Archive for October, 2009

>Here is NOAA’s always warm forecast.http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead03/off03_temp.gif With all the snow falling across a large area of the West and Northern tier of the USA, Scotland’s Highlands and the European Alpine region, folks at the IPCC, NOAA, UK Met, Al Gore and others who depend on their warm models must surely be squirming just a little […]

> Red Lodge, Montana (photo courtesy of the Billings Gazette) We are seeing vast differences now just over recent days as the entire weather map is shaping up to be quite the wintry one for much of the Rockies as heavy snow are coming down and temperatures today across Wyoming will struggle to see freezing […]

>As the tropical season winds down, could we possibly see one or two more storms? Some think so, whilst I for one have never me too excited about this season for the get go. It’s been an exciting season for the LACK of activity and for the significance in such low tropical cyclone production globally. […]

>- By Mark Vogan Throughout history, there have been times of Glacial Advance and times of Glacial Retreat. Since 1979, the earth has undergone a retreat of the Glaciers to a point in which promoters of man-made Global Warming has made mention that the melting witnessed across the world of both sea ice and glaciers […]

>The Northern UK is under siege by a deep area of low pressure that’s crossing over far northern Scotland. Even here in what I would classify as a more sheltered inland location, gusts are topping 40-50 mph, which is making for a roaring sound every 10 seconds or so up here in my attic office. […]

>With the focus of the news these days across the devastated W. Pacific, I wish the rescuers well and my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones in yet another global disaster. The UK after cool, crisper days is under the gun of a strong low that’s spinning over the northern UK […]

>When will the first subzero low be in the lower 48? Earliest subzero readings since 2000Information from USA Today 2000November 3 at South Pass City, Wyo-32001November 19 at Alliance, Neb and Laramie, Wyo02002October 22 at Wolf Point, Mont-12003November 1 at Neihart, Mont-132004November 2 at Leadville, Colo-32005November 9 at Wisdom, Mont-132006October 31 at Valentine, Neb-62007November 14 […]

> As I stepped out the door at 4.43am this morning here in central lowland Scotland, I knew it felt cold, couldn’t have been much above freezing. The Winds that pick up during the day as the sun warms the surface and cooler air over our surrounding waters rush in as the land heats had […]