Teleconnections in terms of atmosphere are pressure gradient driven patterns which influence weather at varying spatial and temporal distance.  There are 3 main global pressure oscillations which in turn are linked with Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and jet stream intensity. ENSO  : El nino/La Nina and Southern Oscillation is an index

Easter is a moveable feast which can occur between 22nd March and 25th April with just a few since 1800, including now 2024 straddling across March and April.  Taking a sample of years from 1800 there have been just 54 occasions when Easter Sunday has occurred in March compared with

During February day-length increases quite steadily through the month, especially from mid-month with sunset (in Birmingham) just before 5pm at start of the month to near 6pm on 28th.  Along with this, increasing irradiance  enables the first snowdrops to appear and by 29th this year daffodils are in full bloom. 

Following on from the previous A look at...which reviewed by 10-day (decad) periods December 2023 and mid (11th -20th) January 2024 and a forecast mid-January (11th-20th) and late-January (21st-31st); with 2/3rds of the month through and with model forecasts then settling on a BIG change going into late-month a review

With some much media coverage and speculation about forthcoming weather in January over the next 5-10 days coupled with yet more records broken through 2023 and more recently December warrants a more detailed look at past, in this case Winter(s), now (Winter 2024 so far...) and next (remainder of Winter

A few pictures of Storm Henk. Pressure and wind at 6am Tuesday morning, Henk developing ...   Pressure and wind at 2pm this afternoon .... Henk is the low pressure over central parts of the Midlands with the highest wind gusts (yellow colours) over southern England.... Data from University of Birmingham showing

Current long-range, out to 15 days and extended, beyond 30 days don't seem to be able to make their mind up!  numerical output from various models are flipping between remaining unsettled, rather cold with snow to prolonged and extremely cold and dry, for the start of 2024.  Which will it

  The snaps above were taken rather quickly around 8am last Thursday from a roof-top car park, to the south of Birmingham. Prior to this there was near full cloud cover, then the cloud layers broke to reveal an array of mother of pearl clouds with a mix of pastel shades

 the above graphic gives a quick view and summary of rainfall so far for December 2023, taking Birmingham as being representative of central England.  It is central England along with Wales where the most prolonged and heaviest of the expected rainfall will occur on Tuesday.  So how is this shaping