Project: UK METAR Weather Overview

If you're someone who knows me well enough, you'd know I have an interest with the weather (and to some extent other natural disasters too), so yesterday I got bored and usually when I get bored random ideas pop into my head, and one did so, of which I think would be of use to a majority of the online UK WX scene. Ok, so maybe not so at this time of year, but definitely during the year it may be quite handy.

The main reason this idea popped into my head, was because earlier this year when various storms were... [read more]

The Fake Burton Tornado

On Tuesday (21st October 2014) a handful of news websites started running stories along with this image, saying it was a picture taken by Adam Wright of a tornado in Burton.

According to one article on the Burton Mail website, Adam had mentioned "Me and my mate Rich Walton were driving from my house in Stretton to B&Q at about 7:30am", so this happened fairly early in the morning.

Upon first looking at the picture you can clearly see a nice looking tornado and that the picture can clearly... [read more]

UK Storms: Day 2 Pictures

Well after a bout of storms last night, more are on their way. So I've decided to grab a collection of pictures that have been posted on social media in regards to this evenings storms - which have arrived an hour or two ago on the South-East side of the United Kingdom.

Please note that this post will keep updating during the evening, so keep checking back (newer images will appear at the bottom)

Hastings

Source: @Littelle

Folkestone

Source: @GaryHawkins82

South London

Source: @timeasley

Essex(?)

Source: @DarrylC91

Sussex
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UK Snowday

We've been warned we would get snow and thankfully it has finally turned up... and not in a poxy way either. This time we've had (well it's still falling as I write this) we've had a fair amount of it. I've just been up the local golf course - where everyone goes when it snows because of the hills - and the snow up there is easily 7-8 inches in most places. Back down on normal level, it's currently around 4 inches and rising. I believe we're supposed to be having this snow pretty much non-stop for the next few... [read more]

Brokeback Mountain, Whitehall Style

Just a normal day in the crazy Big Smoke. Also, nope, don't worry, that's NOT another one of Prince Harry's drunken escapades that you can see in the picture. It's actually some random bloke - naked, may I add, who's decided to mount a statue in Whitehall, London causing police to shut the street off. This incident happened just over an hour or so ago, no idea who he is nor the reason as to why he decided to go starkers... luckily he didn't do it yesterday... [read more]