Polar Maritime

Moderate/Light rain here for the last hour or so giving 3.2mm, Temp 8.5c N/W 6mph.

NEW METEOR SHOWER ON EARTH AND THE MOON: Anticipation is building as Earth approaches a cloud of debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR. This weekend, meteoroids hitting Earth's atmosphere could produce a never-before-seen shower called the "May Camelopardalids" peaking with as many as 200 meteors per hour. The best time to look is on Saturday, May 24th. http://www.spaceweather.com/

Feeling hot in the long sunny spells here, No idea what temp is as stuck working in the middle of a field again.

Yes, A Clear Sunny morning here with light winds, An overnight low of 7.9c, Currently 9.1c.

Yes the models look to be showing a very showery pattern for the 2nd half of May as Darren Bett stressed last night, With Low pressure systems bumping into the Hight's over central Europe and stalling them over the UK.

Very heavy rain here..

A very heavy shower passing through here.

You'll miss the next batch of storms

May 19, 2014: Every ten days, the NASA/French Space Agency Jason-2 satellite maps all the world's oceans, monitoring changes in sea surface height, a measure of heat in the upper layers of the water. Because our planet is more than 70% ocean, this information is crucial to global forecasts of weather and climate. Lately, Jason-2 has seen something brewing in the Pacific—and it looks a lot like 1997. "A pattern of sea surface heights and temperatures has formed that reminds me of the way the Pacific looked in the spring of 1997," says Bill Patzert, a climatologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "That turned out to be the precursor of a big El Niño." http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/19may_elnino/

Sunny spells developing here now, No idea what temp is as out working in the middle of a field..

A few light showers early this morning, feeling humid now and very hazy.

Scientists Now Suspect More Sea Level Rise from Greenland’s Glaciers Greenland’s glaciers may contribute more to future sea level rise than once thought, despite earlier reports that their steady seaward advance is a bit slower than expected. This is just more sobering news on the current state of Earth’s ice from the same researchers that recently announced the “unstoppable†retreat of West Antarctic glaciers. Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/112002/scientists-now-suspect-more-sea-level-rise-from-greenlands-glaciers/#ixzz32D4GpvJ0

Yes G.W. A long way to go yet but it's looking poor to start with.

Let's wait and see! Now Casting is far more accurate during these set-up's.

Would be nice to get the 1'st Storm of the year here tonight ! Convective that is.

Yes, I'm sure more in-land areas will see better convective activity later this evening and overnight as they push N/E, As per Nick's forecast. Nothing to report here today so far, Fingers crossed every one !

Good find and a good read, thanks Knock. Must of been "something" to witness so to speak..

Please can we keep to Model Discussion in here, There are plenty of threads for other related Topics. Thanks.

Taken by my mate Jon Kidd, An Ultra-wide angle shot of Arbor Low taken just up the road from here last night during the best of the light. f/8 1/125 @10mm iso100 ND2 grad.

Some towers starting build here to my W/N/W

Just had a walk up to the High Peak Trail, Some towers starting to form.. Temp 32.3c in the Sun, 19,4c in the shade.

It's warming up now here with long sunny spells developing, 28.6c in the direct sunlight, and 19c in the shade with a nice 12mph Southerly breeze.

SOLAR 'MINI-MAX': Last month at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, solar cycle expert Doug Biesecker of NOAA announced that "Solar Maximum is here, finally." According to his analysis, the sunspot number for Solar Cycle 24 is near its peak right now. Spoiler: It's not very impressive. "This solar cycle continues to rank among the weakest on record," says Workshop attendee Ron Turner of Analytic Services, Inc. To illustrate the point, he plotted the smoothed sunspot number of Cycle 24 vs. the previous 23 cycles since 1755: In the composite plot, Cycle 24 is traced in red. Only a few cycles since the 18th century have have had lower sunspot counts. For this reason, many researchers have started calling the ongoing peak a "Mini-Max." "By all Earth-based measures of geomagnetic and geoeffective solar activity, this cycle has been extremely quiet," notes Turner. "However, Doug Biesecker has presented several charts showing that most large events such as strong flares and significant geomagnetic storms occur in the declining phase of the solar cycle." In other words, there is still a chance for significant solar activity in the months and years ahead. http://www.spaceweather.com/

Not as sunny as the last 3 mornings here, Milky sky's with a Temp of 16c. Hopefully we may get some convective activity today.

Never said otherwise Knock, Doesn't stop me walking/climbing and I've worked outdoors since I was young so my skin is well season'd not through choice!