Archive for March, 2018
The combination of sub-freezing air, bitter easterly winds blowing from Siberia and a deep low named Storm Emma which started off with a battering of Portugal lifted it’s wind and moisture north. The stage was set for one of the biggest snow/blizzard events in recent Irish history. Big impacts were also felt in South Wales […]
We knew this was a big deal for the country when the Red Warning kicked in and the snow showers just kept pilling in on a bitter Siberian wind. Not every day do you see -4C on the thermometer while the we had a stiff easterly blowing, making it feel no warmer than -10 and […]
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. https://twitter.com/burgwx/status/967866199714553856 https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/968432861643792384 https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/968398371085004800 The incredible 20-40cm snowfall amounts which all but crippled much of Central Scotland and parts of […]
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