Monday, May 9, 2011

Wheres summer?

A lot of people have been complaining this spring hasn't been the best, its been a little cooler than normal and its been above average on the rain. The nights have also been very cool, and even the days in some cases last week we only reached 53 for a high when the normal high is 63. So the question is, where is summer? Well there has been a big block in the jet stream forcing the warm air to stay south and keeping the some what cool weather in new England or north. Now if normal high is 63 and we have been reaching 70 recently, then what am i talking about, right? Well last year we already have had a number of 80 plus days and even a 90 degree day and those were the signs that summer is on its way. But so far this year we have had one 80 degree day the rest have been in the lower to upper 60s to around 70. The other issue is that north to northeast wind. That effects the immediate coast and the cape and the islands, what happens is the northeast wind comes off of that cold oceanic water, which by the way is only 43 degrees, so any wind coming off of those waters are going to make the coast significantly cooler. So you could have it be 70 here in Burlington but on cape Ann or lets say Beverly it would only be 55 to 60 degrees so about a 20 to 25 degree difference which is pretty cool. There has also been this stalled ocean storm for that past 4 days stalled in the middle of the Atlantic but since its stalled and just sitting in the middle of the ocean, and since it is a massive storm it has been throwing  a lot of clouds and in some cases showers, and in another case on Saturday when we had those severe thunderstorms, which some included hail. Once that stall in the jet stream gives way we should start to see summer arrive. No one knows when that will happen, but until then be patient, summer will be here soon!

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