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Post by nei on May 30, 2018 14:34:24 GMT -5
What a month in the Scandinavian countries. The UK could never ever have a May like that. I'm truly envious of the huge spells of completely sunny weather you can get over there. I was checking Bergen's weather while in England mid-May. Thought at first they had just gotten just nice weather not record breaking heat. Was thinking: "Bergen can get nice weather" |
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Post by urania93 on May 30, 2018 14:37:13 GMT -5
Someone wants some rain? During all the last week we had (indicatively) 5+ rainy days per week*, and the weather forecasts don't show any improvement for the next week. My village had only a couple of sunny day which didn't turn cloudy/rainy in the afternoon, that's quite remarkable too. And Turin was just slightly better.
Ok, in here May is the rainiest month of the year, but this is a little too much...
(*I can't show actual data because the agency which deals with the weather stations of my region doesn't publish so recent data*)
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Post by nei on May 30, 2018 14:51:29 GMT -5
What a month in the Scandinavian countries. The UK could never ever have a May like that. I'm truly envious of the huge spells of completely sunny weather you can get over there. Coastal Norway has similar sunshine totals to Scotland and northern England, similar geography. Any reason why Norway can get more spells of uninterrupted sunshine? Flip side must be that it gets more stretches of endless cloud without breaks. Perhaps air masses tend to move in and out more in Britain while Norway is closer to the continent where air masses get stuck |
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Post by nei on May 30, 2018 14:59:03 GMT -5
What I find interesting is Scandinavia is about to set their warmest May on record while being very sunny, whereas Raleigh is about to set its warmest May on record while being very cloudy. I think I've only seen the sun a couple dozen hours since I arrived in North Carolina on 15 May. The reason it's been so warm is it's not cooling off much at night; our average low for the month is 63.6ºF/17.6ºC, with the average low since May 12 being a whopping 68.2ºF/20.1ºC. A large quadrilateral of the U.S. from North Carolina to Oklahoma to Iowa to Ohio is about to have its warmest (or second or third warmest depending on exact location) May on record. At that high latitude climate, where the averages are cool and the ocean cold, only way for warmth is with sun. Even up here, thick clouds is cold May temperatures and more sunshine = warmth overall. Correlation gets weaker in summer. |
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Post by nei on May 30, 2018 15:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by Babu on May 30, 2018 15:32:08 GMT -5
Stockholm passed 400h sunshine today, along with Öland, Visby and Hoburg. Visby was 399.7h after yesterday, Hoburg 389, and Svenska Högarna was 403h yesterday. Norrköping and Umeå are also going to surpass 400h by the end of the month with about 10h of sunshine needed tomorrow. We're looking at a potential May record of 437h at Svenska Högarna if tomorrow is cloudless as forecast. Also, this is unfair, yesterday Svenska högarna recorded 17h of sunshine with an 18h day. Meanwhile the best Umeå could manage on a cloudless day was 17.8h with a 19.5h  |
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Post by Nidaros on May 30, 2018 15:38:09 GMT -5
What a month in the Scandinavian countries. The UK could never ever have a May like that. I'm truly envious of the huge spells of completely sunny weather you can get over there. Coastal Norway has similar sunshine totals to Scotland and northern England, similar geography. Any reason why Norway can get more spells of uninterrupted sunshine? Flip side must be that it gets more stretches of endless cloud without breaks. Perhaps air masses tend to move in and out more in Britain while Norway is closer to the continent where air masses get stuck Actually that’s where most people is wrong, because Norway does not have the same geography as Britain. Largest part of Norway is one mountain chain after the other, with valleys and fjords between them, and some mountain plateaus. A bit like Switzerland with a coast, but not quite as high mountains. So a big chunk is less oceanic than UK. |
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Post by alex992 on May 30, 2018 16:26:42 GMT -5
I actually noticed this yesterday or the day before when it was passing northern Alabama and Tennessee and still was very organized! Indeed very impressive! Perhaps because over land at this time of year, strong sunshine and cold upper levels + warm surface is the cause of instability, and that's why it's been able to retain it's form? Not sure, just a theory. I noticed over land late spring and early summer are peak times for instability, while over sea it's late summer and early fall (due to warm SST). |
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Post by boombo on May 30, 2018 17:50:50 GMT -5
What a month in the Scandinavian countries. The UK could never ever have a May like that. I'm truly envious of the huge spells of completely sunny weather you can get over there. Coastal Norway has similar sunshine totals to Scotland and northern England, similar geography. Any reason why Norway can get more spells of uninterrupted sunshine? Flip side must be that it gets more stretches of endless cloud without breaks. Perhaps air masses tend to move in and out more in Britain while Norway is closer to the continent where air masses get stuck One of the Scandinavians could probably expand on this but at certain times of year it's relatively common to get blocked highs over Scandinavia (because it's further east than the normal track of Atlantic lows, which aren't a big feature this time of year anyway), plus with places like Bergen/Trondheim on the west coast of Norway any easterly air flow will have the moisture taken out of it by the mountains anyway, while on the east coast of the UK it picks up low cloud from the North Sea. |
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Post by bizzy on May 30, 2018 18:04:57 GMT -5
I couldn’t believe my eyes looking at it on RadarScope earlier. |
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Post by knot on May 31, 2018 1:52:50 GMT -5
Managed a high of 5.1° C today; yesterday scored 4.3° C (overcast), so slightly warmer. Mostly sunny and only moderately squally (~25-30 knots) throughout—unlike yesterday's heavy cloud, sleet showers and >40 knot squalls.
