The jet stream.

[Goweresque]

That is unreal. Doesn't seem like there is any connection at all? Some predictions did suggest that increased polar melt would disrupt the gulf stream, if not switch it off all together.

You're muddling up two things - the Jet stream, which is high altitude winds (which are a big factor in the UK's day to day weather) and the Gulf stream which is movements of warm water around the Atlantic (which makes the UK's climate warmer than its actual latitude would suggest).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

 

[Bury the Trash]

You're muddling up two things - the Jet stream, which is high altitude winds (which are a big factor in the UK's day to day weather) and the Gulf stream which is movements of warm water around the Atlantic (which makes the UK's climate warmer than its actual latitude would suggest).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

ok clever clogs please explain whats 'North Atlantic Drift' when its at home

 

[Goweresque]

ok clever clogs please explain whats 'North Atlantic Drift' when its at home

Well according to wikipedia its basically the name for northern extension of the gulf stream:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current

 

[Bury the Trash]

ha, yer secrets out ...all that stuff you post comes from wiki....

 

[Goweresque]

ha, yer secrets out ...all that stuff you post comes from wiki....

Ah true, but you have to know a bit about it before you can look it up in Wiki.........

 

[Wastexprt]

You're muddling up two things - the Jet stream, which is high altitude winds (which are a big factor in the UK's day to day weather) and the Gulf stream which is movements of warm water around the Atlantic (which makes the UK's climate warmer than its actual latitude would suggest).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

Thank you yes I phrased that badly. Jet streams belong more in the realm of weather, whereas ocean currents belong in the realm of climate.

 

[Pilatus]

Are we getting a few days of better weather due to the Jet Stream moving, to a more favourable position as regards us perhaps getting some drier weather?

 

[Wombat]

Are we getting a few days of better weather due to the Jet Stream moving, to a more favourable position as regards us perhaps getting some drier weather?

I wish the conveyor belt of sh!t would feck off for a year or two

 

[Still Farming]

Fog rained here this afternoon

 

[bobk]

Fog rained here this afternoon

Raining here now , my shoulder is hurting , never a good sign

 

[Still Farming]

 

[Still Farming]

Gales and hammering down ffs now

Storms due from Iceland now apparently ???

 

[Kidds]

Hail here.
Probably enough to see off what bit of apple blossom my trees managed to put out this year.

 

[Northernlights]

Meandering jet stream is mainly the result of a lesser thermal gradient between the Arctic and the Equator .Much less arctic ice than say 60 years ago being the main cause of a weaker jet stream. Main cause of ice loss being a warming world atmosphere for whatever reason. The North Atlantic was several degrees warmer than average over most of last winter, Locked weather patterns much more common with a jet stream with loops in it (meridional)

 

[Still Farming]

Storms due from Iceland now allegedly???
Ffs

 

[Still Farming]

Met Office issues weather warning for Wales saying 'disruption likely'

Some inland areas may see gusts of up to 45mph, while coastal areas may experience winds of up to 55mph

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Still Farming]

Flooding in Dubai after 18 months' rainfall in just hours

It's the heaviest rainfall that has hit UAE in 75 years

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[ridger]

Well all our water has to be filling up a low place somewhere

 

[bobk]

Wondering whether cloud seeding is having more effect than we realise ,
Some countries desperate for water , some trying to get rid

 

[Bogweevil]

Wondering whether cloud seeding is having more effect than we realise ,
Some countries desperate for water , some trying to get rid

Been done for decades in dry regions, effect very local and limited, you need clouds to seed and if you can induce it to rain it often just means somewhere else gets less rain.

You might try seeding clouds out in the Atlantic so they shed some rain but it would be costly and limited effect.