Archive for July, 2018

While frozen back in April, the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland warm to tropical levels!

Written by on July 31, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
While frozen back in April, the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland warm to tropical levels!

Could summer 2018 be remembered for the year the Mediterranean shifted to Scandinavia? An unusually persistent and hot sun with day after day soaring to between 27-32C on land and a lack of wind out over the water has allowed Scandinavian waters to heat to remarkable levels. Levels you’d even find warm in parts of […]

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Hot West, soggy East and unusually cool inbetween

Written by on July 30, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Hot West, soggy East and unusually cool inbetween

We have a blocked up pattern this week across the United States with ridging up West and East coasts with an unseasonably cool trough in between. The week opens with heatwave conditions into the Pacific Northwest interior as well as up into New England. However, with the ridge axis out over the Atlantic and closest […]

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WU: Hot Times for Reindeer: All-Time Records Melt in Lapland

Written by on July 30, 2018 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
WU: Hot Times for Reindeer: All-Time Records Melt in Lapland

Below article is from wunderground.com Bob Henson  ·  July 18, 2018, 12:33 PM EDT Temperatures soared into the nineties Fahrenheit north of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday and Wednesday, as 2018’s parade of exceptional heat continued marching across the Northern Hemisphere. This week has been northern Scandinavia’s turn under the sizzling klieg lights, including Lapland […]

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Scotland’s exceeds 30C for 3rd time this summer and 2nd month in a row

Written by on July 30, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Scotland’s exceeds 30C for 3rd time this summer and 2nd month in a row

At the peak of last week’s heat, when the mid 30s was expected in the Southeast of England, Scotland was only forecasted to reach 25 or 26C. With the aid of southerly winds and some downslope enhancement off the Grampians, 30C was achieved in Scotland for a third time this summer. This time it was […]

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UK heatwave comes to explosive end… next up… cool, wet & windy low pressure

Written by on July 28, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
UK heatwave comes to explosive end… next up… cool, wet & windy low pressure

In true heat wave breaking style, powerful thunderstorms packing flooding rain, damaging wind, large hail and frequent lightning became widespread yesterday as cooling Atlantic fronts slammed into our hot, humid atmosphere. Ahead of the approaching system, temperatures both at the surface and at 5,000ft climbed 10-15C above normal across central, southern and eastern England but […]

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Britain’s driest place: Brooms Barn, Suffolk receives first rain in 52 days

Written by on July 27, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Britain’s driest place: Brooms Barn, Suffolk receives first rain in 52 days

Much of Great Britain and Ireland is dry, very dry and in fact it’s the driest since 1961 for the period between June 1 through July 16. The evidence is all around and clear to see with rock hard soils and yellow scorched grass and fields. Rivers and reservoirs are running low in many areas […]

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WU: Japan Sets its All-Time Heat Record: 41.1°C (106°F)

Written by on July 26, 2018 in Asia, Rest of World with 0 Comments
WU: Japan Sets its All-Time Heat Record: 41.1°C (106°F)

Dr. Jeff Masters  ·  July 23, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT A scorching heat wave that has cooked Japan since the second week of July brought the country its hottest temperature ever recorded on Monday, July 23: 41.1°C (106°F) at Kumagaya. Kumagaya is located in the Saitama prefecture, about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Tokyo. […]

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Record heat extends from Southern California to Arctic Canada!

Written by on July 25, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Record heat extends from Southern California to Arctic Canada!

Another heatwave has engulfed the West, Southwest US as high pressure once again elevates towards 600dm. However, it’s not just the Southwest that’s cooking but it’s cooling all the way up into northwest Canada. A record-hot summer day in the northwest with highs in the 30's in Northern #Yukon and #NWT today, above the #Arctic […]

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Celebrating my 50th munro with 1st visit to the Lawers Group!

Written by on July 25, 2018 in Scottish Mountains with 0 Comments
Celebrating my 50th munro with 1st visit to the Lawers Group!

Hot off the heels from 2 weeks in Cornwall and I’m back in the hills. This time I head to the north shores of Loch Tay and take on Scotland’s 10th highest mountain and two of it’s neighbors. The car park and route was very well marked and easy to use compared to some. In […]

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United States August 2018 Outlook (& summer so far)

Written by on July 23, 2018 in United States of America with 0 Comments
United States August 2018 Outlook (& summer so far)

It’s been a summer of heat, storms, floods and even some cool. Isn’t that the case every summer though? Yes indeed it is but we’ve seen some remarkable rain events stretching from Houston to DC. We’ve also observed some of the hottest weather ever recorded in Southwestern California and as of TODAY, Texas! June was […]

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