It was only a matter of time before the Siberian surface high exploded towards 1060mb following the incredible snow growth of the past 4 weeks.

The GFS next week builds the high to at least 1056, generating a widespread 10-20 CELCIUS below normal across southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.

24-26C below normal is pretty incredible!

Near -50C on Mongolia-Russia border.

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Bolot Bochkarev

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What About Europe?

Well we know the warmer pattern is here and here to stay through much of next week but looking beyond the 7 day, there’s uncertainty. Whether the super cold air building over central Asia pushes west bodily, remains unknown but some ensemble members have a Scandinavian block developing which could well feed Siberian air into Western Europe.

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