Around the globe, we Brits are often thought of in a stereotypical way, among other things, we all have bad teeth, we all know the Queen, we have a stiff upper lip, and of course, we are all obsessed with the weather.  Personally speaking, my teeth are fine, I’ve unfortunatly never had the pleasure of meeting HRH, but, I am obsessed with the weather.  What started off as sky watching and catching the regional weather forecast, has turned into me setting up my own weather station in the back garden for my own use, to setting up this website so others can keep up to date with local weather, and worldwide events.  Please feel free to send in any interesting weather/landscape related photos that may be used around the site.  We also welcome any updates on local weather, and this along with any photos can be sent to info@southtyneweather.co.uk

Some of the background facts and information (in weather explained) on this site have been taken from elsewhere, such as how tsunamis are generated, what causes earthquakes etc, but all thoughts on the weather and forecasts are my own

This picture is amazing, what a crazy, crazy day that was, supercell over Tyneside!

Well, despite my best intentions this website has totally been left to its own devices lately.  A new laptop is being delivered in the coming week and the broadband, after 6 months of complaint, is finally being fixed tomorrow, so fingers crossed with reliable internet and a computer that isnt constantly overheating I should be able to keep this site much better updated. Even just the data from the weather station isn’t being uploaded properly as the laptop is crashing so much, so fingers crossed all problems will be resolved within the next week

Well after gripping most of the country for the past 2 weeks it seems this spell of colder weather will go out with a bang today.  The Met Office has several warnings for snow issued for today as a weather front sweeps in from the west, bringing with it a forecasted 8 inches of snow to some places.  Northern England is expected to be hit hard, with inland areas forecast to bear the brunt.  The reason for the high snowfall is a wetter/milder weather front coming in from the Atlantic hitting the cold air that has dominated the country lately, and as they meet this is causing large amounts of snowfall.  The Atlantic is set to dominate from here on in, and as it pushes the cold air away the next worry we have is flooding, as this system is bringing with it a lot of rain, and as temperatures lift the massive amounts of lying snow will quickly melt.  Much milder/wetter and windier weather is forecast for next week, and for now signs show the cold potentially not returning until mid way through February, where early indications are we could be in for another big snow event.

All weather warnings can be views at the Met Office http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Snow is not expected to reach South Tyneside until after dark, and lower lying coastal areas have a chance to see more sleety rain, although obviously it will be impossible to know what falls from the sky until it starts happening.  The joy of snowcasting!!