It was an interesting weather day yesterday with nearly 6 inches of rain falling across the West Highlands with multiple road closures due to flooding and landslides while Northeast Ireland’s Co Down took the prize for UK warm spot so far.

Here’s the scene along the closed A85 this morning following the deluge of the past 36 hours.

Radar from last night. via MeteoGroup

Check out this amazing visible satellite image captured over the UK yesterday. Powerful SW winds slamming mountains create the ripple effect in the clouds.

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Yep, east and south of the main rain band, temps climbed to 17.5C in Murlough, Co Down where it was likely bright or even sunny.

Much quieter today with a frost likely to set in tonight under the clear, calm skies of high pressure but in comes the next system during the day tomorrow.

Unsurprisingly, winter turned out warmer than normal across Europe and around average for the UK. Slightly above over the snow starved Southeast while a tough colder in the Northwest of Scotland and West Coast Ireland. This winter reminded me very much of a 90s style winter.

The mean upper anomalies very much represent a +NAO winter.

Though not as extreme, it was another windier than normal winter for Scotland thanks to another Atlantic dominated winter!

Be sure to check out today’s video for the discussion.

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