Archive for March, 2018
A strong southerly flow triggered from a deep low spinning over Italy pulled a vast plume of Saharan dust northwards off Libya out over the Med turning many islands a dusty, orange Thursday morning. Crete’s sky resembled Kuwait or Iraq in the midst of an intense sandstorm. As well as dusty, it was also very […]
March 2018 shall go into the history books for it’s 4 Nor’easters within 3 weeks with two historic wind, wave and flood makers, the other 2 were more snowy for the populated I-95 corridor. The Four Nor'easters of March. pic.twitter.com/r73MvpWvyK — Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) March 22, 2018 These back to back Nor’easters helped set new […]
Without a doubt, March 2018 was by far the biggest and most challenging ‘winter’ month across Europe with not one but two record breaking cold spells which hosted crippling, record-breaking snowfall accompanied by bitter winds along with the coldest March days on record. A surge straight from Siberia that shall be long remembered. Scotland received […]
I’ve not seen any stats but when looking at the widespread MAXIMUM temperatures for both 17th and 18th March with 1/2C either side of freezing UK-wide, even maximums of -2 and -3C in southwest parts with a sun strength comparable to late or even mid September, I recon these two days must be among the […]
The first big story from Beast from the East 2.0 was Paris’s coldest back to back late March days since 1888 but the other noteworthy story is the snowfall within the city limits of Barcelona. Though the heart of the Spanish metropolis didn’t get any of the white stuff, it’s surrounding hills did. The nearby […]
The wind, rain and snow machine is on on both West and East Coasts today with potentially California’s biggest storm at the same time DC, Philly and NYC get potentially their biggest snow. For the Northeast and since March 2nd, their getting hit by Nor’Easter No 4. https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/976519844341444609 It’s certain that this is DC’s biggest […]
After not one but two major cold spells this March, the spring equinox arrived yesterday and it’s all uphill from here. The clocks ‘spring forward’ this Sunday morning at 2am. With a very pleasant 10C and sunshine, the kids made the most of it. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/976098211839533056 At this time of year (March-May & September-November) when nice […]
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