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BBC TV & Senior Weather Presenter. Reporter & documentary maker. Forever hiding in the shade ☁️[email protected]
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submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

🟨 Snow & Ice Warning: NI (3PM Mon - 11AM Tues) ❄️ Scattered snow showers—hit & miss, NOT everywhere. 🥶 Temps below freezing tonight = icy stretches. 🟨 Snow & Ice Warning: ROI (Noon Mon - Noon Tues) ❄️ Untreated areas likely to see disruption.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

It was a bitterly cold night in Katesbridge, Co. Down, with the mercury plunging to a frosty -6°C — the coldest spot in all of Ireland! 🥶 Sub-zero temps are on the cards again tonight.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

❄️ Ice & low-temperature warnings issued across Ireland tonight. ⚠️ Risk of snow disruption this weekend. Get the full details here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Ice warning issued for NI tonight as cold spell begins. Details here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

⚠️ Yellow Warning: Ice ⚠️ 🕓 16:00 Today - 10:00 Tomorrow Icy surfaces may cause difficult travel conditions: 🔹 Risk of icy patches on untreated roads, pavements, and cycle paths. 🔹 Injuries possible from slips and

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year! 🎉 Wishing you sunny days, light breezes, and only teacup storms in 2025! ☀️🌈 I’m off to make a Dark ‘N’ Stormy - or a few!🍹#2025

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

Wave watching in Ballycastle on Boxing Day #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Natural colour of the day. Grey, low cloud. A “corduroy” #Sea good for #surf @ Carrick-a-rede #NI #weather @lindahughes.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @stormhour.bsky.social @LoveBallymena.bsky.social @cmjohnston.bsky.social @annlizkelly.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social #Swell

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Christmas, everyone! 🎄 Wishing you all a great day. 🎅🏻 Nollaig Shona daoibh! ✨

submitted 66 days ago • 4 comments

A very wintery scene this morning from festive Cookstown, County Tyrone, with Slieve Gallion dusted in snow ❄️. Photo by Pascal Diamond. #Tyrone #IrlSnow #Sneachta

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Weather warnings have been issued because of strong winds this weekend. Details here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

How the solstice shines light on 5,000 years of history www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

🌬️ Yellow Weather Warning for strong winds this weekend. 📅 Sat: Gusts 50-60mph, stronger on coasts & hills. 📅 Sun: Similar winds with squally showers, hail & thunder possible. 🚗 Travel disruption likely. Details - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Join me, Carol Kirkwood, and Matt Taylor, along with famous faces Jeremy Vine and Lucy Porter, to explore where our fascination with where a white Christmas comes from. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Weather warning for wind now in place for Antrim and Down until 08:00 on Wednesday.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

A break in the grey skies allowed some late afternoon sunshine - a very welcome sight. #Coleraine I'm happy that we've almost reached the #winter #solstice @barrabest.bsky.social @lindahughes.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

A wet night in Ballycastle #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

A proper winter’s day! Temps of just 2°C in parts of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, and Monaghan. #Winter ❄️🥶

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Above the freezing fog in Donegal and Tyrone this morning. Photos by Raymond McCarron Photography.

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

A frosty divide! ❄️ Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, plunged to -6°C this morning, while it was a milder +6°C in north Down, 12 degrees warmer. Castlederg’s hollow traps cold air, letting it settle and plummet temperatures. Nature’s icebox at work!

