Weather in the general media (Newspaper features etc)

[The PIT]

Inconsistency of the media.

Article in Times says temperatures are set to soar to 28C at the weekend as the country sizzles.....

Then you look at the five days ahead forecast in the same paper it has turning and cooler and fresher for Saturday with 18C as max in the SE.

Funny isn't it they don't even read the own paper. Still the Met office make mistakes going on about stormy weather when they own models dropped the idea 24 hours earlier. Happened a few times lately.

[Summer Sun]

UK weather: Britain facing 'mini Ice Age' as Tropical Storm Bill threatens heavy downpours

 

A Met Office-led study warns Britain faces years of unusually cold winters - as a heavy downpour is forecast for this coming weekend Enjoy the summer, if we get one, as Britain faces a new ‘mini Ice Age’. Climate experts are warning the amount of light and warmth released by the sun is nose-diving to levels “not seen for centuriesâ€. But first we need to get through Tropical Storm Bill - which threatens to unleash “tropical†downpours this weekend. The storm - which battered the US claiming three lives - is set to hit the UK on Thursday with humid air pushing temperatures towards 28°C in places.

 

But colliding with another stormy system, monsoon conditions could sweep in from the southwest bringing heavy showers. Although parts of the country will enjoy a dry and fine few days, unsettled conditions will spread from the north towards the weekend. After that, the big chill is being forecast, with experts fearing a repeat of the so-called ‘Maunder Minimum’ which triggered Arctic winter whiteouts and led to the River Thames freezing 300 years ago.

 

The Met Office-led study warns although the effect will be offset by recent global warming, Britain faces years of unusually cold winters. Long episodes of low solar activity were seen during the Maunder Minimum between 1645 and 1715 and the ‘Dalton Minimum’ from 1790 to 1830. Both periods coincided with colder-than-normal global temperatures earning the title from scientists of “Little Ice Age". The latest study, published in Nature Communications, found reduced solar activity will lead to an overall cooling of the Earth of 0.1°C. A much bigger cooling effect is expected for Britain, northern Europe and North America where thermometers could drop by 0.8°C.

 

Met Office scientist and lead author Sarah Ineson, said: “This research shows that the regional impacts of a grand solar minimum are likely to be larger than the global effect. “This study shows that the sun isn’t going to save us from global warming, but it could have impacts at a regional level that should be factored in to decisions about adapting to climate change for the decades to come.†Met Office long-range expert professor Adam Scaife said solar activity has already started to decline over the past few years. He said: “Although the effect on global temperatures is very small, the local effect is big enough to make a difference and we need to include that in our future climate projections.â€

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-britain-facing-mini-5933890

 

Unsurprisingly the Express are running this story as well

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/586404/Britain-freezing-winters-slump-solar-activity

[IanR]

dont worry, global warming will stop us freezing , that what the climate scientist models they tell us , so it must be true 

[Mokidugway]

All righty then ,moving to France in the next few years so I don't care if Britain freezes ....

[weatherguru14]

the same met-office that predicted after a  warmish April.. the likelihood.Above average temps  for the following months. We Know what happened in May and now June.. The same Met office that predicted  10 wet summers in a row. the last 2 have been  dry and this year is looking fairly dry

[BornFromTheVoid]

Perhaps if people read what the Met Office, and their studies, actually say instead of reading tabloid interpretations, they wouldn't have such negative and seemingly confused views about them?

 

Here's the MO's own take on their recent study

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2015/solar-activity

[Turnedoutniceagain]

We're all going to die - again

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/586404/Britain-freezing-winters-slump-solar-activity

 

Naturally there's the obligatory quote from James Madden

[Summer Sun]

And we're off.....

 

Sizzling summer! UK could bask in hottest day of the year as mercury set to soar to 33C

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/586690/UK-weather-latest-heatwave-hottest-day-summer

[Sweatyman]

And we're off.....

 

Sizzling summer! UK could bask in hottest day of the year as mercury set to soar to 33C

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/586690/UK-weather-latest-heatwave-hottest-day-summer

dammit cursed again now thanks you evil paper!

[Summer Sun]

Britain set to bask in scorching 35C heat as Wimbledon heatwave arrives on Tuesday bringing the highest temperatures of the year

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3138816/Glastonbury-Wimbledon-UK-weather-Britain-set-hottest-temperatures-year-week.html#ixzz3e54C9pNR

 

Temperatures Could Hit 30C Next Week

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1508221/temperatures-could-hit-30c-next-week

[Summer Sun]

Heat building for early July

 

Very warm air from the near continent will be moving across the UK next week. Highs could reach 30C in some parts of the country.

 

As Wimbledon fortnight begins, BBC Weather's Jay Wynne explains why temperatures will be rising so rapidly.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/33279244

 

 

Edited June 25, 2015 by Summer Sun

[Turnedoutniceagain]

"UK set to be hotter than.... (insert name of hot place)....next week etc" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/11700073/UK-weather-Britain-set-to-be-hotter-than-Barbados.html

[Summer Sun]

Imminent heatwave 'could kill thousands' as Britain's temperatures soar, expert warns

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-imminent-heatwave-could-5952505

[Methuselah]

"UK set to be hotter than.... (insert name of hot place)....next week etc" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/11700073/UK-weather-Britain-set-to-be-hotter-than-Barbados.html

The Surface of the Sun?

