Weather-history

ITN News report

17th: Snow arrives

16th: Arctic air floods southwards

15th

14th

13th

12th: weekly forecast

11th

10th

9th: the cold finally relaxes for the moment

Is the latest Met Office forecast similiar to mine? Are they going for anticyclonicity dominating?

I posted this before I think the turning point came in March 2008, when northerly blocking started to become prevalent than it had been for a long time. 17 below 1971-2000 average months before March 2008 in 7 years but 37 in less than 6 years from March 2008 Months below the 1971-2000 average since January 2001 Jun 2013: 13.6 (-0.5) May 2013: 10.4 (-0.9) Apr 2013: 7.5 (-0.6) Mar 2013: 2.7 (-3.6) Feb 2013: 3.2 (-1.0) Jan 2013: 3.5 (-0.7) Dec 2012: 4.8 (-0.3) Nov 2012: 6.8 (-0.1) Oct 2012: 9.7 (-0.7) Sep 2012: 13.0 (-0.6) Jul 2012: 15.5 (-1.0) Jun 2012: 13.5 (-0.6) Apr 2012: 7.2 (-0.9) Feb 2012: 3.8 (-0.4) Aug 2011: 15.4 (-0.8] July 2011: 15.2 (-1.3) June 2011: 13.8 (-0.3) Jan 2011: 3.7 (-0.5) Dec 2010: -0.7 (-5.8] Nov 2010: 5.2 (-1.7) Oct 2010: 10.3 (-0.1) Aug 2010: 15.3 (-0.9) May 2010: 10.7 (-0.6) Mar 2010: 6.1 (-0.2) Feb 2010: 2.8 (-1.4) Jan 2010: 1.4 (-2.8] Dec 2009: 3.1 (-2.0) Jul 2009: 16.1 (-0.4) Feb 2009: 4.1 [-0.1] Jan 2009: 3.0 [-1.2] Dec 2008: 3.5 (-1.6) Oct 2008: 9.7 (-0.7) Sep 2008: 13.5 (-0.2) Jul 2008: 16.2 (-0.3) Jun 2008: 13.9 (-0.2) Apr 2008: 7.9 (-0.2) Mar 2008: 6.1 (-0.2) ------------------------------------ a turning point Dec 2007: 4.9 (-0.2) Aug 2007: 15.4 (-0.8] July 2007: 15.2 (-1.3) Aug 2006: 16.1 (-0.1) Mar 2006: 4.9 (-1.4) Feb 2006: 3.7 (-0.5) Dec 2005: 4.4 (-0.7) Nov 2005: 6.2 (-0.7) July 2004: 15.8 (-0.7) Dec 2003: 4.8 (-0.3) Oct 2003: 9.2 (-1.2) Feb 2003: 3.9 (-0.3) Oct 2002: 10.1 (-0.3) Jul 2002: 16.0 (-0.5) Dec 2001: 3.6 (-1.5) Sep 2001: 13.4 (-0.3) Apr 2001: 7.7 (-0.4) Mar 2001: 5.2 (-1.1) Jan 2001: 3.2 (-1.0)

8th

7th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtdreRRZ5B

6th

5th: two weekly forecasts

4th

193,700mph now at time of posting.I wonder what it will reach at perihelion?

3rd BBC news report

2nd BBC report on the cold at Altnaharra Forecast

1st. December 2010

BBC news report on the severe weather

Here are two forecasts from that memorable Friday night of 17th December 2010. Interesting the change in the forecast in 4 hours Rob McElwee

29th November 2010

Now 176,383mph about 18 hours later