Kathryn Chadwick

When @British_Airways overbooks your flight by sooo many from Hamburg to Heathrow that after nearly a week of working away, you have to hope you'll get home today. That. Greedy or what??? Customer care anyone???

@celinedion was truly amazing and might just have saved that #OpeningCeremony Not sure if it quite translated on the tv, hoping it was better live. 😬

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@MikeRose50 A 2.1 mate so v proud. Not a clue yet.....just a job we hope. 🤣

@Kathchad What did he get Desmond Sportsman’s or better? What’s next ?

So very proud. Smashed it. Llongyfarchiadau Isaac. 😍👨‍🎓#plymgrad

@JohnReynlds Hi John, Are you still looking for someone to chat to or are you sorted?

Hi, I'm a trainee reporter doing work experience at WalesOnline next week. I'm looking to speak to people who have been impacted by the increase in dental charges in Wales #Dentist #CostOfLivingCrisis #Wales ✍

Happy birthday to @JennyCardiff3. A true friend that I cherish - and also love having the odd cocktail (or three) with. Have a day as fab as you lovely. xxx

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I love this from @hanwaddingham My son pressed send on his UCAS application last night, so I'll send it to him & hope gets inspired - especially this "if it doesn't work, truly live in where you find yourself and embrace it. But you have to try." bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

@Met4CastUK Thanks so much, sorry to pester - just worried is all.

@Kathchad Last paragraph essentially - Continued risk of cold/snow conducive weather patterns but exact details on snow/locations remain unknown until closer to the time.

Cold Weather & Snow Risks - Update #6 This italic section below is an extract from the first update back on December 26th. --------------------- "A very strong +EAMT event is adding westerly momentum into the Pacific jet, this causes a jet streak which buckles the jet and this propagates downstream to impact the Atlantic sector, these are known as Rossby waves and they can lead to a much more meridional (wavey) jet stream with more amplified blocks & deeper troughs. Adding to the confidence is the MJO transitioning through phase 1, further increasing the amplification of the above mentioned signal. Key date period for cold potential: 8th-18th January." --------------------- Evidently that has now played out and the key period of interest has arrived. Colder weather is currently across the UK and some parts have seen some snow in the last couple of days. Next week, high pressure becomes established to the north-west over Greenland and much colder northerly winds take hold. Snow risks increasing across northern exposed coasts with the potential for more prolonged snowfall from low pressure systems or disturbances within the low. These details will be highlighted more specifically in the shorter range. Beyond that, it seems likely that blocking will begin to relax but it's possible we could see wedges of high pressure keep the cold entrenched across the UK opening the risk to further disruptive snowfall potential 20th - 5th February. How this plays out is still yet to be resolved. This up-coming period curtesy of +AAM westerly momentum propagating poleward from the equator into the sub tropics & tropics (30N - 60N) A newly developing area of westerly momentum is now being shown (second arrow) and this too, will propagate poleward with impacts seen during early February, i.e a signal for renewed blocking potential early Feb. Alongside this, the MJO will continue to progress eastwards, initially through less favourable phases for blocking but with a south shifted jet + possible wedges of high pressure this could produce significant snow in the period mentioned above. We then see a strong signal for the MJO to transition into the Pacific ocean increasing +FT & +MT leading to yet further westerly momentum. That's to say - There is NO signal for a return to a standard westerly regime. It's very possible the remainder of winter will see a repeating pattern of high latitude blocking & cold weather outbreaks with high impact snow events possible along the boundary between mild and cold.

@ProducerRach You look exactly like you did in Uni, still do by the looks of your profile pic too. I was Kathryn Evans (the other one- ha ha) now Chadwick. Hello, hope you're well. x

@WillHayCardiff This, this, this.

3. Pick up the phone. People respond to people Nothing annoys me more than old hacks who say “young journalists are scared to pick up the phone”. In my view it is a lazy and tired stereotype. The young journalists I work with are assertive and willing to call anyone. However, it is indeed vital that you call people. People respond to people. They open up to people. They trust people. Nothing says your a person more than letting them hear your voice

This is my advice for young/new journalists. Some of these people will disagree with - that is fine. I have just found they work/worked for me or have seen them be effective for others. This list is far from exhaustive. Feel free to share and add your own advice. [Thread]

@Met4CastUK Don't be daft. Just have mates coming from all over to celebrate me turning 50 and am hoping they can get here is all. I love snow, after the 19th and 20th. ha ha.

@Kathchad Haha sorry, I got a bit excited on seeing the output!

Holy grail winter synoptics. Jesus Christ.

@Met4CastUK Ok thanks for that....the works Jesus Christ were a bit worrying. Will keep following.

@Kathchad Much closer to the time - The broad outlook is a colder one but details re: snow etc still a long way from being known!

@Met4CastUK Ok thanks. When will it mean something?

@Kathchad This doesn’t mean anything as it’s just a single model run well outside of any reliable timeframes, just interesting from a synoptic point of view.

@nickwebb2017 @BBCSport Wow, huge congrats Nick. Good luck for the next chapter

🎙️End of an error🎧 *Era😉 Thanks to all the lovely talented people I’ve worked with on @BBCSport staff for 30 years, hope to do it some more in future for #BBC & others See bio for email contact re work👍🏼

@EstherShaw79 Very powerful words Esther, feelings that many will recognise. My Mam is the same, relieved, thankful and permanently petrified.

My latest article for the Metro is a slight departure from my usual run of articles on property and financial topics. It's a very personal one from me - but also an important one to share metro.co.uk/2023/10/29/the…