Archive for April, 2017
The month of April has turned out to be somewhat of a tail of two halves with warm start but cold end with this week presenting one strong final blast of winter. However, the long term theme has been dry and this plays a bigger role through May because if May was to turn out […]
Cold wave 1 of 2 continues to pile drive deep into Southeast Europe with unusually heavy, even crippling snows affecting the Balkans, Romania, Ukraine. By the time we enter next week, it’s Northwest Europe’s turn with snow in the Northern UK forecast. Here are some images from recent days on the other side of the continent. Częstochowa, Poland […]
According to NASA, the snowpack this year in the Tuolumne River Basin which is park of Yosemite National Park is deeper than the previous 4 seasons combined. How much water is locked within the snowpack? For some spots it’s over 100 inches. Statewide the average is 47 inches. The Sierra snowpack is near record levels and […]
According to the mid-month stats released by the Met Office, the UK as a whole is sitting at just 26% of the normal April rainfall. Dry yes but what will keep this likely out of the top 3-5 spot is the near average rain up in Northwest Scotland and the rain in the forecast but the outlook remains […]
A powerful upper ridge of high pressure has tormented the Asian Sub-continent since late March and throughout April with many inland areas exceeding 38C or 100F day after day. The persistency is probably the biggest contributor to the deaths hundreds of deaths across India and Pakistan. No relief in sight with May often the hottest time of year with […]
As we look out through the next 7-10 days or the remainder of April, it looks like the high to the west, low to the east setup sticks around with additional waves of late season arctic air dropping south. The current cold shot was a glancing blow for UK but over Germany and Poland it’s […]
A bane to shipping and a little earlier than normal but since late March over 600 huge icebergs have neared Newfoundland’s north and eastern shores. The last 3 weeks has nearly seen as many icebergs than in all of 2016. The vast majority of icebergs around the Grand Banks is calved off the Greenland ice sheet and drift south with wind and current […]
As we continue to speed through April, the US pattern remains largely the same. Bowling ball lows crossing the country with warm, humid ahead and cool, dry behind. As pointed out in my last two videos, there appears to have a hint at a late season frost or even freeze deep into the Ohio and Tennessee Valley. Perhaps I’m […]
While it’s looking and feeling more and more like summer across Southern Spain/Portugal down to the Canaries, arctic air is drilling south one last time and we’ve some unusually cool nights in store. Temps touched 35C in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria this afternoon. This was the scene from Bajamar, Tenerife this afternoon. Meanwhile, a […]
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