Archive for April, 2018
We knew it was coming but I must admit I didn’t expect this warm. It’s amazing how quickly a pattern can flip around given the cool first half to April. The BBC’s latest numbers for the Greater London area is up at 28C. If hit, it would be the UK’s warmest April day since 1949. […]
According to meteorologist Daryl Ritchison based in Fargo, for the state of North Dakota as a whole, the first 15 days of April is the coldest on record and records date back to the 1800s. We of course know how cold it was in the late 1800s and early 1900s in this notoriously cold part […]
Thanks to a fairly persistent east, southeast air flow during early April, we’ve had quite the extremes on both ends of the precipitation and sunshine ledger in Scotland this month. In fact the driest, wettest, dullest and sunniest places so far this April have all been in Scotland. After observing it’s coldest April day on […]
After a disastrous spring last year with a mild and snowless end to winter, it’s quite the opposite this year. Scotland lost all of it’s snow by the end of summer for the first time since 2006, I don’t think that’s going to happen this year. Here’s an article that will cheer many, especially economically. […]
UPDATE: A storm total of 15.8 inches recorded at Minneapolis-St Paul Intl Airport between 13-16 April makes for the biggest April total in recorded history. https://twitter.com/JMichaelsNews/status/985898341572726784 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/985919934525050886 The period between January 1 through April 14 is also snowiest on record now for MSP. https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/985696164006809600 First it was the coldest first 8 days and now coldest […]
While it noticeably warms up this week with many seeing their first 21C of the year, the models are suggesting the return of cooler than normal towards the end of April into May. The CFSv2 correctly shows a very warm continent through the upcoming 7 days with mid to upper 20s over parts of Poland, […]
Last year ended on a high for me with the successful climb of 15 munros (same as 2016) ending with stunning Bla Bheinn on Skye. 2018 got off to a false and delayed start with a failed attempt of 2 munros in the east Drumochter Hills back in January due to wind, snow and whiteout […]
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