AUGUST 1956 MONTHLY WEATHER 311 R,EVIE defined jet from the eastern
Atlantic to central Asia. Wind speeds were as much as 9 m. p. s. above normal over central Europe (fig. 4B.) The weather a.ssociated with the deep trough and negative anomaly center ’ was unseasonably cool and rainy with much storminess. Cyclonic activity entering Europe from the Atlantic was unusua...
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| Summary: | Atlantic to central Asia. Wind speeds were as much as 9 m. p. s. above normal over central Europe (fig. 4B.) The weather a.ssociated with the deep trough and negative anomaly center ’ was unseasonably cool and rainy with much storminess. Cyclonic activity entering Europe from the Atlantic was unusually intense for summer, wihh sea level pressures averaging from 7 mb. below the August normal in Great Britain to 11 mb. below normal in northwestern Russia. Throughout most of the British Isles there was a considerable deficiency of sunshine, and thunderstorms were unusually frequent. New August precipitation records were established in some districts. Persistent northeasterly flow at sea level swept cool Arctic air masses into Europe, where, in the layer from 700 mb. |
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