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Following the snowiest December on record with at least 183cm accumulating through the month, January opened with further record snowfall then record cold. The town of Lienz, located between the High Tauern mountains to the north and Gailtal Alps to the south, it lies in a valley at an elevation of 2,208ft above sea level in the […]
Spain’s mountainous interior is very familiar with snow and freezing temperatures during the winter months. However, this past week has been quite exceptional thanks to the coming together of powerful Storm Filomena and arctic air. For the 2,188ft capital of Madrid, as much as 20 inches of snow fell bringing the city to it’s knees […]
In the past week, there’s been frequent spells of rain, sleet and snow as cold air has continued to advance south over Scotland and the UK. Most of Scotland and many parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have woken to a fresh covering of snow thanks to a cold front diving south, followed by […]
Following a warm, wet November, December was a mixed, somewhat bookend month with cool spell to start and finish and mild in between. It remained very wet and followed a very wet autumn. The polar vortex was strong to near record strong during November hence the often warm, wet and windy month. Through December, the […]
It’s been a wintry week throughout the UK with frequent snow showers producing many with a winter wonderland. For some, it was their first winter wonderland of the entire year. As you would expect, the Highlands has captured the greatest falls with a widespread 3-6 inches accumulating above 200 metres across the Highland region from […]
The cold northerly flow continues to bring a snow and ice risk to many parts of the UK. Many woke to snow yesterday, more woke to snow this morning and with not one but two further waves riding the ‘reinforced cold flow’, we see further accumulating snow risks all the way to sea level across […]
Welcome to my 11th annual winter forecast for Europe. In this forecast, the conclusions drawn for the upcoming 90-day meteorological winter period are based on current oceanic and atmospheric drivers and my understanding of their potential influence they may have. Of course, pinpointing any specific pattern several weeks or months ahead is near impossible but […]
Well the first relatively low elevation snows have arrived to large parts of Scotland and Northern England thanks to biting polar-origin wind wrapping around a low near Iceland. Scenes from across the Northern UK this morning. Bathgate, West Lothian Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire A cold day with further wintry showers ahead. As a […]
Autumn 2020 has been very warm, particularly for north, central and east Europe with a back and forward in temps further west. For the UK and West, September was warm while October was average to below average but November was firmly above average. 2nd highest November Arctic Oscillation of last 70 years, A ‘good’ omen? […]
October 2020 was average to below average temperature-wise for much of western Europe, especially so, Ireland, France, northern Spain and Portugal, even Italy. Warmer than normal for Scandinavia and countries east of Germany with exceptional warmth over western Russia and surrounding the Black Sea. With the tropics a big contributor, the UK overall had it’s […]
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