United Kingdom & Ireland
Storm Aileen poised to cross UK tonight with 75 mph gusts, Damage possible along Dutch/Belgian coast
Enjoy today’s relative calm as the first storm of the 2017-18 season and earliest in 3 years has been named and poised to sweep across the central UK overnight tonight into Wednesday. A yellow warning is up for heavy, possibly flooding rainfall while an amber warning is up for severe gale-force winds in exposure with gales widespread across central/southern […]
It’s that time of the year when the Met Office and Met Eireann name their list of storms for the 2017-18 season. Interestingly there is a possibility that the first name, Aileen could be named for the deep low expected to sweep across the UK tomorrow evening into Wednesday. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/905430398926278656 As for today, it’s a case of […]
May and September can often be the UK’s best months for dry, settled and sunny weather and the more recent Septembers (& Mays) have proved just that. However September 2017 has gotten off to a rather changeable note and going by forecast models, there doesn’t appear to be much early autumn sun and warmth through at least mid […]
No change in the overall setup from Friday. Instead of fine sunny September weather, we appear to have stormy September weather on the way later this week and into next. According to the latest run of the GFS the first ‘windy’ low hits Thursday with coastal/high elevation gales generating rough seas. In it’s wake, it […]
We’re ending a rollercoaster temperature week and beginning of meteorological autumn on a cool, crisp note. The first half of the week saw a rising trend in temperature ahead of an approaching Atlantic front with peak heating Wednesday followed by a sharp downward trend in the wake of the front. We peaked at 29C in […]
Article from Met Office 31 August 2017 The end of August brings a close to a wet summer and although you might not think it, it has also been warmer than average. This summer has been most notable across the UK for being wetter than average. Each of the three months have exceeded their long-term […]
Quite the contrast within 24 hours for Southeast England. The difference between being ahead the front and under the front at this time of year. All just part of this atmospheric rut we’re in. https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/902786735934988289 East Sussex yest Twickenham today The Southeast went from hot, humid continental to fresh maritime thanks to the passage of […]
Summer 2017 started promising with plenty of continental heat and humidity covering the majority of the UK but as we pushed through late June into July, the Azores high weakened and regained dominance over the central Mediterranean while Icelandic low pressure became the dominant force close to our W/NW shores therefore bringing the classic summer […]
Thanks to a southward dive or split jet west of Ireland with main low nearer Iberia, we’re stuck in a slack air flow aloft over the British Isles with a slow moving low near NW Scotland which is providing cool, frequently showery conditions. However it’s much sunnier and warmer further south and east where pressure […]
Just two years ago we witnessed the survival of 73 snow patches, lasting from one winter to the next. The most since 1996. This year we’re seeing the least with only 3 remaining. 1 on Aonach Beag, the other two tiny patches tucked within Garbh Choire Mor on Braeriach. https://twitter.com/theiaincameron/status/899326138169921536 Garbh Choire Mor, Braeriach, 10 […]
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