Sting jets, rubix cubes & roost weather - meet Dan Harris

Sting jets, rubix cubes & roost weather - meet Dan Harris

Author: Gemma Plumb & Aisling Creevey July 10, 2024 Duration: 52:36

Please welcome Dan Harris, Chartered Meteorologist and Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the UK Met Office.

In this episode we chat about sting jets. Dan’s description of sting jets will bring to life this powerful atmospheric wind in a way you may not have understood before.

The Great Storm of 1987 in the UK was the first time a sting jet was identified when a unique shape in the clouds was observed in satellite imagery at that time.

Although the storm was incredibly destructive there were some positives that followed in the years after the storm with advancements in forecasting science.

Were the same event to happen today, it would likely be forecast a few days in advance, leaving time to warn the public, and minimising potential damage.

You may also find it interesting to know that Dan is a rubix cube master and you can find him on YouTube solving a cube at remarkable speeds!

Dan runs his own weather website roostweather.com. He created the website so that he could

visualise data in a way that was helpful to him. It is now used by most members of the weather forecasting community.

Dan is fun, incredibly intelligent and knows a lot about a lot of things! We couldn’t keep up!

An absolute pleasure to chat to and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

You can find Dan on

X - @RoostWeather

Web - roostweather.com

And as always you can follow the podcast on

X - @4loveofweather and on Instagram -

@fortheloveofweather.

Thanks so much for listening and supporting the podcast, and we hope you leave this episode loving the weather just a little bit more.


Ever find yourself actually enjoying a rainy afternoon or wondering why a certain cloud looks the way it does? You're not alone. For the love of weather is the ongoing conversation between meteorologists Gemma Plumb and Aisling Creevey, who have spent over fifteen years forecasting across the UK. This podcast captures the kind of deep-dive chats they've been having for years, moving far beyond simple small talk. They pull back the curtain on what weather really means for our daily lives, drawing on a surprising range of experience. Their professional paths have seen them predicting conditions for everything from major music festivals and national rail networks to agricultural harvests and even ice cream demand, giving them a unique perspective on how the atmosphere connects to the ground beneath our feet. Each episode feels like sitting with two experts who are still genuinely fascinated by their subject, discussing the science behind a storm front, the challenges of a long-range forecast, or how a shift in the wind can change an entire industry's plans. It's a look at the patterns and stories in the sky, grounded in the reality of jobs, life changes, and a shared curiosity that hasn't faded. Tune in for a human take on the forces that shape our days.
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