Summer 2017 Discussion

[cheese]

7 hours ago, stainesbloke said:

Yet another dreadful day here, howling winds, grey skies with spots of rain in the wind and a pathetic 18C. Utter crapola but at least no drought worries after all the rain and plant life has bounced back from looking a bit stressed. Enough though now, need some sun and warmth again.

Agreed. Rain is appreciated, but it doesn't need to fall every bloody day, and it doesn't need to fall during the daytime either. Depressing and useless rubbish.

Edited July 29, 2017 by cheese

[I remember Atlantic 252]

6 hours ago, cheese said:

Agreed. Rain is appreciated, but it doesn't need to fall every bloody day, and it doesn't need to fall during the daytime either. Depressing and useless rubbish.

Rain to me is useless, causes allergy problems, blocked nose chest, asthma effect , mid Jul to late Sept, rain mainly falls in the day, with systems often clearing around 5pm, Wed looking like a shocker

[lassie23]

I'm expecting an August heatwave

[weatherguru14]

BBC  basic 10 day forecast.(or even further ahead)..If you like weather more settled and warmer.. Its gonna remain unsettled  for this weekend  and into next week and then into weekend and then following week after that.But it looks like a high will come off  the Atlantic and settle things down. (how long its going to last and how far north its going to get is still up for grabs)

so basically the BBC  are over doing a settled 3 days period, 2 weeks from now..

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Well, I know one thing, Wednesday looking like a complete shocker, again, rain timed for the day, around 9am-5pm, so often at this time of the year, at least here, best/warmest and sunniest part of the day is from 6-9am

Edited July 29, 2017 by I remember Atlantic 252

[Weather-history]

There were only 6 summer months of the 1960s that recorded at least 100mm of rainfall for England and Wales. From 2007 to 2016, there were 11 summer months and 5 of them were wetter than the wettest summer month of the 1960s.

Total summer rainfall for summers of '60s: 2272.5mm
Total summer rainfall for summers 2007-16: 2566.8mm (2141.5mm for summers 1997-2006)

Wet summers have ruled the roost since and including 2007

 

[Matthew.]

Interesting stats above. The CC peeps did say warmer and wetter episodes will become more frequent. 

[Weather-history]

55 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

There were only 6 summer months of the 1960s that recorded at least 100mm of rainfall for England and Wales. From 2007 to 2016, there were 11 summer months and 5 of them were wetter than the wettest summer month of the 1960s.

Total summer rainfall for summers of '60s: 2272.5mm
Total summer rainfall for summers 2007-16: 2566.8mm (2141.5mm for summers 1997-2006)

Wet summers have ruled the roost since and including 2007

 

The other side of the coin, in the 1990s, there were 9 summer months that were sub 40mm for England and Wales. There have been only 2 such summer months since 2007.

 

 

[Weather-history]

22 years ago today. When summers were summers 

 

[Matthew.]

Great memory that one WH. 1 in my hall of fame and probably the 2nd greatest in the last century.

[Snowyowl9]

Where the hell has summer gone to Africa.

Not as it was that great in the first place,except the mid june heatwave no thunder nothing of interest.

Today better for bigger shower clouds.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

A don't think Lerwick have ever had a summer!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

22 years ago today. When summers were summers 

 

Easterly winds in August! unheard of, just like in Dec to Feb

[stainesbloke]

2 hours ago, Weather-history said:

22 years ago today. When summers were summers 

 

I've been waiting 22 years for an August like 1995! This coming one looks like the usual poor offering of many recent years (bar last year, which was good here for the most part).

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, stainesbloke said:

I've been waiting 22 years for an August like 1995! This coming one looks like the usual poor offering of many recent years (bar last year, which was good here for the most part).

August is probably the 4th most westerly month of the year, (behind Jan, Dec then Feb), since '99, although with a few exceptions

[weatherguru14]

I see the bbc have back tracked AGAIN..Not surprised though..

[Mokidugway]

August

Edited July 30, 2017 by Mokidugway

[weatherguru14]

Forgot to mention in my last comment I had to smirk at Tomasz Schafernaker mention of the low as returned to the north.. The funny thing is  it never went away.. it was only in the bbc last 2 previous  outlooks suggested the high was going to build in.

Anyway sadly August  is not going to be good a summer month  by the looks of it..

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Crap summer and the Met Office are useless!

[Frost HoIIow]

"Summer" will return in September, then from October until April it's Autumn then we skip Winter & Spring and go straight into Summer from May till June. Then Autumn returns until September. Yes it's all very confusing our climate.

Edited July 30, 2017 by Frost HoIIow

[matt111]

I've had around 20mm of rain in less than 2 hours twice in the space of just over a week, along with a couple of washouts and a few showers you could say it's already wiped out any chance of a drier than average summer here. 124.2mm of rain this month. 

Edited July 30, 2017 by matt111

[matt111]

52 minutes ago, Frost HoIIow said:

"Summer" will return in September, then from October until April it's Autumn then we skip Winter & Spring and go straight into Summer from May till June. Then Autumn returns until September. Yes it's all very confusing our climate.

Sounds very 2015, and 2016.... 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

8 hours ago, Frost HoIIow said:

"Summer" will return in September, then from October until April it's Autumn then we skip Winter & Spring and go straight into Summer from May till June. Then Autumn returns until September. Yes it's all very confusing our climate.

The way our weather works Al! changed since late 90's

[AderynCoch]

Summer's gone to Central Europe. Hottest week of the summer coming up here. 34C today then any day between tomorrow and Friday could reach 37C. Still no lower than 35C next weekend, though subject to change.

[Nick L]

I'm personally loving it at the moment down here. Lots of useable weather and it's not hot, was happily sat out in a beer garden yesterday.