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Cool Christmas over Belfast. Taken from the Rocky Road looking down towards the Lagan. @barrabest.bsky.social

submitted 82 days ago • 3 comments

Brace for a wintry week! ❄️🎄 Expect daytime temps in the mid-single figures and foggy & frosty nights dipping below freezing. Keep warm 🎅☕✨

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Waterfall going backwards between Downhill and Benone on the north coast during storm Darragh. Thanks to Matthew from Castleroe, Coleraine, for the video. #StormDarragh

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Pans Rocks Bridge in Ballycastle this morning. #StormDarragh #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Ballycastle in County Antrim bearing the brunt on Storm Darragh on Saturday. Amber warning is in place. Via Anne Kelly.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

You can keep up to date with Storm Darragh disruption on the BBC news live page here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

140km/h - 87mph gusts now battering County Galway as Storm Darragh moves east. #StormDarragh

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

Warnings upgraded for island of Ireland ahead of Storm Darragh www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Red warnings now in place for the west coast tonight as #StormDarragh barrels in with dangerous winds. 🌬️ ⚠️ Affected counties: Mayo, Clare, Galway, Donegal, Leitrim & Sligo. 🕙 Warning in effect from 10pm for several hours as peak winds hit. Stay safe!

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Storm Darragh Update 🟧 Amber/Status Orange warning for the entire island tonight & Saturday. 🌊 Coastal counties will bear the brunt. 📆 Next week: Calm, dry weather returns from Monday. Stay safe! #StormDarragh

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

🌬️ STORM DARRAGH IS COMING 🌧️ Get ready, Ireland and the UK! Weather Warnings are in place – expect heavy rain, strong winds, and disruption. Stay safe, stay prepared, and keep updated. 🙌 #StormDarragh #WeatherAlert #StaySafe

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

🚨Storm Darragh on Saturday 🚨 🟠 Amber Wind warning - Northern Ireland: 📅 03:00 Sat – 21:00 Sat 🟠 Amber Wind warning - Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal: 📅 22:00 Fri – 09:00 Sat 🟡 Yellow wind & rain warnings also issued. 🌬️ Potential disruption #WeatherWarning #StormDarragh 🌧️

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Strong winds spell possible disruption on Thursday www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 Severe Wind Warnings for Thursday 🚨 🟡 Northern Ireland: 📅 15:00 Thurs – 06:00 Fri 🟡 Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal: 📅 13:00 – 21:00 Thurs 🌬️ Potential disruption to travel, power, and coastal areas. Stay safe and plan ahead. #WeatherWarning 🌧️

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Hundreds at funeral for woman who died with no relatives www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 87 days ago • 3 comments

1st #sunset of December 2024. Last night over #Mountsandel Forest, Coleraine at 16.48 - earlier each day. #NI #weather @lindahughes.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @stormhour.bsky.social @LoveBallymena.bsky.social @cmjohnston.bsky.social @annlizkelly.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Ballycastle Diamond this morning before sunrise @loveballymena.bsky.social #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Despite the fog, we made it to Lithuania for mums’ birthday. So far, so good!

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Fog warning issued for 23 counties across NI and ROI tonight. Freezing fog and difficult travel conditions. Details:

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

Last night was an icy one! 🥶 The mercury plunged to -6.2°C in Katesbridge, Co. Down—the coldest night since January 19th! Below freezing again tonight.

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

Looking from #Castlerock moors towards the Mussenden Temple on Saturday afternoon. @barrabest.bsky.social @visitcauseway.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @lindahughes.bsky.social @loveballymena.bsky.social

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Sunrise Ballycastle @loveballymena.bsky.social #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @cmjohnston.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social @barrabest.bsky.social @metoffice.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @itvweather.bsky.social

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Glens of Antrim residents fear being cut off by second landslide. Details here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday afternoon, after the rain Looking from #Castlerock moors towards the ruins of Downhill Castle, with a couple of Belties (Belted Galloway cattle) grazing. @barrabest.bsky.social @weatheraisling.bsky.social @lindahughes.bsky.social @loveballymena.bsky.social @visitcauseway.bsky.social

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Carndonagh Christmas tree Inishowen Donegal @barrabest.bsky.social

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

🌧️ #StormBert has unleashed half a month’s rain in just days! Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh, recorded 65.2mm—53% of November’s average rainfall. ⚠️ Wind warnings remain in place today—stay safe!

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments