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  • Heavy Snow affects high routes of Northern England and Scotland

    Heavy outbreaks of sleet and snow have been fairly persistent throughout much of Tuesday across high level routes of Scotland and Northern England today. The latest radar (courtesy of rain viewer) shows those wintry showers across much of Scotland, some very heavy, producing some nasty traveling conditions, especially on routes above 300 metres of elevation…

  • Heavy Snow affects high routes of Northern England and Scotland

    Heavy outbreaks of sleet and snow have been fairly persistent throughout much of Tuesday across high level routes of Scotland and Northern England today. The latest radar (courtesy of rain viewer) shows those wintry showers across much of Scotland, some very heavy, producing some nasty traveling conditions, especially on routes above 300 metres of elevation…

  • Snowfall affects parts of Northern England and Scotland – Travel Update

    Heavy outbreaks of sleet and snow have been fairly persistent throughout much of Tuesday across high level routes of Scotland and Northern England today. The latest radar (courtesy of rain viewer) shows those wintry showers across much of Scotland, some very heavy, producing some nasty traveling conditions, especially on routes above 300 metres of elevation…

  • Further Snow & Ice forecast overnight

    Conditions are looking increasingly wintry for some parts of the country overnight. A cold polar maritime air mass is expected to produce wintry showers across western and northern areas. The Met Office have weather warnings in force for Snow & ice for western Scotland, north west England, Northern Ireland, and much of Wales. The Met…

  • Violent winds on Sunday and next week: Disruption Likely

    The jet stream is about to become unusually strong. The following chart shows the position and intensity of the jet stream this Sunday, the 9th of February 2020. Notice it’s intensity – indeed off the scale for this particular chart, indicating jet stream speeds likely near 200mph. Whilst these winds speeds are at jet stream…

  • Moon, Mars and Earth to align before dawn on Tuesday

    Best viewing: North America Early on Tuesday, 18th of February, a phenomenon known as a “Lunar Occulation” is set to occur. This occurs when the view of Mars from Earth becomes skewed by the Moon itself – a lunar occulation of mars. “Mars and Moon” by cafuego is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Given clear…