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My seasonal and other forecasts, review and analysis of monthly and seasonal weather aswell as cold snaps, snow events and other events.

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Kilted Review of the Weather of 2012

[center][size=5]A Kilted Review of the Year in Weather: 2012[/size][/center] [center][img]http://cdn.theguardian.tv/brightcove/poster/2012/5/10/120510PrinceCharlesWeather_6163198.jpg[/img][/center] The year started off with a bang as the country was battered in the early hours of the 3rd January thanks to a sting jet. There was widespread damage and distruption and at Blackford Hill, Edinburgh where there was a gust of 102mph - the storm was judged to have been the worst in 13 years.

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

My Weather Diary of December 2012

December 1st: Welcome to winter, and a fantastic way to start it with another sub 5C maxima, frost and fantastic sunshine and wintry scenes aswell as some snow showers across parts of Scotland. But there was a lot of ice on surfaces this morning - very dangerous. Went for a drive this afternoon with another fantastic wintry sunset and dusk, magical winter colours and shadows to everything. There was some snow on the Campsies, plenty of icy slushy deposits on the roads. The Queen's View had a

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

My Weather Diary Of Autumn 2012

[center][b]SEPTEMBER DICUSSION[/b][/center] 1st September: A bit drizzly earlier, then it turned quite nice and sunny for a spell but cloud cover again increased and much of the evening was wet and dull. Tomorrow should be a better day, beyond this there could be some rain at times, cloudy and the model outlook is for quite a warm looking first half of September. 2nd September: Quite grey and dull in the morning before things did brighten up for afterwards. Some clear skies and nice evenin

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Autumn Forecast 2012

[b][u][u]AWT'S Autumn 2012 Forecast[/u][/u][/b] [b][u][u]SEPTEMBER [/u][/u][/b]... quite warm and changeable with good periods of both dry and wet and windy autumnal weather. Temperatures 0.0 to 1.0 above normal. CET 14.0C. Rainfall 110% in the north/west to 60% in the south east, spells of active atlantic weather. Sunshine 5-15% above normal. [b][u][u]OCTOBER [/u][/u][/b]... warm start, cooler end and wet, windy and changeable at times. Temperatures 0.5C below to 0.75 above the normal. CE

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

My Weather Diary Of Summer 2012: My Blog

[center][b]JUNE DISCUSSION[/b][/center] 6th June: Hello there folks, we've had a tops-turvy Spring and now we are in summer. The first we days were sunny but cold here in Glasgow with frosts in the highlands. Now, the Atlantic is up and running with a southerly tracking jet bring rain to all from the SW, however sunny sunny intervals between fronts are possible. It's worth following developments in the models and what the weather is like over the next wee while. Not long to the Euros soon,

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Summer Forecast 2012

[b][u][u]ASWT'S SUMMER FORECAST 2012[/u][/u][/b] [b][u][u]JUNE[/u][/u] [/b]... mostly warm and dry, with short unsettled interludes. Temperatures 0.5 to 1.5 above normal. CET 15.3C. Rainfall 55% south east to 75% north west, storms and occasional fronts providing most the rain for the SE, a mixture of fronts and showers providing rain from the NW during unsettled interludes. Sunshine 15-20% above normal. [b][u][u]JULY[/u][/u][/b] ... cool and wet periods likely at times with warm, dry co

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

The Moments Of The Year In Weather - 2012

[u][b][u][u]GREAT STORM OF JANUARY 2012:[/u][/u][/b][/u] Woke up at 6am to the sound of an almighty gust of wind that made the most incredible bangs. The roar, drone and rumble of the wind was endless and loud and I could hear it smashing some area of the town, just hoping that the particular gust won't reach here. The gusts were constent and mental. I could hear and feel the door about to explode open, I could hear all the bins falling over and damage to roofs and I just thought that the wor

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

My Weather Diary Of Spring 2012: My Blog

Any notable or interesting or nice event will be covered. Be it an upcoming Heatwave, Snowfall, Storm, Last Frost or first 20C will be covered here from March 2012 onwards. [center][b]MARCH DISCUSSION[/b][/center] 23rd March: March started typically spring like with some sun, some rain, some snow and frost before a long cloudy period followed. The past few days have been warmer and sunnier as yesterday we had 15C and sun here in Glasgow with hazy sunshine and the first UK 20c of 2

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Spring 2012 Blog - Review, Analysis And Key Events

[center][b]SPRING 2012[/b][/center] FACTS: [b]MARCH 2012:[/b] [b]SCOTLAND MEAN: 7.0C (NEW RECORD), CET: 8.3C, MAX TEMP: 23.6C, MIN TEMP: -8.5C[/b] [b] [b]Scotland diary of highlights[/b][/b] [b]The first part of the month was unsettled, but thereafter high pressure was dominant, giving plenty of fine, dry weather and record-breaking high temperatures for many.[/b] [b]The mean temperature was 3.1 °C above the 1971-2000 average, provisionally the equal warmest March in a series sinc

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Uk Weather: 2012 Vs 2011 Vs 2010

Let's start with a more interesting year like 2010, then a more mad and messed up year like last year and so how 2012 is faring! January 2010: UK Mean Temp = 0.9C, Max Temp = 13.2C, Min Temp = -22.3C February 2010: UK Mean Temp = 1.9C, Max Temp = 13.3C, Min Temp = -19.2C March 2010: UK Mean Temp = 5.1C, Max Temp = 18.0C, Min Temp = -18.6C April 2010: UK Mean Temp = 8.0C, Max Temp = 22.9C, Min Temp = -7.0C May 2010: UK Mean Temp = 9.8C, Max Temp = 28.9C, Min Temp = -6.0C June 2010: UK Mea

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Spring 2012 Forecast

[u][b][u][u]CSS Spring Forecast 2012[/u][/u][/b][/u] Overview With Winter being many Atlantic dominated with a persistent Azores High, I believe that a very interesting Spring is on the cards. I believe that March will start of Atlantic Dominated but I do believe that we will see it become quieter - I believe that his could result in a mixture of cold and warm spells for March and April with plenty of sunshine and increasing the risk of drought although showers may still be possible in the

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Winter 2011/2012 - Review, Analysis And Key Events

[center]WINTER 2011/2012[/center] FACTS: REVIEW: [b]DECEMBER 2011: [/b] [b]SCOTLAND MEAN: 3.1C, CET: 6.0C, MAX TEMP: 15.5C, MIN TEMP: -9.4C[/b] [b] Scotland Diary of Highlights[/b] [b]A persistent Atlantic airstream brought changeable, sometimes very stormy, conditions. Temperatures were near or a little below normal for much of the month but it became milder in the last 10 days. There was rainfall on most days and hill snow at times. [/b] [b]The mean temperature was equal

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

Winter Forecast 2011/2012

[u][b][u]AWT FINAL WINTER FORECAST[/u][/b][/u] [u][b][u]Winter 2011/2012[/u][/b][/u] [u][u]Factors Involved:[/u][/u][list] [*]Recent, Low Solar Activity - [color=#ff0000]NO IMPACT ON WINTER![/color] [*]La Nina and a predicted strengthening La Nina - [color=#ff0000]DID THIS HAVE ANY IMPACT?[/color] [*]The consitency of High Pressure over Greenland - [color=#ff0000]NO IMPACT ON WINTER![/color] [*]Current and near future positioning of the jet stream - [color=#ff0000]NO IMPACT ON WINTER![/c

A Winter's Tale

A Winter's Tale

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