United Kingdom & Ireland
Since I’m taking some time off, I thought I would share an interesting read from Stuart Markham at chorleyweather.com on the current situation. By Stuart Markham As you are probably aware from the past weeks, we have issued information regarding a major warming in the polar stratosphere, which may lead to a colder pattern at some point […]
Today is the lull before the storm the first in a conveyor of depressions sweep in off the Atlantic. The Atlantic jet has picked up incredible strength this week. The SOUTHERN UK/NORTHWEST France appears to be in the centre of the barrel but models are still wavering with exact track, hence why there is no names given to the two deepening lows spinning […]
We’re ending January with a stratospheric warming event as temperatures have risen 60C at within the past week at 10mb over the Arctic. This is within SSWE criteria. AO will go negative in response! Not related but it was a cold start to this morning over Highland Scotland with -10C recorded at Braemar but in contrast, it was 20C warmer on the SW coast of England. […]
With the combination of air temperature and wind chill, yesterday was by far England’s coldest day of winter so far with many sites stretching from Northumberland to Kent failing to get above freezing. Atlantic air however clung to Northwest Scotland where Aultbea touching a spring-like 13.4C. As forecast, Atlantic air is now spreading into western areas with a noticeable […]
I guess you could say it’s a brisk afternoon across the UK, particularly so over central/eastern England where mid afternoon air temperatures remain stuck at -1/-2C widely. Factor in a stiff SE wind and it feels bitter despite the absence of snow cover. The reason for the added chill in the air is simple. Take air […]
I keep banging on about the similarity between this winter’s pattern and 2011/12. That, like this year displayed relatively settled and mild conditions for the UK but cold over a large swath of the continent. Also like 2012, Southern parts of the UK have tapped on nearby cold continental air while Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern […]
I’ve taken a bit of a break from climbing in the last few months as our second baby is due in just over 2 weeks and my wife needed me around more. However, the past weekend presented me with a window of opportunity in weather and chance to achieve my 20th munro. My last opportunity to […]
We’ve seen it so many times before, the GFS shows a top-down (10 to 50mb) sudden stratospheric warming but it either doesn’t happen or doesn’t favour the UK. Thus far, winter has been somewhat disappointing after a promising November. December and January so far has been fairly mild overall and like I’ve pointed out so many […]
From the frozen Venice Canals to snow on the beaches of Greece, January 2017 will join 2006 and 2012 for it’s brutal central and eastern Europe cold. Something this website stated was a possibility back on Nov 1. Scene from a frozen Vatican. Deep snow buries Istanbul Sofia Moscow Looks like a summer’s day until you see the […]
Arctic Outbreak of January 2017 round 2 is well underway with focus shifted into Southwest Europe as the coldest weather of the year drives across France Spain and the Western Med. Here’s the setup responsible for Spain getting a taste of Siberia this week. High pressure positioned over N France has mild Atlantic air running over top into the Northern […]
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