Archive for 2010

> Graphics courtesy of The Weather Channel March can be the most exciting, dramatic and extreme of all months From extreme heat to extreme cold, from severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to blinding whiteouts and sub-zero windchills. March is the major transition from winter to spring and into summer. The big climb out of winter where […]

> Image courtesy of NOAA The kind of winter we have just seen with colder than normal from the US to Britain, this kept the jet further south and so too did the warm air. The Sub-Tropical High has been supressed south and kept in a region where the sun is stronger than where it […]

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> As you can clearly see from the above chart 1) there is a lot of red covering this map and 2) there was very warm over cold across North America. Note the deep blue across the heart of north-central Asia? Most of Europe was either cold or very cold, particularly from Germany to Ireland […]

>My Continent of Contrasts Part Two Post Will soon be online so keep checking back, whilst your waiting why don’t you checkout the Facebook Fan Page where there are additional features there that aren’t availible on the blog in which you can write your own thoughts on the up coming hurricane season or why don’t […]

>Check out this interesting piece that I noticed on www.climatedepot.com Frank Lansner has done some excellent follow-up on the missing “decline” in temperatures from 1940 to 1975, and things get even more interesting. Recall that the original “hide the decline” statement comes from the ClimateGate emails and refers to “hiding” the tree ring data that […]

>From Warmest and Driest on Record to Coldest in 25 Years, how so? Graphic courtesy of AccuWeather.com Graphic courtesy of Environment Canada All of us, weather fans, enthusiasts and indeed those within the profession will all be reflecting on a winter, one of wild storms, severe cold or lack of! Many of us perhaps who […]

>AccuWeather’s Brett Anderson blogs about Canada’s Warmest & Driest winter on record in 2009-10.. Check this out. http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/26252/warmest-and-driest-meteorological-winter-on-record.asp Thanks for reading.-Mark

>Muirhead and Camphill Reservoirs of North Ayrshire loose their winter ice-cover after nearly 3 months Even on Arran’s peaks, snowcover is restricted to the highest peaks now after weekend rains and warmer temperatures. Muirhead Reservoir, January 2010 Muirhead Reservoir, January 2010 Frozen surface of Muirhead Reservoir Since joining Grahams Dairies from Asda back last October, […]

>A high yesterday of 53 and 51 today with this mornings low of 41 degrees, signs are showing that winter is all but over for another year, however this doesn’t mean we can’t see more frosty nights, April always displays a few frosty nights and even May can see the odd one or two every […]