As autumn officially starts, we look at the causes and consequences of a long, wet summer.
Little more than a week later, helicopter water bombing was employed forAs the heat built and tinder dry vegetation burnt, heatwave conditions ensued for large swathes of Scotland.One Daviot resident filmed the wildfire as it reached his garden.Overall, Scotland and the UK recorded their hottest month of June on record, with some parts of Scotland seeing the mean temperature 2.5C higher than average.approached, our weather started to take a different turn.
Torrential downpours brought a deluge of water to the National Stadium at Hampden Park, as Scotland faced Georgia in a European qualifier on 20 June., while trying to sweep the torrents of water swimming on the pitch.Pitch staff used brooms to clear the waterlogged pitch at the Scotland game against Georgia
It was perhaps a fitting premonition for the coming month of July, which saw Scotland record 50% more rain than normal as the jet stream lost its way, became stuck and delivered disappointing summer weather here - while other parts of Europe began to bake in unfailing heat. , with forecasters calling on Greek Mythology to coin one heatwave Cerberus, a three-headed hellhound that guards the gates of the underworld.A person cools off at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy, on 18 July 2023System after system barrelled through off the Atlantic - keeping things cool and often wet., as heavy rain and high winds forced hundreds of festival-goers to abandon tents and travel plans, with many given shelter in islanders' homes and local halls.
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