Today marks the final day of May and spring 2015. We end the season on a cool, wet note after a drier, warmer than normal start (March-April).

Early stats from the Met Office show that rainfall for May was 131% of normal.

The May average was 0.8C below normal.

We commence  meteorological summer 2015 tomorrow and enter the 3 warmest months of the year.

We do have weather to sit the calendar this upcoming week but first we have to get through a taste of November Monday-Tuesday with unseasonable wind and rain.

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Expect gales not just along the coast and over higher ground!

Expect widespread 25-45 mph inland, 55-65, locally 75 mph along windward coasts.

A spell of heavy rain will cause localised flooding with spots picking up 1-2 inches within 6-12 hours.

GFS also sees snow over the Cairngorms and Grampians with this thing.

Once that low passes, heights rise and we go from November to June within 3 days!

As of now, Friday looks to be the warmest day of the week and by far of the year to date!

The latest runs of both GFS and ECMWF have a thundery mess for the weekend. Time will tell whether this has merit or not.

GFS

ECMWF

Be sure to watch today’s video for the discussion. What a week of weather and open to this summer!

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