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5 things for the weekend

🌧️ Low pressure system with heavy rain in places on Saturday 💨 Risk of gales in exposed western and northern areas. 🌤️ Some brighter intervals, mainly further northwest. 💨 Northerly winds bring a cooler, fresher feel Sunday. 🌦️ Showery conditions, easing with drier spells later on.

Weekend Cool-Down

With a northerly flow establishing over the weekend and into next week, cold air is on its way for the foreseeable future. See below for the forecast temperatures for Monday early morning from the GFS model. Widespread single digit temperatures except along coastlines and East Anglia. Most of Wales, northern England,

Thoughts on next week’s colder weather …

We are settling into a story of a significant temperature drop through this weekend and early next week. There are subtle changes to each run of various models, but there does seem to be agreement that we are about to see quite a fall in temperatures. Thoughts are that the cold air

Notes on the weather of 15th September 1940, Battle of Britain

Monday 15th September is Battle of Britain day when 'The Few' faced their greatest challenge. A Polar maritime northwesterly airmass covers the British isles. This airmass brings sunny spells and showers, some heavy; probably bright skies with lots of sunshine between the white cumulus and cumulonimbus cloud. Polar maritime air is also associated

5 week ahead weather things to know

1 - Still unsettled: There's no shift in the general pattern this week, we're still dominated by unsettled southwesterlies and frontal systems coming through. No immediate shift to benign September weather, though some drier and brighter moments will occur. 2 - Wettest west: Wales, southwest England, Cumbria, southwest Scotland and more

Sunday’s rain story updated

Interesting to see how today's frontal system gets 'stripped' by (mostly) high ground as it crosses the British Isles. These are the 6-hour rainfall forecast (see the full size chart here) and notice the heavy rain passing through Northern Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and parts of northeast England this afternoon, but

Rainfall levels

Good day all! Well we are experiencing a fairly unsettled weather, with plenty of blustery showers, perhaps thundery with hail. Most of the rainfall totals are to be expected over the western parts, with the east seeing much less. These conditions will continue through the next week too. During the very week

5 things for the weekend!

☁️ Mixed skies: A blend of cloudy spells and brighter intervals across the weekend.🌦️ Frequent showers: Western areas see the bulk of showers, some heavy and blustery.⛈️ Local risks: Occasional thunder and hail possible in the heavier bursts.🌬️ Windy at times: Stronger gusts near coasts, especially during passing rain bands.🌡️

One More Look At Soil Moisture

By now, I'm sure you're tired of me babbling on about soil moisture. I'll make this my last post on this topic for a while, but I've found it fascinating to watch the slow improvement of moisture content with the arrival of more rain after such a dry summer. See

ECMWF 6-Week Outlook to mid-October

Here we go then with the guidance from the ECMWF 6-Week model which is taking us to mid-October. The chillier weather of the last couple of days for some (and night time cool temperatures too) certainly reminds us that autumn is here. This is what the model is expected... 15th September to 21st

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