Archive for 2012
You only have to look at the warmth of yesterday whiched extended from the Desert Southwest to Ohio Valley and compare it to today over the Midwest to appreciate how impressive this turnaround has been. From Minneapolis to Wichita to St Louis to Chicago, it’s like going from early spring/fall to December in a day. We had an […]
Scotland Following evening showers, tonight turns clear and fairly cold with a widespread frost as well as icy stretches developing due to wet ground. Lows tonight range from 2C in towns and cities to -2 to -4C in rural areas. The clear skies give way to a bright and largely sunny Saturday to come but it’s not […]
Unfortunately, it’s not just a blip in the models but it’s coming, two of them to be precise! Yep, more rain, more flooding, more ‘stormy hardship’ for us to deal with over the next few days starting tomorrow. The trouble is, all those flooded fields will become skating rinks later next week and beyond as the arctic hound […]
All week and even earlier I have been beating the drum of the dramatic flip from abnormally mild or warm to below normal cold with snow for the Windy City and other points. Check out the numbers for Friday! Also check out the temperatures for Minneapolis. Bare in mind that Rochester, MN recorded it’s latest 70 on […]
While we await the departure of the latest frontal boundary, our next trouble maker can already be seen brewing to the southwest down near the Azores. This will come up and impact southern England on Sunday. With pressure dropping to near 990 mb and a tight circulation, wind as well as rain is likely to be a […]
Scotland Following a very wet and blustery day throughout across Scotland with flooding widespread flooding issues, conditions will improve through tonight as the front pushes out into the North Sea. Rain and showers will persist into the first half of tonight but should die away during the overnight. This sets the stage for clearing skies, lighter […]
The ECMWF is on the right track for next week. Check out the maps below, now this is what you call a step down pattern shift. Next week will be a progression transition as a huge 1026 mb high expands north, growing to 1032 as it joins with another high up over Greenland, shutting off the classic westerly flow off […]
We saw roughly 3 weeks of a positive AO which has allowed significant cooling over the arctic and this has also laid to the quick expanse of arctic sea ice. A positive NAO/AO in November was crucial but when looking at the ensembles and seeing how much the NAO and AO is set to tank, we […]
Arctic air returns to the Lower 48 tomorrow and will increase in coverage over the next 7 days. As this arctic air sweeps south and east bringing a sharp drop in temperatures following the abnormal mild of today and tomorrow, many ask, who where and how much snow will fall. Over the next 36 hours, as […]
The wheels appear to be in motion now for big changes coming. Tired of all this STORMY hardship? Don’t fret, the end is in sight. That being said, we all face a rough next 24 hour period. The much anticipated, energy-loaded frontal system associated with a sub-974 mb low will sweep across a saturated Ireland and Britain tonight and tomorrow and […]
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