Archive for January, 2018
What a wild January for the Northeast and much of the country. From coldest opening week of a New Year since records began to least amount of snow cover for final week of January since 2003 and 2nd lowest since records began 15 years ago. It was a truly memorable first half to January 2018 […]
While many parts of central and southeast Asia are enduring bitter cold, it’s anything but in far eastern Siberia. While -20 to -30C is common in late January, temperatures have went off the scale warm. With temperatures of 5 to 6C above freezing, these are new monthly high temperatures for some easternmost Siberian communities and […]
It’s been bitterly cold across much of China with the southward extent of the arctic air reaching unusually far south. The chill has even made it to Shanghai where they’ve received the first snowfall in 5 years and heaviest in 10 years. Freezing temperatures made it into China’s typically balmy sub tropical region. In the […]
It’s been a cool, blustery past 24 hours in the wake of the previous front but the next front which moves through tonight promises to bring a distinctly wintry flavour to Wednesday across Northern Ireland, Northern England and Scotland. Snow is expected mainly over high ground but don’t be surprised to see some slight accumulation […]
It’s normal for flights to be shorter heading east from North America to Europe than from Europe to North America thanks to the prevailing westerly wind and jet stream. You often shave 30 minutes to sometimes an hour of your flight heading from North America to Europe compared to heading west into the prevailing wind. […]
By Linda Lam Jan 29 2018 05:15 AM EST weather.com The recent milder temperatures will soon be a distant memory as cold conditions will return to portions of the central and eastern U.S. to begin February, courtesy of a weather pattern change. (MORE: Winter Storm Central) The current upper-level weather pattern will continue to allow […]
Ahead of the cold front which has been progressing southwards during Monday we saw a spring-like day for many during yesterday. It's mild today!(1) HYSPLIT shows a descending mT airmass from Azores.(2) AROME suggests peak temps of ~16°C. 28 Jan record is 15.4°C (in 1887).(3) 6 stations currently at ~14°C (https://t.co/XISQY0Snn5).(4) Breaks in cloud could […]
After observing the warmest January and mid winter days on record with rain falling in Fairbnaks, winter made a comeback to Alaska with persistent snowfall within bitterly cold air. Yes it can snow even at -10, -20 even -30. Truth is it’s never too cold to snow. The snowfall within -30 degree air in Fairbanks […]
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