Interesting start to the day! ECMWF ot as cold as midday run from yesterday, but still chilly... GEM (thats the Canadian) runs colder than others. Thing is, this model is usual ahead of the game in predicting chiller conditions. GFS holds with a brief chilly hit, but milder overall ECMWF ensemble shows signs of

Okay, so it's nearly the weekend, and so here's what you need to know about the weather ahead... Saturday starts dry, but then becomes wet as rain spreads north. Rain heavy in the south and east. Breezy and chillier on Sunday. Heavy showers in the west. Better to the east We'll be here all weekend, so

ECMWF stays with it's earlier cold ideas. It's that boundary at -5C at 850mb that's causing so many headaches. If it comes, how much snow? Grrrr, so many questions.

All pointers are towards the weather turning cooler as we head through the coming weeks of February; and there are pointers there for spring too. I know many watching this are farmers and growers as well as agricultural traders. You're thinking about spring right now, and we may be starting

The GFS is struggling (along with other models) with this one! The scenario for a risk of snow next Tuesday remains, but the GFS is now leaning towards the idea of it being in the form of wintry showers. Chart below shows the NW flow with a trough moving south.   It's making