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US: Weekend Storm To Bring Big Temp Contrast, Severe Threat, Rain, Snow

Written by on December 20, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

A vigorous upper low is swinging across Southern California bringing heavy showers, gusty winds and heavy mountain snows surrounding the LA basin tonight. Moisture streaming out ahead of the upper low up into the Intermountain West is bringing heavy snows as far north as Salt Lake causing disruption to road and air traffic. That system will push […]

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THU 19 DEC: VOGAN’S EUROPEAN OUTLOOK (STORM EDITION)

Written by on December 19, 2013 in Videos with 1 Comment

Detailed look at the hyper active Atlantic storm train and potential record low pressure Christmas Eve. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] [/s2If][s2If is_user_logged_in() AND current_user_cannot(access_s2member_level1)] That’s it, [s2Get constant=”S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_DISPLAY_NAME” /]! To continue reading, you need to have a valid subscription to access premium content exclusive to members. Please join a subscription plan if you would like to continue.[/s2If][s2If !is_user_logged_in()] […]

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Storm Deepens To 946mb After Slamming UK With 109 mph Winds, Snow

Written by on December 19, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

The Atlantic storm as expected, struck overnight packing damaging winds with gusts exceeding 100 mph as well as producing flooding rains, even snow. Throughout today, a secondary front with reinforcing cold air brought snow to reasonably low levels as far south as Wales and the Midlands and this will continue progressing south tonight. Much of Northern Ireland […]

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UK Storm: Hurricane-Force Winds & Flooding Rains To Be Followed By Snow

Written by on December 18, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 2 Comments

We’re in the midst of a very active, even hyper active pattern over Western Europe these days with +NAO/AO which is supporting a N Atlantic trough/Europe ridge with huge temperature difference which is producing a 200+mph jet stream. The atmospheric environment is perfect for extremely deep low pressure development through Christmas. Unfortunately Ireland and the UK are bearing the […]

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WILD WEEKEND AHEAD: Midwest Snowstorm (0s/10sF)/Northeast Warmth (60s/70sF)

Written by on December 18, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

Though not the greatest snowstorm ever to strike the Northeast, the swath of snow which did fall across the Lower Midwest and particularly the Northeast was enough to set new daily snowfall records. As much as 18 inches fell Boston’s 6.4 inches was a record for December 17. It’s been a cold and snowy December from […]

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UK-bound Storm Generates 47ft Waves, Xmas Day Blockbuster?

Written by on December 17, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

We have some serious 30-45, 000ft winds racing across the North Atlantic now and through the coming 10 days with an atmospheric environment that’s perfect for ‘exceptionally’ deep low pressure development. The region SW of Ireland is prime for development where a semi-permanent trough is positioned ahead of a Europe high. Air that’s accelerating as it drops into the trough, creates spin and […]

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MON 16 DEC: VOGAN’S EUROPEAN OUTLOOK

Written by on December 16, 2013 in Videos with 0 Comments

ECMWF suggests extreme UK storm Christmas Day. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] [/s2If][s2If is_user_logged_in() AND current_user_cannot(access_s2member_level1)] That’s it, [s2Get constant=”S2MEMBER_CURRENT_USER_DISPLAY_NAME” /]! To continue reading, you need to have a valid subscription to access premium content exclusive to members. Please join a subscription plan if you would like to continue.[/s2If][s2If !is_user_logged_in()] Sign in to read the full forecast… Not […]

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ECMWF Shows EXTREME Chart For UK Christmas Day

Written by on December 16, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment

We’re in a stormy pattern these days with wild weather impact Northern Ireland and Scotland over the past weekend but the ECMWF is taking this current pattern even further, suggesting a potentially record breaking low right around Christmas. 960, even 950 isn’t out of the question but once you get into the 940s, well that’s […]

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More Midwest, Northeast Snow Then Warm Up Late Week

Written by on December 16, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

The snow storm which swept through yesterday brought upwards of 8 inches to parts of the Lower Midwest and Ohio Valley while parts of New England saw nearly 20 inches. The high totals are all thanks to the convergence of arctic air and warm, moisture rich Gulf air and once the low reached the New England coast, […]

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Stormy Run Up To Christmas For W Europe But What Follows?

Written by on December 15, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Hope you’ve managed to watch the video posted earlier which looks at the upcoming week with another system impacting mainly the North and Northwest of the UK today. The turbulent pattern extends not only into next week but Christmas week and beyond. Next system after today hits Wednesday and that could pack a punch, potentially across a […]

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