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We’re just hours away from saying goodbye to 2017 and hello 2018. It’s turned milder in the last few days following the season’s biggest snowfall to date thanks to the arrival and speedy departure of Storm Dylan. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/947424155393232896 Top gusts from Storm Dylan https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/947425119944798208 https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/947410475855335424 https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/947383065613041664 As the afternoon wears on, winds ease and sunshine […]
As expected, widespread, heavy and disruptive snow swept in overnight cutting short a cold night with a penetrating frost. It was the first significant snow for the Central Lowlands and 2nd and in some cases 3rd significant snow for parts of northern and central England bringing beautiful scenes but tricky travel. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/946632305690456064 https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/946709404593815552 The motorways […]
UPDATE: Loch Glascarnoch now at -10.1C as of 9.30pm. ORIGINAL POST As the isobars open up so winds turn calm this evening. Widespread clear skies, light winds over fresh snow cover has set the stage for potentially the coldest night of winter for the UK. Ahead of an Atlantic system, temperatures could approach -13 to […]
Late White Christmas/Boxing Day 2017 for parts of S Scotland, N England, More snow moves in tonight!
Last year witnessed a wild Christmas Eve to Boxing Day period with severe gales, record warmth and a late white Christmas followed by cold and snowy Boxing Day. This year has been a little less extreme but we did witness a late white Christmas/Boxing Day across parts of central, southern Scotland and northern England as colder air […]
I wish everyone a peaceful, happy, joyful Christmas 2017!
We know a wet and windy system shall sweep across the UK late Christmas Eve/Day but the big question remains, will there be a white Christmas? At this moment in time, we do know SOME PLACES, particularly higher up, have a good shot but how much area and to how low in elevation do we […]
Up until Sunday of last weekend we had a pretty decent spell of winter but as is often the case, it doesn’t last forever and we’re now back in the mild, mucky Atlantic flow. Our cold spell brought some cold nights with Dalwhinnie and Shawbury registering a minimum of -13C and spectacular days such as this […]
Here’s a glance at the latest model output for Christmas Day. Note the good agreement with low coming in across central Scotland, starting dry in south, wet in north with snow confined to north of the Central Belt. Models will continue to shift and alter over the next few days but it looks like 95%+ […]
The below article is courtesy of the Met Office When was the warmest Christmas day? The warmest temperature recorded on Christmas day in the UK is 15.6 °C recorded in Killerton, Devon in 1920. Max temperature (°C) England 15.6 °C at Killerton, Devon in 1920 Northern Ireland 14.8 °C at Belfast Newforge in 2016 Scotland […]
We had a pretty impressive upside down temperature profile over the UK this morning. 15C at Cassley in Northwest Highland (average is 7C) vs -4C at Frittenden, Kent and Bournemouth. Southeast England started the day cold and frosty in clear, calm conditions beneath the high while the Northwest Highlands was positioned on the windier outer […]
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