United Kingdom & Ireland

The wheels appear to be in motion now for big changes coming. Tired of all this STORMY hardship? Don’t fret, the end is in sight. That being said, we all face a rough next 24 hour period. The much anticipated, energy-loaded frontal system associated with a sub-974 mb low will sweep across a saturated Ireland and Britain tonight and tomorrow and […]

Scotland [notice] If you’re driving tonight, prepare for deteriorating weather conditions as winds are expected to reach ‘gale-force’ widely with ‘severe-gales’ along the coast, Flooding rainfall is a significant concern also [/notice] The weather has been largely fine and dry throughout much of Scotland today following a rough first half of the week, unfortunately today is a brief interlude as a […]

This morning I sent out more facebook posts and tweets regarding the concerning setup for Thursday. We have had significant flooding across parts of Ireland and Scotland with system 1, system two will have cleared the northern UK tonight but heavy rains will impact the Midlands, South and Southeast the rest of tonight and through the […]

Scotland Another day and another wet overnight and morning makes way to a drier, brighter and less windy afternoon for a large chunk of the country. Further rain however will affect the North with a strengthening wind which is expected to reach severe gale-force later this evening across the Western Isles. This will likely cause some disruption to ferry services […]

Scotland After a rough overnight and first part of today, conditions have greatly improved across Scotland with even some glimmers of brightness appearing this afternoon. Winds remain fresh to strong with coastal gales but all in all it should be a dry night with temperatures holding up near at near 10C. The next batch of wind […]

As predicted  from early last week, the UK and Ireland has entered the most active weather period of the month with a string of Atlantic depressions lining up to sweep their vigorous fronts (slowly from west to east) across the country. As many as three systems will swing a heavy, persistent band of rain across Ireland and the UK along with strong, gusty winds this week […]

Rather than presenting you with a load of written content tonight, I want you to watch the video (sorry about the length but lots to look at). Think it and the maps I’ve included speak for themselves!. As per usual, people are jumping to all sorts of non-justifiable conclusions. I posted on facebook during the night, that the US […]

Here are a bunch of GFS surface charts which show low pressure as the dominant feature of the UK and Ireland weather map over the next 10 days. The charts below extend out through mid next week but what’s interesting is the amount of individual low pressure centres spinning within one huge low pressure trough. […]

Scotland It’s been a poor day for Central and southern areas with heavy cloudcover, mist and fog as well as a persistent rain or drizzle. Further north it’s been a much better day with sunshine but winds have been fresh to strong. Through tonight a front advances south but it’s associated rain band weakens as […]