Archive for April, 2017
In a non El Nino year following a record strong El Nino, 2016-17 has seen California bombarded by the Pacific. Last year’s record tying Super El Nino brought little drought relief and strangely it came this water year when there was no El Nino. A delayed reaction perhaps? Following wave after wave of storms, the latest wave has pushed the Northern […]
Well just look at that, the UK’s warmest, coldest, wettest and sunniest Easter Day has all been within the last 6 years! Breakdown on our extremes from the Met Office Easter weather facts Easter can fall in a period of 35 days because it is calculated as the first Sunday after the first full moon […]
It’s way too early to put away the jackets and ice scrapers just yet! While remaining stuck beneath a persistent showery, northwesterly air flow, things turn more wintry over highland Scotland and particularly mainland Europe early next week with widespread frosts returning. On the face of it, air temps these days aren’t all that cold at between 7-15C UK-wide but factor in […]
Easter/Passover Weekend Forecast: Thunderstorms in Parts of the East, With Rain and Snow in the West By Linda Lam Apr 14 2017 08:30 AM EDT weather.com Story Highlights A low-pressure system will bring showers and thunderstorms to many areas from the Plains to the East Coast this weekend. Rain and mountain snow will return to […]
Well there are a few interesting stats still coming in from the warm winter of 2016-17. While Caribou, Maine has unimpressively surpassed it’s annual average of 111.9 inches with 121.6 inches, the duration in which the deep snow has stuck around has been impressive. Following a sudden surge of near summer-like warmth, Caribou finally saw their snow depth drop […]
UPDATED: FRIDAY EVE On the grand scheme of things, we have a fairly run of the mill, quiet Easter weekend on the way with no significant cold, snow, heat or storms to speak of. So for the details…. the UK and Ireland is currently sandwiched between high pressure to the southwest and low pressure to the northeast […]
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