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Winter Storm Jacob is continuing to bring heavy snow to central and northern portions of the U.S. The snowfall accumulation chart we issued a few days ago (visible below) is still likely to be a close call, with most of the significant accumulations across the Lakes, northern plains and sections of the north east. Of…

Yesterday Met Eireann named a deep area of low pressure, which is expected to impact the British Isles tomorrow (Monday 13th January) as Storm Brendan. This area of low pressure is unusually deep, with a central pressure of around 938mb expected to develop on Monday! This doesn’t necessarily mean that the winds will be unusually…

The latest rainfall radar imagery from Australia shows that heavy rain showers are currently affecting the south east of the country – the area that has been so badly hit by bush fires in recent weeks. The following weather radar images, showing both cloud (depicted by grey colors) and rainfall (via the bright colors), show…

Extremely dangerous conditions are expected in the coming days. Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate with both strong winds and extremely high temperatures working to increase the risk of bushfires. In particular, a State of Disaster has been issued for Victoria by the government. This is in force for East Gippsland Shire, Mansfield Shire, Wellington…

The Met Office released information this afternoon that a weather station recorded 18.7C in Achfary, on the North Coast of Scotland on the 28th of December 2019. It will need to be quality checked, and if verified it will become the highest temperature recorded during the month of December in the UK. The following video…

The Met Office stated this afternoon that a weather station recorded 18.7C in Achfary, on the North Coast of Scotland. It will need to be quality checked, and if verified it will become the highest temperature recorded during the month of December in the UK. You might think this part of the UK is the…