Reports coming from south west Ireland over the weekend in the news media indicate that a bright meteor possibly broke up as it entered Earth’s atmosphere early on Friday morning. For more information, check out the BBC News report where local expert at the Armagh Observatory, Apostolos Christou, spoke to […]
The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming. The shower begins, gently, in mid-July when Earth enters the outskirts of a cloud of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. Dust-sized meteoroids, hitting the atmosphere, will streak across the night sky, at first only a sprinkling, just a few each night, but the rate […]
As the grass pollen season is looming, being informed of how the weather and pollen could affect you is key to being able to take the required steps to minimise any symptoms you may be subject to. With this in mind, I have a new section in the GENERAL FORECAST […]
With many thanks to WANSTEAD METEO for this fantastic insight into the last 70 years of winter snow in London. Follow Wanstead Meteo on Twitter. I first wrote this blog in December 2013 not realising that the following winters were going to turn so mild. Winter 2013/14 ranks the worst of […]
There’s nothing more British than a conversation about the weather, and with winter fully underway it’s often a moan! Whether it’s too cold, too dark or even too warm to snow, it seems we’re never quite happy with what’s going on outside. Some of us, however, have more reason to […]
With the heat, humidity and thunderstorms over the UK, I thought I’d share some facts about thunderstorms. Click below to watch a playlist of lightning videos posted today from England, 26th May 2017 storms. How do thunderstorms form? Thunderstorms develop when the atmosphere is unstable – this is when warm […]
How do snowflakes form? A snowflake begins to form when a water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal. As the crystal falls to the ground, water vapour freezes onto the “primary” crystal, building new crystals which become the six arms […]
The winter forecast by @LondonSnowWatch is now available and covers up to the end of January. It looks to be an average cold winter with below average precipitation. More details and a full analysis is available via the link below.
For the past couple of weeks, the UK has been in the grip of Artic winds as cold, biting winds have been bringing snow, hail, thunder, lightning, and generally windy conditions to most of the UK. But is this really out of the ordinary for April? A recent blog post […]
Storm Jonas hit the East Coast of the United States of America leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity, bringing cities to a standstill and costing at least 19 people their lives. Storm Jonas has arrived on Irish soil with its effects spreading throughout the UK over the next […]