Frost for the north?
I would have thought that there was a good chance of a sharp frost tonight across inland parts of Scotland, although the ICON model doesn’t seem to be going for one, it certainly feels crisp and …
Temperature
Déjà vu all over again
The last weeks above average temperatures across France and central Europe are very similar to the spell we saw five weeks earlier in August.
Hampshire heatwave in Hurn
As far as I can see Hurn in Hampshire was the only SYNOP station to exceed the UKMO heatwave threshold for three consecutive days.Not many people know that.
Heatwave count – close but no cigar
The recent hot spell is still not quite long enough to trigger a heatwave in the UK, but today’s maximum values might just tip the balance in one or two places.On the continent the heatwave also …
31.7°C drop in temperature in Denver
The massive drop in temperature overnight in Denver, Colorado (1656 M AMSL) overnight already seems to be one of the worst kept weather secrets in social media at the moment. The plotted chart above of temperature …
Recent temperature anomalies across north America
I see that wildfires and record breaking heatwaves are making the news again across in California, so I thought that I would take a look at the the mean temperature anomalies across north America over the …
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August 2020 – temperature anomalies
I am still struggling to give this specific area of the globe I use in the above chart a name. It more or less covers one quadrant (if that is the right word) of the whole …
Altnaharra 15°C warmer than yesterday
What a difference in temperature there is this morning across Scotland when compared to just 24 hours earlier. The temperature at 05 UTC yesterday was just 1°C at Altnaharra but was 16°C this morning at the …
Top of the shop
Rather fittingly for the first day of meteorological autumn a number of nearby stations across the north of Scotland are in the top ten warmest places on what is rather a pleasant afternoon.
Summer 2020 – tropical nights across Europe
The Mediterranean looks like it’s been trying to extend its sweaty arms northwards across parts of northwest Europe this Summer if this charts of tropical nights is anything to go by. Tropical nights occur when the …
Cloudy in the northwest
I have often thought that you see as much blue skies in cyclonic situations as you do in anticyclonic situations across the north of Scotland, and so it was with the fleeting anticyclone we saw this …
The last week of August wasn’t cool or chilly it was just plain cold.
The last week of August wasn’t cool or chilly, or whatever other kind of euphemism the weathercasters could dream up to describe it, it was just plain cold. I think you would appreciate that fact more …
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29-30 August 2020 – minimum temperatures
Generally far too much stratocumulus coming in around the top of the high across the northwest of IONA to achieve a real air frost overnight.
Colder air fights it’s way south
I noticed the first touch of autumn in Ross-shire at the end of last week, and although it’s took most of this week to make its way south, it finally seems to have reached all parts …
28 August 2020 – 12 UTC temperature anomalies
Negative anomalies at 12 UTC across much of IONA apart from the coast around the southeast of England. Anomalies typically in the range -3°C or -5°C below the LTA for 12 UTC on the 28th of …
A January day in August
It has been a cold day across Scotland with 12 UTC anomalies as much as five degrees below the LTA. The low temperatures, fresh to strong easterly winds and moderate or heavy rain have come together …
The top and bottom of it
To follow up an air frost in Altnaharra at Sutherland in July, Loch Glascarnoch bagged one for August with a 18-06 minimum of -0.4°C last night. Meanwhile at the other end of the country the temperature …
I hate August
Fresher weather finally arrives across the north Of all the weather months of the year I think the one I prefer least is August, and this one seems to be no exception. After what seems an …
Keep it simple
I don’t see how you can have dew points of 18°C and 19°C after the passage of a cold front, well to be exact the passage of an upper cold front inside a warm sector, then …
Comparing reanalysis anomalies with those from observed values
When viewed as mean temperature anomalies from reanalysis data for the first sixteen days of August 2020, the recent heatwave in the southeast of England looks a little less dramatic. The core of the greatest warmth …
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Last man standing
I think I can just about say that yesterday saw the end of the heatwave, with Keswick the warmest place in IONA with 25.2°C and last man station standing in the heatwave saga, just scraping an …
Heatwave lives on in northwest of England
The heatwave survived for another day across the northwest of England. The count is five at both Keswick and Hawarden and that may stretch to six if thunderstorms don’t spoil the party today.
Heatwave on its last legs after eight days
The August Heatwave is on its last legs now, but it managed eight days at five sites and seven days at a further three up until yesterday. I suppose it could just manage an extra day …
Some places up to 13°C colder than at the same time yesterday
Most places in the UK are much cooler than yesterday by between 2 and 5°C, but some places in the central and east Midlands because of thunderstorms are between 7 and 13°C colder. Bedford for instance …
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