There has been a notable decline in days with thunder in the UK in recent years, despite research suggesting rising global temperatures would increase lightning, this blog looks at a possible reason for this decline in thunderstorms for the UK.
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Gaemi, also known as Super Typhoon Carina, made landfall over Taiwan on July 24th. It brought widespread disruption with intense rainfall, flooding and damage. China next.
There is heat in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. When the sun is out and winds are light temperatures do respond in the UK but warmer air from Europe won’t arrive until next week.
The jet stream will be running west to east above the British Isles throughout this week, keeping the weather changeable, there will be some showers around for some but also some spells of warm sunshine, especially Wednesday.
For much of the UK, the weather is set to be more summery as we head into August than has been the case during much of July.
Yes, the weather has been disappointingly cool since the beginning of June and, to add to poor feel, wet since beginning of July too. But it may come as a surprise that such cold weather we’ve had was actually Read more
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