The Characteristics Of Weather And Weather In The UK

SCIENTISTS FATHOM THE CHARACTERISTICS OF “ATLANTIC JET STREAM”, LINK IT TO MISERABLE SUMMERS THAT WERE EXPERIENCED IN UK AND WESTERN EUROPE.

“It is a known fact to the people residing in UK and other parts of Western Europe, that we experience very unpredictable seasons and weather, throughout the year. But, what’s circulating in air among people of UK is about the miserable “Wet Summers”; that we have face. It was very depressing to our climate and weather prediction agencies for being incapable of predicting accurate weather ahead”, said lead author of the study, Richard Hall.

Fortunately, our scientists and researchers working at Sheffield University in collaboration with University’s School of Mathematics and Statistics (SOMAS) have
Jet Streams have influence in pushing masses of air across the globe, between two Polar Regions.

Wind is defined as the movement of air due to difference in temperature. Low and high pressure systems, cool and hot air masses have a major role in determining the way where a jet stream travels and when it travels. There are both cold air masses and hot air masses in the stratosphere. The greater the temperature difference, the higher, the velocities of jet streams.

So, these jet streams have a key role in deciding which weather a particular region has to face; the reason being they separate cooler air and warmer air. These meander like a river flowing through a valley causing “troughs and ridges” along the axis of their flow.
As UK and other western European countries are more directly under the influence of “Polar Jets”, we need to know what scientists have to say regarding recent changes in “Polar Jet
However, the question is “What do Atlantic Jet stream, in particular has to do with the UK weather?” and “Why do Jet streams shift?”
Fortunately, the report led by PhD student “Richard Hall along with Professor Edward Hanna”, Department of Geography, Sheffield’s University succeeded in discovering about 35% gradient variability of the “Atlantic Jet Stream”; which allows them to predict it more accurate than ever before. This has to be applauded, as it is a significant advancement in enabling the forecasters, to develop more accurate seasoning models and predict more accurate weather.

The finds of this study are that, “the latitude of the Atlantic Jet Stream with respect to summer is influenced by several factors including: “temperatures of surface of the sea, solar variability, and the extent of Arctic sea-ice”, indicating potential long term observations and the scope to predict accurate weather in the climate