Archive for 2012
The europe pattern at the moment consists of a western trough and an eastern ridge with a constant southwesdt flow pumping Saharan air northeast across the central and eastern Med andsoutheast Europe. There will be little change in this setup over next 7 days however while the trough intensifies in the west, the ridge will begin drawing super hot air from off […]
Relentless, heavy rainfall has forced stretches of the M1 and many others A class roads to shut due to flooding today. According to the BBC, one man was rescued as his car became stuck in flood waters in Waterloovile, Hampshire. At the seafront in Littlehampton, West Sussex homes were hard hit with floodwaters 4 ft deep and even as far north as Boroughbidge in North Yorkshire […]
A low positioned along the north coast of France is already feeding heavy rains into Kent and this will continue working north, northwest through the overnight. This area of rain will cover the Southeast and East Anglia through the early hours with the core of heaviest and most persistent rain slowly spreading into the heart of southern […]
This morning, having stood for 2 and a half hours, my wife Karen and I stood on Rye Road in the Barmulloch area of Glasgow and watched the first set of the Red Road flats on Petershill Drive get brought down. During my 2 and a half years working at Asda, Robroyston, these iconic, symbols of […]
Between Thursday and this morning, there are parts of southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle which has seen an astonishing amount of rainfall. While some places have witnessed 15-22 inch 2-day totals, some spots have witnessed 12-18 inch ONE-DAY totals. These are amounts you would expect from a tropical storm or hurricane but of course […]
For those living in the eastern third of the country, this weekend is all about the return of heat following a chilly past week. In a sense, one can thank the latest storm system punching into the Pacific Northwest as this is helping push and expand the ridge east. As this system carves out a new trough […]
Tonight’s ECMWF has an exploding 592-600dc ridge expanding from the Sahara north over the Mediterranean encompassing Greece, the Balkans and Turkey. Even island resorts such as Sicily, Crete, Malta and the Greek Islands look to soar well beyond 100F from Tuesday onwards and I can only imagine what kinda temperatures we may see extend into interior Greece and especially Turkey. […]
One very impressive June storm system continues to batter the British Isles and I think it is safe to say, it has lived up to it’s billing. After seeing wind gusts clock 70 mph along exposed coasts with one gust clocking an impressive 82 mph at Needles on the western tip of the Isles of Wight, 50-60 mph winds continue to […]
The trough remains in place over the Northeast but it’s days are numbered as the next Pacific storm roars into the Northwest Friday bringing yet another reinforcing shot of autumnal chill, rain and mountain snows, this atmospheric shove will help raise heights further east and will force a ridge back into the Northeastern part of the […]
Severe thunderstorms give birth to WA tornadoes (THE WEATHER CHANNEL) Dianella Morley residents tell of tornado terror as storm smashes homes (PERTH NOW) OTHER WEATHER NEWS ACROSS AUSTRALIA Bitterly cold temperatures and frosts to blanket south and south-east Australia (THE WEATHER CHANNEL) Round 2 – another east coast low predicted (THE WEATHER CHANNEL)
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