Archive for 2013
It is tough to forecast snow here across the UK and Ireland at the best of times but in March it’s even more challenging as you have multiple factors to consider which perhaps you wouldn’t during mid winter including potentially warmer ground and higher sun angle which radiates more energy through clouds and down to the surface […]
While one storm exits the Northeast, the next sweeps into Southern California where it’s bringing disruptive rain across low lying areas, heavy snow to the mountains as well as strong, gusty winds. Further east and thunderstorms are causing flight delays in and out of Las Vegas McCarren Intl Airport. In Phoenix and it’s blowing dust along with a hailstorm that’s causing problems. There’s a lot […]
The storm began early this week with thundersnow and 60+mph winds across Montana, the following 36 hours saw over 14 inches of snow fall over parts of North Dakota then over 9 inches in both Minneapolis and Chicago, this was both cities largest snowfall of the winter. As the system crossed the country, as much as 8-12 inches fell across Indiana, Ohio and […]
We know it’s turning cold through this weekend but I want to break down the details and the question I ask is how cold will it get early next week across the UK and Ireland? In the post yesterday I spoke of the incredible 850mb temperatures depicted by the model with the latest run of the ECMWF perhaps even colder than last night with -10 […]
Scotland The cold theme becomes increasingly more noticable as we progress towards the weekend. Precipitation will turn to snow even to somewhat lower levels tonight across Grampian so prepare for tricky driving up over higher routes. Elsewhere tonight it’s feeling cold in the brisk east wind with off and on showers, some of which will be […]
As the storm now sets it’s sights on the Northeast, we look back at what fell from the Dakotas to DC and we certainly have seen some very impressive totals with both Minneapolis and Chicago receiving over 9 inches, record-setting for Chicago. Snow totals generally ranged from 8-13 inches from North Dakota to Indiana (14″ fell […]
I’ve made mention of the 2009-10 winter throughout this season and was first highlighted back in autumn as my key analog to this winter. I gave my reasons as to why I believed this winter would be like 2009-10 with mild spells but always interupted by spells of winter with the SECOND half of the season being […]
Scotland The presence of weak frontal systems is bringing largely cloudy skies and with a nagging east winds blowing off the cold North Sea waters, it will feel fairly cool if your out and about today. Some light and patchy rain or drizzle can be found up the Southern Uplands and this may advance into the […]
Boy, what a storm this has been across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and now through Illinois, Indiana this evening with as much as 7 inches now down in Chicago. An impressive 9 inches of snow fell up in Minneapolis from this system and well over a foot came down up over North Dakota. This powerful winter storm […]
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