United Kingdom & Ireland
Scotland It’s another cold night with frost already reforming after highs of just 2 or 3C at best with sheltered areas not reaching 0C. Cloud and even light rain or drizzle will affect the far North and even for much of the Highlands, it’s mostly cloudy and milder. For the Central Lowlands and South, it’s clear […]
After the howling winds of yesterday which brought down trees and cut power across many parts of the UK and Ireland, high pressure is now building in from the Atlantic and this is settling things down. The chilly air mass combined with clear skies and light winds means tonight will be the coldest of autumn for […]
Scotland It’s a much calmer night out there compared to this time last night. However, clear and calm also means cold and tonight will likely be the coldest thus far. Expect a widespread hard frost with towns and cities down to -2 or -3C but in rural areas, don’t be surprised if your car dash is […]
After today’s strong winds over Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK, high pressure builds in from the Atlantic and will settle things down. It will initially turn colder once again tomorrow into the weekend as cold air remain in the mid and upper levels but into next week, the high continues building, drawing milder air […]
Scotland The winds sure have been blowing out there this afternoon, the good news is they should ease through this evening and overnight but as skies clear and winds fall light, so will the temperatures. Watch out for ice tomorrow morning, especially in the Highlands. Lows -1 to 4C. Thursday will be a better day with dry, […]
Well both GFS and ECMWF unsurprisingly have turned warmer for next week with the cold and trough shifting east as the NAO/AO look set to bounce back in a positive direction. This week was never going to hold. We turn windy tomorrow as a deep low slides over top of Scotland’s north coast before dropping south […]
Scotland After a bright but cold day, temperatures are dipping but as the temperatures dip back to freezing, cloud is pushing in from the west and eventually winds will pick up this evening and overnight. Lows dip initially to between -1 and +1C, colder the further east you are but by midnight, it should be up […]
A frontal system is progressing south over the UK, pushing out the mild and pulling in the coldest air mass of the season so far. Scotland turned very bright and sunny this afternoon as cold air flows south. Here’s a late afternoon view from space showing the cold NW flow progressing south over Scotland, blowing in from a […]
Today a frontal system will bring rain to parts of Ireland, England, Wales and Southwest Scotland but it’s another front edging into NW Scotland which is the door to the coldest air of the season. As high pressure builds north over the Atlantic, so that front will push south during tomorrow, pulling the first arctic […]
We all know the first cold spell of the season is on the way with brisk, wintry days and cold, frosty nights but I believe this coming cold will play a much greater role for later down the road. The … it’s important to look beyond the coming pattern shift as this may tell us more about […]
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