So we are into mid-February, but it seems like winter has forgotten about us doesn't it? Despite a mostly quiet week ahead, I don't think we are out of the winter-woods yet, there could be some changes at the end of the month and early March, although we are still a

Just realised....the March forecast from the Japanese Met Agency (bowl)> This is pressure anomaly. Notice the blue (low pressure) focused south and the yellow (high pressure) focused north? That suggests a more easterly flow across the country. Cold? Probably not that bad. Dry? Probably, especially in the north, but may be damper to the

Here we go again? Pressure stays high, and even when it's not we see very little rainfall. This is the latest forecast total rainfall for the next two weeks. Models to overplay rainfall and so to see these numbers in single figures just highlights how dry conditions are expected to be. Of course,