Weather-history

1781. 8.8 1809. 10.9 1784. 15.7 1978. 17.2 1969. 17.5 1947. 22.2 1803. 29.3 1830. 31.7 1931. 32.1 1951. 33.2

Cloudy periods with a little bit of sun

It's garbage, IMO, or at least the written part of it, written by someone who is ignorant of standard winter patterns for Europe. And they shouldn't be! A meteorologist, wherever in the world, should know there semi-permanent weather features such as the Icelandic low.

Nothing sort of day

Gritting is most effective when traffic is free flowing. If snow gets heavy, visibility drops, windscreen wipers work overtime clearing snow and the natural reaction is to slow down. Traffic builds up and soon as that happens, snow has more chance of accumulating and the more the snow accumulates, the slower the traffic gets, the snow ploughs then can't get through. It's a viscous circle.

I did a time-lapse of the Cassiopeia region of the night sky on the evening of the 14th October from Irlam. I think I caught the Andromeda Galaxy, there is a faint smudge in the area where the Andromeda Galaxy is located in relation to Cassiopeia near the end of the time-lapse.

Sunny start, clouds afternoon

14th October

It will be 25 years this coming February since the last significantly colder than average February, the February of 1991. That was 2.3C below the 1961-90 February CET average. Is the next one just around the corner?

Interesting standing wave clouds this morning

The period 16th-26th October 1905 was unusually cold, CET for that period was just 3.8C The CET minimum for the same period was a remarkable -0.8C The monthly CET for the month was 7.1C Numerous locations reported at least a ground frost on 11 consecutive nights. Minima recorded the month. Camden Square: -2.3C on 22nd Tenterden: -3.3C on 17th Winslow: -4.4C on 22nd, 25th Alderbury: -5.6C on 16th Launceston: -8.3C on 23rd Bromsgrove: -7.8C on 21st Aberystwyth: -5.6C on 22nd Edinburgh: -6.7C on 20th Dublin: -1.7C on 21st Waterford: -5.3C on 18th Omagh: -5.6C on 19th

Mars, Jupiter and Venus: 13th October 2015

Another day goes by

"High pressure to the north of the United Kingdom for much of the winter season will result in a very typical winter for parts of northwest Europe with stretches of tranquil weather and overall near-normal temperatures."Isn't the typical winter weather pattern for NW Europe, an Icelandic low and Azores high with a broad strong western flow? The above, IMO, is not a typical winter weather pattern for NW Europe.

First ground frost of the Autumn this morning. Leaf fall increasing.

Time-lapse of Venus, Jupiter and Mars rising this pre-dawn from Irlam

Mild and foggy? Fog has never felt mild around here.

11th October: cloud amounts were annoying

10th October 2015: the edge of the the remains of Joaquín

It looks a certain that it will be a drier and cooler than average first half to Autumn 2015.

Isn't time for a fresh thread? The title of the thread at least needs changing to the next season, if not.

A decent day

Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon on morning of 9th October

Pluto eclipses the Sun

Convection wasn't quite there