United Kingdom & Ireland
After patient 4 month wait due to work schedule and poor weather my opportunity finally came about, my chance to climb one of Scotland’s most magnificent mountains. The Area Located within a remote corner of Wester Ross just south of Ullapool with Little Loch Broom to the north and Loch na Sealga to the south, […]
As forecasted by markvoganweather.com, September 2017 detached itself from the recent trend of warmer, drier and turned out mixed with wetter for some, drier for others but cooler for most. ARTICLE FROM MET OFFICE During the first half of the month, a succession of low-pressure systems tracking close to the UK brought rain to most places as fronts swept from west to […]
Each and every August through October period, like with hype of the ‘worst winter in 100 years coming’, we get the ‘100 mph hurricane heading for the UK’ headlines which only cause confusion and at times worry to the general public. Meteorologists seem to never stop having to say, this in non-science based nonsense and […]
A strengthening jet stream promises not 1 but 3 fronts to sweep across the UK tonight through Monday morning. The first is currently pushing into western England, Wales and Scotland after bringing a soaking to Ireland earlier. Steady ENE progress shall be made through tonight with an exit into the North Sea during tomorrow morning. […]
Combining unusually hot air drifting off North America and arctic air driving down the Davis Straits shall fuel an unusually strong trans-Atlantic jet stream which means the UK shall remain unsettled. Downstream dynamics are coming together with the strengthening westerlies and a blocking high over Scandinavia, a natural trough dip west of Ireland will result […]
The past weekend saw the atmosphere’s battle for Britain with Atlantic low pressure trying to push in while Scandinavian high pressure tried to push it back. No single system won in the end as we got a mixed bag for the Sept weekend. While enjoying 23C in the Southeast of England Saturday, we start this […]
As expected, meteorological autumn opened right where summer ended with a September featuring very changeable and frequently cool conditions thanks to firm Atlantic influence. September temperature anomaly so far. August was below normal. Why the cool, damp disappointing summer? Low over high aligned west-east shows a firmly Atlantic pattern. While the westerlies where the main […]
It seems as though it’s been an eternity since dry, settled weather dominated the UK. With the exception weakening fronts drifting east Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a building Scandinavian blocking high will manage to suppress the Atlantic influence over the UK bringing the first UK-wide’s prolonged quiet spell in MANY weeks. Thankfully the beast that’s […]
Truthfully, I’m holding back on my thoughts for winter 2017-18 as it’s early, there’s so much going on in the tropics and there’s a lot of variables including the high likelihood of a La Nina. A La Nina can bring various winter conditions but I can see how the CFSv2 calls for a ridgy December […]
The following represents an assessment of the weather experienced across the UK during Summer 2017 (June, July and August) and how it compares with the 1981 to 2010 average. This summer was rather wet, with rainfall above average for the UK in each individual month. Provisionally this ranks as the ninth wettest summer in the […]
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