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Jo Farrow

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  1. Snow overnight for Dartmoor, Exmoor and Welsh Mountains with a bit down to lower levels. Tuck of cold air from the northern Atlantic , with low "Nelson" named by AEMET Spanish Met Service.
  2. The UK climate demands a lot of our road surfaces: it becomes increasingly hot in summer and floods in winter. Even without a hard cold winter, the rain has added to pothole problems. Read more here
  3. No, but I work from home, so have more flexibility. The campaign was about letting people know it was possible, not to write off all the winter months and forget about drying outside. It won't fit everyone but it is still an open topic for discussion.
  4. Love your laundry | Brabantia WWW.BRABANTIA.COM The campaign launched yesterday
  5. Netweather and Jo Farrow have assisted with Brabantia's Love your Laundry campaign to encourage people to dry their laundry outside all year round. It is possible. Read more here
  6. Don't believe everything you read or hear. It will turn colder for the end of this week but it's showery so a look at where might see a bit of snow. Read more here
  7. MidlandsWeatherWatcher There are the Travel world cities forecasts barcelona, SPAIN Weather Forecast - Worldwide Weather - Netweather.tv WWW.NETWEATHER.TV Weather forecast for barcelona, SPAIN. Detailed forecast for the next 7 days. Updated four times a day to keep you totally up to date. and AEMET is the national agency for spain, for any warnings. This weekend looks wet and windy for Spain frmo the NW due to the same low that affects the UK but there seems to be some improvement next week, at least initially
  8. It's a very generational thing. I was excited to see the Aurora but also the snow, mountains, wildlife, scenery and Tromso ,even how the snow was cleared in a different country. One of my teens said "so you did see the Aurora, you can tick that off?" At the airport, there were definitely some folk who had bought a showy Arctic outfit with fur edging and were all about getting the pose of themselves in front of the Aurora. Which is fine and may enliven the shared aurora pics but what happens when the lights don't show that evening? Big disappointment? I was enchanted by life in the Arctic, I've read and watched as much as I can access since returning. I'd looked at the railway journeys, didn't fit with my trip but your photos look wonderful @TillyS
  9. Reflections on my recent visit to the Arctic Circle on a Weather Holidays trip (part of Netweather). Thanks to @ArcticBrit and Paul and Daniel. The best way to see Northern Lights in Norway WWW.NETWEATHER.TV Seeing the Aurora in the Arctic Circle has become a bucket list activity. What does a Weather Holidays chase tour in Norway involve, by day and night?
  10. Seeing the Aurora in the Arctic Circle has become a bucket list activity. What does a Weather Holidays chase tour in Norway involve, by day and night? Read more here
  11. By Friday morning, the low centre of Louis had moved towards the Alps and a new centre deepened across the NOrth Sea and was named ROLF by the Danish Met, with amber warnings for wind. Red rain warning for northern Italy from remnants of Louis, with snow, wind and other rain warnings. Wind warnings for southern Scandinavia too from ROLF
  12. Storm ROLF for Denmark (Northern naming group) which developed across the North Sea overnight, as Storm Louis (Southwestern naming group) hit France and the Netherlands yesterday. (Red warning for rain in northern Italy for that today) 'Storm Rolf hits the west coast of Jutland Storm Rolf lies over the north-eastern part of the North Sea and continues north-eastwards at high speed towards Oslo.' 'Storm warning with hurricane force gusts The storm is called: Rolf. DMI Warning for a storm with wind gusts of hurricane force along the west coast of Jutland and the Skagerrak coast. As well as DMI warning gale force winds with wind gusts of strong storm force or hurricane force.' Danish Met Institute Yellow flood , high tide and strong winds/gust warnings for Oslo
  13. The French called Thursday's low Louis, which the Netherlands acknowledged when they had orange warnings. That low centre looks to have headed to the Alps but another low developed across the North Sea and we have ROLF for Denmark . Storm Rolf, part of the Northern naming group
  14. Louis' rain clearing off into the North Sea as the Netherlands prepares for some wild weather before midnight.
  15. Orange warnings for Netherlands now for Louis, KNMI is of course in our naming group KNMI 'Very heavy gusts of wind are possible this evening due to storm Louis Very heavy gusts of wind may occur this evening. (thunder) showers also occur. Along the coast, above the IJsselmeer and above the Wadden area, wind gusts of more than 120 km/h. (G75mph) Over land of more than 100 km/h. Later this evening the wind will gradually decrease in strength from the west. This can cause damage and danger due to falling trees and flying objects.' Warnings Utrecht Gusts of wind Very heavy gusts of wind possible >100 km/h. (G62mph)
  16. Meteo France has named LOUIS for wind and rain, flood risk again in the north/NE area which has been so badly affected in recent months. https://community.netweather.tv/topic/99907-dépression-louis/#comment-5040498
  17. IF the Netherlands had named this one, then where would we be? Northern France is closer to southern England. Ingunn was closer to northern Scotland and was insane up here (Yellow wind warnings). Practically I don't know if it works across the UK. I do think that the whole alphabetic , start again in Sept is dumb, because no-one actually cares. People accept Ingunn after Jocelyn , or whatever. They only seem to pay attention to the one of the day, or the last one that badly affected their backyard. The Irish named ones sometimes don't affect the UK much. This week, people are talking about the ongoing rain down south, the flood risk, Louis brings more rain. Does it leave a vacuum by the Met Office, filled by the Daily Express? I'm quite happy to mention nearby storms like Ingunn and Louis as they do affect the UK. Does the language needs to be different, if it's not a Met Office named one?
  18. Office chat this morning (as Meteo France name Louis) - 'Does the Met Office have it about right in only talking about locally named lows. Is there a danger in diluting the naming of impactful lows for the UK by mentioning lows named for elsewhere?' (reminder our group is Ireland, UK and Netherlands. France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Lux. are all in another group)
  19. Meteo France " Storm LOUIS will deepen this Thursday afternoon in the English Channel and then the North Sea. In its wake, heavy rains accompanied by violent gusts will occur over a large northern half of the country, more particularly in the departments placed on orange alert. These violent gusts will also occur at the foot of the Pyrenees" wind and rain warnings for southern and southeastern Britain. Orange warnings for France for Wind and Rain . Rain warnings for northern Spain but also orange/red marine warnings for the far NW coasts, with violent seas Friday/Sat. The Fitzroy Shipping forecast already mentions "increasing severe gale force 9 later" and "very high seas"
  20. I joined the Weather Holidays (part of Netweather group) February trip to Tromsø. There are plenty of photos in the Gallery section, near the bottom, under Aurora and Landscape. It was stunning, we drove about sightseeing by day and chased clear skies and suitable backdrops in the evening, based at an apartment in the city. Temperatures dipped to -16C, and at times, the wind was cruel! Other days there was bright sunshine and our hired Arctic suits and boots kept us cosy. It snowed a little, we were in awe of the studded car tyres, gripping the snow and ice as the snow ploughs did a great job, shifting the drifting snow, then throwing it in the fjord. The weather warnings include avalanche, severe icing on ships and (the current) proper snow.
  21. Good to meet @ArcticBrit in Tromsø whilst awaiting the rest of the WeatherHolidays aurora group. What a stunning place , lets see what the Lights do
  22. Warnings for Snow and Ice today with cold Arctic air and an incoming band of rain
  23. Mika Rantanen @mikarantane "Sweden has set a new all-time wind speed record with a 10-minute average wind speed of 51.8 m/s measured at Stekenjokk during Storm Ingunn. The station is located at mountains, an altitude of 1037 metres." SMHI is the Swedish Met 51.8m/s is 116mph WOW
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