United Kingdom & Ireland
We end spring and begin summer opposite of what you’d typically expect with Belfast and Glasgow enjoying sun and low 20s C whereas it’s cool, cloudy, breezy and wet in London and Paris. A strong near 1040mb high between Scotland and Iceland is ruling the North/West UK but low pressure over Germany is making for a very […]
A strong west-east high pressure zone centred north of Scotland is reversing our upper flow pattern bringing weather in from the ESE. The messy weather seen over the continent during the past weekend is now making it’s presence felt across England today and certainly made it’s presence felt in Paris yesterday before reaching London today. Further north […]
For most of the UK and Ireland, summer 2015 will be remembered as cold and wet and for those across much of Europe, hot and dry. Much of the driving force behind the major summer heat and wild swings is largely down to the strengthening El Nino. Many previous hot European summers have occurred around […]
For the majority of Ireland and the UK it’s been a fine, dry and pleasant bank holiday weekend but as for mainland Europe, lightning has filled the skies causing dozens to be struck from Paris to Warsaw. In Paris 11 people we’re struck by lightning while celebrating a birthday in a park while in Germany several we’re struck […]
Up and away at 5.30am sharp on Friday 20 May, I set off for Glen Coe and the iconic Buachaille Etive Mor Stob Dearg. One of Scotland’s most famous and photographed munro’s. This mountain never fails to catch my eye on my frequent drives up to Fort William. Having arrived at 7.15am, the popular and often congested Altnafeadh layby was empty. Before […]
A selection of the latest heat hyped headlines from the past week. Hottest summer in 100 years: Brits set to bake in record-breaking temperatures of 38.5C Bank Holiday weather: Brits to bask in 22C heat as UK set to be hotter than Spain This article from May 21 is particularly garbage. UK weather: El Niño could […]
It was a raw day across much of England and Wales as well as the heart of the Cairngorms yesterday beneath the thick cloud and brisk easterly blowing in off the North Sea. Several English coastal communities and southern Pennines failed to get above 8C, 12C in London. Think that was cold, try Cairngorm Summit where the thermometer failed […]
It would seem the Atlantic-Europe weather pattern has been fairly slow moving and stuck during the March-late May period with high pressure stacked either over the Atlantic or Iceland and in recent weeks hooking up with Scandinavia, holding lows further south. The next 7 days or so sees little difference as heights once again build strong […]
A big range in temperature and weather over Italy yesterday all courtesy of a potent low spinning over the north of the country. From sub freezing highs and heavy snow in the Alpine communities of the north to summer-like 30s along the southern Adriatic coast and Sicily. In between, flooding rain, hail, gusty wind, lightning and even tornadoes. Monday’s highs across Italy. Lightning strike over […]
A ‘cool high’ over the UK is providing an AM sunshine/PM thunderstorm regime thanks to strong surface heating and strong upward motion due to a cool mid and upper level air. After the cool of clear, calm nights with patchy rural frost, strong sunshine is providing strong lift and towering cumulonimbus formation quite widely. Not only are they producing downpours, hail […]
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