Archive for 2018
In recent years, heat has without a doubt been the dominant weather/climate story across Alaska. However, thanks to a cold trough spinning over northern Alaska a spell of unusual cool payed a visit to the Alaskan interior. Fairbanks International Airport recorded a minimum of 36 degrees which ties a record low dating all the way […]
After a month of cloudy misty mornings giving way to warm sunny afternoons, North America has decided to give our beloved jet stream the kiss of life. Our upper air setup has turned back to what we’d typically see even at this time of year. Sorry folks! On the whole it’s not looking bad for […]
After months of subpar precip across northern europe, soils have dried out big time thanks to an unusually persistent blocking high over Scandinavia. Would would argue that this is where the heat’s going for the heart of summer. However, we have the first forecast test on it’s way as the pattern is about to flip […]
Following a LONG winter for Newfoundland and Labrador, Wabush in western Labrador went straight to a mid summer-like 27.9C on May 31. It was a dramatic way to see it’s first 20s of the year. https://twitter.com/rcbstormpost/status/1002341702701649920 HOWEVER, talk about one step forward and two back… amazingly, in the wake of a ‘snowy’ low pressure system, […]
After a cool and wettish open to May, the majority of the month was dry with places going two weeks with barely a drop. Thanks to heavy thunderstorms and downpours, the only ‘wetter than normal’ portion of the UK was the south-central portion of England. It looks like June could turn out much the same. […]
As we progress into June, the models have the core of heat centred right where the worst of the drought is. This is coinciding well with my long terms ideas in which at least the front end of this summer will be hottest from the Four Corners to Texas and points north into the Dakotas. […]
Below article is from the BBC. 2 June 2018 Last month was the warmest May since records began more than 100 years ago, the Met Office has said. According to provisional figures, May 2018 saw an average daily maximum temperature of 17C (63F). It would beat the previous May record of 16.9C set in 1992. […]
There’s not a lot of text to go with this post as the numbers and graphics say it all. We’ve likely seen one of the greatest flips from winter straight to summer in a LONG time. A year without a spring as Sam Lillo says? Remember April was the coldest nationwide since 1997 and likely […]
The extreme cold and snow of March is a distant memory as May will go down as the warmest on record for much of Western and Northern Europe. With the core of high pressure centred over Scandinavia, here it’s likely been the warmest and driest May on record for Norway, Sweden and Finland combined. Europe […]
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