Archive for 2018
This is not a forecast or outlook but more thoughts regarding this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Today is of course the first day of the season and we’ve already seen Alberto. Not a particularly noteworthy system from a tropical point of view but it helped contribute to the wettest May on record for parts of […]
It’s been quite the upside down pattern this May over Europe with a wet south and dry north thanks to the relentless persistency in a Scandinavian blocking high. However, it may be of a surprise to you that Reykjavik, Iceland has seen a very wet May and in fact precipitation has been reported on every […]
Below article from weather.com By Chris Dolce May 31 2018 12:51 PM EDT weather.com Story Highlights Colorado State University expects 13 more named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, a slight reduction from its initial forecast. This is near the 30-year average for the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin. […]
While Scotland has been spoiled by a stunning spell of weather with day after day of warm sunshine, our luck is about to run out as the thunderstorms which have plagued England, Wales and a large swathe of southern Europe are lifting north. The west Highlands has been the place to be over the past […]
The city of Salalah on Oman’s south coast is a deceiving and interesting place. Salalah is Oman’s 2nd largest city after Muscat and sits on southeast edge of the Arabian peninsula with Indian Ocean to it’s south and steep mountains to it’s immediate north and this is why it’s not as hot as it’s northern […]
It seems like mother nature just loves to swing from one extreme to the other. Last month was the coldest, snowiest April on record. Minneapolis went from scenes like this last month… to this yesterday… Minneapolis was not alone. Within 43 days, Minneapolis went from a 26.1 inch all-time record April snowstorm to it’s earliest […]
With a strong upper level ridge of high pressure is parked over Scotland, we continue to enjoy a coastal California-like May with gloomy low cloud and sea mist morning’s which give way to glorious blue sky and 20s by afternoon. This was the scene in Oban yesterday. Even with the slackest of easterly flows, North […]
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