The more observant of you will have noticed that the British weather of late has been lacking in action. Indeed, aside from storm Hector (as the Irish called it) since about the beginning of May it’s been so quiet, I’ve had nothing much to talk about (as demonstrated by this chart showing how dry it was in May)
Well, this week is going to see those numbers for June look comparable (or even more dry) as we are now in what is termed an Omega high (because that’s what it looks like) and for us here in Ceredigion, we are expecting the following temperatures over the course of the week
Sunday: 21°C (70°F), Monday: 23°C (73°F), Tuesday: 25°C (77°F), Wednesday: 26°C (79°F), Thursday: 25°C (77°F), Friday: 24°C (75°F) and Saturday: 22°C (72°F)
All of which are above the long term average for June of 18°C (64°F), therefore I am going to (starting today) use my maximum / minimum thermometer (in the alleyway which is shaded 24/7 and is 5ft in the air) to record this long spell of warmth and see how I compare with the official recordings at Trawsgoed (inland) and Aberporth (coastal)
Thanks for your excellent post, Harry on your recent (lack of significant) weather and that you will be using your new thermometer for charting upcoming daily variations (or lack thereof) in your climate. It will be interesting to see how well your new thermometer performs. Have you been able to find a hook or nail to hang the thermometer from? I gave Ray your email – he is also limited in funds and space at his apartment so he has a real appreciation of that. I didn’t talk to him on Saturday. Our wet patterns at the same time of your Omega block dryness of May and June (so far) are logical – we were on the other side of the Omega block with warm, moist air coming in on SE winds off the ocean. Late this week upcoming it looks like a mini-heat wave to finish out the month of June, with high temps into the mid 90s (around 35° C) by the end of the week. Ray’s and my friend Marty has been reporting temps increasingly more frequently in metric units. Other units of measurement will be changing over later. I am at a stage where I still have to convert, I cannot “think” metric if you know what I mean.
Thanks again and have a great rest of the weekend!
Kevin