Archive for December 21st, 2016

US White Christmas? Warm End To 2016 In East But What’s Ahead For Start of 2017??

Written by on December 21, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
US White Christmas? Warm End To 2016 In East But What’s Ahead For Start of 2017??

Before I get into today’s topic, here’s WeatherBug and Weather.com’s forecast for white Christmas prospects. Afterall we do have a storm to contend with… Historic chances? There’s a high level of uncertainty as we head towards New Year and beyond. While the GFS and EPS Control show an Alaska to Greenland negative extending into the WESTERN […]

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Siberia Hits Teeth-Shattering -58C This Morning, Drives Cold & Snow Into Syria and Iraq

Written by on December 21, 2016 in Asia, Rest of World, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Siberia Hits Teeth-Shattering -58C This Morning, Drives Cold & Snow Into Syria and Iraq

Extreme cold has been gradually drifting westward across Siberia in recent weeks with the thermometer dipping well into the -50s east, northeast of the Ural Mountains. Unfortunately the Middle East has been subject to a draft sweeping down from the north and this has only exasperated the vast human suffering already in place here. Northern sections of Syria and Iraq has seen heavy […]

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STUART MARKHAM: Storm Barbara Named, Storm Conor For Christmas Day?

Written by on December 21, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
STUART MARKHAM: Storm Barbara Named, Storm Conor For Christmas Day?

Here’s an interesting read by Stuart Markham on the upcoming Atlantic duo set to strike the UK this Christmas weekend. Always good to get other perspective… MY THOUGHTS YESTERDAY: Atlantic To Deal Double Blow To UK/Ireland Christmas Weekend, 1st Storm Named! By Stuart Markham www.chorleyweather.com The Met Office have named storm Barbara which is expected […]

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Arctic Air Crossing Scotland Today Is 20C Warmer Than When It departed Canada!

Written by on December 21, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Arctic Air Crossing Scotland Today Is 20C Warmer Than When It departed Canada!

This morning’s Europe visible satellite view shows the UK separated north-south by two different air masses. The mild air can be seen streaming across southern Ireland, England and Wales with thicker cloud but arctic can be seen crossing Northern Ireland and Scotland with bumpy, broken high level cloud. This flow is unstable and producing heavy convective style rain, […]

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