Zonal wind speed anomalies were below normal across most of the Northern U.S. especially the Upper Midwest to Northeast U.S. sector due to anomalous high pressure centered in Canada and extending the northern states. Above normal zonal wind speeds were observed across Western Texas and Florida. Meridional wind speed anomalies were below normal from Western Texas to the Northeast U.S.

Marine heat wave off the West Coast of Europe weakens as an upper trough generates across this area into mid-July with a compensating hot and dry ridge emerging across Southern Europe and enhanced by Northwest Africa heat. Dry and hot focus shifts into South/Southeast Europe during mid-summer.