Bruce Messer (xmetman)

Mad about the weather.

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

@metoffice "A few outbreaks of rain" 🤔

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

A much cooler afternoon in SE

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

@CoralReefWatch
Whats happened to your website?

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Earliest heatwave in Central England on record #CET https://t.co/LY74YMTZ3p via @williemossop

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

1-9 Dec 2025
Mean max temp anomalies
Above average (apart form Aonach Mor) and rather mild by day for much of England & Wales.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

1-9 Dec 2025
Accumulated Precipitation
Both percentage of the LTA for the whole month, or as a percentage of the first 9 days.
Either way a generally wet start to Dec.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
15 UTC
Surface analysis
Apologies for the contouring over the NW.
Desperately in need of a background field.
A Shapiro-Keyser Cyclone 🤔
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
14 UTC
Highest Temps
An exceptionally mild day for December, with temps of 16.1°C at Rhyl & 15.5°C at Edinburgh.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
15 UTC
Max Gusts
Wind starting to ramp up through the Irish Sea.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

@metoffice It's a shame that your AMBER heavy rain warning was for the period 00-10 UTC.

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@metoffice 9-14 Dec 2025
15 UTC
ECMWF
2M Temp anomalies
Dip, but never really cold.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

10 Dec 2025
00 UTC
UKV Global
T+12
I found a forecast gust of 109 mph close to Bidein a'Ghlas Thuill at 528 M.
I wonder what winds will be like on the top (1062 M) 🤔
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

10 Dec 2025
00 UTC
UKV Global
T+12
95 mph gusts close to Cape Wrath.
Now what did we do with all those weather stations at the lighthouses?
Close it.
Just like the ones at Fraserburgh & Butt of Lewis.
#ukweather #stormbram
@metoffice

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

@metoffice As usual the Met Office show an animation that clearly shows forecast wind speeds of 90-99 mph across NW Sutherland & then directly contradict it by saying 'where gusts could reach up to 90 mph'.🤔
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
12 UTC
Temps & Anomalies
Exceptionally mild with temps of 15°C within the warm sector.
Anomaly wise that's 6 to 9 degrees above the LTA for 12 UTC.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
12 UTC
Surface analysis
Cold front into the SW of Ireland
Don't take the contouring too literally to the W of Ireland the low is more elongated N-S.
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

9 Dec 2025
09 UTC
Surface analysis
Cold front closing in on Valentia.
Gusts to 66 mph at St Mary's.
Add to add a few bogus obs to this chart...
I'm missing the background MSLP field I got from https://t.co/7KlUbhPqGd
#ukweather #stormbram

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

@metoffice The usual 80 mph AMBER Warning for anywhere else in the UK other than Scotland, where you need gusts of 90 mph😝
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[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

25 Dec 2025
00 UTC
T+384
GFS
I'm NOT dreaming of a white Christmas.
Not long now.
#ukweather #christmas

[Bruce Messer (xmetman) @williemossop]

10 Dec 2025
00 UTC
T+24
Peak Wind Gusts (6hr)
Not too dissimilar to yesterdays 12 UTC run.
Gusts >80kts this evening in all models apart from GFS.
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