GFS out on a limb with this forecast *updated
On the face of it the GFS model seems to be out on a limb in how it’s forecasting a significantly deeper and more …
Warnings
Rushed warning from UKMO
Looks like someone forgot to check the wording of this yellow warning of strong winds tomorrow for western Scotland. A second person should always …
24 hours of severe gales and hurricane force gusts boil down to a yellow warning for strong wind
The southeasterly wind has been meaning between gale force eight and ten for the last thirty fours hours or so on South Uist, with …
Severe gales on Sunday
The Met Office have a problem regarding the gales on Sunday across northwest of the country, they’ve gone for 65 to 75 mph possibly …
Cold air finally arrives but is it cold enough?
Temperatures are up to five or six degrees colder that they were at the same time yesterday across the southeast of England, but is …
Still waiting for the much promised ‘colder’ air
It has been cold and windy this week, with a fresh to strong easterly wind. It started bright enough with sunny spells on Monday, …
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The difference between probable and possible
The Met Office have been very busy this morning issuing warnings right, left and centre. They seem unfazed by the failure of their amber …
Surprise feed of milder air spoils chances of snow
Forget about the seemingly cast iron amber warning for heavy snow that was in force till Saturday because a surprise feed of milder southeasterly …
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That’s not exactly what the Met Office are saying Sarah
In the lunchtime weather forecast on BBC 1 Sarah Keith-Lucas started her forecast by saying that the Met Office had issued an amber warning …
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The eyes of Nostradamus
Last Friday I noticed the first signs of this imminent cold weather event in the ECMWF models. This Tuesday I questioned why their initial …
For their eyes only
As I mentioned yesterday some of the worst of the snow according to the ECMWF model is going to occur soon after 18 UTC …
It’s now official – we’re all doomed!
As I speculated both in my earlier post today and yesterday the Met Office have now notched up their warning for heavy snow on …
We’re all doomed!
There is not much doubt from the midnight run of the GFS model that northern Scotland is set to be clobbered from late afternoon …
Prolonged periods of snow and snow showers could bring significant disruption…
The Met Office have updated their warning of snow across much of northeast Scotland from Friday. The warning, which is still only of the …
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All we’re missing now is a cherry on the top
There is an interesting mix of warnings across northern England at the moment. A base layer of yellow for snow and ice, with a …
54 hour long yellow warning of persistent snow
The Met Office have just issued a 54 hour long yellow warning of persistent snow for Thursday, Friday and into Saturday of this week …
Monday morning snow
An interesting small trough is forecast to come down from the north and affect the north of Scotland during the early hours of Monday …
Wednesday’s snow warning a little late?
Another slightly skimped yellow warning of snow for parts of Scotland this coming Wednesday. The Great Oz has a tendency to leave out the …
28-29 Jan 2021 – 24 hour accumulations
We are missing the Stornoway radar up in this part of the world as you can see from the last 24 hours accumulations of …
It’s snowing in Dingwall Stav!
These BBC weathercasters never seem to get the message about this cold weather in the north. It might be come as news to Stav …
Saturdays snow latest
“An area of rain pushing in from the southwest through the early morning will readily turn to snow in places as it encounters colder …
Updated snow warning and the A9
Originally tweeted by Met Office (@metoffice) on 28 January 2021. Because we are in lock down and are so dependent on supermarkets for just …
Met Office finally use their common
The Met Office have finally seen some common sense with tomorrows yellow warning for snow and broken up that convoluted hourglass shaped area they …
Another snow warning miss
As anticipated the yellow hourglass shaped warning of snow that was updated this morning never extended far enough north into northern Scotland. Here in …