Archive for 2013
As well as the impressive JANUARY-LIKE cold in which Charlotte, NC broke a record with a low of 21 while many Appalachian Mountain resorts dropped into the teens and Sugar Mountain, NC hit 10, we also saw rare snow. Last night saw the arctic front drive all the way south through coastal South Georgia and South Carolina […]
Scotland After a decent day for much of the country, albeit windy in the North and West, conditions have now deteriorated this evening with a band of rain now spreading east across the country. This should push through fairly quickly and what will follow will be a raft of heavy, blustery showers driven in by […]
Arctic air continues to blast south this evening and it sure has grabbed the attention of millions of shivering Eastern and Southerners. As the front has steamed through, we’ve seen rain change quickly to snow, gusts past 40 mph, thunder and lightning and temperature drops of 10+ degrees within just 1 hour. 24 hour drops […]
Confidence is high on Western Europe including Ireland and the UK turning considerably colder late this weekend into early next week. Modelling has been consistent at building high pressure northwards east and west of the UK which will turn winds due north. First of all we must contend with a rather windy spell over the next 36 to 48 hours as another Icelandic […]
Scotland The showers of today will become confined to the West Coast and with clear skies, lows fall towards freezing in many rural parts. Towns and cities around 4 or 5C. Wednesday starts off fine, dry and sunny but head into the Northwest and Western Isles and the weather is already going downhill. By mid […]
This morning was hands down the coldest of fall so far in the Northern Plains and by Wednesday morning it will be all the way to Florida. The first subzero air of the season crossed the border into North Dakota with Minot AFB hitting -3. Many northern North Dakota towns today didn’t get much above 18, […]
The mild air currently northeast from the Azores across Ireland and the UK will be quickly followed by chilly air from Iceland by Wednesday as a series of lows swing into Iceland. We have one deep low impacting Iceland at the moment and another impacts Wednesday. That storm system is expected to bring a band of rain along with gale-force […]
Scotland Fine, dry and bright/sunny afternoon across much of Scotland with showers lingering in the North and West. Tonight will continues to see those showers in the same areas but elsewhere and for most, it turns clear and chilly with lows between 0C in rural parts to 4 or 5C in most towns and cities, nearer 2 or […]
We continue to look at the major arctic air mass and snow prospects coming up this week over the Midwest, East and even Southeast US. While the snow has backed off considerably on the models from 3 or 4 days ago where both GFS and ECMWF had a major East Coast snowstorm, the arctic air is very much coming. Check […]
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