Day 268 of 365 - Summer Breezes

There was a song by Seals and Crofts, called Summer Breeze, which I liked when I was younger.  The line in the refrain goes 'summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind'.  It's a little corny, but sounds nice and they had a good harmony.  I'm reminded of that song on a lovely end of June day today, when the sun is shining, temperatures are warm and a lovely breeze is blowing through the trees.

I'd have to say this is my favorite kind of summer weather.  I like the warmth of the sun, but also the feeling of the air moving, the sound of the leaves rustling in the trees, and flowers swaying gently with their fragrances wafting.  There's just something so comfortable about it.  It's in weather like this that you can stretch out in a lounge chair and take a lovely nap.  Sounds like summer to me.

After having a cool and wet spring here, where high pressure in the North allowed cool air to be displaced to the south, we now have warmer days since the jet stream shifted more northward, causing the polar air to retreat.

Our prevailing winds are the Westerlies, with air circulation moving from west to east.  In the summer, the upper atmosphere winds tend to be gentler, arcing from the Pacific and dipping across the country to the east.

Air pressure systems, highs and lows, have typical seasonal patterns too.  In general, it's the interaction of these highs and lows and wind directions which give us our weather.  Low pressure zones bring rain and high pressure zones bring the clear sunny skies such as we have today.

One thing for sure about wind though, is that it brings change in the weather.  Apparently, the summer in my region is going to be a zone caught between cooler air from the north and warmer air from the Atlantic.  What that means is we may be caught in areas of heightened risk for thunderstorms this summer, as cool fronts meet warm fronts.

In fact, our weather forecast for the next several days shows gradually increasing temperatures each day along with increasing risk of thunderstorm each day.  That's summer in southwestern Ontario.

So, I'll enjoy the beautiful breezy days as they come, knowing that patterns repeat, and more will come along.  I hope you are enjoying your summer days too.

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