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Chicago Hit By Biggest Snowstorm Since Groundhog Day Blizzard 2011

Chicago Hit By Biggest Snowstorm Since Groundhog Day Blizzard 2011

As of 5pm CT, Chicago’s official recording station at O’Hare Intl Airport has recieved 7 inches of snow now, comfortably breaking a daily record and also making this the biggest snow event for the city since the infamous Groundhog Day Blizzard back in 2011 which dumped an incredible 21.2 inches, stranding motorists on Lake Shore Dr. Nearby Belvidere […]

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Your Mother’s Day Forecast 2013

Written by on March 5, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Your Mother’s Day Forecast 2013

This upcoming weekend is Mothering Sunday, one you cherish with your children or with your own mother. Wondering what the weather may have in store for perhaps a venture out to your favorite restaurant for a meal, or simply take a pleasant stroll through your local park? As you know, we are heading back into a somewhat more unsettled weather regime after […]

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TUE 5 MAR: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST (VIDEO!)

Written by on March 5, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
TUE 5 MAR: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST (VIDEO!)

Scotland It’s been another dry and for eastern and southern parts, sunny day! Highs topped out at between 7-9C and feeling not bad at all with the light wind and strengthening March sunshine. Change is afoot come tonight as cloud gradually builds and so an early frost is likely to lift, where skies hold clear, rural lows […]

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Biggest Snowstorm Of Winter (In Years?) For Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore & Washington

Biggest Snowstorm Of Winter (In Years?) For Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore & Washington

After so much talk of this storm, it is now unravelling and while there has been such uncertainty over especially the Baltimore-Washington corridor, it’s now looking more and more likely they are going to get hit hard by this. My advise would be, think seriously before attempting a Wednesday AM commute into either city! As for […]

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Storm Over Canaries To Break UK Settled Pattern, Winter Returns Next Week! (Includes Video!)

Written by on March 4, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Videos with 0 Comments
Storm Over Canaries To Break UK Settled Pattern, Winter Returns Next Week! (Includes Video!)

The stormy conditions currently battering the Canary Islands and extending east into Morrocco and through Iberia, will finally manage to swing an arm of unsettled weather north into the UK by Wednesday as a blocking high finally breaks down after bringing a largely dry weather pattern over the past 2 weeks. This has in fact been Britain’s longest sustained period of dry conditions since last March despite […]

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Storm Over Canaries To Break UK Settled Pattern, Winter Returns Next Week! (Includes Video!)

Written by on March 4, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Videos with 0 Comments
Storm Over Canaries To Break UK Settled Pattern, Winter Returns Next Week! (Includes Video!)

The stormy conditions currently battering the Canary Islands and extending east into Morrocco and through Iberia, will finally manage to swing an arm of unsettled weather north into the UK by Wednesday as a blocking high finally breaks down after bringing a largely dry weather pattern over the past 2 weeks. This has in fact been Britain’s longest sustained period of dry conditions since last March despite […]

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MON 4 MAR: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST (VIDEO)

Written by on March 4, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
MON 4 MAR: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST (VIDEO)

Scotland The dry and settled theme will continue for one more day (tomorrow) before a breakdown in the pattern as high pressure finally slides east into Europe, opening the door to Atlantic weather fronts mid week on. As for the remainder of today, cloud is breaking for many southern and northeastern areas and here, it’s feeling […]

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Biggest Snowstorm Of Winter, Perhaps Years Takes Aim From Northern Plains To Mid-Atlantic!

North Dakota blizzard of 1977 (Image courtesy of kcorliss.areavoices.com) Right up until the very last minute, things can change for better or worse with the storm system that will dive out of the Northern Plains into the Midwest with an eventual secondary low developing just off the North Carolina coast. This is a very complex […]

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March Opens Cold In The South, Snow Flurries Reported Around Tampa, Fla!

March Opens Cold In The South, Snow Flurries Reported Around Tampa, Fla!

  All week on the models we have been watching the trough drop all the way to South Florida and sure enough, it has delivered this weekend with many seeing their coldest weather of the winter. Atlanta’s high of 39 on Saturday was coldest since last winter and this morning, temperatures dipped to freezing or slightly below, […]

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Depth of Negative AO/NAO Means Winter’s Return To UK is ‘Highly Likely’! (Includes Video)

Written by on March 3, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Depth of Negative AO/NAO Means Winter’s Return To UK is ‘Highly Likely’! (Includes Video)

There is plenty of cold and for some, snow over the Eastern US just now and mid week, the Mid-Atlantic region may see their biggest snow of the winter. The significant ‘blocking’ pattern currently is favourable for US cold and snow but while we here in the UK will see the return of mild, wet and windy […]

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