United Kingdom & Ireland
May 2016 has been a tail of two halves with the opening 10 days soaked with abundant sunshine and warmth but with a downturn across southern areas as the high pressure core migrated northward of course but it was a much cooler and wetter period from 13th till now. The opening 10-14 days are likely to win and make May 2016 a drier and […]
My friend and climbing partner Petr Kolegar took to the road Wed 18 May for a short trip to Perthshire where we enjoyed the easy ascent up Ben Chonzie. Located roughly 10 miles NW of Comrie, Perthshire. Weather conditions we’re reasonable with mostly overcast sky with some breaks as well as off and on light rain. No wind […]
As forecasted way back last weekend, conditions were to go downhill over the UK but head up across Portugal and Spain, looks like we may flip the other way again early next week as low pressure returns to Iberia while high pressure returns to the UK. However! This high is far from strong, sunny and warm like last […]
Wet today, Sat, Sun and Mon across many parts of the UK as Atlantic low pressure rules Latest GFS surface through the rest of this week and into early next week. GFS indicates the Icelandic low collapses but shifts to a position WNW of Portugal (similar to last week) and with a strengthening Iceland-Scandinavia blocking high, Atlantic fronts are likely […]
I’m taking to the hills this morning so no real written post but thought I’d throw up the CFSv2 weeklies for you. Cool next 5 days but notice it warms the UK week 2 but also turns wetter. Then drier week 3 Prepare for a pretty poor weekend! Quite week up here across Scotland tomorrow, […]
As highlighted in recent days, if you don’t like cool, cloudy, wet and windy, Southern and Eastern Spain is your best bet this weekend and through next week with the warmest weather of the year on the way. The last 10 days has seen a settled UK, unsettled Spain thanks to the weak Azores but strong […]
Hope you enjoyed the largely fine, dry and pleasant weekend of weather because it’s going downhill this week as the high deflates to the south opening the Atlantic up. If you happen to be heading south for an early holiday to Spain, Portugal or Western Med, the weather is finally settling down and warming up. […]
The feature image above shows the latest visible satellite image across the Atlantic. Note the large swirl of low pressure now exiting eastern Canada. That is our game changer next week. Before I get into next week, beneath clear skies, light wind and a cooler, drier air mass in place, temps widely dipped to freezing or […]
It’s interesting when looking at the latest long range model runs and the big differences in solution. Canadian and Met Office models are in the same ‘cooler, wetter’ camp which somewhat coincides with my summer forecast while the CFSv2 and Jamstec are both warm and dry. Canadian Met Office CFSv2 Jamstec See this morning’s video. Here’s what AccuWeather […]
It really has been a spectacular week of weather, particularly across Northern Ireland and Scotland, not so much further south across England and Wales. What a day to take a drive up the A9 to Inverness yesterday. Here are the views at Dalwhinnie that I captured. Dash read 24C. Yesterday’s highs. The Isle of Skye […]
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