Archive for February, 2022

Remembering The UK’s Coldest Night Since 1995!

Written by on February 23, 2022 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Remembering The UK’s Coldest Night Since 1995!

In October 2009 I commenced my commercial driving career at Graham’s Dairy (Glasgow) after passing my class 2 lorry test the previous April. My first winter and my first big test behind the wheel came fast with the ‘infamous’ winter of 2009-10. Frequent snowfall and persistently low temperatures were common with my lowest dash temperature […]

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Too Much Snow Even For The World’s 2nd Snowiest City!

Written by on February 9, 2022 in Asia with 0 Comments
Too Much Snow Even For The World’s 2nd Snowiest City!

From Wikipedia Geography Sapporo is a city located in the southwest part of Ishikari Plain and the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary stream of the Ishikari River.[15] It is part of Ishikari Subprefecture. Roadways in the urban district are laid to make a grid plan. The western and southern parts of Sapporo are occupied by a number of […]

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Has La Nina Cooled Our Planet?

Has La Nina Cooled Our Planet?

I’m sure for folks living in the UK and much of Europe, after what has been a mild and snowless winter, most won’t be thinking about the title above. It’s always important to keep in mind that what goes on in your own back yard doesn’t necessarily reflect the bigger picture. The below temperature anomaly […]

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From Double Storms Last Weekend To Highland Snow This Weekend… Northerly Late Next Week?

Written by on February 6, 2022 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
From Double Storms Last Weekend To Highland Snow This Weekend… Northerly Late Next Week?

Last weekend, Scotland was hit by a double whammy of Storm Malik followed speedily by Storm Corrie. Here's some of the top wind speeds recorded during our extreme weekend with #StormMalik and #StormCorrie. Looks like a record wind speed for January in Inverbervie. pic.twitter.com/2h2Ayispyk — Sean Batty (@SeanBattyTV) January 31, 2022 Why was #StormCorrie so […]

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Europe February 2022 Outlook (Winter so far!)

Written by on February 1, 2022 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Europe February 2022 Outlook (Winter so far!)

Winter 2021-22 So Far! Back in July I began to build my 2021-22 winter forecast. I’ve spent many an hour studying and taking into consideration ALL the global and regional parameters, players and drivers currently in place at the time and came up the an eventual forecast at the beginning of December. Based on my […]

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