United Kingdom & Ireland
With multiple large lows spinning out in the Atlantic, downstream southerly winds and ridging brought warm, sunny weather to a large swathe of Europe to end March. Thank the stormy NW Atlantic… Temperatures soared to summertime levels on March’s final days. The heat was on over France. This chart better represents May rather than late March. Circles represent […]
Back in March 2012, Scotland enjoyed not only the warmest weather in the UK but it’s warmest March temperatures since records began. That year saw northeast Scotland rise above 21C not once but 3 consecutive days with a peak of 23.6C at Aboyne. March 2012 was also Scotland’s warmest on record and the UK’s 3rd warmest. […]
It’s not all doom and gloom with the advance Atlantic weather moving back into the UK tomorrow on onwards. A predominantly flat or westerly flow within a +AO/NAO setup typically means surges of early summer followed by a reluctance for old man winter to hand in the towel. As fronts gather and take aim at particularly western and […]
What a difference 5 or 6 days in March can make! Last Monday! Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Following a truly glorious spring weekend, Monday into Tuesday sees a breakdown as the HP core continues to slide east deflating heights over the UK which allows cloud cover to increase. Check out these stunning visible satellite images captured by NASA […]
This weekend, UK sits beneath a classic spring ridge of high pressure. This entails day after day of much the same weather. Clear skies by night mean rural if not town frosts but those clear skies by day mean lot’s of bright sunshine and warmth. These strong anticyclones which park directly over the UK during late […]
After a rare dry/warm UK winter with only brief spells of arctic cold and a measly seasonal minimum of -10C (UK’s actual coldest was -12.1C but in November) it’s hard to believe we’re about to enter meteorological spring’s 2nd of 3 months. The Dec-Feb period wound up very mild, particularly for Scotland and will go down […]
AS FORECASTED here, snow fell and accumulated causing a difficult Tuesday AM commute across Central Scotland. Also provided stunning winter scenes like this in Penicuik this morning. No big surprise that the disruptive snow swept through the Central Lowlands given the concentration of shower activity was within the West and through the Central Lowlands, blowing in […]
Colder air is blowing in on a brisk westerly wind which is touching gale or severe gale-force across North/Northwest Scotland. But reinforcing cold air with origins stemming back to the Davis Straits arrives this evening. This morning’s infrared satellite view shows that the cold air has made it to Scotland but coldest air remains well out over the Atlantic with […]
As pointed out yesterday. It’s been and continues to be a real soaker of a day here across Scotland. Visible satellite and water vapour proves that this heavy, persistent rain is part of a moisture plume or atmospheric river which can be traced all the way back to Central America… This AM’s radar. GFS surface/precip […]
The next front pushes across the UK today bringing a spell of wind and rain followed by blustery showers of which turning increasingly to snow over high ground. Certainly a much cooler feel for all. Current radar A little earlier, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire was sitting at a murky 13C while the Western Isles was down to fresher 6/7C. 850mb temps […]
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