Rain showers as the low centre passes over the UK

Some interesting patterns in the rainfall today.  ManUniCast did a reasonable job of representing the scattered showers, but it is unable to capture the correct position and intensity of every single little blip on the radar.  That's just not possible, certainly with the way that we run the model (cold start from quite low-resolution initial conditions).

Here are snapshots from the model forecast today, compared with the actual radar data for 3 p.m. this afternoon (courtesy of http://www.raintoday.co.uk).

Update from Meteogroup: 

Strong winds forecast for the UK

Today's ManUniCast forecast shows that the UK will experience strong winds.  But, the strongest winds will arrive in different phases in different parts of the country.

First, Wales will be hit midday on Saturday.

Meteogroup has been tweeting about the strong winds.
The ManUniCast forecast for noon shows a nearly symmetric core of high winds around the low-pressure centre over Ireland.

 





















Later today as the cyclone moves eastward across Scotland, the strongest winds focus on the west coast of Scotland and northern England.

Overnight, the strongest winds shift to the east coast of Britain, with the eastern tip of Scotland around Aberdeen getting the worst.

Almost ready to launch!

The model has been running consistently, the graphics are ready to go, the domain name is purchased.  Just working out some final bugs before we launch.

Very soon...