27-28 Jan 2021 – 24 hour accumulations
In all this excitement with today’s snow I wouldn’t have noticed just how wet the last 24 hours had been across the country if …
Rainfall
26 Jan 2021 – latest rainfall this month
There is no doubt that January 2021 has been very wet across parts of Wales and the Northwest of England, but in other places …
Rainfall snow depth equivalent
I had always thought that one inch of rain approximated to ten inches of snow, or in metric units that’s 25.4 mm of rain …
Storm Christoph – Precipitation
The highest accumulations from the precipitation from storm Christoph in these weather radar estimates of mine are where you might have expected them, and …
20 Jan 2021 – 18 UTC analysis
Another easy but interesting analysis. There looks to be around a good five degree drop in temperature on the cold front itself. There is …
Honey I’ve shrunk the warning!
The Great Oz has decided to shrink the amber warning area for heavy rain, he can do that because he is all powerful after …
19-20 January 2021 – Radar rainfall estimates
Some white pixels are showing up over the highest ground which indicates 26 hour totals of precipitation well in excess of 80 mm which …
19-20 Jan 2021 – precipitation
It was certainly a wet 24 hours across the high ground of Northern Ireland, Wales and the northwest England up until 06 UTC this …
19 Jan 2021 – rainfall totals since 06 UTC
I notice that in tonight’s news there was footage of people in the flood prone areas around Doncaster furiously boarding up their doors in …
Rain clears northwards
Just call me an old skeptic, but I’m still not at all convinced about the amber heavy rain/flood warning which the Met Office have …
18-19 Jan 2021 – rainfall accumulations
Looking at the latest rainfall accumulations and the latest weather radar I still think the main focus of the rain is still west of …
Cue the sun
I am afraid that this animated fly through 3D bar chart of accumulations from the precipitation that storm Christoph will bring is little better …
Sure about heavy rain – not so sure about strong winds and blizzards
Storm Christoph is going to make it a very busy week as far as warnings are concerned for the Met Office. They have already …
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Storm Christoph
My hunch on Saturday about this week’s low ending up being named Christoph has turned out right. The Met Office have also ramped up …
Possible flooding east of the Pennines
I have been pondering this amber warning for heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday issued by the UKMO yesterday and looking at the latest …
Wet week ahead in northwest England and west of Wales
Most of the frontal and cyclonic activity is forecast to be focused across parts of northwest and southwest England and the west of Wales …
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15-16 Jan 2021 – overnight precipitation
There was a sound I hadn’t heard for a good few years as the frost lifted yesterday evening, and that was the sound of …
Regional rainfall in 2020
In the nine regional UKP regional areas of the UK the 365 day anomalies expressed as a percentage of the 1981-2010 LTA are all …
13-14 Jan 2021 – precipitation
I decided to grey out totals for less than 25 mm in this chart. I’m sure my estimated accumulations are probably way of the …
2020 rainfall in England and Wales
Quite remarkably the annual rainfall total across England and Wales for 2020 was just 0.2 mm higher than it was in 2019. Last year …
Scotland is getting wetter
There is no denying that Scotland has been progressively wetter for the last 158 years or so. The linear trend for the year indicates …
January sick and tired you’ve been hanging on me
It has been a very wet 24 hours wet across the west of Scotland. My second colour scheme ran out of colours when totals …
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Last night’s cold front
Wednesday evening ended up being quite wet across the northwest Highlands, although my estimated accumulation of 8.3 mm for Strathpeffer looks decidedly over the …
Unprecedented times – The warmest, wettest and sunniest
There’s been a lot of media hype from the Met Office recently about how 2020 has been a year of extremes. They have been …
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