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A particularly nasty system is going to develop in the next 24 to 36 hours and produce very strong winds across the UK through Friday afternoon and evening. The rush hour on Friday could be particularly nasty and quite disruptive across south western Britain with South West England, parts of the south coast and Irish…

A significant winter storm will rock the north and north east including the lakes from much of highland Kansas through Northern Missouri, Northern Illinois, north and east Wisconsin and northern Indiana – Michigan and much of Ontario, Quebec. Strong winds will be an issue and where snow does fall on the higher regions of the…

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…

We all have that one person who puts up their decorations earlier and looks a right idiot, right? Well, think again. Ground breaking research actually suggests that people who put up their Christmas decorations FIRST are actually the happier ones, and the other ones are more likely to be picked for a role in Scrooge.…

In the “forseeable future”, which is the term weather forecasters use to describe the next 7 to 10 days, as that is the limit of how far out “accurate” forecasts can be produced – there isn’t really any snow in the forecast for the British Isles. Of course, there will be a few flakes up…