Summer 2016

WINTER CREEPS EVER CLOSER OUT WEST WHILE ENDLESS SUMMER CONTINUES IN EAST

Written by on September 19, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
WINTER CREEPS EVER CLOSER OUT WEST WHILE ENDLESS SUMMER CONTINUES IN EAST

Endless summer continues east of the Rockies while pulses of colder, fall-like air brings more snow and a step ever closer to winter in the West. Meanwhile both Southwest and Northeast get help from the tropics with much needed rainfall. GFS indicates 1-2 FEET of snow for parts of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming over the […]

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OMEGA BLOCKING PATTERN PROTECTS WESTERN EUROPE FROM ENERGETIC ATLANTIC

Written by on September 19, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
OMEGA BLOCKING PATTERN PROTECTS WESTERN EUROPE FROM ENERGETIC ATLANTIC

We have an omega blocking pattern developing this week. With low pressure over the Atlantic and south/southeast Europe and high pressure centred over Scandinavia extending SSW, the majority of the British Isles is largely cloud, wind and rain free. The exception being Scotland and Northern Ireland where we’re always closest to the Atlantic lows. The Atlantic jet is […]

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TYPHOON MERANTI TO HELP MAINTAIN SUMMER PATTERN OVER EASTERN US

Written by on September 17, 2016 in Summer 2016, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
TYPHOON MERANTI TO HELP MAINTAIN SUMMER PATTERN OVER EASTERN US

Often at this time of year when summer draws to a close, we look thousands of miles out across the Pacific and when there’s typhoons roaming the western basin, US meteorologists pay attention. With the help of a due west track of once Super Typhoon Meranti, summer lives on across the Eastern US and this warm pattern […]

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SEPTEMBER ON TRACK TO BE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR UK?

Written by on September 17, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
SEPTEMBER ON TRACK TO BE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR UK?

We’re only through the first half of September 2016 and the average temperature is already running a full 3C above normal, helped greatly by the incredible warmth in the East over the last week. Record breaking September already beating summer months Posted on 16 September, 2016 by Met Office Press Office The provisional mid-month statistics for September […]

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FOR 1ST TIMES SINCE 1929, UK HITS 30C+ FOR 3RD STRAIGHT DAY

Written by on September 15, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
FOR 1ST TIMES SINCE 1929, UK HITS 30C+ FOR 3RD STRAIGHT DAY

[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] After a remarkable 34.4C Tuesday (hottest Sept day since 1911) followed by 31 Wednesday and 30 today, we have witnessed the first 3 straight 30C+ since 1929. Chance arrives tomorrow. On the hottest day of the year back on Tuesday, Manchester was inundated by flood waters following torrential thunderstorms. Strong thunderstorms have and are breaking […]

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WHILE HERMINE ENDED FLORIDA’S HURRICANE DROUGHT, JULIA IS FIRST TO FORM INLAND

Written by on September 14, 2016 in Summer 2016, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
WHILE HERMINE ENDED FLORIDA’S HURRICANE DROUGHT, JULIA IS FIRST TO FORM INLAND

September 2016 has hosted two separate record breakers. To start the month, Hurricane Hermine made landfall ending a record 11 year hurricane drought for Florida. Today saw the formation of Tropical Storm Julia, the first system in recorded history to be named while over Florida. This thing will bring a multiday heavy, flooding rain and […]

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SURPRISE RAINY DAY IN GRAN CANARIA, FIRST SINCE AT LEAST APRIL!

Written by on September 12, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
SURPRISE RAINY DAY IN GRAN CANARIA, FIRST SINCE AT LEAST APRIL!

The family and I have been in Playa Del Ingles on the southern tip of Gran Canaria since the early hours of Friday. Late arriving due to a 4 hour flight delay. Finally on our way! Well for the last 3 days there’s been nothing but clear blue sky and highs between 26-30C. ‘Cut off upper low’ […]

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HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY SINCE 1973? TYPICAL WEATHER RESUMES BY WEEKEND!

Written by on September 12, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY SINCE 1973? TYPICAL WEATHER RESUMES BY WEEKEND!

With twin lows near Iberia and Ireland and a powerful upper level ridge over Europe, a steamy SE air flow means we’re drawing unusually warm air unusually far north by mid-September straight from the tropics. Temperatures will reach exceptional September levels across France into the southern, eastern British Isles. Hot today over France, tomorrow it’s England’s turn where 32C is possible. The record […]

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UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES TOP 5 HOTTEST SUMMER

Written by on September 11, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES TOP 5 HOTTEST SUMMER

It’s been a dry, long and hot summer for a large portion of the Lower 48, so much so that it’s been a top 5 hottest nationally and for some 45 US cities it’s been the warmest on record, especially to the east of the Mississippi River. The below graphics say it all! The relentless heat […]

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UK: LOW PRESSURE PATTERN DOMINATES BUT NOT WITHOUT HEAT!

Written by on September 10, 2016 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2016, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
UK: LOW PRESSURE PATTERN DOMINATES BUT NOT WITHOUT HEAT!

As stated in the past week, we remain in a low pressure dominated pattern but the prevailing track (SSW) and position (generally SW of UK) continues to promote unusually warm, humid continental air in over the UK. Fronts are still bringing wet, windy (even gale force) winds to the western side of the UK but sunshine and low to mid 20s but […]

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