United Kingdom & Ireland
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. […]
We had a near perfect environment throughout the duration of last night for maximum radiational cooling of which Central and east Highland Scotland observed the coldest temperatures. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, positioned west of both cities and away from the urban heat island saw the thermometer surpass the previous ‘coldest of winter’ (-8C) set […]
On the face of it last night looked promising to be the UK’s coldest night since February 2012 when it hit -15.6C at Holbeach, Lincolnshire. This winter has had it’s share of chilly nights, hence -13C in the Midlands, -8C in Glasgow but last night appeared to support the most conducive atmospheric conditions to present […]
For the last 10 days, the core of ‘coldest air compared to normal’ has been focused over North America while Europe and much of the hemisphere has been mild to warm. Sure, it’s not been all that mild here in the UK but overall, we’ve marginally held onto the cool. Interestingly there’s a trend beginning […]
No change to my thinking on this Sunday’s chill followed by a ‘bark but no bite’ ESE wind early next week before the next Atlantic low sweeps in Tuesday. The coldest days come this weekend with tomorrow’s stinging NE wind followed by a clearer, calmer but colder Sunday where we may start off -3 to […]
It’s an active pattern these days with the disruptive passage of Storm Eleanor yesterday and another today, though thankfully not as strong. Eleanor brought impressive gusts to N Ireland and parts of N England overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. https://twitter.com/BBCNewsNI/status/948547851692527617 https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/948524913442349056 Easterly develops early next week but beast from east? After another windy day today, and […]
Storm Eleanor sweeps W-E across Northern Ireland and southern Scotland tonight packing 70-80 mph gusts on it’s southern flank. This puts the Republic, southern Northern Ireland, northern England and SW Scotland in the firing line. Gusty winds of 40-50 mph possible anywhere in England and Wales, less windy beneath and north of the low over […]
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