@weatherwest wondering what effect Arctic Warming has on the UK and N Europe climate; also looking for #weatherwatchers who publish for that geography (having moved from CA earlier this year)

Perhaps you're old enough to remember the #Penlee #lifeboat disaster, which happened 41 years today? A crew of 8 volunteers set out in #RNLI's "Solomon Browne" in hurricane force winds & 18m waves to rescue the crew from a boat whose engines had failed & was drifting towards rocks.

Despite heroic attempts, 16 lives were lost.

My "Weather Map of Folklore & Fact" remembers the heroism & tragedy of Penlee.

Please #SupportTheRNLI 🙏

#penleeLifeboat #weather #weatherWatchers #otd #OnThisDay

In case you ❤️ the #ShippingForecast, as I do, you might like to know that last night I was invited onto Colin Murray's BBC Radio 5 Live show to discuss its popularity & place in the cultural DNA of the UK.

You can listen to it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g1gy. Fast forward to 2.15 to listen to the whole thing. I'm on at 2.51. 😮

This is my best-loved #painting ever!

#weatherMap #stormHour #weatherWatchers #Meteorology #loveukweather #maps #mapping #cartography

Brrrr!!! Light snow on top of frost here in #Oxfordshire, and it's barely risen above freezing all day! It was 0.5°C when I went out the Post Office at lunchtime.

Here's a detail from my '#Weather Map of #Folklore and Fact' showing Jack #Frost doing his icy thing. I expect he'll be having another busy night...

I hope everyone is staying warm enough.

#weathermap #weatherwatchers #snowfall #painting #ArtistsOfMastodon #MastodonArt #artistonMastodon #MastoArt #CreativeToots