Archive for 2010

>Whilst watching a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm25CJo7Cm8&feature=related) regarding the Met Office winter forecast which clearly stated a mild winter or greater chance than not of a mild winter, when those who represent the Met Office and state their forecast was still stating 30% of a colder than normal winter, their clutching at straws im affraid. The […]

>Whilst watching a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm25CJo7Cm8&feature=related) regarding the Met Office winter forecast which clearly stated a mild winter or greater chance than not of a mild winter, when those who represent the Met Office and state their forecast was still stating 30% of a colder than normal winter, their clutching at straws im affraid. The […]

> Frozen Lake of Menteith (Mark Vogan) Iced up Clyde in Glasgow under a cold winter sunset! (Flickr) Loch Lomond partially frozen for first time in 50 years! (Flickr) Many areas from the high reaches of the English Peninnes to the frigid Highland villages, this winter has brought many truely old fashioned returns such as […]

>Whilst a reversal from clear and calm across Scotland is replaced by clouds, much of England will endure yet another night under clear, starry skies and light winds which is likely to bring -2 to -4C readings to many locations across the central part of England from Preston to Oxford, whilst even coastal towns and […]

>With all the talk and mention of the major storminess across France and the Med Sea, we are enjiying at the moment a quiet end to winter albeit still on the cool side but I do see with a nice dome of high pressure directly over Scotland, some increase in daytime temperatures which is melting […]

>Here are some snippet form weather goings on across the US and Europe that have made the headlines over recent days…This Information is courtesy of iceagenow.com Dallas saw it’s 8th coldest winter on record…– 3 inches of snow on Dec 24th, earliest snow measured– Coldest low since 1996 with 13 degrees– 2nd snowiest February behind […]

>-18C reported overnight in Braemar, only -4C here! With a 0F at Braemar but a mere balmy and somewhat dissapointing 24 here, I am beginning to realise that over snowcover and within sheltered Highland glen where daytime highs remain in a struggle to get much above freezing still, they can still achieve very low reading […]

>From AccuWeather.com A Beautiful Weekend in Store for the NortheastMar 4, 2010; 3:21 PM ETSource: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25730/a-beautiful-weekend-in-store-f.asp While a strengthening storm will prolong the brisk, chilly conditions in coastal areas of New England and the mid-Atlantic into Friday, high pressure heading eastward from the Midwest will bring the storm- and winter-weary people in the region a […]

>From AccuWeather.comSource: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/25676/waves-slam-mediterranean-cruis.asp Two cruise ship passengers were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the ship near the French Mediterranean port of Marseille on Wednesday morning, local time.Data from an offshore buoy station near Marseille reported tropical storm-strength wind gusts of 45 mph and waves over 15 feet Wednesday.A storm bringing rain showers was moving […]

>I’ve really been wanting to post lately on the US winter and how it unfolded, whilst I am truely dissapointed in the lack of “extreme cold” the massive snowfalls and record cold in the more milder portions of the nation (southern states including florida) have all but made up for my wish for remarkable cold […]