One of the things about this summer seems to have been an almost
complete absence of northerlies, which would partly account for the
unusually steep west-east improvement in conditions (e.g. Hampshire vs
Kent, and the good weather apparently experienced in north Germany
since mid July). I can't recall a time since early July that the
northern Rhine area, for example, has seriously been bothered by a
low. How unusual is that? Most summers seem to have one or two,
perhaps short, N or NW spells.

Nick

Nick wrote:
One of the things about this summer seems to have been an almost
complete absence of northerlies, which would partly account for the
unusually steep west-east improvement in conditions (e.g. Hampshire vs
Kent, and the good weather apparently experienced in north Germany
since mid July).

Here in the Otter Valley for the summer so far:

N: 1.99 Days
NE: 4.80 Days
E: 7.52 Days
SE: 19.03 Days
S: 8.88 Days
SW: 8.16 Days
W: 17.23 Days
NW: 2.45 Days

Northerlies this summer are almost identical to last year, but much less
than 2007 when there were 9.71 days' worth.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

In article ,
Nick Gardner writes:
Here in the Otter Valley for the summer so far:

N: 1.99 Days
NE: 4.80 Days
E: 7.52 Days
SE: 19.03 Days
S: 8.88 Days
SW: 8.16 Days
W: 17.23 Days
NW: 2.45 Days

Northerlies this summer are almost identical to last year, but much less
than 2007 when there were 9.71 days' worth.

The high SE figure is very striking. Could it be a sea breeze effect?
--
John Hall
"Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

John Hall wrote:
The high SE figure is very striking. Could it be a sea breeze effect?

Most probably.

The sea breeze blows from the SE and through June was quite prominant.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk