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La Nina, MJO May Have Delayed But Not Denied Sudden Strat Warming & Cold Response Across Northern Hemisphere

La Nina, MJO May Have Delayed But Not Denied Sudden Strat Warming & Cold Response Across Northern Hemisphere

Winter 2020-21 will likely go down as a cold winter overall for the Northern UK, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia and northern China. Warm across Southern Europe and perhaps Canada and even the USA despite the incoming cold now. For the UK, despite a warmer than normal December, January was coldest since 2010 (but by […]

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Europe’s coldest temperatures by country

Written by on January 12, 2019 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Europe’s coldest temperatures by country

As a colder weather pattern is looking more and more likely through the 2nd half of January, I thought it may be a good time to have a look at just how cold Europe has been in the past. Below shows the coldest ever temperature recorded by country across Europe. Close up of the Balkans. […]

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Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Turns Europe Into Siberia

Written by on February 27, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Turns Europe Into Siberia

It’s a textbook ‘beast from the east’ pattern with our entire Northern Hemisphere atmosphere reversed following the major mid February SSW. About as negative of a North Atlantic Oscillation as you'll ever see. Twin blocking highs of 1061mb and 1056mb over Greenland and Scandinavia respectively vs a 974mb low over the Azores driving a multi-layer easterly […]

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Coldest end to Feb/start to March in years for Europe as Siberian air brings a week of bitter air, wind and disruptive snow

Written by on February 25, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Coldest end to Feb/start to March in years for Europe as Siberian air brings a week of bitter air, wind and disruptive snow

It’s safe to say we have a very wintry, potentially worst week ahead with persistent easterlies winds driving frequent ‘sea effect’ snow showers in off the North Sea with enhanced polar-low system snow propagating westwards. So, the wait is over and the stage is set. Can I just say, what a textbook example of a Siberian blast […]

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Europe Winter 2017-18: ‘Relatively mild’ Dec-Jan, Potentially ‘very cold’ late Feb, March!

Written by on February 19, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Europe Winter 2017-18: ‘Relatively mild’ Dec-Jan, Potentially ‘very cold’ late Feb, March!

December and January turned out average to warmer than normal across Europe and the UK ‘overall’ but certainly this big picture doesn’t tell the whole story as there have been frequent colder periods ‘locally’. January anomaly However, the large-scale trend shifted firmly to colder in February. Despite a warmer than normal Dec-Jan period, there have […]

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Moscow gets biggest 24/36-hour snowfall, 2nd greatest for Paris since 1987

Moscow gets biggest 24/36-hour snowfall, 2nd greatest for Paris since 1987

After what’s been a pretty mild season across Europe, winter weather continues to dominate much of Europe so far this February. That’s despite a +NAO. The GFS 850mb chart says it all, note the coverage of arctic air stretching from Russia all the way to Morocco. The biggest deal for the current cold isn’t so […]

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Arctic blast turns Paris white on final day of meteorological autumn

Written by on December 1, 2017 in Autumn 2017, Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Arctic blast turns Paris white on final day of meteorological autumn

Early season arctic air has driven deep into Europe helping bring an early snowfall to Paris while even southern Spain endured a frost away from the immediate coast. It’s snowing across northern Spain this morning while temps slowly rise over the UK. Check out these stunning winter wonderland images of Paris last night. Another view […]

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Arctic Air Departs UK & Heads Across Europe This Week, 2-3ft Of Snow Possible In Alps, Balkan Mountains

Written by on November 22, 2015 in Autumn 2015, Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Arctic Air Departs UK & Heads Across Europe This Week, 2-3ft Of Snow Possible In Alps, Balkan Mountains

After a cold and for some, snowy weekend, milder Atlantic air makes a return for Ireland and the UK into the new working week. As a result of milder Atlantic air sweeping in from the west, the core of cold gets pushed into the near continent. Tonight starts cold across Northern Ireland and Scotland under clear sky and […]

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Solar Likely Holding NAO/AO Positive But Why The Cold Spells Then? A Look At Winter’s ‘Chilly’ End Game…

Solar Likely Holding NAO/AO Positive But Why The Cold Spells Then? A Look At Winter’s ‘Chilly’ End Game…

There has undoubtedly been a distinct lack of negative NAO and even AO this winter. That’s despite seeing 3 cold spells. Sure, they’ve not been all that extreme on the grand scheme of things. The first during the first 2 weeks of December brought some snow and cold, the 2nd the week between Christmas and […]

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Cold And Snow Becoming Dominant Over Europe, Will Make Appearance Over UK, Ireland Next Week

Written by on January 24, 2014 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Modelling remains consistent with the ‘wintry’ solution to next week and while some should see snowfall across the UK and Ireland, there will always be those who remain disappointed. Next week’s coming of snow and cold has been outlined here since back last weekend and there’s really no more to add. Ironing out the details […]

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