Why in Great Britain (or Southern England at least) has it been windy nearly every day for three months?

Question

Following this wonderful British Summer where at 6pm today the temperature is about 58f degrees and feels about 40 I am amazed that we have had no comments by the relevant authorities to explain the reason for our climate of almost continuous wind for more than three months. Funny how they bang on all the time about so-called global warming when for two years now the summer weather in the UK has been diabolical.

Answer 1

Ok is windy today  but that is not true  of the last few months at all . The patterns of the routes of highs and lows has altered  , probably permanently.   They are further South now   and the settled high  areas  miss the UK  ... this year been a bit better than last  but its about as good as it gets .  

Answer 2

During the north European summer, the polar high pressure shrinks and the front between polar and temperate air moves northward. Polar fronts then are moving from the Atlantic toward Iceland and the Norwegian sea, bringing only the tail of the front with little rain over south England.

This summer, I have observed this: The usual north moving of the front and the extension of the Azores high that is common in summer hasn't happened. A stationary high has established itself in July but it formed and remained mostly over Scandinavia, leaving Britain open to passing lows.

The present pattern is the return of the lows passing over Great Britain. That has nothing to do with the global warming which is an entirely different problem. Look at the shrink of the Norwegian and Swiss glaciers and you can tell that the average temperature is increasing.

In a British book about meteorology I once read that if it rains in Britain, there is 70 percent chances that it will be sunny the day after. And if it is sunny, there is 70 percent chances that it will be raining the day after. The reason is: It takes about 24 hours for a frontal low moving at about 25 knots to give place to a high ridge, then another low. That is the general weather pattern at our latitudes.

Answer 3

Yes asker I agree, Where I live its been windy every day for more than 3 months, today was gale force and cold. There was an article in todays Daily Mail saying it had to do with el nino, its in the wrong place again like last year.