Archive for January, 2018
Thanks to a positive North Atlantic Oscillation but negative Arctic Oscillation, January like December has been mixed but on the whole near to slightly above average over the southern British Isles and cooler than average for N England, N Ireland and Scotland with the last 7 days being particularly snowy. Temp anomaly for first 15 […]
Clear skies, light wind and widespread snow cover gave us another opportunity to shoot for UK’s coldest temperature of the 2017-18 winter. The thermometer dipped to -13.5C at Dalwhinnie, initially thought to be the UK’s lowest overnight reading before anticipated cloud moved in. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/955027467076603904 However it was Kinbrace, Sutherland which stole the prize for being […]
By Jonathan Erdman Jan 18 2018 04:00 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights A number of cities in the East and South have had their coldest first half of winter in at least seven years. A few Northeast cities have seen their coldest start to winter in over 20 years. However, only a few cities have […]
Since Wednesday, an AMBER warning has been in effect for much of southern and central Scotland due to frequent heavy snow showers blowing in on a biting westerly wind. Road disruption has been ongoing from the English border up to Inverness. Accident on the M77 this afternoon. M80 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954381556801515520 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954382197749944320 Poor driving conditions once again […]
The third major snow event for Gulf Coast and Deep South including Florida in 5 weeks? Boy what a winter we’re having in an area which often doesn’t have much of one. This third event has brought not only snow from Houston to Atlanta including the Florida panhandle, this time we’ve seen accumulating snow in […]
It’s been a challenging past 36 hours for Scotland, Northern Ireland and higher parts of N England and Wales with persistent heavy snow showers and gale-force wind rattling in off the Atlantic. The build up of snow has laid to issues on the road network with worst area being South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway […]
Every few years we get a heavy snowfall combined with rush hour traffic which can lead to nightmare multi-hour delays. Heavy snow falling on a motorway packed with stationary vehicles is a worst case. Remember December 2010? M8 Glasgow The M8 wasn’t too pretty at rush hour this evening. Neither was the M74 through. https://twitter.com/whits1971/status/953178436255846400 My […]
A powerhouse 260 mph jet stream has driven bitterly cold Canadian/Greenland air across the North Atlantic and over Ireland and the UK bringing frequent blustery snow showers through today. The jet stream running across the UK this week will be very strong, exceeding 260 mph, which is why things are going to turn more unsettled […]
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