Will Hand wrote:

Are the British Isles getting cloudier I wonder?
This would be consistent with GW and increasing specific humidity due to
warmer oceans.

Could also be explained by the cold pool to the west. A similar pattern in
july 71(?) led to an odd combination of cold, cyclonic, dry and dull
weather. As I recall, UK was covered with Sc most of the month.

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