Archive for November, 2017
I guess you could say I’ve got Friday frustration as you’ll be aware if you watched the video from earlier. It’s dark and wet here in Ft William just now and I guess this sums up how I feel when it comes to computer forecast models. It seems for the last 5 years we time […]
Recent days has seen the return to stormy and wet conditions to the Pacific Northwest extending well into California. This is the first in a series of systems which will hit the West Coast in the run up to Thanksgiving. #AtmosphericRiver bringing widespread rainfall to the #SanFrancisco Bay Area this morning! Rain spreads southward through the day into […]
Torrential rains associated with a cut off low over the central Med Sea has produced devastating flash floods to parts of Greece and with this very feature expected to become a warm core medicane in the same area late this week, more devastating floods is expected. The setup is such that a low to mid level cut off low is strengthening […]
No it’s not something from the chemist but a consolidating storm system which forms over the Mediterranean and takes on some tropical characteristics including a warm core and a clear eye. The last medicane we had was back last Halloween. The models have showed a medicane forming late this week for some time. Small chance […]
With Ben Macdui, Braeriach, Aonach Mor, Carn Mor Dearg, Ben Nevis and another 10 munros including the UK’s top 6 highest ticked off the list last year, 2017 had a lot to live up to. It’s certainly been a great year for me in the Highlands . Like 2016, another 15 summits were achieved including another 3 in beautiful Torridon in April and May, Ben […]
The all important and busy Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching and it’s looking very interesting. The models are consistent and bringing some major league arctic air into the Midwest and East along with the potential of a significant snow event. The below GFS ensemble shows the build-up of heights into Greenland and the western US […]
As the next frontal system pushed into the cold air, parts of lower elevation Highland Scotland woke to the first blanket of fresh snow. The first appreciable snow fell in places such as Aviemore. A few more #snowy scenes from this morning. pic.twitter.com/AGSbWYm2z0 — BBC Weather Watchers (@BBCWthrWatchers) November 13, 2017 Snow! Thank you RonbytheLoch. from Aviemore pic.twitter.com/m8F9WAFvQM […]
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