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Post by knot on May 31, 2018 4:08:52 GMT -5
Looks like the Northern Tablelands (NSW) have won the national coldest minimum prize for May with their station at Glen Innes...only lying at 29.7° S and elevated by a mere 1,044 m AMSL   |
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Post by Beercules on May 31, 2018 7:15:41 GMT -5
Winter outlook Rain  temp  |
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Post by jgtheone on May 31, 2018 9:10:14 GMT -5
fuck yeah it's going to be cold and wet
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Post by Nidaros on May 31, 2018 13:22:51 GMT -5
First "tropical nights" for the season in Norway last night.
Coldest low:
20.4°C Eigerøy (S of Stavanger)
20°C Lindesnes lighth. (southernmost point on the mainland)
Warmest high today in Norway on this last day of May:
31.9°C Evanger near Bergen
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Post by srfoskey on May 31, 2018 15:05:05 GMT -5
What I find interesting is Scandinavia is about to set their warmest May on record while being very sunny, whereas Raleigh is about to set its warmest May on record while being very cloudy. I think I've only seen the sun a couple dozen hours since I arrived in North Carolina on 15 May. The reason it's been so warm is it's not cooling off much at night; our average low for the month is 63.6ºF/17.6ºC, with the average low since May 12 being a whopping 68.2ºF/20.1ºC. A large quadrilateral of the U.S. from North Carolina to Oklahoma to Iowa to Ohio is about to have its warmest (or second or third warmest depending on exact location) May on record. At that high latitude climate, where the averages are cool and the ocean cold, only way for warmth is with sun. Even up here, thick clouds is cold May temperatures and more sunshine = warmth overall. Correlation gets weaker in summer. For us I feel like clouds are more often associated with below normal weather in summer, not winter. This month just happens to be an exception. |
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Post by Beercules on Jun 1, 2018 9:41:18 GMT -5
Current Obs in Adelaide, West Terrace and Kent Town are both official CBD stations about 2km apart, West Terrace will replace Kent Town as the latter is becoming too built up, and West Terrace was the original Adelaide station. !!!  |
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Post by Nidaros on Jun 2, 2018 12:48:02 GMT -5
Heat wave stats Norway SW coast...
Daily highs at Etne (8 m) S of Bergen, SW coast of Norway, since May 25th:
29.4°C June 2th
29.2°C
31.2°C
32.7°C
28.6°C
27.1°C
31.4°C
27.4°C
27.8°C May 25th
And Evanger (17 m) highs, situated just E of Bergen - four consecutive 30°C+ days now and 5 in total!
30.1°C June 2th
30°C
31.9°C
32.1°C
29.7°C
28.2°C
30°C
28.2°C
25.8°C May 25th
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Post by Nidaros on Jun 2, 2018 15:41:58 GMT -5
Warning for forest fires in effect in all Norway south of the Arctic Circle for some days now. One coastal island near Stavanger (Ombo) has had a fire burning for nearly a week now.
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Post by nei on Jun 2, 2018 20:21:46 GMT -5
watch the storm grow!
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