Winter 2015/16
As we enter spring’s 2nd half we firstly look back at March. As we enter April, warmth matures over North Africa as the scorching heat core begins to migrate northward to the Sahara. During winter, the sub-tropical ridge we worship throughout the Med each summer, starts off just above the equator and as the sun angle rises and the incoming solar radiation […]
Very brief write-up this evening. Had a puncture on my travels today and set me back 2 hours. If you live in the Northeast, don’t be fooled by the nice warm southwest winds of the next few days, your about to nose dive back into February following a taste of late May/early June. Quite an […]
We have a classic late March/early April temperature rollercoaster. With a still active and progressive upper air flow crossing the Atlantic and Europe and with warmth building over Africa/Med but cold holding strong across Greenland and northern Scandinavia, we have a fight. With lows remaining active from Atlantic into the Western side of Europe, you can […]
It was a brisk, blustery but brilliantly bright start to Tuesday up and down the Eastern Seaboard this morning as an intense low exits into Atlantic Canada while high pressure builds in from the Upper Midwest. Great sunrises in the eastern cities. Despite the sunshine, winds were intense over Mount Washington this morning where a gust […]
Katie may be gone but we remain in a blustery, showery and cool regime today. Cold mid level air on the rear of Katie is allowed to drop into the lower atmosphere within the heavier convective showers. Beautiful night satellite image of Katie’s centre approaching the SW Norwegian coast. The system sure left her mark over southern England. […]
A large storm system driving cold late season air into the West today will bring additional snow from the mountains to Washington to New Mexico including Colorado. Spells of heavy rain and strong, gusty winds will affect low elevations. Things get real interesting towards mid week as this system crosses the Rockies into the Plains. […]
The immediate focus in weather on this Easter Monday is Storm Katie barrelling through the English Channel bringing significant transportation impact to both UK and mainland Europe. Amber warning currently in place from Isle of Wight to Kent. Shield of moderate to heavy rain is pushing north. There’s even some snow over Cheshire this morning as cold air gets […]
A fast moving cold system dove SE over Colorado far enough south as the Texas Panhandle present a White Easter to a swath stretching from Amarillo through Guymon, OK, Wichita, KS to Omaha, NE. The late March sun really does a work on even a half foot of snow. TX Panhandle High pressure immediately replaced the system clearing skies […]
In last night’s post I shared images and facts on the blizzard which shut down Denver a few days ago, well that very system crossed the Plains and Great Lakes and had quite the split personality. While there was a distinct wintry side over Ontario and summery side across Pennsylvania, I don’t want to overlook the […]
The current depression (still forming) over the British Isles is delivering gusty winds and bursts of heavy rain across Ireland and the UK is bringing summer-like warmth to Spain’s south and east coasts. Strong southwest winds blowing across Iberia ahead of the cold front is downsloping, compressing and warming on approach the the Med coast, AKA terral winds which has brought temperatures as high as 28C […]
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