Why is this country so Windy now ?

[Albumen]

Isn't it something to do with the Atlantic Jetstreams and the fact that the UK has been the wrong side of it for what seems to be the last five years?

http://www.metcheck.com/ATLANTIC/jetstream.asp#.UbS2Avm1FsA

Yes.
We're nearly always between different air pressure systems = wind.
Climate change has pushed the jet stream further south so don't expect a great summer for a long while.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yes.
We're nearly always between different air pressure systems = wind.
Climate change has pushed the jet stream further south so don't expect a great summer for a long while.

Hippy!

 

[skipper734]

Yup! Last three years at least, Jetstream goes north pushing the lows across England instead of to the north of Scotland. As a sailor I watch these patterns, in a rough rule of thumb sort of way. There doesn't seem to be anything excessive in the wind strengths, just a lot less occasions when the Highs come and sit on top of the country for a few weeks at a time.
Maybe it's because I am just getting old and sail a dinghy now instead of big boats.

 

[El Presidente]

Not been windy in Manchester, has been warm and sunny too.

 

[Trevor]

Generally it's not as windy in Croydon

 

[Lady Bracknell]

There may be a sound meteorological explanation. It will involve jet streams/prevailing westerlies and the like.
On the other hand, it is just as likely to be a filthy Continental plot, isn't it?

 

[Goat lung]

The north easterly s we have had for the last week or so are due to high pressure over the uk and a low over Europe (hence all the rain in Germany) this causes the isobars to squeeze together giving us strong n/e winds , there is nothing uncommon about these winds and are normal during settled spells in the summer , just a sod if you want to go fishing in a small boat !!

 

[e77]

Paul Barber.

I am sure @papa_lazarou can offer a more scientific answer.

 

[dangull]

Is it not a fact living on an island surrounded by sea means more wind than for example Poland ?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Paul Barber.

I am sure @papa_lazarou can offer a more scientific answer.

News from the Met Office suggest Barber is to blame, yes.

 

[ferring seagull]

I agree with US, it seems to have been blowing a hooly most of this year and perhaps it is indeed to do with the Jetstream

 

[beorhthelm]

I can count the calm days in the last year on one hand.

have you got some freakishly large digited hand? theres dozens of calm days. wind is caused by the weather, more specicially the movement of air from high presure area to low pressure. if you have a high sitting over you you'll get no wind. if you have a low the same, but usually they are smaller so you get caught in the airflows around. as we sit on the edge of the atlantic with a sea the otherside and the cold arctic to the north, we see alot of weather. the jet stream pushes the arctic/mediterrean weather systems to the south/north respectivly, that could make it calmer as much as more windy depending on the rest of the weather. as someone said, ees complicated.

 

[looney]

Ain't you Mr. Open Minded...

I guess you'd blame the muslims.

Any idea of the Carbon footprint of people moving to cooler Northern Countries? Travel, Winter heating, general consumption levels?

 

[Doc Lynam]

Our country is to small to generate its own weather/ wind patterns. We live at a geographical crossroad with winds generated by other systems hitting us from Siberia, Atlantic, Africa.

 

[Creaky]

I blame it on all those fans they keep building around the coast to keep us cool!

 

[The Birdman]

Harvey's and piglet pies. Is the common denominator. it is to do with the jet stream

 

[The Birdman]

Also the Gulf Stream affects our weather and global warming.

 

[Ulloa's Soul Patch]

The reason why its windy is because there is more wind. Enjoy

 

[Dave the OAP]

Yup! Last three years at least, Jetstream goes north pushing the lows across England instead of to the north of Scotland. As a sailor I watch these patterns, in a rough rule of thumb sort of way. There doesn't seem to be anything excessive in the wind strengths, just a lot less occasions when the Highs come and sit on top of the country for a few weeks at a time.
Maybe it's because I am just getting old and sail a dinghy now instead of big boats.

Hippy seaman!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just a gentle breeze today.