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Today’s Weather Headlines
Europe Latest
European model continues to show Atlantic system and cold shot Christmas Eve over UK-Ireland!
Despite a very mild next couple of days with a high building up from the Azores. The european continues to bring a system into the UK and Ireland Christmas Eve and this will drag in cold air once again, like we’ve seen last weekend. The question is, does it have both enough cold and moisture to bring snowfall and if so, how much and how widespread?
I’m a great believer in watching how the patterns played out so far and therefore we can gage a degree of POTENTIAL. What’s interesting even though it has been an Atlantic driven pattern with a positive NAO/AO is that Scotland just last weekend was mostly snowcovered and cold and on two occations prior to last weekend,I’ve seen snow on the ground and remain unmelted for over a 24-hour period.
The fact the models keep showing this makes me have some hope that some areas may in fact enjoy a snowcovered Christmas but only time will tell. I shall post more on this tomorrow….
US Latest
Major Blizzard Smacks Texas-Oklahoma Panhandles, Kansas shutting down major arteries
Notable Snow Totals as of Early Tuesday Morning:
Courtesy of AccuWeather
— La Junta, Colo.: 15.0″
— Springfield, Colo.: 15.0″
— Grants, N.M.: 14.0″
— Beulah, Colo.: 12.4″
— Bluewater Lake, N.M.: 12.0″
— Garden City, Kan.: 12.0″
— Kenton, Okla.: 10.0″
— Syracuse, Kan.: 10.0″
— Guymon, Texas: 6.0″
Dalhart, Texas, shattered the daily snow record with 7.0 inches falling on Monday. The previous record was 0.1 inch back in 1983.
5 die in plane crash as storm slams five states
NBC NEWS
Blizzard makes travel ‘dangerous’ or ‘impossible’ in parts of West, Midwest
CNN
Rockies, Plains Digging Out from Deadly Blizzard
ACCUWEATHER.COM
Amarillo spared brunt of storm
AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS
White Christmas for East Coast?
Northeast Christmas Snowstorm Possible
ACCUWEATHER.COM
Christmas Weekend: Say it’s Snow?
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
Canada Latest
Will parts of Canada have a green Christmas?
Where’s all the snow?
THE WEATHER NETWORK
Asia Latest
Death Toll from Philippines Tropical Storm continues to rise as more bodies are found
Philippine president declares national calamity after storm
CNN
Potential Eruption Off the Coast of Yemen
WIRED
Australia Latest
Tropics Heating up around Australia
Tropical Cyclone Possibility for Australia’s Top End
ACCUWEATHER.COM
THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY
TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER
HIGH: 82° at Crystal River, FL
LOW: -6° at Big Piney, WY
TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE
HIGH: 51° (10.3°C) at Milford Haven
LOW: 30° (-0.9°C) at Kinbrace
TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE
HIGH: 41°
LOW: 30°
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
>I definitely agree that January will see the worst of winter – easy to say now but I have it in writing on my weather blog from quite a while ago…honest 😉
Anyway, keep up the good work.
>Hi James, thanks for the comments.
Firstly, I didnt say it would be as bad as Dec 2010 but more similar to 2010. Remember, it was only from the 17-18th onwards that winter began. Worst of winter this year was clearly stated that it would occur AFTER Christmas.
As for the snow aspect as Christmas. I encourage you to look at the pattern, the cold arriving Fri-Sat and yes I believe there is snow potential even if others don't. I may be wrong but I see the potential within the setup over the next few days…
Cheers.
>The phrase clutching at straws really comes to mind with regards to your Christmas forecast and the daily posts trying to find something vaguely wintry! Give up whilst you can!
And I am sure I read a forecast some time ago from yourself saying December would be as bad as 2010. I could be wrong there though.
However, I did more want to compliment you for your passion and effort into your blogs.
Merry Christmas.