Beast from the east and Buchans cold spell
The latest run of the ECMWF model raises the prospect of an anticyclonic easterly by the first week of February and all that that …
The latest run of the ECMWF model raises the prospect of an anticyclonic easterly by the first week of February and all that that …
The UKMO most northerly weather station can be found at Baltasound on the Isle of Unst, part of the Shetland Isles. Surprisingly last nights …
26-27 Jan 2021 – minimum of -8.3°C at Baltasound Read More »
As far as I know Shetland is till apart of the United Kingdom, but so often it’s forgotten by weathercasters, as it was this …
Meteogroup and their team of weathercasters down at the BBC seem to have a lot of difficulty getting the message across that it remains …
Loch Glascarnoch thanks to its 16 cm of snow cover was again the coldest place overnight across IONA, and even Shawbury couldn’t match it. …
25-26 Jan 2021 – Loch Glascarnoch whups em again Read More »
There were overnight minima of -9.7°C at Katesbridge in county Down, -9.2°C at Topcliffe in Yorkshire and -9.7°C at Sennybridge in Wales. Other places …
The Met Office reckon that there’s a cold spell to come in their latest news blog. It’s exemplifies the parochial approach we get from …
Ravensworth in North Yorkshire was the coldest place in IONA overnight with a minimum of -10.5°C [18-06] over a good covering of snow. I …
The Great Freeze of 1900 – this is a new one on me. I saw mention of it in a graph of mortality rates …
It was a mild night across the south of IONA. Minimum anomalies [18-06] were generally in a range 3°C to 6°C above the 1981-2010 …
After the record snowfall in Madrid last week, Spain last night saw what must have been one of the coldest nights for a very …
I was very slow looking into the reported record minimum temperature of -35.6°C for Spain that occurred at Vega de Liordes in northern Spain. …
Cherry picking sites to plonk an AWS to capture climate extremes… Read More »
A fascinating night as far as temperatures are concerned across Scotland. Tulloch Bridge takes over as the coldest place from Loch Glascarnoch in the …
I was going to report that the coldest place in the UK SYNOPs overnight was again the AWS at Loch Glascarnoch with a [18-06] …
There was a minimum 0f -12.1°C at the AWS above Loch Glascarnoch last night [18-06]. The 21-09 minimum might well have dropped even lower …
I would usually display a table of [18-06] minimum temperatures in a blog like this but due to a late clearance in a stubborn …
The ten day outlook isn’t looking too rosy at the moment for snow lovers from the 12th of January. We’ve had a good run …
The cold spell continues over the whole of IONA al least for the next four days according to the Hires ECMWF model. Eventually high …
Anticyclonic spell in north, windy, raw and rather cold further south Read More »
The temperature yesterday at Carlisle never rose higher than -2.2°C and last night at “The freezer” known as Topcliffe temperatures fell to -7.5°C.
It seems that every year, I along with a lot of others do the same thing, and that is looking for the first hint …
Anticyclonic easterly sits waiting in the wings for Christmas Read More »
I am not privileged to have access to the daily reports from the stations in the climate network of the Met Office, so these …
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 …
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 …
The cold northerly I blogged about yesterday that looked like it would affect the country next weekend looks likely to arrive much earlier in …