Thundersnow
Thunderstorms were reported across parts of central Scotland earlier this morning this combined with the snow that was falling to produce the elusive thundersnow …
Thunderstorms were reported across parts of central Scotland earlier this morning this combined with the snow that was falling to produce the elusive thundersnow …
Yesterday was a strange kind of weather day as low ‘Lynn’ deepened across the south producing a lot of thunderstorms and heavy rain in …
A second amber warning has been issued by the Met Office for thunderstorms this afternoon, this one for western areas of England and Wales, …
You may not have heard much about nowcasting. It’s a short-range forecasting technique pioneered by the UKMO. It strikes me (no pun intended) that …
One of Jimmy Greaves favourite expression was that football was “a funny old game” and I’m sure the same expression could be equally applied …
My estimates from weather radar images suggest that there has been around four inches of rain from severe thunderstorms in a belt that stretches …
All quiet across the UK on the thunderstorm front apart from this single cell moving more or less due north across the southern Cairngorms.
The UKMO mesoscale model seems to be floundering with these thunderstorms at the moment, it’s no wonder the Met Office have had to issue …
It has been awhile since I’ve seen a proper heat low form over the UK, but it has this afternoon just to the west …
Heat low triggers thunderstorm close to Coventry Read More »
Tomasz Schafernaker has a theory that today’s thunderstorms are only occurring where there hasn’t been a heatwave so far, which just goes to show …
A third update to the ongoing saga of the thunderstorms that are forecast for coming week. It seems that the UKMO have now narrowed …
Uncertain about where and when thunderstorms will occur? Then why issue a warning! Read More »
The Met Office are certainly intent on covering all their bases with two separate (!) 24 hour yellow warnings for thunderstorms next Monday and …
I have never seen a warning specifically issued for the Shetland Isles before, and that includes strong winds, but the Met Office in their …
The large cumulonimbus that has rapidly developed in the last three hour and is now close to Paris at 1245 UTC is tracking N’NE …
A terrific collection of cumulonimbus clouds scattered across the continent and edging N’NW into blighty at the moment.
A fifth day of thunderstorms across central and southern parts of the UK, and if yesterday’s thunderstorms hadn’t dampened things down a touch, then …
A dreadful last few days north of Inverness. Rather humid and cloudy with fog and low cloud in the mornings gradually clearing to reveal …
There are no flies on the Met Office this week. Quick as a flash they’ve latched on to the main theme of this week’s …
Whatever mesoscale model the UKMO are using to predict where and when thunderstorms are likely to break out looks like it requires some tweaking, …
I did wonder if yesterday evening’s thunderstorms that spread northwest across the heart of central England were ever going to materialise, but they finally …
Unfortunately we live close to the wettest place in the UK yesterday and I can testify to the fact that yesterday afternoon was pretty …
So far there has been little SFERIC activity in the rain that’s been falling across the south, that might well be set to change …
In this estimate of rainfall accumulations from weather radar, most of yesterday’s rainfall across the southeast at lunchtime, looks likely to have been falling …
Quite a large thunderstorm and cumulonimbus cloud developed close to the coast of northern France at around 15 UTC this afternoon, you can see …