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Cold northwesterly flow blows wintry showers over Scotland, perhaps elsewhere across UK later today
Although perhaps not UK-wide, nor barbarically cold, the pattern for the period from late this week and through the weekend I had been banging on about for the best part of two weeks now has at least showed some sort of truth. Temps have steadily fallen through today with the wind growing ever more chillier. Showers which have been fast and frequent from a west, northwest direction have also been very snowy across the Highlands, however, later this afternoon, precipitation has been turning more wintry with lower elevations of the Central Belt, such as the Glasgow area having endured a beating from lively hailshowers which I myself was caught out in whilst trying to reload, wash and fuel my truck for my next shift tomorrow morning, wasn’t pleasant!. When I drove home, I was greeted to a white blanet in front of me which was the Campsie Hills, Lennoxtown itself saw an ever so light coating on grassy surfaces as well as on cars.
Though, I myself have mixed feelings about this weekend, I can safely say, that I got some of this forecast correct even though many scoffed at a cold forecast in the backdrop of warmer and warmer model runs. It has been a winter of tough forecasting, testing even the brilliant, world class long range forecasters to the limit in this changing climate in which we live. The normally obvious, major players in the meteorologist tick list haven’t been playing ball and with the collapsing of the La Nina, the strongly positive AO/NAO and now sharp flip to generally negative, has meant it very difficult to forecast timings of large-scale pattern changes, the return of winter to the mid-latitudes following a near hemisphere-wide warm autumn and early winter.
As for our weather here, well tonight may be interesting. If you live anywhere in Scotland, down at low levels even, don’t be surprised if it snows where you are tonight. Yes, more showers will pile in in areas and with temps continuing to fall away, snow is quite possible.
In order for me to be happier and I certainly was this afternoon when I saw the snow, I would like to see some surprise dustings or coatings across lower level parts of England and Wales, even Ireland to justify some sort of victory in at least the late week snowfall I had expected and certainly the return to colder weather which was originally outlined by me back at least 10 days ago.
US Latest
Arctic Core Shifts Eastwards Bringing Midwest Their Coldest Start Yet
Arctic cold as well as the major winter storm which pasted Seattle is all moving eastwards, set to impact Midwest and East next!
Arctic core was hundreds of miles to the west but Saranac Lake, NY still fell to near 20 below zero this morning!
Though the core of arctic air covered the the Dakotas and Minnesota, the chill Northeasterners awoke to this morning was not to be scoffed at with lows from Philadelphia up through Trenton, Newark to NYC falloing to around 20 degrees with wind chills averaging the low teens while Hartford fell to at least 16 degrees, Boston to 17. Berlin, NH dipped to at least 8 below zero while it hit a frigid 18 below zero at least at the well know icebox of Saranac Lake tucked deep within the Adirondacks of NY.
Following Seattle’s record-breaking 6.8 inches of snow yesterday, Icing is now causing even bigger problems now
Ice storm creating treacherous conditions
SEATTLE TIMES
Ice on Top of Record Snow Causing Nightmares in Seattle
ACCUWEATHER.COM
Corridor from S. Minnesota/N Iowa to Mass including the cities of Chicago, Detroit, Scranton, Albany to Boston under the snow gun next
Snow for Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, NYC, Boston
ACCUWEATHER.COM
NYC, New England Sneaky Snow Thursday Night
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Snowstorm could dump more than 6 inches Friday
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
What Weather is Next for Washington, Oregon?
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Canada Latest
Winter in full charge of Canada now following unseasonable warmth
Sudden snow impacts visibility in Ontario
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THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY
TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER
HIGH: 84° at Dryden, TX
LOW: -28° at Park Rapids, MN
TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE
HIGH: 55° (12.5°C) at Exeter (Devon)
LOW: 32° (-0.2°C) at Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire)
TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE
HIGH: 42°
LOW: 33°
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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