BBC model of the day not handling the rain at all well
Whatever NWP model the BBC are using as their model of the day it doesn’t seem to be handling the rain either across the …
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Carol getting her priorities right
This morning there was a slight frost from nine sites across the country with Altnaharra reporting a minimum of -2.4°C. It’s not unheard of …
Different strokes
Just trying out a few of the new features in the WordPress editor.My take on the analysis, and for once I seem to be …
We haven’t lost the humidity…
Helen Willetts says that we “haven’t lost the humidity”, when away from the southeast of England for the last couple of days at least, …
It’s still warm air…
The air is neither fresher or warmer across Scotland today I’m afraid, and hasn’t been since last week. I have no idea if this …
16 June 2021 – Hourly weather radar accumulations
Quite an eventful evening across the southeast with more storms to follow later in the night. In contrast there’s a lovely rosy red sunset …
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It’s not fresher it’s colder
In their battle to mention the C word as little as possible in case it might upset viewers, the BBC weathercasters will seemingly go …
We are looking at some thunderstorms
As Carol says we are looking at thunderstorms in the next 48 hours, well not literally, well not all of us, but you know …
14 June 2021 – Todays weak cold front
The cold front that’s strung out across central England might be just a zone of cloud but it has still managed to drop surface …
More interested in the south than anywhere else
It is interesting to see a forecast delivered by Matt Taylor and then just 15 minutes later see another one this time from Chris …
Quite a breeze blowing here…
A day of sunny intervals and scattered mainly light showers across northern Scotland. Here in Easter Ross it’s remained dry but it’s certainly windy …
Temperatures ranging from 11 in the north to 29 in the south…
What is the point of stating the range of maximum (or minimum come to that) temperatures on a weather chart? Carol Kirkwood has always …
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Little or no effort
A balanced weather forecast for the whole of the UK? These four meteograms from this afternoons forecast just about sums it up.
A more fitting headline from the BBC
Courtesy of the BBC At least someone in the BBC weather team has got some sense and modified the headlines for this weekends weather. …
Altered reality
Interesting to see just how a whole frontal systems, weak as it is, can suddenly disappear in the BBC weather forecast. Not only does …
28°C hot?
So Matt Taylor reckons the definition of hot is a maximum temperatures of 28°C. Hot seems to have undergone a redefinition in recent years, …
The front that refused to move
It looks like it’s going to be a rough old week across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland, as an occluding cold front sits draped …
BBC Meteogroup not using the UKMO model today
Spot the BBC forecast? You’re correct, it’s the one on the left, you can easily identify the one from the Met Office it’s the …
Warmest day of the year
You might think I’m going completely mad and tilting at windmills here but this BBC news item from yesterday got me going. It was …
Model cloud problems continue
It is only noticeable when you have had a spell of more or less blue skies that you see how poorly NWP models cope …
On a hot day, how do meteorologists get an accurate reading of the temperature?
It is quite obvious that Sarah has never been to the top of Cairngorm because I’m afraid the Stevenson screen that’s used in St …
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Not quite Darren
Scotland was the warmest place again in the UK again today, not only that the 25.1°C at Kinlochewe was the warmest day of the …
I always reckon anomalies of +10°C is heatwave territory
The temperature pushed up a little higher to 24.0°C at Lossiemouth at 12 UTC. That’s 9.7°C above my best guess anomalies for today from …
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