[Summer Sun]

Daily Express have gone one step further with 40c

 

 

HEATWAVE WARNING: Shock new weather maps show how Britain will ROAST in next 72 hours

 

BRITAIN is set to roast in sizzling temperatures of up to 40C (104F) within hours as the most extreme heatwave in living memory grips the country. New weather maps show a huge plume of boiling air pushing north into much of the UK by tomorrow morning. By Wednesday the whole country will be sweltering - both by day and night - as uncomfortable, muggy conditions take hold amid warnings to stay indoors to avoid the near-record high temperatures. It comes as it emerged Wimbledon matches could be SUSPENDED this week as the heatwave from Africa hits the All England Club. Worried chiefs have already issued warnings to fans and VIP visitors.

 

Government officials are poised to issue the first ‘heat health watch’ alert of the season before thermometers nudge 40C (104F) on Wednesday. The warnings come into force when temperatures hit 30C (86F) during the day without falling below 15C (59F) at night. With no sign of any cooldown until after the weekend forecasters predict another sizzling blast on Saturday, as these maps from The Weather Outlook show. The Department for Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Defra) is warning of moderate levels of air pollution across most of the UK.

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/587462/Hot-weather-latest-weather-forecast-Britain

 

[Stationary Front]

In living memory, what for 11-12 year olds?

[Timmytour]

I suppose it might not be a good time to bring this up from 45 days ago

Experts predict washout summer for 2015

http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Experts-predict-washout-summer-2015/story-26495802-detail/story.html

EDIT...I think I've found one of the experts that must have contributed......that well-known meteorologist Nathan Rao
 

 

Summer 2015 WASHOUT to last THREE MONTHS

Whoops - it’s bad news again regarding the long-range weather forecasts, experts are now warning us to wrap up for a wet and chilly summer 2015.

 

As we continue to bask in unusually high temperatures the outlook for the next three months is less hopeful - with summer weather in England and around Britain is shaping up pretty gloomy.

 

A turnaround in weather patterns has led forecasters to the dismal conclusion May, June and July are likely to be cool and wet.

 

 

 

 

http://nathan-rao.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/summer-2015-washout-to-last-three-months.html

Edited June 29, 2015 by Timmytour

[March Blizzard]

"Huge plume of boiling air"

Wouldn't that result in, say, temperatures around 100C, rather than the lowly 40C they're predicting with certainty?

[Timmytour]

"Huge plume of boiling air"

Wouldn't that result in, say, temperatures around 100C, rather than the lowly 40C they're predicting with certainty?

Water boils at 100C.   I'm not sure what temperature air boils at?

[Ravelin]

Water boils at 100C.   I'm not sure what temperature air boils at?

 

Well since it is largely composed of Nitrogen I'd say it's boiling point would be around -195.8 °C. Not sure the newspapers really understand science.

[weatherguru14]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-heatwave-temperatures-could-6000648

[Mokidugway]

Water boils at 100C.   I'm not sure what temperature air boils at?

-320 Fahrenheit so no bother there then:)..

[Timmytour]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11718504/Mystery-grows-over-Met-Offices-hottest-day.html

 

 

No sooner had the BBC and all the usual suspects rushed to trumpet that last Wednesday was the hottest July day in the history of the world than more thoughtful observers, such as that diligent blogger Paul Homewood (on Notalotofpeopleknowthat), began raising their eyebrows.

For a start, it was odd for the Met Office to base its claimed record of 36.7C (98F) on a single reading at Heathrow airport, when it is well-known that thermometers surrounded by a vast area of tarmac can exaggerate heat by as much as 2 degrees. Even the Met Office’s own hourly record only showed its highest Heathrow reading on Wednesday as 35.9C, while four other sites nearby showed the day’s hottest recording at just 35C.

Even if 36.7C was genuinely the hottest July reading since records were kept, this would still have been way short of the 38.5C recorded at Faversham on August 16 2003; or that famous day, August 3 1990, when Cheltenham registered 37.1C and local records were broken all over the country, which still stand. I recall that afternoon showing my young sons the thermometer in our shaded West Country courtyard reading 98F, before taking it out into the sun to see it shooting off the top at 130F.

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Heathrow has now recorded a temperature of 35.7 °C. The hottest July on record was 36.5 °C in 2006 #hottestdayoftheyear

But nothing last week better conveyed the desperation of the warmists to convince us that the world is hotter than ever than a remarkable item on Tuesday’s Today programme, when Lord Deben (aka John Gummer), bursting with self‑righteousness, broke the record for the largest number of absurd claims ever squeezed into a single three-minute interview: such as telling us that Bangladesh will soon be so intolerably hot that we shall see “170 million displaced people wandering the world, looking for somewhere to liveâ€.

So insistent was the noble lord that everything he was saying was “absolutely true†that John Humphrys eventually suggested that some people might think his wild assertions sounded “more like a religion than a scienceâ€. Gumboot hilariously replied that people had better believe him – because “even the Pope†was now agreeing with him.

 

 

[johnholmes]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11718504/Mystery-grows-over-Met-Offices-hottest-day.html

 

 

lovely article

[Methuselah]

lovely article

Sarcasm, I presume?