Archive for October, 2017
Nate is currently a 45 mph tropical storm which is now back over water and in fact the warmest, deepest water of the Caribbean Sea. This system formed within a large scale regional system call a ‘Central American Gyre’. Unfortunately this large envelop of enhanced convection along with Tropical Storm Nate has triggered deadly floods […]
The same low which crossed the British Isles a couple of days ago, exploded over central Europe yesterday bringing widespread travel chaos and damage with countless trees downed during a spell of hurricane-force wind gusts. As the low pushed into Europe, it appears Shapiro-Keyser-Cyclogenesis occured with frontal fracture which allows injection of warm, moist air […]
As expected, TD 16 has been spawned from a Central American gyre. This looks to be trouble for not just Central America where rainfall will be prolific but also for the US. Modelling points to a hurricane landfall along the Gulf Coast somewhere between Louisiana and Florida this weekend. TS warnings up for Central America […]
Our pattern has been pretty much unsettled since August and it doesn’t look as though that will change through the rest of October. That also suggests no return to warmth and equally no arrival of winter either. It’s a pattern which one can expect one day of wet and blustery followed by drier, brighter but […]
Great information on former tropical cyclone hits on Western Europe. Wikipedia The effects of tropical cyclones in Europe and their extra-tropical remnants include strong winds, heavy rainfall, and in rare instances, tornadoes. There is only one modern tropical cyclone officially regarded as directly impacting Europe—Hurricane Vince in 2005, which struck southwestern Spain—having made landfall in the European mainland whilst still fully tropical. Hurricane Debbie in 1961 […]
We’re opening October 2017 on an extreme note with a heavy early season snowstorm for Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado while summer is making a comeback further east. An impressive thermal gradient with 20-25 below to the west and 20-25 above to the east… The depth of trough and cold within sure is impressive for […]
Back in mid August Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain was declared snow free for the first time since 2006 with only 3 patches hanging on for dear life. Mark Mullen's pic of Ben Nevis on Saturday shows a few small snow patches on life support. First time the Ben snow will be free since 2006. […]
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