Good morning and welcome to the new weather week. A different feel to the weather this week as a Polar continental airmass affects the country. This is typically brought in on an east to northeast wind and brings colder conditions when it occurs during the winter month. However the airmass doesn't last long

A quickie for you. Note visually no change in snow depth from now ...   ...to this time next week.   So don't let reports of colder weather this week fool you into thinking some sort of 'snowmegeddon' is on the cards! No doubt much talk of it on the internet and some of the more

As higher pressure builds bringing cooler conditions (possibly. Old by the week after next), things will become drier. Here are the last east rain totals for the two weeks ending Friday 21st January and just look at that turn around in conditions. Compare the rain which has fallen in the first five