate and well balanced post 2greys. I will always believe you. x
Dear 2g always the voice of reason. Those darned weather forecasters who inevitably get it wrong. Rather cool here in Leeds today.
Never mind you south-westies, northerners and Scots! We in the south east EXPECT any warm & sunny weather that’s going, and today is cool & cloudy 😠 contrary to the bbc forecast. It’s supposed to be a fine bank holiday weekend, but who knows 🤷♀️
I’m in Surrey visiting the grandchildren for the first time in 18 months and I’ve brought the wrong clothes. I expected warm and sunny and it’s cloudy and often a bit chilly. It’s better at home! I haven’t even got a pair of socks with me or sensible shoes. What a twit!
So you’ve got here to see them at last, I know you’ve been waiting ages! Yes, I’m very annoyed that for once the Scots are having better weather than us (Sussex.) It’s just not right hehe. I believe in “be prepared”. Now teenie, if you’d brought thick socks etc you’d be having lovely weather!
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31 degrees!!
The Heatwave.
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Cold weather on the way (again!)
