It was a mild October’s day in Reading and the time had finally come for the eagerly anticipated MSc trip to Dorset, the aim being to ‘experience the weather’. With … Continue reading “The case of the Missing Occlusion”
Without meaning to offend anyone with a penchant for cloudy, calm weather with very little temperature fluctuation, I think it’s safe to say that October wasn’t the most interesting of … Continue reading “Hello autumn?”
This Sunday, as you’re walking down the Reading streets en route to a Hallowe’en-themed party, or dressing up and terrorising the neighbourhood for their sweets, you have probably tried your … Continue reading “Where is the scariest place to be this Hallowe’en?”
16.10.2010 A very interesting period is on the way, at least from the meteorological point of view…while I am writing a blocking regime is about to build up over the … Continue reading “Week 2 – Blocking has come…”
During September and October the large spring-time depletion of stratospheric ozone, the so-called ozone-hole, occurs over the Southern Hemisphere polar cap. Despite the success of the Montreal Protocol in restricting … Continue reading “Week 1 – Current and future Ozone holes”
The leaves are starting to turn and my walk to work is getting muddier every day so that must mean that a new term is about to start. For those … Continue reading “Autumn term 2010 – bloggers”
The 2-meter temperature anomaly forecasts averaged over three-month periods from November 2010 to June 2011 from NCEP’s Coupled Forecast System (CFS) model are shown below (additional fields including SST and … Continue reading “Seasonal Forecasts”
The US National Snow and Ice Data Center has reported on 27th September that Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum extent on 19th September. On that … Continue reading “Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice”
The Fujiwhara effect describes the rotation of two storms around each other. It’s most common with tropical cyclones but also occurs in other cases. A good way to picture this … Continue reading “Fujiwhara Effect”
We measured the radiation and turbulent flux densities during the fieldtrip – Rn is net radiation, G is ground heat flux, H is sensible heat flux and LE is latent … Continue reading “Measuring fluxes on Arran”