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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 9h

High pressure dominating next 7 to 10 days

Result..

Little in the way of rainfall

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 9h

A trend towards a -NAO North Atlantic Oscillation..a relative increase in pressure around Iceland &/or decrease in pressure around the Azores symptomatic of the blocking high pressure cell located near the UK..effectively suppressing Atlantic driven W'ly airstreams for now

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 14h

#Omega style blocking pressure pattern developing

UK dominated by high pressure as rain bearing weather systems steered well away

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 20h

Red warnings for heavy rain from @aemet.es for SE Spain as tomorrow..

AEMET @aemet.es · 20h

⚠️🔴 AVISO ROJO | LLuvias torrenciales.

➡️En vigor a partir de las 10:00 del viernes 10 en las comarcas Litoral sur de Alicante y Campo de Cartagena y Mazarrón.

➡️ Peligro extraordinario. Puede haber inundaciones y crecidas repentinas. Siga recomendaciones de Protección Civil.

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 21h

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 1d

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New space weather modelling suite enables upper atmosphere forecasting for the first time

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 1d

A great insight into the metoffice land observation network, and a video detailing how weather forecasts are produced based on the use of this and other available data..

www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/th...

The UK land observation network: Underpinning weather and climate understanding

The UK’s weather is famously changeable, and it requires a robust and comprehensive network of land-based observation stations to monitor it.

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 2d

The jet stream heading N by the weekend

Higher pressure taking hold

=drier/more settled weather

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 2d

The harvest supermoon 🌚 is now rising in the ENE sky..more info here...

www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/ho...

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 2d

The 10th named storm of the tropical Atlantic season forms
#Jerry

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

One to 👀

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

If at first you don't succeed

High pressure is trying to settle the weather down and has had a good attempt across the S of the UK

As expected though it's through the second half of the week and into the weekend that a more successful wider spread effort takes place for the UK

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 3d

High pressure will build across the UK this week, eventually providing many of us with calm conditions

But calm doesn't automatically mean sunny, as there could often be large amounts of cloud around ☁️

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

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The Met Office and the rail sector: Keeping the UK on track

The UK’s rail network is a vital part of national infrastructure, connecting communities, supporting the economy, and enabling millions of journeys every day.

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

Contrails are a naturally occurring phenomena of course, and have been since the invention of aircraft

During wartime military aircraft pilots have even used them to mask their bombing attacks..as in 1944 below..

go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AO...

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

The #spv stratospheric polar vortex is incredibly weak at the moment

EQBO known to slow 🐌 its W'ly spin up during the Autumn

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 3d

Seems to be a thing with tropical storms interacting with one another at the moment

Humberto and Imelda last week in the N Atlantic

Now perhaps Octave and Priscilla in the E N Pacific

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 4d

In the wake of #StormAmy (stage right), a build in pressure from the southwest

However, further weather fronts gathering to the N/NW, so still some rain to come next few days before a more notable rise in pressure later this coming week..

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 4d

Here in S Devon too..

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 4d

Will pass this on to our record monitoring team

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 4d

'Up up and away'

A gradual build in pressure on the way...

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 5d

At one point earlier today there were 102,000 power outages across Scotland and 22,000 across Northern Ireland
#StormAmy

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 5d

www.netweather.tv/live-weather...

Today's Weather - Daily highs and lows - Netweather

www.netweather.tv

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 5d

Changes afoot next 7 days

Low pressure➡️high pressure

Wet and very windy➡️mostly dry, settled with light winds and a fog risk

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of wind and rain warnings remain in force associated with #StormAmy today into tomorrow morning

Stay #weatheraware
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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 5d

Appears #StormAmy bottomed out at 944hpa

96mph Tiree equalled station record wind gust speed

92mph Magilligan a new October wind gust record for N Ireland

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