United Kingdom & Ireland
Following a soaker of a Saturday across Ireland, Wales, central and southern England, there was a very impressive spread in UK temperature overnight. We’re separated by two very different air masses. Over the snowfields of Highland Scotland and beneath, clear, cold, calm skies it got down to -9C at Dalwhinnie, widely -2 to -4C but the Southern half of the country, it […]
Every Saturday in the run up to New Year, I thought it would be good to take a step back in time and relive some of our most brutal and legendry British and European winters of the last 100 years. The severe, relentless winter of 1946-47 will be long remembered as one of our most legendary. Last week A LOOK […]
It’s another north-south split in weather over the UK today with cool, blustery and showery conditions across Northern Britain with snow falling above 500ft while it’s dull and relatively mild across the far South, drier, brighter in between. Snow has been falling steadily on and off over Highland Scotland in the last 36 hours and we’ll continue to see that through Friday, driven […]
Warmth and for some, wet has been the big talking point for not just the UK, Europe but across much of the hemisphere in recent weeks. You’d think it would be turning much colder by now right? Well I think it’s safe to say that we’re seeing the direct influence of one of the strongest […]
With little to no change in the great wheel of the Arctic Oscillation, our Atlantic siege continues with an increasingly windy day across Ireland and the UK. Always wettest in the North and West and the combination of gales along with bursts of moderate and at times heavy rain, it’s not the nicest of Wednesdays. Dry, cloudy […]
There’s no question, this years powerful El Nino is most certain influencing the GLOBAL weather pattern and helping drive unusually warm air from the tropics into the mid-latitudes. The strong +AO/NAO is helping with this process as the circling westerlies bringing heavy rain as well as transport heat across continents. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This is how […]
UPDATE: It’s been confirmed that the UK has set a new 24 and 48-hour rainfall record this weekend. 341.4mm (13 inches) fell within 24 hours at Honister breaking the previous record set back in 2009 and 405mm (16 inches) fell within 48 hours at Thirlmere. Confirmation from Met Office. It’s safe to say that this past weekend has been eventful, unfortunately devastating for many […]
Every Saturday in the run up to New Year, I thought it might be good to take a step back in time and relive some of our very worst, most extreme winters of the last 100 years. The brutal winter of 1962-63 will be long remembered as one of the worst. Take a look at this amazing […]
UPDATE: Winds gusting 112 mph over Aonach Mor summit, just north of Fort William. We’re in for a wild end to the work week and weekend of weather all courtesy of a near 940 low near Iceland and near 1040 high over the Bay of Biscay. That steep gradient means a very windy, if not stormy […]
An incredible back and fourth swing in recent months with a dry September, October and very wet November and now open to December. September was the UK’s coolest since 1994 while November was 3rd warmest on record and dullest on record too. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Remember, up until this year, the warmest November day was set back […]
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