Snow with you?
December 16, 2011
in Weather News
Last night, most of the midlands and southern England got a taste of some snow.
Satellite view of the UK and France
The severe storm that was previously expected for us has hit France hard, with nearly half a million without power and many people evacuated from flood prone areas due to the storm surge.
If you would like to report the snow in your location, the best way is via Twitter using the hashtag #uksnow in the message along with your postcode or geotagged location, the amount of snow falling out of 10 e.g. 5/10 and a description.
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Five hurricanes? four weeks?
December 11, 2011
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UPDATE
The later forecast of high winds on Thursday/Friday is now looking less likely and the weather system could just skirt the south of England without actually making landfall which would give treacherous conditions for the English Channel and France. This does have a particular ring of de-ja vu 1987 so it’s best to keep checking the forecast as the weather models develop a more accurate picture during the week.
END OF UPDATE
There is some very severe weather incoming for the British Isles this week, beginning with high violent storm force winds hitting the north and west during Tuesday More >
Double trouble
November 24, 2011
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Over the next 72 hours 2 deep depressions will be passing the north of the British Isles bringing some very severe storms to Scotland and the North of Ireland.
Current Visual Satellite
This low pressure system is bringing massive waves to the north west and phenomenal winds of 65knots+ with gusts possibly close to 90knots. The current shipping forecast is as follows:
ROCKALL SOUTH VEERING WEST STORM 10 TO HURRICANE FORCE 12, DECREASING 7 TO SEVERE GALE 9. FAEROES SOUTH 6 TO GALE 8 VEERING SOUTHWEST STORM 10 TO HURRICANE FORCE 12, VEERING WEST 8 TO 10 LATER.
It’s not very often you see More >