Senior meteorologist @BBCWales 🏴 • Fellow @RMetS • Weathe☈ enthusiast since 1976 • 30 years @MetOffice • Ambassador @Velindre • sepsistrust.org
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Velindre’s Brand New Charity Fun Run is happening this summer!
Join me on Sunday July 19th in Cardiff Bute Park helping raise vital funds for @Velindre, the Hospital of Hope. Sign-up online
velindrefundraising.com/even… #TeamVelindre 💚
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Almost 43 years ago! Remember the blizzard of January 8th 1982?
bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-426… ❄️❄️❄️
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Happy birthday mum. 91 today! Celebrating in Porthcawl with fish 'n' chips at Beale's. Very nice! 😋
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Thunderstorm rain is good for the garden! Lightning heats the air to 30,000°C and generates enough energy for nitrogen and oxygen in the air to combine, forming nitrogen oxides. These nitrogen oxides can dissolve in rainwater and form nitrates, which help plants to grow ⚡💦➡️🌿
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After over 20 years working @BBCWales in Llandaff, I did my last live broadcast on @BBCWalesToday this evening.
Next week I will bring you the forecast from our new home in Central Square, Cardiff.
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It's been a disappointing May so far but at long last there are optimistic signs of high pressure and a change towards the end of the month! 😎🤞
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Happy St David's Day. Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant hapus.
Today is also the first day of meteorological spring!
March 1st to May 31st.
After the wettest February on record, fingers crossed for a dry and warm spring! 🌷🌼
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Wow! 80,000 followers on @Twitter! More than @Schafernaker! 😆
I won't have any if it doesn't snow on Thursday or Friday! 😨❄⚠
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36 years ago. Remember the blizzard of 1982? It started on the evening of 7th January and didn't stop snowing for over 36 hours! The M4 was brought to a standstill and the roof of Sophia Gardens pavilion in #Cardiff collapsed under the weight of snow >weatheronline.co.uk/reports/…
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Not definite yet but a hint maybe of a taste of summer further down the road in mid April. Winds from N Africa and temperatures in the 20s! Now wouldn't that be nice? Pray hard enough and it might happen! 😎🔆🌡
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Can't believe it's 21 years ago this month since my first appearance on @BBCWalesToday in1997 📺👦
A lot has changed since then including the colour of my hair! 😉😁
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Happy #Christmas everyone! Nadolig Llawen pawb! 🎅🌲🎁🥂
Enjoy the dry, calm weather and sunshine tomorrow ⛅👍
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Happy St David's Day 🏴❤️💚
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus 🌄
If I was Prime Minister, I would....make today a national holiday! 😊
#Wales dry, bright and mild this afternoon. Highs 10 to 13°C. Rain tonight 🌥️☔
Pob hwyl
#StDavidsDay #DyddGŵylDewi
#CymruamByth
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After almost two weeks in hospital, mum is back home and feeling much better. She'd like to thank all the wonderful staff, doctors and nurses at Llandough and the University Hospital of Wales in #Cardiff @CV_UHB for taking good care of her. We are very grateful #ThankyouNHS
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The first snow of the winter has fallen in the Vale of Glamorgan! Depth about 1cm. I must admit to being quite excited. That feeling when you open the curtains and you see snow. Also slightly relieved as it was forecast! 😁❄️⛄
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Bumped into my doppelgänger in Cardiff this morning @AMCarwyn. We swapped roles in 2013 for @BBCCiN. Great fun! 🤣
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The first snow of the season on the Brecon Beacons. Photo taken by Nigel Gervis from @TyMawrLime in Powys ❄️
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40 years ago this weekend, #Wales was in the grip of one of the worst blizzards of the 20th century. I was a teenager at the time and remember it well! The temperature at Cardiff Airport didn't rise above minus 3°C! ❄️🌬️📉bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-4261…
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These strange ice formations were spotted near Llay in Wrexham. Caused by motorists driving through puddles of water on the side of the road, spraying the hedges and trees, with overnight temperatures dropping to -6°C.
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Well I did it! Completed my first 10K @BarryIsland10K @RunWales in 1 hour 16 mins ahead of @Sue_Charles 🔆🔆
Unfortunately I injured my ankle but thank goodness for @stjohnwales who are fab!
A brilliant event and wonderful atmosphere!
