The Met Office forecast charts for the next couple of days show a
High of 1038 or 1039 mb over the UK. How close is this to a UK June
pressure record?
Here at Warlingham the highest June pressure (since 1983) was 1036
mb on 13 June 1996, and only in one other June (1983) has the pressure
exceeded 1030 mb.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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The Met Office forecast charts for the next couple of days show a
High of 1038 or 1039 mb over the UK. How close is this to a UK June
pressure record?
Here at Warlingham the highest June pressure (since 1983) was 1036
mb on 13 June 1996, and only in one other June (1983) has the pressure
exceeded 1030 mb.

Tudor, 1043.1 mbar at Clones, Co.Monaghan, in June 1959
is the British Isles record. As Clones is virtually on the NI
border this must also be effectively the UK record too.

pe

Philip Eden wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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The Met Office forecast charts for the next couple of days show a
High of 1038 or 1039 mb over the UK. How close is this to a UK June
pressure record?
Here at Warlingham the highest June pressure (since 1983) was 1036
mb on 13 June 1996, and only in one other June (1983) has the pressure
exceeded 1030 mb.

Tudor, 1043.1 mbar at Clones, Co.Monaghan, in June 1959
is the British Isles record. As Clones is virtually on the NI
border this must also be effectively the UK record too.

pe

Thanks, Philip. Some way to go, then. Pity we couldn't have
cloned that 1959 High. I'll get me coat.

Tudor Hughes.

In message , Philip Eden
writes

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
roups.com...
The Met Office forecast charts for the next couple of days show a
High of 1038 or 1039 mb over the UK. How close is this to a UK June
pressure record?
Here at Warlingham the highest June pressure (since 1983) was 1036
mb on 13 June 1996, and only in one other June (1983) has the pressure
exceeded 1030 mb.

Tudor, 1043.1 mbar at Clones, Co.Monaghan, in June 1959
is the British Isles record. As Clones is virtually on the NI
border this must also be effectively the UK record too.

pe

On the assumption that weather on one part of the planet may have some
sort of connection, however loose, with weather on any other part of the
planet, it is interesting to see that at the time we are experiencing
near-record high pressure for June, Australia is experiencing record
high temperatures for June. A stationary high in the Tasman Sea for the
past 4 days has brought N'ly winds to South Australia, New South Wales
and Victoria. This has resulted in record high June temperatures over a
huge area of these three states. Many of the records being broken have
stood for 60-80 years. More details at

http://www.australianweathernews.com...05/050607.SHTM
L

I am not suggesting at all that one is a direct result of the other but
the world's weather is one single system and here are two notable
events, both substantial in size, occurring simultaneously. Fascinating.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

"Norman Lynagh" On the assumption that weather on one part of the planet
may have some
sort of connection, however loose, with weather on any other part of the
planet, it is interesting to see that at the time we are experiencing
near-record high pressure for June, Australia is experiencing record high
temperatures for June. A stationary high in the Tasman Sea for the past 4
days has brought N'ly winds to South Australia, New South Wales and
Victoria. This has resulted in record high June temperatures over a huge
area of these three states. Many of the records being broken have stood
for 60-80 years. More details at

http://www.australianweathernews.com...05/050607.SHTM
L

I am not suggesting at all that one is a direct result of the other but
the world's weather is one single system and here are two notable events,
both substantial in size, occurring simultaneously. Fascinating.

Norman.
Yes,it's interesting that the SOI (Southern Oscillation Index-roughly the
SH counterpart of the NAO ) has been highly negative this year.(and indeed
since 2001)
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/soi2.shtml
Cf the hemispheric indices-
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product.../ao_index.html
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...aao_index.html

the presence of large blocking HP over Iceland alone suggests a highly
negative index of zonalty in the N Atlantic region,


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regards,
David

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