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Meteorological winter 2023-24 draws to a close today. Given how mild February turned out to be, I think it’s safe to say many will quickly forget this one. That being said, it’s had it’s fair share of flips, extremes and oddities… From one of the coldest December openings since 2010 to heavy rains, multiple named […]
It’s been quite the autumn and winter so far with excessive rains, swings back and forth of cold and warm as well as multiple storms. 10 named storms since 1 Sept through January Name Date named Date of impact on UK and/or Ireland and/or Netherlands Agnes 25 September 2023 27 – 28 September 2023 Babet […]
December follows October and November as being a very wet month. It started cold and dry then turned very mild but also very wet. Christmas to New Year has seen it turn somewhat colder and snowier, especially in the north. The month overall coincides quite well with my December Outlook (scoring 8 out of 10) […]
The heavy rains which affected the Northern UK during October shifted south to southern areas and particularly France during November. The final 10 days turned increasingly cold. November started extremely wet, on the heels of October… Eastern Scotland had its wettest October on record in a series which goes back to 1836. It was also: […]
Welcome to my 14th Europe winter forecast. In this forecast, the conclusions drawn for the 90-day meteorological winter period will be based on the climate drivers currently at play. I’ll look at the current AMO & PDO state, El Nino, IOD, MJO, QBO, Solar. What could each driver mean individually and collectively? Another important factor […]
As October draws to a wet, blustery end, here’s a look back at what we witnessed during October 2023. WHAT WAS SAID: Europe October 2023 Outlook What happened… Remarkably warm start to October following record warm September! Update 38.2 MONTORO NEW SPAIN OCTOBER RECORDRecords were obliterated with up to 6C margin with tropical nights even >1300m!First […]
Following a very interesting summer, September will go down as a quite remarkable month. We’ve seen it all with a full blown heatwave delivering the ‘warmest weather of the year’ to very unsettled conditions during the 2nd half with a named storm too. The month has also seen a dramatic tale of two halves. From […]
As meteorological summer draws to a close, so it ends on a cool, showery note. However change appears to be on the horizon as a new season dawns. That change comes courtesy of a strong northward progressing hurricane as well as the wakening up of the MJO. It’s been quite a remarkable summer both in […]
The difference between June and July 2023 just ending has been like chalk and cheese, polar opposites. High pressure (centred just N of Scotland) in June was replaced by low pressure (draped across Ireland, UK and Scandinavia) in July. From the warmest June on record (as per Met Office) to what looks likely to be […]
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