United Kingdom & Ireland
There’s no question, July is turning out different to what I had thought with a cooler than normal Scotland and downright colder than normal Scandinavia with core of cold into west-central Russia. I’m not surprised about the warm Southern UK extending into France as this was expected but I thought the warmth would have stretched into Scotland. The reason […]
It’s a rough Friday from SW England up through Wales, NW England and SW Scotland thanks to a fairly deep, tightly wound July low spinning almost stationary over Ireland. Trapped by surrounding high pressure, the same ‘western’ areas are likely to get a beating for much of the day while further east and north it’s drier, brighter and […]
I know it’s been a fairly changeable July across the Northern UK with cool, cloudy, wet and windy days but equally there has been some warm or very warm sunny days. So I was surprised to see that July was running below normal across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Not surprised at the warmer South […]
With a hot, steamy SE flow ahead of a northbound low, the setup was perfect for what was an incredible overnight light show across southern England, Wales and Ireland. Ahead of the storms, it was a near perfect summers day but note the trouble brewing over Cornwall. Yesterday’s maximums The Biscay low tracked north out of France into southern Britain, energising and […]
Fire and water grab headlines across Europe and world as the summer of 2017 continues to bring extremes. What started as a shower Monday night turned into a monsoon-like deluge early Tuesday as thunderstorms dropped a month’s worth of rain on Istanbul within just a couple of hours. The impacts were felt throughout the city as streets turned to rivers. Receiving rainfall […]
Blame the lack of winter snow and warm spring for the tiny, few and far between display of summer snow patches that are typically found within sheltered mountain gullies. On this day last year I climbed Ben Macdui (2), Beinn Mheadhoin (10), Cairn Gorm (6) and despite being mid summer plenty of large snow patches remained thanks to large late […]
It’s Saturday 8 July, 2017 and I’m heading for Glen Coe this time. Later start (2.40am dep from Milton of Campsie) and shorter drive (2 hours) but MUCH tougher and challenging climb awaits compared to Ben Hope. This is my greatest challenge yet. With a fearsome reputation, the Aonach Eagach is considered the narrowest ridge on mainland […]
We’re approaching the mid point of meteorological summer 2017 and it’s been largely warm and sunny across South and eastern England extending into France and Iberia where the core of the heat has been. Low pressure positioned near Iceland on the other hand has led to a somewhat traditional ‘mixed summer’ for Northern Ireland and Scotland following a […]
Yesterday was a washout across the southern UK and the first of July. This was good for gardeners but not so good for sun worshippers. Yesterday afternoon’s radar. Nearly 2 inches fell in spots. Dreary old day over London. Covers were on at Wimbledon for the first prolonged period of the tournament so far. After […]
Before touching on today, I just want to throw up the maximum temperatures across the UK from yesterday and check out the contrast between Scarborough and London… As forecast. It’s even warmer and more humid in the South this afternoon. Thanks to low pressure drifting over Kent from the Bay of Biscay, it’s also a stormy July afternoon/evening. A fairly warm air […]
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