UK Summer DOA Again

[cronus]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 55945.html

'Typical British weather': Rain, cold and high winds set to return, as UK summer fizzles out

Britain's brief period of fine weather is over, as forecasters predict unsettled, wet and windy conditions for at least the next four weeks.

A fortnight of clear skies and moderately warm spells may, depressingly, be all the summer we're to receive this year, as forecasters predict a return of the wind, rain and cold that blighted spring.

Describing the coming month as a "typical British summer", forecasters blamed the jet stream moving further south than is typical for this time of year for their miserable predictions. Jet streams are belts of fast flowing air currents which move weather patterns around the world.

A Met Office spokesman said what we were experiencing was indeed a 'typical British summer'.

He said: 'The weather can be best summed up over the course of the day as quite unsettled, a few places experiencing dry, bright spells, and temperatures will be quite decent when the sun does come out - with highs of around 22 degrees... There is rain clearing out of Scotland, heading into the South West moving along the south coast into the afternoon - turning into heavy rain throughout the evening.

He added: "'There will also be more rain overnight in places and it will windy as well along the western coast, with gusts of between 35-40mph...There is a lot of weather going on and it is looking quite unsettled... The jet stream is a narrow band of fast moving wind high up in the atmosphere, which effectively can steer in low pressure systems off the Atlantic which then get caught up in this area...Where that jet stream sits is important. If it is to the north, we get settled conditions.

He went on: "To the south we get unsettled conditions sent to us... At the moment it is sitting more or less over us or just to the south.

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[Trinity]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 55945.html

'Typical British weather': Rain, cold and high winds set to return, as UK summer fizzles out

Britain's brief period of fine weather is over, as forecasters predict unsettled, wet and windy conditions for at least the next four weeks.

A fortnight of clear skies and moderately warm spells may, depressingly, be all the summer we're to receive this year, as forecasters predict a return of the wind, rain and cold that blighted spring.

Describing the coming month as a "typical British summer", forecasters blamed the jet stream moving further south than is typical for this time of year for their miserable predictions. Jet streams are belts of fast flowing air currents which move weather patterns around the world.

A Met Office spokesman said what we were experiencing was indeed a 'typical British summer'.

He said: 'The weather can be best summed up over the course of the day as quite unsettled, a few places experiencing dry, bright spells, and temperatures will be quite decent when the sun does come out - with highs of around 22 degrees... There is rain clearing out of Scotland, heading into the South West moving along the south coast into the afternoon - turning into heavy rain throughout the evening.

He added: "'There will also be more rain overnight in places and it will windy as well along the western coast, with gusts of between 35-40mph..There is a lot of weather going on and it is looking quite unsettled... The jet stream is a narrow band of fast moving wind [/color]high up in the atmosphere, which effectively can steer in low pressure systems off the Atlantic which then get caught up in this area...Where that jet stream sits is important. If it is to the north, we get settled conditions.

He went on: "To the south we get unsettled conditions sent to us... At the moment it is sitting more or less over us or just to the south.

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NO SHIT!!!!

[PsychoSerenity]

Well we've had a good one so far. I've even got a sun tan.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Another boringly beautiful day here. Almost no tornadic activity within five miles.

[Trinity]

No way!! It seems like we've had about four perfect days (if a little breezy). The rest here have been blighted by varying degrees of cloud/showers and cold wind. I'm pissed off. I need to get me a light box otherwise living here I'm going to have permanent SAD.

[Audley Strange]

Scrump your doom and gloom end-times stuff is getting a bit low rent if your saying British Weather isn't great. What next "Research shows people die?"

Raise your game, I know it's hot and humid, but come on...

[Trinity]

Talking about hunidity...does anyone else suffer from dull head aches/irritability/nausea when the weather is a tad oppressive? I get it every time. Maybe something to do with pressure? I'm no scientist..

[cronus]

Cows sit down in fields in this weather. They know it's gonna rain.

[Audley Strange]

Talking about hunidity...does anyone else suffer from dull head aches/irritability/nausea when the weather is a tad oppressive? I get it every time. Maybe something to do with pressure? I'm no scientist..

Yes and I can tell when it's going to thunder usually by how bad it gets. My sinuses are a barometer.

[JimC]

Come to sunny Australia!

(well, not now, not Melbourne, it's fucking cold, rainy and depressing...)

[klr]

[Strontium Dog]

Britain doesn't have seasons or weather. "Season" and "weather" are terms that imply change. It's permanently cool, wet and windy in Britain. I don't know which fucking idiot thought it would be a good idea to start a country here.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Talking about hunidity...does anyone else suffer from dull head aches/irritability/nausea when the weather is a tad oppressive? I get it every time. Maybe something to do with pressure? I'm no scientist..

Is that what causes it? Of course! Thanks, Trin, here was me thinking that was hangovers!!!

[DaveDodo007]

Who cares I'm off to Turkey.

Ho! Wait.