Winter 2015/16
The UK and Ireland’s longest dry spell since probably last September continues but you’ll have noticed an increase in cloud cover thanks to our high repositioning and therefore drawing moister air in from the Atlantic. Still, where sun shines (central and southern Scotland today), it’s pleasantly mild at 10-15C but as you well know, under […]
The southern is getting fired up this afternoon with a fairly widespread severe threat stretching from west Texas to the Florida Panhandle while on it’s northern edge, it’s bringing a tricky, snowy commute from Denver east into west Kansas and north into Cheyenne, WY. Within 36 hours the energy and moisture is lifting up into […]
We’re at a seasonal cross roads, a time when the atmosphere wants to hold onto winter in the high latitudes but become summer in the low latitudes. The mid latitudes are in the battle zone between winter and summer. March is a fickle month, a month which can produce low 20s C as far north as Scotland like we […]
As shown in this morning’s video, the potential appears to be on the rise for a major early spring snowstorm up the I-95 corridor Sunday into Monday. Several factors need close monitoring throughout the Friday-Saturday as well as Sunday period. the supply of colder air Today’s system pushes through the Northeast bringing a slow drop […]
UPDATE: While it’s a cold, cloudy 6C this afternoon in Aberdeen and just 4C in places, just 50 miles to the west and with sunny skies it’s an early summer-like 18.6C currently in Braemar. Today mark’s the UK’s warmest of 2016 to date! As you can see in the below visible satellite, there’s a lot […]
Lot’s of uncertainty as we head into the weekend but before we get there we have a major storm system to deal with over the Upper Midwest. Rain, local severe weather on it’s leading edge but strong to potentially damaging wind along with heavy snow on it’s rear may bring blizzard conditions to the western […]
The North Sea is at it’s coldest of the year and when you’ve an omega blocking high centred over the Norwegian Sea, it tends to be cold, cloudy and breezy down the East Coast of the UK but opposite in the west. When wind blows off a large body of water this time of year, air temperature […]
It’s been a record warm first half to March 2016 down the Plains. This is in stark contrast to March 2014 which was coldest on record for the very same area. March 1-14, 2016 March 2014 Interesting to see that winter 2016 saw the lowest sea level pressure over Alaska and Wisconsin. Colder air filters SSE […]
Strong, well stacked high pressure from surface to upper atmosphere at this time of year means near perfect visibility and highly contrasting temperature fluctuation and variability. Check out these great images from space yesterday. These clear skies made for great view of the Highlands yesterday. I captured this shot yesterday evening in Fort William. Aonach […]
A good start to the rainy season in November-December gave way to a disappointing heart of the rainy season in January-February with drier and warmer than normal conditions. However, the latest series of March storms to slam California has meant San Francisco’s rainy season has went from below to above normal and snowfall in the Sierra is above normal unlike the previous 4 […]
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