Archive for April, 2013
Parts of the West are recovering after experiencing some exceptional April cold and believe it or not, this is not done despite the warm up taking place now. I know it’s frustrating, I hear ya, but this is one of those years where old man winter just does not want to make way for summer. […]
For weeks now it’s been all about the strongly negative NAO/AO which has delivered our persistent cold but finally the ensembles are showing the opposite with a fairly sharp rise into positive territory and this will support the opposite teleconnection which has setup up beautifully of late between eastern North America and western Europe. In other words, instead […]
Scotland The pattern has finally switched around with our weather now coming in from a SW direction, rather than from the east and that means much cloudier skies along with rain and a freshening breeze. With the cold air mass still trying to hang on, it’s a cold rain with snow falling over the hills. Through […]
The warmup in the East was a reminder of what season we’re heading into but for some, it may have been a little warm, too fast as parts of the NYC Tri-State got up close to 90 while the DC-Baltimore area did reach 90 for the first time this year. Keep in mind that it […]
The upcoming ‘warm spell’ which has been forecasted here since last week is now well advertised as it becomes more and more obvious on the models but while many jump on the idea that it’s going to warm up, i’ve been trying to determine the finer details of this weekend, such as timing, how much sun and just […]
Scotland Some small changes on the way over the next 24 hrs, greater change comes this weekend in the form of much milder weather. Tonight will see largely cloudy skies along with an easterly breeze. Both will keep the air temp up but it will feel colder with the wind. Chance of an odd flurry […]
The storm barrelling across the heart of the United States right now is producing about as wild of as you’ll ever get at this time of year with mid-winter arctic air trailing behind a potent frontal system while summer-like air spreads out ahead. The system is drawing copious amounts of Gulf moisture and as this swings […]
Scotland The cold easterly flow is back thanks to low pressure down to the south, high pressure to the north, these winds have felt cold and have fed wintry showers into eastern areas while it’s stayed largely dry and sunny across the west. Through tonight it’s another clear, cold and frosty night with lows of 0 […]
The incredible April storm has already produced winds of up to 150 mph over Mammoth Mountain and through tonight may produce damaging easterly winds through Salt Lake City thanks to the tremendous pressure gradient between a 1036mb high over western Canada and a sub 985mb low over southern Colorado. While winds scream across the Wasatch and adjacent ranges tonight, heavy […]
It’s been a long, cold and snowy winter across much of the US but as temperatures begin to warm, this puts us all in the mood for warmer days, barbeques, the beach and vacation. As we’re getting deeper into spring, the role of rainfall becomes more and more important as distribution of precipitation can very much determine what kind […]
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