Archive for 2009

>Todays Extremes here at my houseHigh 32 degrees (12.11pm) Low 28 degrees (7.45am)RAIN/SNOW: Afternoon snow flurriesA chilly day with mostly cloudy skies that produced some afternoon flurries which dusted here but brought as much as 1-2 inches across the higher ground of Ayrshire and areas south of Glasgow. The high was indeed the second sub-freezing […]

> Photos courtesy of John in Hendersonville, elevation 2,800 feet in the North Carolina Mountains… Taken earlier today, Thanks John! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE MAJOR CITIES RECIEVED A MAJOR SNOWSTORM? BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL TAKE HOLD FOR THE DC, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK TO BOSTON CORRIDOR WITH WORST EFFECTED AROUND DC TO ATLANTIC CITY… […]

>This blog post will continue to be updated throughout today and the weekend…12 NOON UPDATE: According to Accuweather’s Raychel Harvey Jones, A windgust to 48 mph was reported in Hampshire along with blizzard-like conditions in many areas of the eastern and southeastern portions of England.Over 200 motorists were stranded on motorways last night across the […]

> Snowcovered Paris, France MANY PARTS OF EUROPE COVERED BY SNOW NOW INCLUDING THE MAJOR CENTERS OF LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, WARSAW AN OTHERS From Paris to Berlin and across Europe we have seen winter hit and hit hard. The pattern has delivered and the cold air is likely to intensify as snow cover radiates all […]

>Todays Extremes here at my houseHigh 40 degrees (3am) Low 34 degrees (8.34am)RAIN/SNOW: Overnight rain showers with mix of sleet. Afternoon sleet showers turned to snow showers.An overnight which actually held at a mild 40 degrees but with a brisk wind from the east made it feel much cooler (low 30s). Some fast moving showers […]

>After a day holding in the 30s and a brisk east wind, snow showers have managed to whiten the ground. Lets see with despite a breeze how much clear skies and a contental air mass can cool. I am pushing for a low around 25 by sunrise tomorrow as it’s now currently 29 degrees.Parts of […]

>As the core of cold centered over Europe swings into Britain now and through the weekend, it will become increasingly white across much of the British Isles. Strong east winds will make for a cold weekend and heavy snow is going to break out so dangerous travel on roads will become an issue. Stay tuned […]

>Todays Extremes here at my houseHigh 42 degrees (5.11pm) Low 32 degrees (5.57am)RAIN/SNOW: Light showerAfter morning frost with patchy ice, it was a generally pleasant day with a good deal of sunshine. By lunchtime skies clouded over some and even produced a light and brief shower around 1pm as a west wind brought the clouds […]

>Folks, you had been warned! This may be one of, if not the ONLY blog in Britain that issued a forecast back in October of a “Mid-December snow and cold event” following a warm/mild stormy November for Great Britain and yes it’s bang on target friends…As forecast the “Core of cold” over the continents, cenetered […]

>Todays Extremes here at my house High 42 degrees (6.05pm) Low 37 degrees (5.50am) RAIN/SNOW: None After a mild evening last night as temperatures rose from the 32 degree mark around 3pm yesterday to the low 40s by late evening last night after a day which saw rain fall on top of frozen ground which […]