The weather at the moment is dominated by a large cyclonic depression centred to the northwest of Ireland. It hasn't changed its position much over the past week and looks well dug in. It is pulling strong damp southwesterly/westerly winds across the country with periods of heavy rain alternating with fine but windy spells punctuated by heavy showers. It is warm in the sun but cooler when cloud dominates, making choice of attire difficult. The garden is doing well out of it, save for those plants that have been damaged by the wind.
Satellite photographs show the depression as a giant catherine wheel of cloud, larger overall than the British Isles. High pressure building to the East, over northern Europe is no doubt impeding its easterly progress but this doesn't do much to diminish its massive internal energy.
The awsome power of the elements is worth remembering: it is not a recent phenomenon, as global warmists might have us believe.
