Archive for April, 2019
Lot’s of talk about an impending heat wave coming up for the UK. As a matter of fact it’s turning cooler towards the weekend as an air mass of arctic origin dives south via a cold front. The model at 850mb shows the air that’s north of Scandinavia sweeping south. Convective snow showers could well […]
Last weekend saw 5.3 inches of snow fall at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This was the 2nd heaviest calendar day snow for so late in the season. The following weekend saw 2.5 inches of snow which marks the latest accumulating snow for the Windy City since 1989. A look at "spring" conditions across far northern […]
This April, like most have delivered a taste of everything as you’d expect at this key transitional time of the year. Record cold, snow, heat, rain and big tornadoes have all featured but as you can see from the below temperature anomaly chart. Neutral to above normal temperatures have won out. The month is winding […]
The month opened cold in the west and warm in the east across the continent but into April’s second week and the persistent Scandinavian block built south flipping the temperature pendulum the other way. This high has been the driver to April, both giving and taking. How strong is the current blocking high over Finland? […]
Thanks to an unusually persistent area high pressure, rainfall has been considerably below normal this April and in turn has led to a spell of unusual April warmth. The dominant Scandinavian high initially brought a taste of late winter some 7-10 days ago but during the past week, many parts of the British Isles as […]
Day/date: Tuesday 2 April 2019 Munros: Geal Charn (5 of 2019, 81 total) Start point: Garva Bridge Drive length: 2.5 hours / 121 miles Walk length: 8 miles / 5.30 hours Weather: BASE: Clear, little wind 2C @ 8.30am / SUMMIT sunny, light wind -1C, -5C wind chill. h
Day/date: Saturday 23 March 2019 Munros: Meall Chuaich (4 of 2019, 80 total) Start point: A9 layby 94, S of Cuaich cottages Drive length: 2 hours / 108 miles Walk length: 8.75 miles / 5 hours Weather: BASE: Clear, little wind 2C @ 8.30am / SUMMIT Mix of sun/mist, light wind -2C, -7C wind chill. This was my first hill walk since […]
Bob Henson · April 19, 2019, 1:28 PM EDT In its full report on devastating Hurricane Michael, published Friday, the NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center found that Michael was a Category 5 storm with top sustained winds of 140 knots (160 mph) when it smashed ashore near Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle on […]
What a difference a matter of days can make in mid April… The same Scandinavian high which produced a winter-like chill right across the UK and Ireland last weekend is now bringing a taste of early summer and a toasty Easter weekend for much of the UK. The warmth should peak Easter Saturday but Good […]
When you think of extremes you think of the US. However Japan saw a wild, and wacky pattern of opposites on the very same day (April 10th). By that I mean Shitaabaru roasted to a new April record of 31.3C while Tokyo was a very chilly 5C at 1pm. In between, Karuizawa in the Alps […]
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