I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and Iceland
with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the
weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.
If one is to compare this chart with the thousands of similar ones over the
years ,I'd have confidently predicted chilly Atlantic winds ,belts of heavy
rain,and generally typical unsettled British weather .
So ,question ,why is this lot so different ?

http://www.westwind.ch/?link=ukmb,ht...racknell+13 2


RonB

ronaldbutton wrote:

I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and Iceland
with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the
weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.


Not over this bit of England, Ron. Steady moderate rain for the past 3.5 hours,
getting close to heavy for the past hour.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

On Jul 7, 2:13*pm, "ronaldbutton" wrote:
I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and Iceland
with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the
weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.
If one is to compare this chart with the thousands of similar ones over the
years ,I'd have confidently predicted chilly Atlantic winds ,belts of heavy
rain,and generally typical unsettled British weather .
So ,question ,why is this lot so different ?

http://www.westwind.ch/?link=ukmb,ht...e/Fax/,.gif,br....

RonB

Drizzle in Devon Ron. As per forecast really.

On 07/07/2010 14:26, Norman wrote:
ronaldbutton wrote:

I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and Iceland
with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the
weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.


Not over this bit of England, Ron. Steady moderate rain for the past 3.5 hours,
getting close to heavy for the past hour.


That sounds pretty much like summer to me. ;-)

--
Howard Neil

"ronaldbutton" wrote in message
...
I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and
Iceland with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT
the weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.
If one is to compare this chart with the thousands of similar ones over
the years ,I'd have confidently predicted chilly Atlantic winds ,belts of
heavy rain,and generally typical unsettled British weather .
So ,question ,why is this lot so different ?

http://www.westwind.ch/?link=ukmb,ht...racknell+13 2


RonB

Essentially it's due to what's happening in the upper air. Initially there
was broad upper ridging across the SE and little upper forcing associated
with the frontal zone across England and Wales. Through the morning and
afternoon contour heights gradually fall as the ridge transfers east and an
area of positive vorticity advection engages the front. This results in a
wave like development reinvigorating the slow moving surface front for a
time - as some of the more recent imagery shows and Norman has commented on.

This process can be followed reasonably well on the 06Z GFS and NAE

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-b...&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-b...&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-b...&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-b...&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

Jon.

"Dawlish" wrote in message
...
On Jul 7, 2:13 pm, "ronaldbutton" wrote:
I know a man of my age should know better but here goes...

The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and
Iceland
with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the
weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike.
If one is to compare this chart with the thousands of similar ones over
the
years ,I'd have confidently predicted chilly Atlantic winds ,belts of
heavy
rain,and generally typical unsettled British weather .
So ,question ,why is this lot so different ?

http://www.westwind.ch/?link=ukmb,ht...e/Fax/,.gif,br...

RonB

Drizzle in Devon Ron. As per forecast really.

Definitley drivel in Torbay and Dawlish