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From Double Storms Last Weekend To Highland Snow This Weekend… Northerly Late Next Week?

Written by on February 6, 2022 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
From Double Storms Last Weekend To Highland Snow This Weekend… Northerly Late Next Week?

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 […]

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Several Parts Of UK Likely To See 1st ‘White New Year’ Since 2010

Written by on December 29, 2020 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Several Parts Of UK Likely To See 1st ‘White New Year’ Since 2010

The cold northerly flow continues to bring a snow and ice risk to many parts of the UK. Many woke to snow yesterday, more woke to snow this morning and with not one but two further waves riding the ‘reinforced cold flow’, we see further accumulating snow risks all the way to sea level across […]

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Winter Fights Back Across Northern Hemisphere, January SSWE Now ‘Highly Likely’

Written by on December 29, 2020 in Asia, Rest of World, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Winter Fights Back Across Northern Hemisphere, January SSWE Now ‘Highly Likely’

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 […]

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First UK Snows of Winter Arrive Thursday But Bigger Threat Comes Friday!

Written by on December 3, 2020 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
First UK Snows of Winter Arrive Thursday But Bigger Threat Comes Friday!

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 […]

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Braemar’s -15.4C makes for Scotland’s coldest since 2010 while it’s snow going across S England, Wales

Written by on February 1, 2019 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Braemar’s -15.4C makes for Scotland’s coldest since 2010 while it’s snow going across S England, Wales

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 […]

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Heavy snow blankets Cornish beaches after UK shivers coldest night since 2012

Written by on January 31, 2019 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Heavy snow blankets Cornish beaches after UK shivers coldest night since 2012

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 […]

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Snow melts only to return a few days later as winter fights to gain ground!

Written by on January 27, 2019 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Snow melts only to return a few days later as winter fights to gain ground!

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 […]

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Deep Snow/Drifts of March 2013 v Feb/Mar 2018

Deep Snow/Drifts of March 2013 v Feb/Mar 2018

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 […]

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Winter Ain’t Done Just Yet! Beast From The East Returning?

Winter Ain’t Done Just Yet! Beast From The East Returning?

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 […]

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‘Beast From The Beast’ Brings Multi-Day Crippling Snow, Coldest March Day On Record for UK

‘Beast From The Beast’ Brings Multi-Day Crippling Snow, Coldest March Day On Record for UK

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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