Tag: UK Snow
Last weekend, Scotland was hit by a double whammy of Storm Malik followed speedily by Storm Corrie. Here's some of the top wind speeds recorded during our extreme weekend with #StormMalik and #StormCorrie. Looks like a record wind speed for January in Inverbervie. pic.twitter.com/2h2Ayispyk — Sean Batty (@SeanBattyTV) January 31, 2022 Why was #StormCorrie so […]
December produced some of the biggest snowfalls on record for parts of the US Northeast and Japan. Now cold is showing up strong in many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s like old man winter is fighting back and making up for his lack of presence this time last year. Thanks to high pressure anchored […]
Well the first relatively low elevation snows have arrived to large parts of Scotland and Northern England thanks to biting polar-origin wind wrapping around a low near Iceland. Scenes from across the Northern UK this morning. Bathgate, West Lothian Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire A cold day with further wintry showers ahead. As a […]
After dipping to -14.4C yesterday morning, Scotland and UK’s coldest since 2012 and only warming to -6.2C, the thermometer took a deeper dip last night to -15.4C which makes for Scotland’s coldest since 2010. The temperature fell to -15.4C in #Braemar, Aberdeenshire last night. Making it the coldest night in Scotland since December 2010. CB […]
While it’s remained clear with pockets of freezing fog over the Northern UK, snow has been spreading eastwards through today from Cornwall to Kent and points as far north as Birmingham courtesy of the next Atlantic low moving in. The snow band shall drop 2-4cm widely over south and southeast England tonight, locally 10cm for […]
We’ve said good bye to the mild and hello to the polar maritime once again. The polar maritime air will be whisling down from the north throughout today with winds gusting 40-50 mph widely. This reintroduces a tricky rain, sleet and snow scenario as the cold air is mixed with ocean air. As you can […]
Up until the end of February/beginning of March 2018, the benchmark for deep snow and drifting probably goes to March 2013. The last time heavy snow, strong winds and severe blowing and drifting stopped me from completing a delivery. March 2013 happened to be the UK’s coldest in 50 years. I was delivering across Dumfries […]
We may be in a milder regime now compared to the beginning of the month and with temps UK-wide hitting double figures, many are being led into a false sense of security. There’s still a good degree of uncertainty but confidence is growing on a cancellation of spring and an abrupt return to winter with […]
The ‘big snow of 2018’, ‘blizzard of 2018’, ‘beast from the east 2018’, whatever label you attach to this week’s extreme winter weather, this is an event which will be remembered for a lifetime to come. As of 1200 UTC today, a large portion of the United States and Europe was colder than the north […]
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