Steadily increasing winds at Tiree
The southeasterly winds have been steadily increasing for the last three days at Tiree. They have been at gale force for the last seventeen …
Windchill
As the days grow longer the cold gets stronger…
I am very surprised that this cold spell, which has gone on since Christmas here in the north, is going out without very much …
11-12 Feb 2021 – minima and windchill
Another severe frost overnight with Strathallan pipping Altnaharra to the lowest [18-06] overnight minimum in IONA. Temperatures were at their lowest early across most …
8 Feb 2021 – Ranked extreme temperatures, snow depth & wind chill
Who said Alexander Buchan was wrong with his table of singularities? We are into day two of his first cold spell, and at least …
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3 Feb 2021 – 06 UTC windchill
I am not a great fan of wind chill charts but here’s one for 06 UTC this morning nevertheless. You’ll notice that it’s as …
5 January 2021 – anomalies and windchill
Another very cold day across the Highlands despite the sunshine, and surprisingly it was even colder than yesterday, with 12 UTC anomalies in the …
Intense piteraq blows itself out
An intense piteraq in Ikermiit eastern Greenland which started in the early hours of Christmas day has just about blown itself out after 48 …
Bracing down the east coast with gusts of 58 knots at Donna Nook
Well done to the Met Office with their yellow wind warning for strong wind they issued yesterday, who says that I’m always critical of …
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As the days grow longer the cold gets stronger…
I think the 12 UTC anomaly chart is much more informative than the 12 UTC wind chill chart. There were negative wind chill values …
Todays anomalies & windchill
The BBC weathercasters are already making a play about how high the windchill factor will be across England and Wales on Sunday, so I …
Piteraq produces mean speeds of 79 with gusts to 112 knots
Well done to the Met Office model for spotting the likelihood of these piteraq winds occurring over eastern Greenland today.