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

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.