northerly

This change in weather fortunes comes about thanks to a blocking area of high pressure building across Greenland with cold Arctic air emptying out across the UK and bitter northerly winds developing.

Northerly winds will bring frequent showers to northern Scotland, probably falling as sleet and rain near to coastal areas.

At the end of this weekend and into next week there are some convincing signals of a northerly wind developing.

The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway.

In September, temperatures continued to be warmer than expected as the sub-tropical jet stream's more northerly position allowed a warmer southerly flow of air over Japan.