United Kingdom & Ireland
Through tomorrow we shall see a weakened version of the same front which brought the heavy rains yesterday and today head back south with the low. By Monday it pushes off into the Low Countries and in it’s wake we see some calm. Enjoy any reprieve you get through this weekend and perhaps Monday because […]
Shutterstock Scotland Following a very wet night across the bulk of the country, the rains this afternoon have transfered north of the Central Lowlands and is now focusing on the Highlands. There is real concern for widespread flooding due to the persistency of these rains, especially across Grampian throughout tonight. A decent 1-2 inches has already […]
The slow moving frontal boundary responsible for all of today and tonight’s rain across the UK will eventually reach the east coast by morning as the low pressure centre pushes out over the North Sea and then stalls and meanders around for a further 72+ hours. That is a problem! The position of the low […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis The general synoptic chart consists of a low pressure system moving slowly northeast across the UK over the next 24 to 36 hours and deepening from 1000mb to nearer 994 mb by Friday morning. An active frontal boundary producing the rains will be slow moving, presenting a flood risk for mainy but […]
Following a 3-5 day period where the UK has been positioned to the north of the jet stream and tucked beneath a cool high, skies have been generally fine, dry and fairly sunny by day, clear, cold and frosty by night, the pattern grows complex over the next 7 days and rather congested too. The ‘blocky’ pattern with the evolution of […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis After the the majority of the UK enjoyed the effects of an anticyclone since Saturday, this system is set to breakdown and shift allowing a developing low to cross the country over the next 36 hours. The leading edge and associated fronts will spread across Ireland and Northern Ireland during the first […]
I’ve seen a few mentions floating around and some folks have also asked me about the prospects of a late month Greenland block developing and an early taste to winter here in the UK. Right now I am kinda sitting on the fence or at least not jumping too quick as there is a lot […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis The general synopsis as of 3.30pm today supports two areas of low pressure positioned near Iceland and another two centres positioned W,SW of the UK. Sandwiched in between is a bubble of high pressure which dominates the central North Atlantic and extends across the Northern and central UK bringing fine and settled weather. […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis The general synopsis consists today and over the next 36 hours with a trough centered over the UK, filled with cold air, shown by low thickness values and cool 850 mb temperatures. A cool high pressure system sits within this trough which dominates the northern British Isles while a low to the southwest, positioned near […]
The cold high dominating the UK except for the far southwest is set to hold through Wednesday. With the jet just south of the UK and a high sitting over the UK, this acts as a block to a weather system trying to push a front into the Southwest. The fact this high is north of […]
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