European question???

Question

How come some parts of England and Scottland maybe Ireland it rains alot and is cloudy alot too???

Answer 1

In the UK the general rule is that the it get's drier the further east you go and it gets colder the further north you go.

As others have correctly said, the main factor governing the weather in the UK is the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The prevailing weather comes from the south west which means the air mass passing over the UK is laden with moisture which has evapourated during it's long journey across the Atlantic.

There are hills in the west of the UK forming a more or less unbroken chain from the top to the bottom of the UK. As the mositure laden air meets these hills it's pushed upwards where it cools down, condenses and causes precipitation. Consequently rainfall is considerably higher in the hills and on the windward (western) sides of the hills. For the same reason there tends to be a lot of cloud over the UK.

During the winter months the weather often arrives from the north bringing with it cold, moisture laden air. This ensures that Scotland recieves much more snowfall than the rest of the UK.

There are many factors which influence the weather in the UK including proximity to the Atlantic, the Gulf Stream, Europe, Siberia and the Arctic, weather can arrive from all these locations bringing with it a mixed bag of conditions. Sometimes weather arrives from different directions and meets over the UK further complicating matters. Meteorologists have a hard time predicting weather for the UK.

Answer 2

Ok I'm trying to give you the right answer but I am not a scientist. Partly, they are on the same latitude as Seattle and London has very similar weather to Seattle.

The UK is an island. As the rain cycles, evaporating and coming back down as rain, it tends to not move very much. Areas right next to Lake Michigan get the lakeeffect snow b/c when the water evaporates, the precipation falls before it's moved too far away. UK is surrounded by Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, the English Channel, Celtic Sea, Saint George's Channel, and the Irish Sea. That keeps their climate rather moderate but gives them a lot of rainfall as well.

Also, weather generally moves from west to east. Towards the equator it moves more east to west, but England's northern location puts them in line with both the gulf streams (norweigan current) and the tradewinds pushing the weather patterns. The only thing to their east is more water, so there isn't much option.

Hope this as specific as you need. Maybe a meterologist will get on here and give you exacts.

Answer 3

Britain is NOT European despite what they might tell you. Europe is a large land mass to the east of us. We have a lot of bad history between us.

Anyway, now to your question. Rain is our national weather. You know its summer when the rain gets warmer. Basically, we are an island, surrounded by water and that water evaporates and comes back down over ... us.

Answer 4

Perhaps because they are Islands, surrounded by water and at the edge of the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 5

something to do with moisture in air condensing over land and falling as rain, tht is why the further east you go from the atlantic in the uk and Ireland, the less wet it is

Answer 6

Look at a map of the world - question answered!

Answer 7

That's just how it is.....nothing to do about it!