United Kingdom & Ireland
Thanks to a positive North Atlantic Oscillation but negative Arctic Oscillation, January like December has been mixed but on the whole near to slightly above average over the southern British Isles and cooler than average for N England, N Ireland and Scotland with the last 7 days being particularly snowy. Temp anomaly for first 15 […]
Clear skies, light wind and widespread snow cover gave us another opportunity to shoot for UK’s coldest temperature of the 2017-18 winter. The thermometer dipped to -13.5C at Dalwhinnie, initially thought to be the UK’s lowest overnight reading before anticipated cloud moved in. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/955027467076603904 However it was Kinbrace, Sutherland which stole the prize for being […]
Since Wednesday, an AMBER warning has been in effect for much of southern and central Scotland due to frequent heavy snow showers blowing in on a biting westerly wind. Road disruption has been ongoing from the English border up to Inverness. Accident on the M77 this afternoon. M80 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954381556801515520 https://twitter.com/trafficscotland/status/954382197749944320 Poor driving conditions once again […]
It’s been a challenging past 36 hours for Scotland, Northern Ireland and higher parts of N England and Wales with persistent heavy snow showers and gale-force wind rattling in off the Atlantic. The build up of snow has laid to issues on the road network with worst area being South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway […]
Every few years we get a heavy snowfall combined with rush hour traffic which can lead to nightmare multi-hour delays. Heavy snow falling on a motorway packed with stationary vehicles is a worst case. Remember December 2010? M8 Glasgow The M8 wasn’t too pretty at rush hour this evening. Neither was the M74 through. https://twitter.com/whits1971/status/953178436255846400 My […]
A powerhouse 260 mph jet stream has driven bitterly cold Canadian/Greenland air across the North Atlantic and over Ireland and the UK bringing frequent blustery snow showers through today. The jet stream running across the UK this week will be very strong, exceeding 260 mph, which is why things are going to turn more unsettled […]
The well advertised cold NW air flow which has origins traced back to Arctic Canada is arriving this afternoon and evening across the UK. Expect the air to cool as the wind picks up later this afternoon into evening. Showers will become frequent and increasingly wintry at all levels tonight and through Tuesday likely causing […]
The past week has been quiet thanks to a dominant blocking high over Europe. Next week is quite different and the chances are now taking place on the other side of the pond. The North Atlantic jet stream is strengthening thanks to the return of arctic air back into the Eastern US/Canada, increasing the thermal […]
As stated in a recent Europe video, this winter’s cold spells haven’t so much came from a -NAO but a -AO. As we head into this weekend, the Atlantic flow shall make a return to the UK but with an exciting twist. The good news is that despite a westerly flow and no hint of […]
As forecasted back on Nov 1, the 2017-18 winter has been rather mixed with a series of relatively short lived cool spells and one significant mild spell between 15-25 December. After a cold first 10-15 days of December (coolest since 2010) the mild which followed helped produce a warmer than normal December for the UK. […]
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