Archive for 2013
The cold is well and truly in place across Scandinavia but while it eases in coming days across the North of the continent as ridging builds in, setting up a classic ‘Scandi block’, even colder air looks set to get drafted in from Asia into western Russia and perhaps into the Ukraine and SE Europe […]
Scotland After a fairly dull, cloudy but mainly dry afternoon for most, skies will tend to clear like last night, making way for a cool night beneath the stars. Overnight lows dip to between 3-6C in rural areas to nearer 8-10C in the major towns and cities. Look out for dense fog patches in parts of […]
Over the next 5-7 days the US pattern overall settles as the jet stream intensifies and roars nearly due west to east across the country. That’s a mild orientation of course with Pacific air crossing the country and locking any cold up in Canada. However these patterns tend to come at a price for the […]
There is a large temperature spread across Europe these days with a highly amplified pattern bringing unusual late season warmth to Iberia with highs reaching the low 30s across northern parts of Spain but in stark contrast we’re seeing the first snows fall across Scandinavia as well as in cities such as Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn […]
Scotland It’s been a largely fine and dry day across much of Scotland but thicker cloud has lingered from Dumfries up into Glasgow and through tonight, while sunshine gives way to starry skies, light and patchy rain will fall through the night across the Southwest up the western flank of the country, always drier, clearer […]
Scotland After a fairly cloudy afternoon, skies will turn clear through tonight and since the front is to the south, introducing a cooler air mass, it will turn quite chilly overnight with lows widely down to 3 or 4C in rural areas, nearer 5 to 7C in towns and cities. Thursday looks fine, dry and sunny […]
We have the first truly wild setup coming up in the coming days and after a system brought 4-8 inches of snow to the mountains surrounding both Anchorage and Fairbanks over the past few days, that same storm system is set to drive into southern British Columbia and Washington. Cold air is attached to this system […]
While the pattern remains quite benign I thought I would post a little on the pattern over the next few weeks and basically through the first half of October. Firstly here is the NAO and AO indexes and it’s clear to see where they are at right now. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] As your well aware, I […]
Scotland It’s a damp, dreary but mild afternoon across the country with the exceptions of the Northern Isles where it’s a rather cool 10 or 11C. Little if any sunshine for most but if your in the northwest corner and perhaps along the Ayrshire coast, you may have seen some sunshine this afternoon. The thick […]
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