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Old man winter has certainly been tightening his grip in the last 24 hours as snow becomes more widespread and disruptive across many parts of Ireland and the UK. The Met Office were right to issue it’s first Amber (Be prepared) snow warning in 2 years yesterday as heavy snow has impacted many parts overnight into this morning. […]

It’s been a snowy morning here and across many parts of Scotland as well as Ireland and Northern Ireland thanks to Canadian-Arctic air driven in on the backside of Monday’s low pressure system. These systems are forming over North America and crossing the North Atlantic but dragging very cold, arctic air with it. Sure, the air […]

Following the 48 hour double barrel hit from the Atlantic, we find ourselves in a cold, wintry regime tonight. Ice and snow is becoming the main feature on the backside of the latest system. An ‘ocean modified’ brand of air which originated over the Canadian Arctic is tonight and tomorrow bringing blustery snow showers across parts of N Ireland, Scotland and […]

As forecast, winds were stronger than your January gale as the depression rapidly deepened at just the right (or wrong) time. The visible satellite shot from NASA shows up this deep depression just north of Scotland beautifully. Stornoway, located on the Isle of Lewis and just 15 metres above sea level recorded a wind gust to 113 […]

Nothing much to add regarding tonight’s situation over Northern Britain only batten down the hatches, especially in the North and Northwest. Wind gusts are still expected to be widely 50-70 mph with 80-105 mph over the Western and Northern Isles as well as the northwest mainland. Exposed areas even at low levels could receive gusts over […]

It’s a wet and windy Wednesday out there but we continue to monitor the late week/weekend situation more closely. The reason being that winds are expected to be disruptive and destructive. In the FAR NORTH that is. Is it anything out of the ordinary? No but still needs close monitoring nonetheless when people and property are involved. Winds […]

When looking at the weather charts for the late week/weekend period, you may be wondering if this is a mere repeat of last year. In today’s post I will show you the reason’s why that’s not the case. Up till now, we’ve actually had TWO ‘cold spells’ with hard frosts/freezes and snow that we didn’t get last […]

Little has changed within the troposphere with the continued westerly pattern and wet, windy systems of which 2/3 will impact the UK this week alone. While there’s seemingly truly noticeable difference between this winter and last, although a tad colder and yes we’ve seen some chillier spells, there’s a world of difference high above our heads. […]

In today’s write-up I want to focus more on the upcoming week and the two spells of wet and windy weather. Be sure to check out the video for more on the longer term cold potential. Some would say it’s a rather boring week of typical British weather with mild, wet and windy and I […]