Autumn 2017

January 2018 Recap: Cool North, Mild South

January 2018 Recap: Cool North, Mild South

From Met Office 1 February 2018 Provisional statistics for January 2018 show it was slightly sunnier and colder than average in the north, but a somewhat different story for the south. The month got off to a wet and windy start when Storm Eleanor moved across the UK on 2 and 3 January, and this […]

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Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

Written by on February 1, 2018 in Africa, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

Snow in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is common during winter and in the nearby upland areas it happens every few years but not further south on the edge of the Sahara. Zagora witnessed it’s first snow since 1968. Cold air associated with a large and deep cut off low over SW Europe extending into NW Africa […]

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Cold Air + Moisture = Snow!

Cold Air + Moisture = Snow!

A +NAO, -AO means the Atlantic continues to drive systems east across thee UK but cold air entrainment and building cold over Scandinavia will meet over the UK. This keeps us on the cool side of average pretty much right through next week with an ongoing snow threat, primarily but not exclusively over the hills […]

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January does a 360 on Northeast: Coldest open to least snow since ’03, Frigid Feb on the way?

January does a 360 on Northeast: Coldest open to least snow since ’03, Frigid Feb on the way?

What a wild January for the Northeast and much of the country. From coldest opening week of a New Year since records began to least amount of snow cover for final week of January since 2003 and 2nd lowest since records began 15 years ago. It was a truly memorable first half to January 2018 […]

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Kazakhstan shivers but it’s 35C ABOVE normal in far east Siberia

Written by on January 31, 2018 in Asia, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Kazakhstan shivers but it’s 35C ABOVE normal in far east Siberia

While many parts of central and southeast Asia are enduring bitter cold, it’s anything but in far eastern Siberia. While -20 to -30C is common in late January, temperatures have went off the scale warm. With temperatures of 5 to 6C above freezing, these are new monthly high temperatures for some easternmost Siberian communities and […]

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China shivers at -50C, Shanghai sees heaviest snow in 10 years!

Written by on January 31, 2018 in Asia, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
China shivers at -50C, Shanghai sees heaviest snow in 10 years!

It’s been bitterly cold across much of China with the southward extent of the arctic air reaching unusually far south. The chill has even made it to Shanghai where they’ve received the first snowfall in 5 years and heaviest in 10 years. Freezing temperatures made it into China’s typically balmy sub tropical region. In the […]

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Snow returns to Scotland and Northern Ireland Wednesday

Snow returns to Scotland and Northern Ireland Wednesday

It’s been a cool, blustery past 24 hours in the wake of the previous front but the next front which moves through tonight promises to bring a distinctly wintry flavour to Wednesday across Northern Ireland, Northern England and Scotland. Snow is expected mainly over high ground but don’t be surprised to see some slight accumulation […]

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Norwegian Air beats BA’s 2015 record for fastest subsonic flight between New York – London

Norwegian Air beats BA’s 2015 record for fastest subsonic flight between New York – London

It’s normal for flights to be shorter heading east from North America to Europe than from Europe to North America thanks to the prevailing westerly wind and jet stream. You often shave 30 minutes to sometimes an hour of your flight heading from North America to Europe compared to heading west into the prevailing wind. […]

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TWC: Colder Temperatures Return to Central, Eastern U.S. as February Begins

TWC: Colder Temperatures Return to Central, Eastern U.S. as February Begins

By Linda Lam Jan 29 2018 05:15 AM EST weather.com The recent milder temperatures will soon be a distant memory as cold conditions will return to portions of the central and eastern U.S. to begin February, courtesy of a weather pattern change. (MORE: Winter Storm Central) The current upper-level weather pattern will continue to allow […]

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Turbulent up-down week ahead as jet stream drives series of fronts across UK/Ireland

Turbulent up-down week ahead as jet stream drives series of fronts across UK/Ireland

Ahead of the cold front which has been progressing southwards during Monday we saw a spring-like day for many during yesterday. It's mild today!(1) HYSPLIT shows a descending mT airmass from Azores.(2) AROME suggests peak temps of ~16°C. 28 Jan record is 15.4°C (in 1887).(3) 6 stations currently at ~14°C (https://t.co/XISQY0Snn5).(4) Breaks in cloud could […]

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