What about the northeast Louise?
Apparently Louise Lear thinks that low Juliane, heading across the North Sea quicker than any ferry from Esbjerg to Aberdeen, will bring strong winds …
NWP
North cones hoisted for Saturday
Isn’t NWP absolutely bloody marvelous. If this feature develops like the ECMWF expect it to, then Saturday looks like it’ll be a very interesting …
Every little helps
The rainfall accumulations from the ECMWF Hires model for the next ten days do show some rain as a result of the break down …
Turning colder from the north next week
It looks like just after things have started to warm up across northern parts of IONA today, they’ll start cooling down next week, as …
Fly in the ointment…
It may have been “a very weak weather front” according to Darren Bett, in yesterday’s evening weather forecast on the BBC, but this fly …
So high pressure is in charge is it? The proverbial fly in the ointment
It is rather uncommon to see a spell of moderate rain with pressure over 1030 hPa but it’s forecast to happen overnight across northern …
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Met Office finally spring into action!
I can’t understand why the UKMO were so reluctant to issue a yellow warning for strong winds for later this afternoon for western Scotland. …
Low Gudrun
So the UKMO finally issue a yellow warning for strong wind for Friday, but they reckon that gusts of 50 to 60 mph will …
UKMO playing it a little too cool?
The Met Office are playing it cool about issuing a warning for the forecast strong winds associated with low Gudrun later this week. Met …
Friday’s low
Nothing particularly unusual about Friday’s low for May. The ECMWF hires model has it’s minimum central pressure at around 970 hPa at midnight on …
Wet week ahead for Western Scotland & Northern Ireland
It’s probably a good job that we are still in full lockdown mode in Scotland because the weathers not looking very summer like at …
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Why not just say the air mass has changed?
Before I go on, I do realise that it usually feels warmer out of the wind than it does when you’re in it – …
Just another day at the office
I can’t understand why Louise Lear ignores what her NWP graphics are telling her about the snow showers that are occurring across northern Scotland …
Ice Saints cold snap arrives
The cold front that’s moving south across IONA did as it name suggests and dropped the temperatures across the north of Scotland overnight. It …
‘Dramatically colder’ next weekend according to Ben Rich
Ben Rich seems to be convinced that the weather is going to turn dramatically colder by next weekend. I presume he is looking at …
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More sun for Scotland
Another sunny few days are likely this week across Scotland, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday look particularly good for that. The clear skies at night …
Looks like Meteogroup picked the wrong model again
It is quite obvious that the air across the south of England is a lot more unstable than given credit for by whatever NWP …
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The block returns?
After a week of cyclonic weather it maybe that the blocked anticyclonic regime we just waved goodbye may be set to return by the …
A cyclonic Thursday
Thursday is looking particularly cyclonic across the UK, especially across England and Wales with a fairly deepish low for this time of year. The …
Wet Tuesday in the south
If these latest model runs are accurate, it looks likely that it will be a wet start to Tuesday across many southern parts of …
Break down in fine spell by Sunday
Four NWP models seem to be in agreement that this fine spell of weather we have been enjoying will temporarily break down by Sunday. …
Showers look threatening over Brest peninsula (updated)
At least Louise Lear mentioned the possibility of showers for the southwest this evening, which is something that Chris Fawkes seems to have dismissed …
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Upper vortex
There is an upper trough that’s pushing up across the Midlands at the moment, that’s spinning this interesting vortex of rain northwestward. It’s obviously …
Shock horror! Clouds obscure the sun over London – and why is it raining?
Clouds have been reported to have blocked the sun across parts of the southeast this morning. The shock news has rocked many southerners who …
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