5 May 2021 – Wind chill & temperature anomalies
A thoroughly cold day across the country, particularly so if you factor in the wind chill, where in the north values are sub-zero. Temperatures …
Windchill
Tell it like it is
Smiling Carol Kirkwood said it wasn’t “particularly cold” across the country in her 8.15 am forecast on the BBC News channel. I think she …
Chillyitus
Stav Danaos seems to be getting over his long bout of chillyitus, it’s still there but he did manage to use the word cold …
Why not tell it like it is – it’s cold!
I hate some euphemisms and the use of ‘temperatures really struggling’ and ‘double figures’ really hides the fact that the weathercaster for whatever reason …
25 Apr 2021 – 12 UTC temperatures, anomalies, differences and wind chill
After a rather cold start with a touch of frost it’s another sunny day across Scotland again today. Some persistent SC across eastern parts …
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It’s strange how quickly windchill is forgotten once Winter is over
Well it’s been a lovely sunny day in the Strath although there has been a fair bit of cirrus around at times. Temperatures have …
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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 …
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.