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Created: 17 December 2012

To snow or not to snow, that is the question! Whether we will have a white Christmas, is always a source of interest and discussion in the lead up to Christmas and there has been a lot of speculation about this.  

Read more: Twas The Week Before Christmas

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Created: 16 November 2012

Now that we're half way through November, something that I'm getting asked often at the moment, is when will it get really cold and when will it snow? Obviously if I could answer either of those questions with any degree of certainty, I would be a very wealthy man! Medium and long range forecasting (anything further out than a few days) is not a simple business!

Read more: Waiting For The Big Chill

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Created: 21 October 2012

For the past few days, the forecasting models have been hinting towards a setup that would pull down cold air from the Arctic, potentially bringing the first of this seasons widespread, sub-zero temperatures to Fife.  

This can be seen on the below GFS thickness chart (which represents the temperature of the atmosphere), where the blue (cold) air can be seen moving down from the North:

Read more: Sub-Zero Temps By The Weekend?

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Created: 12 October 2012

Over the past 24 hours, a large and slow moving band of rain has brought flooding to parts of Fife. As rain accumulation figures soared overnight, particularly in the North East of Fife, flooding caused travel disruption and some drivers had to be rescued from their flood-stricken vehicles.

Read more: Slow Moving Rain Causes Flooding

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Created: 09 October 2012

Last night and very early this morning, a geomagnetic storm resulted in the Northern Lights (Aurora) being visible from many parts of the UK, including Fife.

Fife based photographer, Zöe Barrie, braved the chilly conditions last night to capture these stunning images from right here in Fife. A big thanks to Zöe for permission to reproduce a sample of her wonderful pictures here. You can view her full gallery from the evening on Flickr and you can also follow Zöe on twitter.

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Created: 08 September 2012

James Glen from Lochgelly.org.uk was visiting the wind-farm development near Little Raith Farm on the 25th of August 2012, when this funnel cloud started to form around 4:30pm.

The images were captured halfway between Mossmorran and South Street on the Little Raith Wind Farm site, looking towards Cowdenbeath.

This summer has been a particularly active season for storms, not only in Fife, but across the UK as a whole.  

I have provided a full write-up explaining the phenomenon of funnel clouds to James, which he has been published on the Lochgelly.org.uk website.

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Created: 08 September 2012

Brian Diplacito kindly e-mailed in these photographs he captured of funnel clouds forming over the hill near Kinglassie.  The images were captured on the 14th of July, around 4:30pm.

A big thanks to Brian for getting in touch and sending us these great pictures of a relatively uncommon weather event for Fife.