The Spring quarter of 2008 comprised contrasting months:
a cyclonic-northwesterly March, a cyclonic April, and
an easterly May.

The relevant charts are available at:
http://www.climate-uk.com/monpre/08QQ.htm

The main features of the sea-level pressure distribution
we a broad zone of low pressure between latitudes
50 and 60 degN, extending from Quebec, across the
entire Atlantic and most Europe with centres of 1008
mbar over NE Scotland and at 56N 42W;
a weaker-than-normal Azores high at 1020 mbar;
and a strong Arctic high with a centre of 1023mbar over
NE Greenland.

The anomaly field showed below-normal pressure over
the entire European continent and over most of the
Atlantic Ocean, and above-normal pressure over the
Arctic Basin extending across Greenland and Iceland.

The main anomaly centres we
- 5mbar over southern Britain
- 5 mbar between Moscow and Kiev
+ 6 mbar over SE Greenland.

The anomalous flow was NE-ly across the northern
half of the British Isles, and cyclonic/variable over the
southern half.

CET (Manley) 9.2°C (+0.6 degC)
E&W rainfall 248mm (125%)
E&W sunshine 487 hr (104%)

(c) Philip Eden