United Kingdom & Ireland
With Ben Macdui, Braeriach, Aonach Mor, Carn Mor Dearg, Ben Nevis and another 10 munros including the UK’s top 6 highest ticked off the list last year, 2017 had a lot to live up to. It’s certainly been a great year for me in the Highlands . Like 2016, another 15 summits were achieved including another 3 in beautiful Torridon in April and May, Ben […]
As the next frontal system pushed into the cold air, parts of lower elevation Highland Scotland woke to the first blanket of fresh snow. The first appreciable snow fell in places such as Aviemore. A few more #snowy scenes from this morning. pic.twitter.com/AGSbWYm2z0 — BBC Weather Watchers (@BBCWthrWatchers) November 13, 2017 Snow! Thank you RonbytheLoch. from Aviemore pic.twitter.com/m8F9WAFvQM […]
Simon Cardy today shared the latest run of the MO model for mean sea level pressure January through March and it screams a mild, Atlantic driven winter with stronger than normal Azores high and Icelandic low which would strengthen a predominantly zonal jet stream into the UK and W Europe. 500mb anomaly and 2 metre temp also mirrors the […]
It’s been a fairly grey, damp sort of day across the southern half of Ireland and the UK albeit mild. Tonight sees a more substantial area of rain spreading across the southern UK and this is the remains of once tropical storm Rina. Further north and the northerly flow continued to support sun and showers. It’s […]
With an easterly QBO and consistent day by day model support, it’s looking increasingly likely that a -NAO with classic Greenland block shall setup later next week on into the following week bringing a cold final 10 days to November here in Western Europe as well as the Eastern US/Canada. This is just PERFECT, let’s hope it […]
ARTICLE FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A new effort aims to recover meteorology data collected by a group of hardy Victorian Scottish scientists By Andrea Thompson on November 7, 2017 On the evening of February 21, 1885, two Scottish meteorologists living atop Ben Nevis—the highest peak in the U.K. at some 4,400 feet—attempted to make their appointed hourly measurements. But […]
It’s a firmly ‘no two days are the same’ weather pattern. We still hold onto the Atlantic pattern hence the highly changeable night of the weather but colder air is now involved unlike last month. One night features mild, wet and windy, the next it’s clear, cold and frosty like this morning. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/928162499647754240 Last night […]
After a mild, dry October, November’s opening week has been mixed but lent on the cooler side of normal with frost and hill snow. The past two mornings have hosted frost at my house but this morning witnessed not only the coldest of autumn this far but also the first significant frost across the southern […]
Last year saw a chilly Bonfire weekend and it’s looking chilly once again this year with Saturday night and particularly for Bonfire night looking to turn frosty. Over the next 24 hours we’ll see a cold front drop south and merge with a tangle of fronts lifting up from the south. This shall make for […]
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