Archive for 2012

Monday’s Vogan’s Views On Europe

Written by on June 4, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

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Trough Remains Anchored In West, Keeps Pumping Heat Into East, Watch Battleground Inbetween!

Written by on June 4, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Trough Remains Anchored In West, Keeps Pumping Heat Into East, Watch Battleground Inbetween!

Don’t see much change in the overall setup across Europe through at least the first 16 days of the month with a negative NAO. It looks to remain cool with frequent fronts sweeping through along with a constant northwest flow keeping Northwest Europe  below normal. While we see a trough drapped over the west, this pumps an eastern ridge, […]

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Active Week For NW Europe, Turns Stormy By Thurs/Friday, Blowtorch Looms For Eastern Med

Written by on June 4, 2012 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Active Week For NW Europe, Turns Stormy By Thurs/Friday, Blowtorch Looms For Eastern Med

    Good Afternoon! Hope your enjoying your long Jubilee weekend. While glancing at the models, we have little to shout about this next 10 days regarding warmth over Ireland, UK and NW Europe as a whole. It’s a different story in southern and eastern parts of the continent where temperatures are rising into the […]

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Next Rain Band Arrives Tuesday For UK but Something Bigger May Be Lurking Late Next Week!

Written by on June 3, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Next Rain Band Arrives Tuesday For UK but Something Bigger May Be Lurking Late Next Week!

While it’s been a grey, dissapointing later part of the Jubilee weekend for the majority of the United Kingdom with plenty of wet weather across the southern half, Monday looks to see clearance from this rain and a better day is in store. Highs will be supressed but slightly up from Sunday poor early June values of […]

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June 2012: First 10-15 Days Supports Trough/Chill But Could Warmth Return Mid-Month For E. North America & W. Europe?

June 2012: First 10-15 Days Supports Trough/Chill But Could Warmth Return Mid-Month For E. North America & W. Europe?

JUNE COULD HAVE SIMILARITIES TO MAY WITH COOL, DAMP FIRST HALF, FOLLOWED BY A WARM SECOND HALF We’ve just came off a positive NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) which followed a cold first 18 days of May on the heels of a super wet April. By glancing at the chart on the left off Policlimate.com we […]

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My Forecasting Mission!

Written by on June 2, 2012 in North and South America, Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
My Forecasting Mission!

This 500mb height anomaly chart is one of many I will be looking and sharing with you (Courtesy of Penn-State E-wall In coming weeks and months I intend on studying and showing you more and more examples of the vast array of computer forecast models we have for short, medium and long range which we have at our fingertips each day. This […]

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London Turns Wet & Cold As We Mark Our Queens 60 Year Reign

Written by on June 2, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
London Turns Wet & Cold As We Mark Our Queens 60 Year Reign

What a change from just 72 hours ago when large swathes of England enjoyed glorious bright sunshine and warm temperatures soaring as high as 26C. While we’re seeing a sharp temperature drop from mid 20sC down to high teens today, we’ll see a further and sharper drop tomorrow with Sunday, considered the main day of the jubilee celebrations […]

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Lines Of Dangerous Thunderstorms Are Impacting The Mid-Atlantic

Written by on June 2, 2012 in United States of America with 0 Comments
Lines Of Dangerous Thunderstorms Are Impacting The Mid-Atlantic

This radar map for the Mid-Atlantic (courtesy of The Weather Channel) shows the two lines of strong storms spreading east There are currently two very distinct lines of thunderstorms pushing east from the Ohio Valley towards the East Coast. The leading line is currently pushing through the DC area while the secondary line is further back nearer […]

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Jubilee Weekend Is A Tail Of Two Halves

Written by on June 1, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Jubilee Weekend Is A Tail Of Two Halves

The much anticipated Jubilee weekend has arrived and and for many, the question is how’s the weather going affect our outdoor plans? In short, we have a north-south split for Saturday with decent sunshine across northern and central areas of the UK but it will be cloudier down across the midlands and south with a chance of some […]

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Jubilee Weekend Starting Fine, Dry & Mild But Turns Cooler With Risk Of Rain By Sunday

Written by on May 31, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Jubilee Weekend Starting Fine, Dry & Mild But Turns Cooler With Risk Of Rain By Sunday

So far, Saturday is looking generally fine, dry and bright with temps ranging from 16C in Glasgow, 17C in Manchester, 19C in Birmingham and London with perhaps a 21C somewhere over the west Midlands, south Wales or around Somerset if there’s enough sunshine. There is a chance of some showers across south Wales and the […]

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