One wonders when the
#irony
of a Red Extreme Heat Warning next to images of happy sunbathers will become apparent in some news coverage…
#mixedmessages
#extremeheat
‘I’ve been forecasting for 30-odd years, I’ve never seen anything like this.’
John Hammond warns the incoming heatwave is a ‘sign of things to come’.
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The excitement with which some forecasters are almost ‘urging’ temperature records to be broken in the few days... Hmm... The narrative should be more of concern than thrill-seeking.
#GlobalWarming
It’s ironic, when temperatures are near normal for summer, that so many cheer on the prospect of much warmer weather and the return of, er, ‘summer’. That some are meteorologists is beyond irony. When will the penny drop?
#ClimateCrisis
Oh dear. An oceanographer knows the tide’s coming in but would you expect them to know the precise location of every molecule of water in the world at any given time?
✍️ 'The Met Office says summers will be 40C in 2060. The weather tomorrow, however, remains a mystery to them'
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Oh dear. An oceanographer knows the tide’s coming in but would you expect them to know the precise location of every molecule of water at a given time?
This is the FIRST time a RED (Danger to Life) Warning has been issued for London or Southeast England since the since the system was instigated well over a decade ago!
#StormEunice
Something’s stirring! It’s cold out there but there’s a chance it could get a whole lot colder. Signs now of an imminent Sudden Stratospheric Warming. Here’s a reminder of what effect that CAN have - from 2018 - just before the
#BFTE
#ukcold
#uksnow
#SSW
INCOMING!
It might be mild in the south right now but talk of early spring will soon be put back in the freezer. Confidence is growing for a particularly harsh spell of wintry weather spreading across the country from the east from this weekend.
#UKWinter
#SSW
#UKSnow
As predicted last week, further damaging frost last night across parts of the country, courtesy of historically low May temperatures. 🥶 Big warm-up ahead soon... 🥵
Week-Ahead QuickCast - Milder... briefly!
Temperatures are on the rise but, as John suggests, it won't be long before frost and snow re-emerge in the forecast...
#UKWeather
#MondayMotivation
#SSW
32 degrees in here! (Not much lower outside). I’m a very proud father of a very happy son. Today the goslings arrived on Day 1 of the
#BrewersGoose
journey. Big day!
#ukfarming
#gday
#heatwave
Week-Ahead QuickCast - A wintry end to the year
The focus of the weather story moves from wind and rain to ice and snow in places, but some bright and crisp sunshine should lift the spirits as 2020 comes to an end.
#UKWeather
#UKSnow
#Winter
's coming! A heads up -
#weatherapps
may take a while to firm up on local detail but, by the end of the week, some central parts of the UK could struggle to get above freezing all day where fog lingers. For many others, some welcome crisp sunshine!
#frost
#fog
#freezingfog
Worrying look to the week ahead's charts as the UK 'disappears' beneath repeated batches of heavy
#rain
. Models indicating several inches of rain likely in some places by early next week.
#Flooding
potential is primary concern to forecasters, although winds could be impactful too
Exciting! On Monday we launch our Weather365! We'll take you through a year of
#weather
: how it works, how it's forecast and all the basics of meteorology. And for KS4/A'Level students learning remotely we're here to answer any Qs. There's always more weather to come! Sara & John
Outlook for December remains elusive. Signs appear and disappear. Still… nice climb up to the top of Drumaldrace this afternoon
#YorkshireDales
#uksnow
Have the 👽landed? 😬
What a cracking
#Levanter
cloud over
#Gibraltar
this lunchtime - formed by moist air from the Alboran Sea lifted by the Levante (Easterly) wind up the East side of the Rock.
At 1pm, it's currently 23C with a gentle to moderate breeze.
#Clouds
#Nubes
Week-Ahead QuickCast - More fun and games ahead...
If snow's your thing, and you missed out this weekend, don't throw in the towel yet! There'll be more possibilities to come, despite a milder interlude for some, in the week ahead...
#UKSnow
#SSW
#MondayMotivation
Thankfully some things stay the same... The weather continues to do its own thing and we still to try to forecast it correctly!
@bbcpointswest
#ukweather
Beware charts showing 'airmass' temperatures next week. These (top chart) are for 5000 feet up, suggesting very mild air. But it looks likely that much chillier air (bottom chart) will stagnate near the ground from midweek, esp where
#freezingfog
lingers. Sub-zero maxes anyone?
After such a wet, warm, windy winter so far, novelty flakes possible early next week in the south… Monday into Tuesday… (disruption unlikely, but with scattered joy for some 😉 ).
#uksnow
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Excitement mounts across parts of snow-starved southern Britain. Amount & extent by Thu AM still very uncertain. Model forecasts range from a blanket to virtually none at all! Just 3 examples below. (What’s more certain is that it’ll be gone by the weekend ;-)
#knifeedge
#uksnow
High impact snow event(s) look increasingly likely across the U.K. through next week.
The tricky bit: where and when…?
Some northern areas the safest bet, but potential is there for major snowfall further south too.
Potential does not (yet) mean it’s going to happen.
#uksnow
After such a wet spell, some brief, but welcome, shafts of
#spring
sunshine spilling across the landscape here in Upper
#Wensleydale
today, showing up the contours to their very best.
Chilly out, but we’ll save words like “bitter” for later in this spell - it might be here for a while. Cold message with a warm smile (it says here) on
@bbcsoutheast
@BBCSurrey
and
@BBCSussex
later today 😉 🥶 👍
Now you know that we’re not prone to hyperbole here. However by Saturday, the word “BITTER” may well be appropriate. Potentially the coldest spell of the winter on its way for the weekend, accentuated by strong NE winds. Snow for some, though not all.
#bitter
#uksnow
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Weekend QuickCast - Cold continues into 2021
The year may be changing but the weather's playing the same chilly tune. John talks us through a weekend of low temperatures but high variety around the UK.
#UKWeather
#WeekendVibes
#UKSnow
Week-Ahead QuickCast - Changing month, changing weather?
Winter seems to have arrived early to the party. Has it settled in for good? Not quite, but John sees only brief glimpses of milder weather in the week ahead.
#MondayMotivation
#UKSnow
#Cold
Week-Ahead QuickCast: Spring hints, wintry reminders...
A mild start to the week, but we'll feel a chillier side to late winter as March approaches.
#ukweather
BIG news folks - you asked, we listened... we are bringing back Facebook lives for the season! LOTS to talk about, esp the will it/won’t it Arctic plunge for next week! ❄️🌧🌬Join us on Friday at 5pm via our FB page:
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Warmer weather at the weekend. But what’s worth more: a day out in the sunshine or thousands more deaths?! It’s in our hands, people. Let’s stick together and make the right choice. Stay at home! Protect the NHS! Save lives!
#NHS
#COVID
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#UKWeather
Mild, mild, mild, mild, mild, mild... but... cold in time for Christmas? I'll be dangling the carrot of a festive change in the weather in the distance on
@bbcsoutheast
@BBCRadioKent
@BBCSussex
@BBCSurrey
this evening
NOT a nailed on certainty by any stretch of the imagination, but some parts of southern UK who have not yet seen any snow this winter could see some of the white stuff on Sunday. Talking lots about this - and all manner of things - later live at 6pm.