While not widespread and dense, the skies above many have had a lingering haze the past few days. Three key elements are in play that give us hazy conditions: a haze source, an atmosphere that traps haze near the surface, and little wind or rain to "wash" the haze out

While we're certainly not out of the heat yet, the hottest temperatures have likely passed, and it looks like they came on August 12 (according to observations available on Ogimet.com). As anticipated, the south of England showed the warmest temperatures with six stations recording temperatures above 33C on August 12,

Last Friday, I recorded a Look Ahead video for the ECMWF 6-Week Outlook. At the end, I showed the "weather regime" chart which outlines the general synoptic pattern we can expect over the British Isles for the coming six weeks. At that time, the NAO+ regime (typically associated with stronger