Archive for 2012
An upper level ridge is set to expand across most of continental Europe next week supporting mild temperatures and settled weather with sunny days and misty, foggy and chilly nights. Daytime highs may range from 5-10C above seasonal averages. Both ECMWF and GFS show upper as well as surface high pressure, so cloud should be minimal across a […]
As stated in my previous post, the stage is being set for an increasingly large temperature contrast this weekend both locally, ahead and behind a sharpening cold front and across the country. While snows and potentially blizzard conditions continue for some, warmth, gusty southwest winds and strong to severe thunderstorms will be the weather talk […]
There is a wild pattern setting up across the United States with a major trough developing over the Rockies while ridging is pumping unusually warm air north through the Plains today, Ohio Valley Saturday and East Sunday. The big player is a major storm system intensifying over the Northern Rockies heading NE, the backside of the circulation […]
Scotland The damp and blustery theme will continue into this evening and it’s all thanks to a deep Icelandic low positioned to our north. Through tonight, yet more heavy, thundery showers will pile in on the stiff southwest wind which will touch gale-force through the western isles, fresh to strong across the rest of the country for the […]
The latest low to progress west to east between Iceland and Scotland will swing a cold front across Scotland tonight and the rest of the UK tomorrow bringing wind and rain. With the NAO trending firmly into positive territory, the up and down theme with emphasis on an ‘Atlantic driven’ flow looks to continue for the next […]
It has been an unbelievable past 10 days for the Northeast and especially New Jersey and Greater New York City where the hardest impacts from Sandy were felt and will continue to be felt for a long time to come. So, it was Sandy last week and now it’s Winter Storm ‘Athena’. A Nor’easter which began to get […]
Scotland Following a damp and breezy night last night, today is much better thanks to a ridge which has settled in between two lows. Enjoy the brief spell of brighter, calmer weather because it’s all about to go downhill once again tonight as the next low swings a cold front down across the country. It’s a wet and […]
Last week it was all about Sandy and her devastating impact on the Northeast, impacts which will be felt for years to come, this week it’s a Nor’easter and the first major snowstorm of the year. Unfortunately this Nor’easter as expected is causing problems as ‘inches’ mount up from DC to Boston and combined with […]
As highlighted way back last week and indeed forecasted months ago, we are seeing the NAO head well into positive territory. This was clearly outlined and I strongly stated the importance of a reload period during November, right be winter begins. As also expected, people are jumping all over this spike who are wishing for a warm winter. […]
Scotland Now that we’re back into a predictable, westerly flow, strongly influenced by the Atlantic, there is little change between day and night. Today is a dull, damp and windy day. With a westerly wind comes a mild flow with plenty of moist air streaming into western areas but with shelter in the east, it’s drier […]
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