Many parts of north 10°C or more warmer tonight
Many parts of the north are 10°C or more warmer than they were at the same time last night. The largest difference was at Altnaharra where the temperature last night at 19 UTC was -8.0°C, tonight …
Temperature
The coldest nights and places in 2020
I am not privileged to have access to the daily reports from the stations in the climate network of the Met Office, so these observations of 18-06 minimum temperatures are mainly from SYNOP observations which I …
-9.6°C at Altnaharra coldest night of the year
The 18-06 minimum of -9.6°C at Altnaharra last night was the coldest of the autumn so far in the UK. It looked like it could have gone down to -12°C or a bit lower if the …
It’s -7°C at Altnaharra already Darren!
I can’t forgive Darren Bett for him not mentioning the gloriously sunny day that we’ve had in Scotland today, even though temperatures never got above freezing in some parts of the Highlands. What’s even worse he …
Very cold day for early December across the north and west
Midday temperatures across inland parts of northern Scotland were still widely sub-zero despite the sunshine, which I noticed got ne’er a mention in the BBC forecast, that meant anomalies were as low as 6.5°C below the …
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A cold morning
A cold morning in the north and west with anomalies 3 to 5 degrees below average for 06 UTC.
Heatstroke, sunburn AND windburn all in one go !!
The spring is warming up down under with temperatures of 40°C and 10 minute mean wind speeds of 30 knots or more at Sydney airport. Nice refreshing sea breeze at 07 UTC this evening.
Coldest night of the autumn
There is quite a contrast across the chart as far as overnight minimum temperatures are concerned.I think I am right in saying that the -6.1°C recorded at Aboyne made it the coldest night of the Autumn.
28 November 2020 – 12 UTC
A lovely autumn day across our part of Scotland after some early morning fog in the strath.Drier air is spreading into the southeast from France the clear skies allowing temperatures to climb to avery mild 14°C …
Not quite accurate I’m afraid Matt
Not quite accurate I’m afraid Matt.There are plenty of places in the north and west of the UK which are colder than 12°C this afternoon.I suppose logically his statement would include all temperatures if you take …
One day cold snap
Colder air is starting to dig in behind the cold front, which is all rather sad because it’ll be leaving again in little over 36 hours.One day cold snaps are all we can look forward to …
An even milder morning
Temperatures across parts of northeast Scotland were close to ten degrees above the LTA for 06 UTC this morning and a degree higher than they were yesterday.
17 November 2020 – 12 UTC temperature anomalies
Similar anomalies to those at 06 UTC but the influence of the foehn wind on the lee side of the mountains is having more of an affect now. Today will contrast nicely with forecast temperatures for …
17 November 2020 – 06 UTC temperature anomalies
Temperature anomalies at 06 UTC in the warm sector are widely between 6°C and 9°C above the LTA across IONA for this time of day
ECMWF going for a white Christmas this year
The ECMWF are going for a white Christmas this year. That’s according to their latest extended range forecast temperature anomaly chart for the 21st to the 28th of December. Of course the white or blank areas …
Exceptionally mild start to November
An exceptionally mild start to the first eleven days of November almost everywhere in this chart that is apart from the central North Atlantic and sub Saharan Africa.Here’s a thermogram for 2020 up until now for …
Kicked and dragging into winter
The cold northerly I blogged about yesterday that looked like it would affect the country next weekend looks likely to arrive much earlier in the latest model runs, possibly as early as Thursday across the north …
Well over 80 mm already…
Increased likelihood of impacts from the heavy rain and also to extend the warning into the early hours of Thursday.The band of rain will persist throughout Wednesday, easing and clearing eastwards into the early hours of …
Another mild November afternoon
Another lovely autumn day here across Ross-shire with fog persisting in some straths and glens all day. At 12oo UTC today temperatures in many places across IONA where close to four or five degrees above the …