A Windy Day In Store?

A second low pressure system this week is now sitting off the northwest of Ireland and is due to pass to the north of us through today. This is the predicted surface level pressure for today, 06:00, based on the 00:00 GFS run:

Predicted Surface Pressure at 06:00 11th November 2010.Image courtesy of . . . → Read More: A Windy Day In Store?

A Damp Evening

Continuous light rain has been falling since around 20:30 to give 0.03″ (0.76mm) rainfall with 0.02″ (0.51mm) in the last hour. Temperature is still mild at 10.2C, up 0.3C in the last hour.

The barometer is falling rapidly again as the next Atlantic depression approaches Ireland from the northwest. This is the synoptic chart . . . → Read More: A Damp Evening

Low Pressure

The barometer is now down to 968.0mb; but is falling much less rapidly now at 0.8mb/hour as the centre of the despression moves over Ireland:

GFS Sea Level Pressure Prediction for 06:00 8th November 2010Image courtesy of weatheronline.co.uk

Winds never amounted to much yesterday evening and have now slackened to calm to a . . . → Read More: Low Pressure

High Cloud, Light Air

The bright blue sky has given way to a thin high cloud in the last hour as can be seen on the 12:15 (UTC) satellite image from sat24.com:

Europe satellite image 12:15 UTC

The temperature here is currently 9.9C, just a little down from the high for today so far of 10.6C at . . . → Read More: High Cloud, Light Air

Tomorrow’s Storm

Tomorrow, Sunday 7th November, and into Monday we can expect the first big storm we’ve had for some time. At the moment the depression that will form this storm is a fairly innocuous looking low to the southwest of Greenland, the low is indicated in the top left corner:

Surface Pressure at 12:00 . . . → Read More: Tomorrow’s Storm

Blocking High

North Atlantic Sea Level Pressure 20/10/2010

Here's a synoptic chart showing the high pressure system that's been established in the North Atlantic for over a week now. This anti-cyclone is effectively blocking Atlantic lows from reaching Ireland whilst bringing us relatively benign weather with light winds and plenty of sunshine.

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