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WU: 2018 Was Wettest Year on Record in Over Two Dozen Cities in the East, Midwest, Including Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh

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WU: 2018 Was Wettest Year on Record in Over Two Dozen Cities in the East, Midwest, Including Washington D.C. and Pittsburgh

Below article from wunderground.com Jonathan Erdman Published: January 3, 2019 After topping the record, it would tack on almost 5 inches of additional rain in the latter half of December. Washington D.C. set a record-wet November, fifth-wettest September, fourth-wettest July and sixth-wettest May, according to National Weather Service records dating to 1871. Only January, March […]

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Huge snowfall buries Alps as upper level winds turn easterly allowing Siberian air to head westwards

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Huge snowfall buries Alps as upper level winds turn easterly allowing Siberian air to head westwards

The much anticipated colder, snowier pattern has emerged and progresses south, southwestwards into central and southern Europe. Stopping it from spreading westwards is a very strong ridge anchored over the British Isles which reached record strength as we greeted 2019. This pressure pattern has resulted in a rather mundane Christmas to New Year period here […]

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