United Kingdom & Ireland
High pressure has been talked about all week but because of this highly amplified, blocky pattern at the moment, the high and low over Denmark has been slow to moves east, therefore we’ve held onto that naggy northerly flow and frequent shower pattern longer. The good news is that we see a little more west-east […]
Well we’re now into September and as the summer sea ice melt season peaks, that’s usually around the time cold begins to regenerate over the high latitudes. Sure enough the next 10 days sees the strengthening of the polar vortex at 10pha over the pole. o hours 240 hours There appears to be changes happening […]
As we head into September I continue to watch the overall global pattern and the primary drivers. The El Nino is strong and influential to the global circulation, however as I’ve pointed out previously, there are competing factors which suggest there’s nothing obvious as of now. By that I mean we can’t just look at this […]
I came to the conclusion around mid-August and issued my outlook on August 24 stating that a drier and much more settled September was likely based on global drivers, type of summer pattern we’ve had and sure enough the models appear to be going to my idea that at least through mid month, high pressure […]
Meteorological summer 2015 ended yesterday and Autumn begins today! In the coming days I will be writing up a review of the summer and compare it to the forecast issued back on April 1. I think it’s safe to say that the summer forecast this year has been pretty spoyt on and probably the best since commencing seasonal […]
It’s a dismal start to the new workweek and August’s final day across Southern/Central England and Wales, courtesy of low pressure crossing from English Channel to North Sea. That system will be responsible for sliding the heat dominating much of mainland Europe through the course of this week. Across Scotland and into Northern Ireland it’s […]
Good afternoon. I’m pleased to say that our move into our new home ran very smoothly yesterday. It’s sure been a hectic past few days and really past few months but we’re in and now beginning a new chapter. Thought I would nip up to my wife’s parents house to use the WIFI and bring a quick […]
Back on Tuesday it was the 29th anniversary of former Hurricane Charley’s hit on Ireland. Charley will be remembered as one of the worst storms to hit the country in living memory. It not only dropped all-time record amounts of rain causing roads and bridges to wash away but caused damaging winds over hurricane-force. Yes, […]
Though the unsettled theme continues with low pressure throwing cool, blustery and showery conditions our way today and likely tomorrow, there is light at the end of the tunnel! Another southern track system will push through the English Channel Saturday into Sunday and another low on the north coast of Scotland will keep the breeze […]
It’s been an interesting past several days of weather across the UK with storms, heat, humidity as well as flooding rains. Canterbury received 61mm (2.4 inches) of rain within a 12 hour period yesterday. That’s over a months worth! According to Nick Miller of the BBC, most of that fell within 1 hour. Check out the skies hanging over London […]
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