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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Not surprisingly the gfs det run fits neatly into the framework of the medium term GEFS mean anomaly this evening. The salient points being high amplification upstream; and a very strong westerly flow across  the Atlantic to the quite intense vortex lobe/trough aligned south over the UK which facilitates a secondary  energy flow from around the Iceland area. Thus portending very unsettled with temps varying around the average but with the usual caveats of large day to day swings and regional variations  as systems track east and different energy flows come into play

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No significant difference in the ext period, perhaps some lessening of the intensity but that's to be expected

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  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,Thunderstorms mix both for heaven THUNDERSNOW 😜😀🤤🥰
  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL

 

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

A quick glance at the EC weeklies update for the first two weeks of January

Jan 01-08

Salient points

TPV over northern Canada adjacent to the Alaskan ridge

Strong westerly upper flow exiting the eastern seaboard south of the trough in the  NW Atlantic

But this abates and backs a tad in the east courtesy of some ridging from the positively anomalous subtropical high and low pressure in the eastern Mediterranean

This would portend a relatively quiet and dry spell of weather but tending towards a NW/SE split with temps around average

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Jan 08 - 15

No significant changes except perhaps some stronger ridging over Scandinavia

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I feel a ditty from Max Bygraves coming on

 

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Outlook - unsettled and very windy at times

The North Atlantic 300mb wind field and surface analysis for midnight

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Today will be windy with bands of rain and showers traversing the country associated with various fronts/troughs eventually clearing the south east by 1800, Clearer weather behind bur showers in the north west. Temps higher than of late but perhaps some colder air creeping into the north of Scotland behind the occlusion

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A relatively dry night and frost free with the winds abating but showers continuing in the north courtesy of the occlusion

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Not a bad day on Saturday thanks to weak and very transient ridge but out in the Atlantic some active cyclogenisis has been taking place and the fronts associated with the deep low will bring rain and strengthening winds to N. Ireland and western Scotland by late morning with the heavier stuff arriving by 1800 which will track south east through saturday night

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The rain soon clears but over Saturday night and though Sunday there is a lot going on, including some rapid cyclogenisis, as the trough re-orientates over the UK resulting in a very windy day with severe gales around some coastal areas with frequent heavy showers and longer periods of rain

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The whole caboodle moves east on Monday resulting in the surface wind veering northerly, introducing colder air, and remaining quite strong down the east coast accompanied by showers

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But in the baroclinic zone to the west more rapid cyclogenisis is taking place and the fronts associated with the deep low over Iceland sweep across the country on Tuesday bringing heavy rain and strong winds

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

The salient points of the ext EPS mean anomaly this morning

Alaskan ridge extending into the Arctic towards the amplifying subtropical zone in eastern Europe

The tpv northern Canada loosely extended across Greenland to the trough over the UK

Strong westerly upper flow across the Atlantic

Ergo continuing unsettled with temps a tad below average, particularly in the north. This probably reflects the usual caveats vis the day to day variations and in particular the ingress of colder air from the NW/N

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  • Location: Aviemore
  • Location: Aviemore

An impressive, sharp gradient cold front being shown by the UKV on Tuesday. Could be some wintriness on its trailing edge, and squalliness along the convergence line. If it plays out as forecast of course.

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  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow then clear and frosty.
  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl

The 2 xT240hrs mean anomalies 500 hPa NH charts and the days 6-10 mean 850 hPa anomalies for Europe.

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Pretty similar maybe  GFS a little flatter out west but  the overall picture of a rather cold west to north west pattern into week 2.

 

 

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  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,Thunderstorms mix both for heaven THUNDERSNOW 😜😀🤤🥰
  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL

 

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  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow then clear and frosty.
  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl

The latest fax's show the tightening of the isobars as the gales hit Sunday/Monday with more lows queueing up in the Atlantic.


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The Atlantic +nao Winter pattern in all it's glory.

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

As has been mentioned previously upstream amplification and vortex displacement pumps up the jet five days hence

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Resulting in a very mobile Atlantic over the last half of next week

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  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow then clear and frosty.
  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl

Next Tuesday too as mentioned earlier is still looking interesting as polar air cuts in from the west especially later in the day.

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An active cold front with notable wind sheer and a sharp thermal boundary.

A large drop in 850,s with strong winds and gusts to gale force in places.heavy squally rain as the front comes through turning wintry over higher parts of Scotland. 

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Possibly the most striking feature of the ext GEFS mean anomaly is the strength of the east European ridge which compliments the upstream amplification which has the Canadian vortex extending around  some weak ridging into eastern Greenland to the trough which is now over Scandinavia, adjacent to the aforementioned ridge Thus still a strong westerly upper flow across the atlantic portending unsettled with temps a tad below average but with the usual caveats that there is likely to be fair range in the day to day detail with the variation of the energy flows

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Looking at the EPS 5-10 mean anomaly this evening one certainly wouldn't rule out some wintry incursions within the day to day variations with the secondary lobe north of the UK and the quite intense trough aligned south of it

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And the ext is pretty much as before so the charts should suffice

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

Outlook - unsettled and very windy at times

The North Atlantic 300mb wind field and surface analysis for midnight

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Essentially today is the calm before the storm with broken cloud and the odd sunny interval, courtesy of a very transient ridge. But fronts associated with the developing area of low pressure to the north west will quickly bring rain into western Scotland by mid morning, accompanied by strengthening winds, which will spread east through the rest of the day

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The warm front clears to the east this evening but the time spent in the  windy warm sector is brief as the cold front and a band of heavy rain sweep east through the night with heavy showers following on behind in the very strong winds which could reach gale force in coastal regions

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The rain quickly clears Sunday morning leaving a day of squally heavy showers, mainly concentrated in western regions, which could well have hail and thunder in the mix. But the complex trough is still developing to the west of Ireland

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Over Sunday night and though Monday the upper trough re-orientates and moves east and in the process very strong winds will initially effect western and south west regions and then eastern coastal regions as the surface wind veers northerly

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There is little respite from the windy and wet weather as by Tuesday further rapid cyclogenisis has taken place out in the Atlantic near the left exit of the jet and the associated fronts sweep across the country accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds

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The fronts clear away by Wednesday leaving the UK in the circulation of the very deep low of 943mb east of Iceland. Thus a day of squally showers, with thunder and hail in the mix, which may well coalesce in the south courtesy of the trough swinging around within the circulation

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

The upstream amplification and the pumping up of the jet has been discussed in previous posts so suffice it to say a very mobile Atlantic for the rest of the week and continuing very unsettled, according to the gfs

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

The key factor with the ext GEFS this morning is the possibility of the retrogression of the European trough and some signs that the subtropical high is stirring. This shouldn't be a complete surprise as the latest EC weeklies was indicating something similar

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
4 hours ago, knocker said:

The fronts clear away by Wednesday leaving the UK in the circulation of the very deep low of 943mb east of Iceland. Thus a day of squally showers, with thunder and hail in the mix, which may well coalesce in the south courtesy of the trough swinging around within the circulation

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note the 528 dam line across northern areas... snow showers?

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