United Kingdom & Ireland
It sure has been a rough past 24 hours across Britain with 100+mph winds, 65+ft waves recorded off the Outer Hebrides as well as widepsread and disruptive snow with blizzard conditions in places. During the overnight much of Scotland recieved anywhere from a dusting to as much as 2-4 inches of snow with higher amounts over the hills. The […]
As forecast, severe winter weather is hammering Scotland full force today with gale or severe-gale force winds. In a comment early this morning, I wrote on facebook that ‘this is no ordinary westerly wind’, of course this is a wind direction not normally associated with cold and snow, however thanks to a series of meteorological circumstances coming together, a powerful gale is driving air straight from Greenland across to Scotland. […]
A wild situation is evolving right now between Greenland and Scotland with winds now increasing here and are set to blow an all-out and ‘biting’, NW gale overnight into tomorrow. An elongated or stretched out 1034-1036mb high extending from Iberia to near North America, with a deep low centred near Iceland, not only stretches out the pressure field but tightens it. This means a gale with hurricane-force […]
It has been a largely mixed bag type of winter for the UK up till this point with two substantial cold spells which in fact were strong and long enough to make the overall December and January period colder than average for the UK (1st cold spell was snowless, 2nd a snow lovers paradise for many), remember the cold […]
The well advertised turn to not only colder but brighter weather is now moving in to make way for a bright and largely beautiful Saturday across much of the UK and Ireland, however you may want to grab a jacket before heading out the door. That north breeze will make it feel nippy out there. Don’t […]
I often show you the NAO and AO status, the daily model runs and every so often the stratospheric temps but now and again I try to show you something a little different. For about 10-14 days now I have given my own personal reasoning and showed you evidence to support my belief that we have plenty […]
Just putting up a quick video for you this evening which covers the coming of much colder weather starting this weekend and extending into next week but this really looks like a sign of MUCH colder times towards the mid-month period. As you can see, from the above chart, there’s still good agreement that the AO as […]
One of, if not thee deepest low of winter thus far is expected to pass to the NW of Scotland with pressure at or below 952mb tonight into Wednesday morning. This storm promises to bring quite the blow to Northwestern Scotland and especially the Outer Hebrides tonight. Models have the low tracking northeast and making it’s closest approach to Cape Wrath during the overnight. This […]
Before the cold spell ended last Friday I alluded to the idea that cold weather wouldn’t be long coming back. I’ve been keeping an eye on all the various models and I like what I am seeing even for next week. In the post earlier this afternoon I showed you the high which builds into the […]
Through today the first of 3 systems will spread across the UK after bringing a soaking to Ireland and Northern Ireland. Wind gusts along exposed parts of the west coast may reach 65 mph later this afternoon as the front approaches. Gusts of 30-40 mph is possible inland areas. While a spell of heavy rain impacts all western […]
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