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Synoptic sltuationMainly settled conditions withsunny spells are.expectedacross much of Britain, as thelow Dressure, which brouqhtThursday's gales, moves awayslowly over Scandinavia.Another centre of the samecomplex area of low pressure is(entred to the south ofGreenland and is pushing a setof fronts tovvards lreland latertoniqht. brinqinq spells of rain.

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tTl heweather across the UK' I ' this month isgiving us a

I wild ride. The tull fury ofI the Atlantic battered

I Scotland on Thursday withthe worst storrn to hit the UK sinceDecember 1998. Thousands ofschools across'Scotland were closedand 60,000 homes Ieft withoutpower. Winds gusted to 265km/h(l65mph) over Cairngorm, in theHighlands, the second-highest windgust recorded in the UK. The stormalso hit Northern lreland andnorthern England with windsreaching over 118km/h (73mph),force 12 on the Beaufort scale. Hillsnow and heavy rain fellwithblizzar d conditions in some places.

A particularly violent feature ofthe storm was a sting jet

- aferocious wind thatfalls from a greatheight. A research plane flown by theMet Office and University of Readingrevealed very cold air from the top ofthe storm clouds crashed to theground, blasted through Glasgowand the surrounding region beforehitting Aberdeenshire later on.John Methven whowas on troardthe flight also reported seeing thetops ofthunderclouds sheared offby the fieree spirals ofwind aroundthe storm. "It was amazing in thecentre, it was like the wall of cloudyou see in a tropical cyelone wherethe most intense rains fall, althoughthis was a completely different typeof storm."

After the healy rains and snowpassed through, another shockfollowed as Arctic air senltemperatures plummeting withwidespread ice and frost. Thisweelrend looks to be remainingbitterly cold, and there is moretrouble ahead next week as another '

deep depression swings past the UK.This re-awakening of the Atlantic

has been good news for ski resorts inScotland and Europe. Afterthedesert-like conditions this warmautumn, the bigweatherfronts fromthe Atlantic are sweeping deep intoEurope and dropping hefty sno*fallson the Alps. Close to 1m (3ft) of snowhas fallen in some parts of theFrench. Swiss and Austrian Alps.And with more snow expected thisweekend, it is making a great start tothe ski season.

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