Early Summer weather watch

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Old thread:https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weather/4767111-spring-weather-watch?page=6&reply=126854914

After the dramatic weather for some over the last few days, mostly covered in the Thunderstorm warning threads, I think it's time to switch to a new thread. After all, we are two weeks into meteorological summer.

My grandson was chopping kindling today, son has ordered his winter logs. This summer is a write off.

The jet stream is plonked over us, sometimes wobbling under us, putting us in the path of low pressure systems.

Thank you OMBK.
i'll have a look at that picture(not sure of correct term ) and have a think.

Lordy lordy, how ignorant I am.
Having googled I see that the jet stream is air movement.
I thought it referred to Ocean currents
going to have a read with my cup of tEA.

But I'm not watching YouTube videos that use the term deep dive.

In my view language should not evolve and we should still be theeing and thouing eachother.

I'll be quiet now.

We are going to Norway next week. It's not looking good is it...

I’d noticed that. The app is usually pretty reliable for a short term forecast but it’s been all over the place for about a month now.

I did too, so at least you aren't alone!

Good to know. I've learned that on MN one is never alone !

We're in Austria which has had forecasts of rain / thunderstorms every day since our arrival 4 days ago. We got caught in a brief shower in the mountains and avoided another in a church. Otherwise it's been dry and right now is sunny and warm. So don't be too dismayed

I've noticed the met office reports being rubbish recently too. I wonder if there's a reason? Today, for instance, it says no rain all day (well, 10% chance which usually means no rain). It's definitely raining quite hard, right now.

The jet stream is like that nursery rhyme

Jelly on a plate, wobble wobble, wibble wobble. 😂

justasking - 😀

It's waaaaay ahead but the GFS for next week - from Wednesday onwards looks warmer/drier. Oh please let it be so 🙏

Tweet from the Met Office illustrating where the jet stream is at the moment.

"Little change in the overall weather story next week with Atlantic weather systems driven by a southerly tracking jet stream remaining in charge 👇"

twitter.com/metoffice/status/1685621347819433984?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Thought some might find it interesting.

There are increasing early signs that as Gloria says, from mid week next week it could get warmer, less windy and drier. Hang in there people!

I remember someone on here explaining that the reason the BBC and the Met Office predict totally different weather is because the BBC now buys its forecast from a cheaper source outside the UK. I've noticed the BBC forecast tends to be more accurate.

@OhYouBadBadKitten I hope it does improve middle of next week. My son and DIL are coming over from Finland for a wedding. At the moment the weather is colder and wetter than their holiday in the Arctic Circle

I shall pray to Nordic weather gods.

That's not quite right. The BBC get their forecasts from a private organisation called DTN. DTN has offices and forecasters based in the UK as well as lots of other countries.

It is difficult to get the exact timing and location of showers. It is even more difficult to represent this uncertainty on weather apps and meteograms (those little icon forecasts). It is a pain in the bum though!

Netweather have picked up on the possibility of something drier next week as well.

Thanks for the glimmers of hope - just spotted a 25 degree day pop up on the forecast for next Thursday. Fingers crossed.

Weather warnings for tomorrow. (Looking at the wind charts on the GFS a few days ago, I'm not surprised at the wind warning.)

@GloriaSmud that's nasty. Parts of Europe too

Since Saturday we've had strong winds, rough seas and rain. Someone was swept out to sea on Saturday, no sign of them yet.

I'm resigned now to lousy weather. We've got agricultural shows we planned to visit amongst other amusements with the families. So far we've done some crabbing, the cinema and a garden centre. They're at out of school clubs thankfully, otherwise their summer is a washout 😓

@justasking111 whereabouts are you ?
Awful to be swept out to sea