Archive for the 'News' Category

Arctic Warming Means Snowy Winters

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

It’s a little early in the year to be waking up the Winter Blog, but I spotted an article this morning, and reckoned it was too relevant to pass. The headline is: More Cold and Snowy Winters to Come in Europe, Eastern Asia and Eastern North America, and here’s the most relevant quote:
“While the emerging […]

Winter’s Last Dance

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

The winter is having one final run at us this week, with what’s potentially a nasty enough storm sweeping down through the Irish Sea, or perhaps along the east coast of Ireland. For once, this looks set to have more influence on Irish weather than that of the UK. Forecasts vary on the exact precipitation; […]

Winter Isn’t Over Yet

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

It seems that the winter is not over yet - there’s another cold snap coming in across the British Isles as I write. The Guardian cover the predictions in some detail, but the general gist is that it’s not likely to be as deeply cold as the January cold. There’ll be some snow across the […]

Snow FAQ

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

As the cold gets stuck in - and some weather models are saying it could stay for weeks more - here’s a helpful (if slightly tongue-in-cheek) set of frequently asked questions for dealing with snow, from the Guardian.

Cycling in Snow

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

For those in parts of the UK affected by snow, with public transport out of action or badly delayed in many areas, cycling may actually be a workable way to get around. Matt Seaton, writing in the Guardian, has a timely article on cycling in snow. Be careful out there!

The Cold Snap - January 2010

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

It’s been cold, properly wintery cold, since about the 18th of December. It’s being touted as the coldest spell in Ireland for the last 50 years, and while there haven’t been completely record-breaking low temperatures, numbers around the -9°C mark have been recorded. I’ll also point out for my North European and North American readers […]

Cold Snap from the 13th of December?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

The 13th of December is still more than three days out, and therefore weather predictions are not reliable. However, most of the forecasts models seem to agree that the UK and Ireland will see some fairly cold, clear weather starting from next week, and lasting for at least a few days - temperatures dipping below […]

Winter Weather

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

The British Isles have seen some spectacularly unpleasant weather over the last few weeks, with storms and massive amounts of rainfall. Cumbria in the UK, and most places west of the Shannon in Ireland, have seen serious flooding. Now it looks as though we’re coming into the first real cold snap of the year, with […]

First Frost 2009: 7th October

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

We had the first frost of the winter yesterday morning, the 7th of October. Roofs of houses, cars, a touch on exposed grass, but nothing heavy as yet. If we get the same kind of hoar-frost this year as last, I’ll try to get some pictures of it - it looked magnificent on some of […]

Frost Risk

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

For the first time this autumn, the Metcheck service has something on its FrostRisk pages for the areas I check. In fact, it’s giving a 55% chance of frost in my home area tonight:

And Met Éireann, although they don’t use the word frost, are saying temperatures might drop to 4C, which is just about low […]