Jun 04
Kinky jet stream means may misery for soaked Scots →
May was an exceptionally wet month in Scotland, according to provisional figures from the Met Office…The rainfall of 186mm was more than twice the figure for an average year, although it followed a very dry April…
BBC Scotland forecaster Christopher Blanchett said: “It was a very wet May for parts of Scotland thanks to a succession of low pressure systems sweeping into us.
“A blocking weather pattern on the near continent - an area of high pressure - meant a lot of the fronts, that bring rain, were focused on us and not affecting other parts of the UK…”
“A kink in the jet stream also invigorated the low pressure systems and its position fed them into Scotland on a regular basis during the month.”
Rainfall in Scotland well above average for May, BBC News, 3 June 2011
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