Autumn 2017

Long duration snowstorm could be Chicago’s biggest in 3 years, maybe a top 10!

Long duration snowstorm could be Chicago’s biggest in 3 years, maybe a top 10!

Up until now, winter has delivered the cold but not so much the snow. Well that’s changing and the snow is catching up and as of this writing. Heavy snow has now enveloped the Chicagoland area. Fed by a clash of warm and cold and a deepening system pulling moisture up from the Gulf has […]

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The Atlantic parade continues and so does the UK snow threat

The Atlantic parade continues and so does the UK snow threat

The next Atlantic front is pushing across the UK over the next 24 hours and guess what, there’s polar maritime air in it’s wake so the 7-10C of today will be more like 2-7C tomorrow with any snow to all levels across Scotland. Note the difference in 850 temp between 12 noon today and tomorrow! […]

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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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Frigid Superbowl Sunday, -43F Embarrass, 3F at Kickoff in Minneapolis

Frigid Superbowl Sunday, -43F Embarrass, 3F at Kickoff in Minneapolis

Superbowl Sunday dawned frigid cold for Minnesota with pretty much all sites starting off below zero and barely getting above during the day. As is often the case, Embarrass up in the Arrowhead took the prize for lowest temp in the state and Lower 48 with -43 degrees registered both yesterday morning and this morning. […]

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SSWE (sudden stratospheric warming) is one thing, where it affects is another

SSWE (sudden stratospheric warming) is one thing, where it affects is another

Whether you love weather, cold weather or both, we all get excited at the thought of a sudden stratospheric warming event. No question it’s a truly spectacular event and awesome to watch on the many incredible graphics we have at our finger tips these days. While they only occur every so many years, there is […]

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WU: It’s True: Cape Town’s Water Supply Is Three Months Away from a Shutdown

Written by on February 4, 2018 in Africa, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
WU: It’s True: Cape Town’s Water Supply Is Three Months Away from a Shutdown

ARTICLE FROM WUNDERGROUND.COM Bob Henson · January 19, 2018, 2:32 PM EST Three years of unforgiving drought in Cape Town, South Africa, have led to the once-unthinkable: A great world city is about to turn off the tap to its municipal water supply. The long-feared “Day Zero”—the point when the reservoirs serving Cape Town drop […]

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Wave of Arctic air to sweep across Western Europe bringing widespread snowfall this week

Wave of Arctic air to sweep across Western Europe bringing widespread snowfall this week

As we leave the weekend and enter a new working week, bitter cold shall spill out of Scandinavia drifting southwestwards across Germany, Low Countries, SE UK, France and Spain where snow and cold shall dominate. It’ll be cold across the rest of the UK too with widespread snow likely but the core of continental cold […]

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Snow and Arctic cold greet Superbowl fans in Minneapolis, even colder next week?

Snow and Arctic cold greet Superbowl fans in Minneapolis, even colder next week?

We’re firmly back into winter once again with a setup which sees waves of reinforcing arctic air behind a series of Alberta clipper systems. These systems gain storm status as they intensify lifting out of the Ohio Valley over the Great Lakes and into southern Ontario. For the Upper Midwest these aren’t particularly big snow […]

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Blame La Nina: 25 out of 31 days rainy in Seattle, WA while Amarillo, TX is on day 111 dry!

Blame La Nina: 25 out of 31 days rainy in Seattle, WA while Amarillo, TX is on day 111 dry!

As is often the case during the winter months, it’s been wet in Seattle. So much so that 25 out of the last 31 days has seen measurable rainfall. February off to a wet start in Seattle with 0.34" as of 7 pm. This is nothing new. The last 4 Februaries have been very wet. […]

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First ‘Beast from the East’ to briefly pay a visit to UK early next week

First ‘Beast from the East’ to briefly pay a visit to UK early next week

Back at the beginning of last month we had a few folks screaming ‘beast from the east’ but without a cold source for that ENE to blow from, it’s nothing more than a cool easterly wind. However, the setup appears good for a true biting easterly to develop early next week as cold air builds […]

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