Tuesday 17th. A sunny start to the day saw high cloud steadily increase, the moderate to fresh NNW wind delaying the start of flying until around midday, the wind veering into the N and decreasing to light by the end of the flying day. 12 ATs were flown off runway 02, but, with only some […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A weak front travelling southwards brought low cloud and rain from 0200-0900hrs, the clearance, heralding in a much colder airmass, not arriving until early evening, so there was no flying. Saturday 14th. A day of sunny, blue skies to start with increasing high cover as the day progressed, and a light to moderate […] Read More...
Monday 8th to Thursday 12th. The run of non flying days continued as the combination of low cloud and rain persisted throughout the period, even though the wind direction switched from the SE quadrant on Monday/Tuesday to the NE quadrant by Thursday, with the local rainfall over this period totalling 23.8 mm. Read More...
Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th. Little change in the synoptic situation meant a continuation of low, overcast skies with rain at times on all three days, as the wind continued to blow from between E and ESE. Winds were generally moderate, but a northward tracking front on Thursday brought fresh to strong E'lys that moderated […] Read More...
Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th. January's persistent winds from the SE'ly quadrant continued into February, with accompanying low overcast and showers or more persistent rain at times, particularly on Wednesday morning. A backing of the wind to a more E'ly flow from Monday also reduced the temperature ,with the moderate to fresh wind speed on […] Read More...
Friday 30th. Another Atlantic depression over the SW of the UK brought low cloud and 9.2 mm rain between 0900 and 1600 hrs within an moderate E/ESE'ly so there was no flying. Saturday 31th. The wind remained moderate from the SE but, after a morning of low cloud, this broke up to give an afternoon […] Read More...
Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th. The blocking high remained in place over Scandinavia with a series of Atlantic depressions approaching from the SW and then stalling and slowly filling, the result being a continuation of a cloudy and often rainy flow from the SE quadrant, particularly for the eastern side of the UK. Tuesday's depression, […] Read More...
Sunday 25th to Monday 26th. With the Scandinavian high pressure still blocking Atlantic lows, the persistently cloudy and, at times, rainy moderate flow from the SE'ly quadrant continued, extending this period of unflyable weather. Read More...
Friday 23rd. Another non-flying day as storm Ingrid remained almost stationary just to the SW of the UK, bringing another day of moderate/moderate to fresh ESE/E'ly winds to site, with low cloud and 10.6 mm of rain over the day as its associated fronts tracked N. Saturday 24th. Storm Ingrid's fronts had moved off N'wards […] Read More...
Sunday 18th to Thursday 22nd. A blocking high pressure over Scandinavia/Russia resulted in a succession of Atlantic lows arriving and decaying to the SW of the UK with the result that the above period was dominated by low cloud and periods of rain/showers driven in on a moderate SE'ly flow that progressively backed into the […] Read More...
