Weather and Climate

Freddie gives a good explanation of the dynamics but the bottom line is that the models have always

With the QBO in its westerly phase, the likelihood of a split polar vortex and cold spell later this

This means wet wet wet for UK. A bit like 2013/2014 winter? Take a look at the last 30 days The

A testament to the quasi-conservative properties of latent heating Wolfgang's low-level core

Yes, apologies for using the Daily Mail, it just happened to have a good collection of photos. Being

The graph of past observed global temperatures v the climate model predictions (1900-2000), looked

This next week's westerlies will put paid to this setup, but beyond that if the GFS is to

Unusually we've had several fine sunny days in east Scotland, but inland and the Islands have

I was struck by the similarities of the flow between February and May of this year. The almost

I suspect this must be the reason for the sudden change in the forecast for Whitley Bay!

On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 16:26:55 UTC, Smartie wrote: ... but how reliable is the CFS at ST

The one at the end of next week looks quite impressive, I think, but it probably won't come to

27 November 2016 Just to draw attention to: - continuing warm air advection in the sector east of

On Wednesday, 12 October 2016 14:20:56 UTC+1, xmetman wrote: Joe It would be nice to see the

Punch line courtesy of John Hammond... Still some lumpy bits in it And here in Devon just a couple of

Lower than average pressure across the central Atlantic (-3 hPa) and higher than average pressure

Just very typical zonal conditions with a pressure gradient across the UK from lower to the N/NW and

Thank you so much. As good as I thought they would be. I have access to others regularly but yours

The changes in the circulation pattern over western Europe and the eastern Atlantic during June are