United Kingdom & Ireland
After what’s been a pretty mild season across Europe, winter weather continues to dominate much of Europe so far this February. That’s despite a +NAO. The GFS 850mb chart says it all, note the coverage of arctic air stretching from Russia all the way to Morocco. The biggest deal for the current cold isn’t so […]
Whether you love weather, cold weather or both, we all get excited at the thought of a sudden stratospheric warming event. No question it’s a truly spectacular event and awesome to watch on the many incredible graphics we have at our finger tips these days. While they only occur every so many years, there is […]
As we leave the weekend and enter a new working week, bitter cold shall spill out of Scandinavia drifting southwestwards across Germany, Low Countries, SE UK, France and Spain where snow and cold shall dominate. It’ll be cold across the rest of the UK too with widespread snow likely but the core of continental cold […]
Back at the beginning of last month we had a few folks screaming ‘beast from the east’ but without a cold source for that ENE to blow from, it’s nothing more than a cool easterly wind. However, the setup appears good for a true biting easterly to develop early next week as cold air builds […]
From Met Office 1 February 2018 Provisional statistics for January 2018 show it was slightly sunnier and colder than average in the north, but a somewhat different story for the south. The month got off to a wet and windy start when Storm Eleanor moved across the UK on 2 and 3 January, and this […]
A +NAO, -AO means the Atlantic continues to drive systems east across thee UK but cold air entrainment and building cold over Scandinavia will meet over the UK. This keeps us on the cool side of average pretty much right through next week with an ongoing snow threat, primarily but not exclusively over the hills […]
It’s been a cool, blustery past 24 hours in the wake of the previous front but the next front which moves through tonight promises to bring a distinctly wintry flavour to Wednesday across Northern Ireland, Northern England and Scotland. Snow is expected mainly over high ground but don’t be surprised to see some slight accumulation […]
Ahead of the cold front which has been progressing southwards during Monday we saw a spring-like day for many during yesterday. https://twitter.com/SimonLeeWx/status/957593884007297024 With a strong jet stream close by this week, expect an up and down temperature regime through this week with mild ahead, cool behind the fronts. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/957683287132164096 https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/957886050717679616 After yesterday’s mild we’re […]
This winter has been driven by a +NAO, -AO which has kept things interesting with snow and cold as well as spells of mild. The NAO appears to remain negative which results in the continuation of a fluid Atlantic pattern. We’ve seen a pick up in storm activity within the last 10 days resulting in […]
Courtesy of a deep Atlantic low, Western Europe is back in the milder SW flow. Recent days has seen the Spanish Costas enjoy unusual January warmth of mid to upper 20s (C). Sunday saw Valencia soar to 26.4C, making for the hottest January day on record. The following day Valencia reached an even higher 26.6C […]
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