Archive for October 21st, 2018

Is the ‘October Eurasian snow cover’ a signal worth watching? This year is ‘similar’ to 2009… but?

Written by on October 21, 2018 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Is the ‘October Eurasian snow cover’ a signal worth watching? This year is ‘similar’ to 2009… but?

The Eurasia snow cover is rather bleak this year. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/1053061621411655680 This year is the polar opposite of 2016. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/796417042907856900 They say a big snow cover in October can enhance high latitude blocking during the winter providing southward incursions of polar air into the mid latitudes, particularly eastern North America and Europe. I’ve shown the below […]

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East Pacific get back to back hyper active hurricane seasons thanks to boiling SST’s, El Nino and MJO

Written by on October 21, 2018 in Tropical with 0 Comments
East Pacific get back to back hyper active hurricane seasons thanks to boiling SST’s, El Nino and MJO

With the development of Vicente and Willa, the eastern Pacific hurricane season of 2018 has entered the record books as busiest ever following a very busy season last year. Like we’ve seen all too often this year, newly formed Willa has rapidly intensified off Mexico, gaining 60 mph and gaining ‘major’ status within 24 hours. […]

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