Weather Watch by Keith Banks
WEATHER WATCH: The latest stats for October 2024 show Wick had a mild and relatively dry month
Weather Watch by Keith Banks
Convection is a method of heat distribution that occurs within the atmosphere as well as in bodies of water.
Weather Watch by Keith Banks
Snow pellets, (known as graupel or soft hail), are distinctive,opaque grains of ice created when small supercooled water droplets collide and freeze.
Weather Watch by Keith Banks
Hail is a form of solid precipitation that is a product of the convective processes that occur within the structures of mature cumulonimbus clouds.
Weather Watch by Keith Banks
In spite of extensive cloud, and periods of rain, temperatures nevertheless responded well in any spells of sunshine. On Saturday, Wick experienced…
CAITHNESS and other parts of the north are set to enjoy more dry and settled conditions under gin-blue skies coupled with virtually unbroken sunshine…
GALE-force winds pummelled Caithness and adjacent regions of the far north on the afternoon of June 14.
This misery had been caused by the stagnation of the position of this large amplification of the polar-front jet stream that subsequently, by virtue of…
WEATHER statistics for April 2012 revealed it was Wick’s coolest and wettest April since 2000.
MARCH 2012 was Wick and district’s warmest since reliable records began in 1914. The month, with an impressive average temperature of 7.97C (46.35F),…
DURING February 2012, the people of Wick and district enjoyed several outstandingly mild days that culminated in record-breaking warmth towards the end…
RESIDENTS of Wick and district endured a cold and wetter-than-normal December. However, it was for its strong winds the month was particularly memorable…