United Kingdom & Ireland
Scotland It’s a beautiful early September day for much of the country with temperatures managing to warm nicely into the 18 to 22C range. Through this evening, it starts off dry with clear spells but a frontal system that’s been waiting in the winds over the Northwest corner and Isles, will make a move south through […]
It’s much more like mid summer than the early stages of autumn as temperatures soar into the mid-20s over Southern and Eastern parts of the UK, upper 20s over the western coastal plain of Europe. As a front approaches the UK from the northwest. Southwest winds will increase and so temperatures are expected to rise further tomorrow […]
Scotland It’s turned out to be a lovely start to the week after a chilly and at times unsettled weekend with blustery showers and gusty winds which brought speed restrictions to some bridges. Highs yesterday topped 25.3C in Aberdeen which fell just shy of a September record. Today saw brighter skies further west as well […]
Despite a chilly, windy and at times wet weekend, the warmth has returned and impressive it was today over northeast Scotland thanks to strong early September sunshine, a stiff but warming SW wind and downsloping off the Grampians. Typically chilly and misty Aberdeen soared to 25C which would be considered very respectable even in mid-July. This occurred while many […]
It sure has been a quiet hurricane season up till now. In fact 2013 now makes it only the sixth year since 1960 in which no hurricanes have formed up till now. Interestingly, each of those years which include 1967, 1984, 1988, 2001 and 2002 all eventually became active with 4-6 hurricanes forming and with the […]
We’ve reached September 1st and the official start to meteorological autumn but the calendar won’t reflect the weather pattern this week. In fact it’s going to look and feel a lot like mid-summer not only across the UK and Ireland but across the vast majority of Europe this week as high pressure builds and expands dramatically. The […]
For a solid week, I’ve been studying the models closely at what could be a rare, even historic late summer snowstorm for Iceland. The models had a low forming over the Davis Straits and swinging across Greenland, picking up bitterly cold air as it did, then deepened it on approach to Iceland late this week and weekend. That […]
Scotland It’s a damp, largely cloudy afternoon but skies should brighten through this evening as a NW wind picks up. Skies turn clear overnight and with that NW wind, it will feel considerably cooler than of late so you may want to have the jacket handy if heading out first thing Saturday. Lows 3-10C. Saturday […]
The latest run of the ECMWF has very little change with the Icelandic storm this weekend. Cold air, wind and snow all remain on the table. The one slight shift is minimum pressure which is up nearer 980mb over Iceland but this is a marginal difference. The 5,000ft temps remain at 0C or lower as the storm passes and northerly winds look just […]
Scotland It’s been a fairly cloudy day across much of Scotland with the best of any bright or sunny spells largely confined to the East, damp and dreary the further west you go. Tonight will turn cloudy even in the East but it’s not particularly damp and indeed cool with lows holding up at between […]
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