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After a seemingly endless period of cool, wet or very wet summers (between 2007 and 2012) here across Ireland and the UK, we’re now enjoying our 2nd straight warmer, drier than normal summer with high pressure rather than low pressure the dominant player. Why the shift? Perhaps the shift is wehere it’s warm and cold over the North Atlantic. This year […]

Before looking at the more localised picture, I want to span out and show you broader Atlantic chart and what’s driving our pattern this summer so far. This windstream chart from last night captured on the MeteoEarth app depicts beautifully the great Mid-Atlantic upper ridge, a semi permanent feature which provides a bubble of mostly sunny skies and warm weather. This […]

In today’s post I want to look at how things are looking over the next couple of weeks as we approach the mid way point of summer 2014. How would you rate this summer so far on a 1-10 scale? By UK standards I think it’s been pretty good. Sure it’s had it’s moments been […]

With an upper trough on top of strong surface warming at this time of year we can expect heavy showers and thunderstorms.  Low pressure is currently bringing heavy, persistent rainfall to much of central Europe with a flood risk over parts of Germany into the Alpine region. Before I get to the discussion, I drove up to Oban […]

Though we’ve seen plenty of shower activity in recent days and will continue to do so as there’s a sufficient temperature gradient with height. In the sun it’s felt pleasantly warm but you may have noticed a cooler breeze. That’s because of the below normal upper heights and overall cooler air mass. The strength of the […]

It’s certainly been warm down across Southern parts of the UK while there’s a much fresher feel further north thanks to the passage of the first front. The second, more pronounced front is now pushing down through Scotland, northern England into Wales but before that system reaches the Southeast, it will turn borderline hot. As stated […]

Current visible satellite shows the curl of cloud associated with an unusually deep low over Iceland. This system’s associated front is now throwing clouds over Scotland as the breakdown of the ridge, sunshine and warmth has begun. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Rain is on the way as well as a strengthening wind which shall touch gale-force along exposed coasts […]

For the past several days I’ve been focusing a lot on the weekend storm system that’s expected to deepen well into the 970s over Iceland before taking aim at the UK. Before that system makes it down here, temperatures will rise considerably across the UK as high pressure builds in. Widespread sunshine, a decent ridge and […]

It’s been a rough start to the weekend across southern areas of the UK as expected but the good news is those downpours that were often accompanied by thunder and lightning will ease during today. Today, expect longer spells of sun and fewer showers. Staying mainly dry with a sun/cloud mix for Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland like […]