Our final day on Arran and our final occluded fronts from the dominant series of systems influencing our weather look to have passed during mid-morning. Yesterday (Friday 10th) we saw … Continue reading “Arran field course – live blog – Saturday 11th September”
Two more days on Arran with some glorious early autumn sunshine in addition to our typical mix of cloudy and shower weather. A sequence of our 12Z radiosonde soundings from … Continue reading “Arran field course – live blog – Thursday 9th September”
Today’s activity for all groups was an instrumented walk up Goat Fell (850m above sea level) the highest point on Arran. We left the field centre with some trepidation, expecting … Continue reading “Arran field course – live blog – Tuesday 7th September”
This week 12 BSc and MMet students from Reading, along with 5 staff and 36 students and staff from the University of Leeds are here in Lochranza on Arran for … Continue reading “Arran field course – live blog – Monday 6th September”
While most of the attention is focused on Hurricane Earl, tropical storms Fiona and Gaston (and a strong tropical wave off Africa) complete the tropical parade in the Atlantic. As … Continue reading “Tropical Parade in the Atlantic”
Earl is a powerful Category 3 hurricane now located northeast of the Bahamas. As of 9:00 a.m., UTC, Hurricane Earl was located at 24.0°N, 71.2°W, or 175 miles (280km) north … Continue reading “Hurricane Earl and Tropical Storm Fiona”
The North Atlantic has been very quiet since Hurricane Alex in late June. Alex was the strongest storm in terms of wind speed in the month of June since Alma … Continue reading “Atlantic Hurricane Season About to Get Busy”
A summary of July from our atmospheric observatory is included below (courtesy of Mike Stroud): Notable features are the general warmth in all four temperature diagnostics consistent with the UK … Continue reading “July summary”
Wednesday (4th August 2010) night, sky-watchers as far south as Denmark and northern Germany were treated to a glimpse of the aurora – unfortunately it didn’t extend far enough to … Continue reading “Aurora extend to southern latitudes”
Recently much attention has been paid in the news media to heavy monsoon rainfall and consequential devastating flooding over Pakistan, particularly over the northern-most provinces. Owing to the complex geography … Continue reading “Heavy monsoon rainfall and flooding in Pakistan”