Well done to all runners & volunteers 👍
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Very sad to hear that sand circle artist Marc Treanor is no longer with us. I had the pleasure of meeting him in 2018 whilst filming Weatherman Walking in Pembrokeshire. His artwork brought joy to many people #RIP
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Can't beat a real fire when there's a storm brewing outside! Movie night, cake, crisps and popcorn @Sue_Charles house 🎥🔥🍰🍿
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Happy 60th birthday to my wonderful sister Kathryn! Beautiful in @Barrybados for a garden party although she was a bit worried this morning when it was cloudy and so was I! 😳🎉🎂🥂🔆😎
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Just seen this video taken from @thebrookbistro in Whitchurch, Cardiff this evening. ⚠️🌧️⚡
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Happy St David's Day. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus 🏴
#StDavidsDay #GwylDewi
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A belated happy 40th birthday to my wonderful friend and weather buddy @behnazakhgar
Wishing you lots of happiness and sunny spells 🎂🥂🎉🤗xx
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I almost forgot!
It's the anniversary of the January 8th 1982 blizzard when it snowed for 36 hours >bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-4261…
More snowy images >walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/…
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Off to Morocco tomorrow with Rhod Gilbert and other trekkers to climb Mount Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains. Fundraising for @Velindre Cancer Centre. Thanks for your support! 💚 justgiving.com/fundraising/w…
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Is Britain ready for me?! For the first time ever, viewers across the whole of the #UK will get a chance to watch Weatherman Walking on Sunday January 24th on @BBCTwo 9.30am! 📺
A new series will be shown @BBCWales in the spring - another 8 wonderful walks on @WalesCoastPath 😁👍
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Did one of my favourite walks from Cricieth to Porthmadog today @WalesCoastPath in Gwynedd. Stunning scenery and beautiful beaches ❤️🏴
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I've been looking for pasta everywhere. Tried a few supermarkets but nothing. Tried my local corner shop and bingo. Loads of loo roll too! 😄
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So sad to hear Mike Peters @thealarm lost his battle against cancer today. I had the pleasure of meeting and filming with him near his home in Denbighshire in 2014. Mike was always smiling and will be dearly missed. Love to his wife Jules @julespeters and family. #RIP #MikePeters
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Had to stop and take this photo of the Brecon Beacons on my way home from Llangorse this evening. 26°C in Libanus today.
22^C on Pen-y-Fan.
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Two weather charts not too dissimilar with high pressure over the #UK
One for 27th June 1976 during the long hot summer that triggered my interest in the weather as a boy aged 8 in @Barrybados
The other for 27th June 2018 🔆🔆🔆
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Happy National Weatherperson's Day today! ❄️⚠️☔⚡🌬️🌦️🔆
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not! 😎
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Looking back at old photos today. This one of me was taken in Fontygary near Rhoose in the early 1970s. Can you name the make and model of the car? 😁
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Some folks in #Wales are saying #StormFranklin is worse than #StormEunice. No two storms are quite the same. The chart for today is different to last Friday. Strong to severe gale force winds are affecting most of the country today & lasting for longer combined with heavy rain.
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Happy St David's Day from today's weather team @BBCWales @allyhumphreys. Thanks to @SabrinaJayneLee for the delicious Welsh cakes from Cardiff Market. 🏴😋
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Strawberry moon rising in Tenby tonight. Photo by Michelle Hatcher from @Barrybados 🌝🍓
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So much for the first day of Meteorological spring! Like Siberia in #Cardiff tonight. I wont forget this St David's Day in a hurry! Just leaving work with @lucyowenwales Looking forward to a glass of wine! Stay safe everyone.
❄😨☃ #blizzard2018
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Happy New Year everyone! Blwyddyn Newydd Dda pawb!Wishing you good health, happiness and lots of sunny spells! 🥂🎉🎇 #HappyNewYear2020 #BlwyddynNewyddDda
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Happy National Weatherperson's Day! I haven't changed a bit since I started @BBCWales in 1997! 😉
I've still got the umbrella tie but the yellow shirt has definitely gone! 🤣
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The Jet Stream has been displaced further south than normal this month with low pressure, cool and wet weather. But over the Bank Holiday weekend it will finally move north allowing high pressure to form bringing fine settled weather, sunshine and higher temperatures! 😎📈🏖️
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It's normal to get a taste of autumn in late August but some warm days and high pressure are forecast in September! 🔆🌡️😎
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I've wanted to climb Moel Siabod in Eryri for many years and finally did it today! And it didn't disappoint! Wonderful views and perfect weather. A very satisfying and great day out in @eryrinpa plus a visit to @PlasyBrenin. Bendigedig! 👍🏻😁
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The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow, on the hills above Crickhowell including Table Mountain 🏔️❄️
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Two weeks today!
