On 11 July, 16:26, Alastair wrote:
On Jul 11, 2:11*pm, Mike Tullett wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:38:15 +0100, Keith(Southend) wrote in


I'm finding myself looking at GFS +240, but still there's no hope or
salvation in the offering.

I'm tending to agree with you Keith. *I've posted before that persistence
is particularly strong at this time of year and my experience is that the
first two weeks of July, more often than not, set the scene for the rest of
July/August.

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W *posted 11/07/2009 14:11:55 *GMT

Here's the Jet Stream for +120, but that seems to show more on it way
from the US.http://virga.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_atl_h120_00.gif

What do we need for the polar vortex to contract, so that the Jet
Stream moves north and gives us Mediterranean weather?

Cheers, Alastair.

Reading this thread you wouldn't think that June for most was warm,
dry (with a few notable exceptions) & sunny. Here it was exceptionally
dry as well as warm.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomacts/#
Just 25% of the normal rainfall over much of Cornwall. This follows
May which had around 65% of the n normal rainfall.

Up until yesterday July has been good as well, just a bit windy at
times, giving some absolutely brilliant windsurfing conditions at
Marazion. Temperatures near to above normal every day, with very
little rain in daylight hours. The only day predominantly cloudy being
2nd.

Yesterday it was all change. The coolest & wettest day of the month,
reaching 19.2C with 10.8mm of rain, mainly in the afternoon, which
wasn't exactly the 'few spots' forecast. But in this part of the UK,
we did need some steady rain.

One thing that has been lacking has been good surf. Recently it's
either been flat (like yesterday) or ruined by an onshore wind. (The
BBC forecast always seems to say 2-3' on the north coast, irrespective
of what it's actually like) However, today signs of better things on
the surf front www.sennen-cove.com/todaysurf.htm.

As for the future, it looks like the south will get some warm ridges
pushing up from Azores high from time to time. I'm off to Scilly as
soon as the school hols start, to escape the busiest 2 weeks of the
summer, which is at least the nearest bit of the UK to the Azores!

Graham
Penzance