Archive for October, 2012
Sorry guys for the LATE US post for today. I promise. I will look in greater detail at the US situation Thursday afternoon, especially since there’s lot’s going on. I am rushing off so want to leave some quick thoughts. Ok, so we’ve a big cut off storm system (riding the southern branch of the jet) […]
Following a 3-5 day period where the UK has been positioned to the north of the jet stream and tucked beneath a cool high, skies have been generally fine, dry and fairly sunny by day, clear, cold and frosty by night, the pattern grows complex over the next 7 days and rather congested too. The ‘blocky’ pattern with the evolution of […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis After the the majority of the UK enjoyed the effects of an anticyclone since Saturday, this system is set to breakdown and shift allowing a developing low to cross the country over the next 36 hours. The leading edge and associated fronts will spread across Ireland and Northern Ireland during the first […]
I’ve seen a few mentions floating around and some folks have also asked me about the prospects of a late month Greenland block developing and an early taste to winter here in the UK. Right now I am kinda sitting on the fence or at least not jumping too quick as there is a lot […]
Thought I would give you a quick post on how the weather’s looking up in Greenland these days. Big different in 24 hours!. We often talk about the NAO and the Greenland block in relation to our weather but what’s the weather like up there at the moment.. Here was the conditions yesterday at Summit Camp, which […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis The general synopsis as of 3.30pm today supports two areas of low pressure positioned near Iceland and another two centres positioned W,SW of the UK. Sandwiched in between is a bubble of high pressure which dominates the central North Atlantic and extends across the Northern and central UK bringing fine and settled weather. […]
The cold was impressive all the way to Texas for a 2nd day in a row. While Tulsa, OK endured their earliest freeze yesterday, it was OKC’s turn today. Dallas saw it’s first freeze and 20s got all the way into the Texas Panhandle. The core of cold is now sweeping off the Atlantic coast and […]
This post is in response to a press release issued in recent days by Reading University which discusses the link between a warm North Atlantic and wetter UK summers. If you’ve been following me back to when I first started blogging back in July 2009, you’ll be aware of my stance on why our summers here in the UK have been turning wetter […]
Shutterstock General Synopsis The general synopsis consists today and over the next 36 hours with a trough centered over the UK, filled with cold air, shown by low thickness values and cool 850 mb temperatures. A cool high pressure system sits within this trough which dominates the northern British Isles while a low to the southwest, positioned near […]
Following several days of unseasonable cold and snow, this air mass is quickly sliding east with warmth pulling east across the country. As this cold air exits the East Coast over the next 24 hours and warmth follows, another trough is dropping south with a fresh lobe of arctic air set to flood a large portion of […]
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