Analysis

Analysis / Observations / Temperature / Wind

February 15, 2020

What’s Dennis getting up to?

The 11 UTC plotted chart with highest gusts and temperatures that hour

February 9, 2020

The most striking thing about the chart though are the wind gusts (in knots) being reported from just about every station in IONA apart from those in northeast Scotland at the moment. A few of the gusts in Lincolnshire are already in excess of 60 mph with higher to come.

Analysis / Met Office

January 29, 2020

Rare example of a triple warm sector

It’s not a first, but I’m sure it was never conceived in the original Norwegian cyclone model by Jacob Bjerknes

Analysis / BBC / Named Storms / Wind

January 24, 2020

Thirtieth anniversary of the Burns’ day storm

Dear Ben please feel free to use this plotted chart for your later broadcast, alternatively you could always print it out and put it on your mantle piece.

Analysis / Temperature / Wind

January 14, 2020

Low Gerlinde rushes through

Another very large temperature contrast north south across the country today.

Analysis / Jetstream / Satellite

January 10, 2020

Jetstream shield

I don’t know the exact technical term for this ‘shield’ of cloud is, other than calling it jet stream cirrus but I know its a harbinger of rapid development. I quite like shield of cloud that I’ve coined, who knows perhaps it’ll catch on.

Analysis / Warnings / Wind

January 9, 2020

Today’s cancelled warning

I was rather surprised that they didn’t cancel it earlier, and had thought they might leave the warning in force and brazen it out like they’ve done in the past, after all it is a rather windy day south of 53° north, and there have been a few lively gusts around.