A brand new series of Weatherman Walking starts on @BBCWales
Another 8 stunning walks:
Afon Dwyryd and Maentwrog May 15
Usk May 22
Cilgerran May 29
Dinas Powys June 5
Llandovery June 12
Hirwaun June 19
Clywedog Valley Trail June 26
Elan Valley July 17
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Gwanwyn ar y ffordd! Spring is on the way - at long last! Photo taken in Bute Park, Cardiff this morning.
🌷☀️😁
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Congratulations to @NickServini and @behnazakhgar who just broadcast the first lunchtime @BBCWalesToday from the new @bbcwales studios in #Cardiff in HD.
My turn this evening with @JenVaughanJones 🎥📺😁
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March 1st #BeastFromTheEast
July 1st #ukheatwave
2018 is giving us lots to talk about so far! 🌬️🌨️🔆🌡️
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Too far ahead to be certain but the latest GFS model is going for some serious heat early August.
Current #UK record is 38.5 Celsius 10th August 2003 in Faversham (Kent)
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After 5 days of trekking & camping in the Andes I finally made it to Machu Picchu. Fundraising @Velindre. Thanks so much for your support 😊
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Happy St David's Day. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. Today is also Shrove Tuesday and the first day of meteorological spring.
metoffice.gov.uk/weather/lea…
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Made it! Have been to Porthmadog several times and always wanted to walk to the top of Moel-y-Gest. Stunning views of Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula. Next stop Borth-y-Gest for lunch and maybe a cheeky beer! 😎
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Great example of Mammatus clouds in Cardiff this afternoon. @Aled_Huw reckons they look like marshmallows! 🤔😁 metoffice.gov.uk/weather/lea…
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The #Christmas Tree is up in Central Square in #Cardiff!
I could have switched on the lights @cardiffcouncil? 😉🎄
Lovely view from the weather office @BBCWales 😁
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Someone needs to have a word with the Jet Stream! Wednesday looks a bit grim. It's August not autumn! ☔
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The sun is always shining above the clouds! Wishing all my followers a brighter, healthy and happy 2021.
Look out for a new series of Weatherman Walking in the spring! 😊
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda a chofion cynnes from the @BBCWales weather team 🌤️
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Thanks for all your birthday messages. Got a bit wet filming this morning but sunshine is on the way! 🌧️➡️⛅
Look out for the new series of @BBCWales Weatherman Walking in spring 2022 😁
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Looks like the last week of March is going to be dominated by high pressure!
Fine weather and sunshine 😎
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Weatherman Cycling! Did 50 miles on the bike to Ogmore-by-Sea today. Stunning weather with a fresh east wind. Coffee and pastie stop in Ewenny! 🚴♂️☀️😋☕😎
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I can’t wait to share with you the new series of #WeathermanWalking. Join me and a host of friends – old and new – as we bring the glory of the Welsh coast into your living room.
Starts this Friday 7.35pm on @BBCOne Wales
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v1b…
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Much drier and sunnier weather is on the way. Plus a brand new series of Weatherman Walking on the beautiful @WalesCoastPath is coming soon to @BBCWales. Hopefully it will help lift your spirits.
More information on the website bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006rh6…
Take care and stay safe x
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On my way up Cadair Idris and the weather has improved. Cold and windy but wonderful!
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Did anyone notice? I did a @Schafernaker this evening! I wore trainers in studio during the weather forecast! 😲
I forgot to change into my smart shoes before going on air. Perhaps I should have worn flip flops given it's going to be a sunny weekend! 😂
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Pen-y-Fan covered in snow this morning. Bit nippy on the top today with gales. Wind chill temperature minus 14°C! 😱
Photo by @JoyceGervis
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Birthday meal with my @BBCWales weather buddies in #Cardiff tonight @behnazakhgar @LlyrTywydd @RhianHafTywydd @rhysgriffiths77
And a warm welcome to @SabrinaJayneLee who has just joined the team 👍🍴🍰🍷🎉
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Stunning clouds and sunset this evening over Cathays, Cardiff.
Photo by Dr David Woolf from @Medi_Optics 👁️🤓
They look like Altocumulus mammatus @WessexWeather
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