United Kingdom & Ireland

The first truely MILD system is pushing across the UK just now and this is bringing on the snowmelt fast. The warmer winds along with the snow melt is increasing the flood risk by the hour and unfortunately this is just the beginning of what will be a tough week for UK residents. Another 3 storm systems will pass […]

This weekend brings us into the midway point of a pattern transition where we say goodbye to the cold and return to a mild, stormy regime. As always, this will and has come with problems. Like i’ve said all week, this cold period wasn’t going to end at the click of a finger but will come gradually and not without […]

Due to the amount and intensity of the snow across central and eastern Scotland right down through much of England tonight I thought I would throw up another quick post. It’s after dark that I am most concerned about as the front pushes into western England and bumps into the still very cold air through all levels […]

For many (but not all), this past 7-10 days has been quite a spell of snowy weather and today marks the finale as the next and final front to bring heavy snow pushes in. Many of you with 6+ inches of snow on the ground will get an additional 2-4, locally 6 inches and before the WARM air […]

While many of you have enjoyed a winter wonderland over the past week to 10 days, I lived in one of the only mainland UK snow holes. Except for coastal areas and a few other inland spots, we were one of the few to have bare ground and honestly, it wasn’t all that cold due to […]

Tonight will be a cold one across much of England and Wales if skies turn clear and stay clear through much of the overnight. Expect lows even in towns and cities to drop towards -6C in places while outlying areas may well fall below -10C. The coldest spots could reach -15C, perhaps a little lower. As for much […]

This winter amazingly makes it 3 out of 4 in which the majority of the UK is covered by snow and the cold pattern lasts 10 or more days. This comes after many dismissed this winter as being anything like the two prior to last, based purely on last winter and a bias towards warm. As for much of Europe, this makes 4 out […]

While it got down to -13.4C over Norfolk last week, the low dropped to -12.2C this morning in Cambridge and these values may not be the lowest we see before all this is said and down. Anytime you get clearing skies, along with light winds over a snow pack, the temperature falls towards and below -10C with ease […]