It was a frigid open to the weekend across northern Scandinavia with Finland dropping to -34 while on the Sweden/Norway border it dipped to -35C beneath clear skies.

Sunday AM in northern Finland.

However, high pressure Saturday was replaced by low pressure Sunday bringing a rise in temperature but at the cost of heavy snowfall across eastern Scandinavia.

Sunday evening, Finland.

It’s a VERY different story between now and the same time last year. A deep low brought record rain and powerful winds to the UK last year.

This year, it’s all about high pressure remaining parked over the UK and thanks to clear skies last night, parts of Highland Scotland dipped to -9, locally -10C.

Meanwhile down in southern Spain, it’s been a soaker of a weekend with flash flooding around the Malaga and adjacent communities on the Costa Del Sol.

Estepona won the rainfall price Sunday with 221mm or 9 inches of rain within 24 hours.

Monday morning surface according to GFS.

BIG TIME change on the way for UK and West while further shots of bitter Siberia air dive into eastern Europe.

GFS 2m anomaly/temp by Wed AM.

See this morning’s video.

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Haikuinen Mies ‏@Haikuinen

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