Polar Maritime

Yes very unsettled indeed, But more settled/warmer weather of sorts is still showing towards mid-month.

More extreme weather events ?

This storm is the strongest storm ever recorded during the month of May, with winds that reached 155 mph at its peak. Previously that record was held by Hurricane Adolph in 2001, which reached a top wind speed of 145 mph. The storm began forming just over a week ago in the waters off the western coast of South America. These waters have been unusually warm recently; a potential signal of the growth of a 2014 El Niño event. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2685

Milky sky's here and dry with light winds, Temp 11.6c S/E 6mph. A max so far of 12.8c..

Cant wait !

CLOUDTOP PHENOMENON: For years, researchers have been studying red sprites and blue jets--strange forms of lightning that come out of the tops of clouds. On May 27th, a new form appeared. Pilot Cherdphong Visarathanonth was in the cockpit of an A320 at the airport in Bangkok, Thailand, when he saw a white tornado-like beam dancing atop this cumulonimbus cloud: "We could see the same phenomenon through both windshields even after the aircraft has pushing back in a different direction," says Visarathanonth. "I made a4 minute video in which we can see the phenomenon quickly moving and disappearing from time to time." Brian Whittaker, another pilot with extensive sky watching experience, says, "I have seen Blue Jets and Sprites, but this is something totally different. Good luck figuring out what it is." One reader suggests that it is a "jumping sundog." Lightning discharges in thunderclouds can temporarily change the electric field above the clouds where charged ice crystals were reflecting sunlight. The new electric field quickly re-orients the geometric crystals to a new orientation that reflects sunlight differently.Videos of the phenomenon show that it might be related to what Visarathanonth saw. http://www.spaceweather.com/

Yes, Way out at 300hr but sign's are still there for something more settled after week 2, The latest meto outlook seems to also hint a settling down from mid-month... Before then more of the same, Cool/Wet and unsettled off the Atlantic seems to be the continuing theme for now.

Thanks John, Have plenty of time to move so that's taken the stress out of it, Im hoping the next time i flit will be to the local Crematorium... I do enjoy the peace and isolation to come back to, Always have done, as it's all I know living round here most of my life, To be honest the effects of Snowfall will not change as the new house is only a few fields away, All the back roads get buried anyway here during heavy falls and only reliant on local farmers (myself) in clearing the lanes, As not council priority/owned, Last March me and the other half were stuck here for over a week due to massive 15+drifts. But as im a Winter fan at heart it makes it all the more better!

Another cool and very wet morning here with low cloud and fog over 350m. Temp currently 9.6c N/E 12mph. On a side note im just starting to pack here as moving in the next few weeks, All stops the same as only moving 4 fields away but with much better views and a much more isolated location for my weather station. Lot's of work to do before then, but cant wait to get in to fire the Arger up, Been wanting one for years !

Some of Earth's earliest life-forms were thought to have left their mark roughly 3.45 billion years ago in minerals found in what is now the Barberton greenstone belt of South Africa. However, the minerals formed closer to 2.9 billion years ago, and the microstructures within them were not created by early microorganisms, scientists argue May 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The results suggest that scientists will have to search for a different set of signatures of early life on Earth and also on other planets. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/age-and-origin-earths-early-fossils-questioned

Yes Knock, Once again the GFS is playing with a warm Easterly this morning into the very later frames, Still a lot of water to run under the bridge yet though.. Literally.

Another cool wet morning here, Temp 8.6c, N/E 8mph, Rain 3.2mm.

Another distorted view from the so called sceptics.

Yes seems that way CR, Never noticed the update this morning

Yes gone are the Height rises from the S/W, No real surprise there.. Let's see where we are after the 11th on the run, Then again let's not, more cool and unsettled weather showing into the run from the North.. Jet well South of the UK. Ties in with today's meto outook pretty well.

Rain eased here around 3pm leaving 9.9mm since midnight. A top temp today of 10.8c.. Currently; 10.4c, North 6mph.

Yes Captain, And a much warmer and pleasant end to the run as Height's push in again from the S/W, This time looking much stronger in blocking off the Atlantic. A long way to go yet though, But something im keeping an eye on..

Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago… well, most of them. Some species went on to eventually become birds, and a group of researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Ontario Museum believe that shrinking played a large role in their success. The research was led by Oxfords’s Roger Benson and the results were published in PLOS Biology. “Dinosaurs aren’t extinct; there are about 10,000 species alive today in the form of birds. We wanted to understand the evolutionary links between this exceptional living group and their Mesozoic relatives, including well-known extinct species like T. rex, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus,†Roger Benson said in a press release. “We found exceptional body mass variation in the dinosaur line leading to birds, especially in the feathered dinosaurs called maniraptorans. These include Jurassic Park’s Velociraptor, birds, and a huge range of other forms, weighing anything from 15 grams to 3 tonnes, and eating meat, plants, and more omnivorous diets.†The team calculated the weight of over 400 different species of dinosaur that emerged around 220 million years ago. Estimating the weight is accomplished by measuring the bones in its legs, particularly the femur. As legs are responsible for holding up all of the body’s weight, this is a reliable and accurate method for determining size. Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-shrinking-aided-evolutionary-success-dinosaurs#xQmkx5pVftZL3mOP.99

Yes TM, A very Autumnal feel indeed here today, Almost chilly in the heavy'er burst's.

Rare cosmic blast sends astronomers racing to telescopes. NASA’s Swift satellite has detected a burst of high-energy gamma rays coming from the Andromeda galaxy, the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way. The rare cosmic explosion is likely to deliver a flood of data to astronomers, who are swiveling their telescopes to capture its aftermath. The Andromeda galaxy. Credit Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF. Swift watches for gamma-ray bursts and, if it detects one, the satellite automatically redirects to try to capture the source. The trigger went off at 9:21 pm Universal time on 27 May; three minutes later, the X-ray telescope aboard Swift was already observing a bright X-ray glow where none had existed before. News of the event rippled across the astronomical community. Within minutes the Swift data servers had crashed, leaving the official news mirrored in unofficial locations.

A very overcast wet and blustery morning here, A min temp of 8.9c last night. Currently; Light/Moderate Rain, 10.4c W/N/W 11mph Gusting 19mph Rain since midnight 7.9m

Its Raining!

Yes sure seems that way Andy, still nothing here yet..

You asked what extreme weather was.. They dont blame all extreme weather on man, There is still lots of re-search to do on this subject by the expert's, so you may struggle to get a diffinitive answer as to what % mans effects are.