Climate Report: 2010 – November

Temperature Mean, Maxima and Minima - November 2010

November 2010 – the coldest November on record and a total of 5 November records broken; lowest pressure, coldest maximum daily temperature, lowest daily temperature, lowest mean daily temperature and lowest November monthly mean temperature. . . . → Read More: Climate Report: 2010 – November

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

Record November Low Pressure

The barometer finally bottomed out at 958.6mb around 16:00 – a record low pressure for the month of November. Pressure now reads 959.2mb, rising very slowly at 0.15mb/hour. This is the predicted situation for 18:00 today based on the 12:00 GFS run:

Pressure Synoptic for 18:00. Image courtesy of weatheronline.co.uk

As the depression . . . → Read More: Record November Low Pressure

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

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

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