Britons can wave summer goodbye, expect cool August

Bloomberg

Britons needn’t worry that they’ll be hit by the scorching summer blazing across Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic.
The UK, northern France, Germany and the Baltic States can expect a cooler-than-average August, according to five meteorologists surveyed by Bloomberg. The rest of the mainland will likely continue to be hotter than normal, with record-high temperatures seen in some areas.
“Northern Europe will be cooler and wetter than normal,” said Amy Hodgson, an associate meteorologist at the Weather Co. in Birmingham, England. High “sea surface temperatures and low soil moisture is driving the warmer and drier pattern across southern and southeastern Europe.”
The forecast is being driven by the jet stream, a flowing ribbon of cool ocean air traveling across northern Europe, where temperatures should be chillier than normal. In southern Europe, high pressure is helping cause a feedback loop of hot
air and dry soil, according to Hodgson. The trend continues what’s happened in Europe over the last 30 years.