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Meteorological winter 2013-14 draws to a close tomorrow and it ends as the UK’s wettest in 250 years, 7th warmest and warmest since 2007. Thank in part, the brutal US winter and for them, they have endured one of the coldest winter’s on record. Here’s the official rainfall anomaly chart for this winter from the […]
Just when you thought winter was a no show this year, the models bring hope… It may well warm the hearts of southern UK, E, SE Ireland snow lovers late this week as a low slides in from the WSW and is likely to bring snow, yes snow! Woohoo! [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] I was eyeing this particular […]
It’s been a long, stormy winter with a hyper active Atlantic storm train which doesn’t appear to be tiring any time soon. There are striking similarities appearing between this year and 1994 when the US was also cold while the UK was stormy. Like this year, it was a bumper ski season in the Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately the latest run of the ECMWF suggests […]
It was yet another weekend with wind and rain a dominant feature across the UK and Ireland. There is good and bad new through the upcoming 7 days. The bad news is that we will continue to see fronts sweep wind and rain across Ireland and the UK and with sunshine returning to many areas […]
As highlighted over the last few days, we have a pretty wet upcoming 48 to 72 hour period as a corridor of heavy precipitation with sub-tropical origin funnels it’s way NE across Ireland and Scotland. The below visible satellite image shows the mass of cloud creeping towards us. That’s likely to drop 1-2, maybe 3 inches of […]
Following the passage of today’s cold front, temps dropped from a balmy 10-12C early this AM to a much fresher 6 or 7C this afternoon. If you live in higher parts of Wales and Scotland you may encounter snowfall this evening, driven in by a strong WSW wind. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Heavy, blustery showers spread across […]
Granted the pattern is not looking anywhere near as extreme as what we’ve seen in recent weeks, there is unfortunately NO END IN SIGHT to this Atlantic driven pattern over the West of Europe. Head across the mainland however and high pressure is building and locks set to provide a rather benign setup. It’s looking […]
Make the most of this week’s return to ‘normal unsettled’ and by that I mean Atlantic lows creep in from the west with pressure barely below 1000mb rather than a tightly wound wind machine with pressure into the depths of 940 to 950mb range. These weaker systems pile in less wind and moisture so hardest hit areas […]
Britain and Ireland has had a very testing week with today sealing the deal on a triple whammy punch from the Atlantic. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any wetter or stormier, it has. Man and structure is becoming tired from the constant, seemingly unprecedented, cruel hammering from the relentless Atlantic. Today, like every other day, […]
The latest in the LONG series of Atlantic storms really packed a punch today across Ireland and Southwest Britain. Here’s a look at the latest beast from space. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] 90-100 mph winds screamed over the southern Republic causing 260, 000 in the Cork area along to loose power while on the other side of […]
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