Archive for 2018
Yesterday and the previous few days have seen a marked east to west temperature contrast across Scotland. Brisk easterly winds crossing a cool North Sea meant coastal areas struggled to get much above 12C, made worse by low cloud, mist and fog known as haar. Further west and as the air crossed a warming land, […]
Recent Severe Cyclone Sagar set a few records last week by becoming the westernmost ever cyclone within the Indian Ocean basin. The cyclone was also the strongest to ever hit Somalia after traversing the entire east-west length of the hot Gulf of Aden. Despite being locked in on three sides by desert, the Gulf of […]
Remember the bitter cold and heavy snow of April? That may seem like a distant memory for Minneapolis and Minnesota now given the ‘sudden summer’ pattern currently underway. Today marks the fourth straight 90-degree day for Minneapolis which ties the longest stretch of consecutive 90s for the month of May. https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/1000775095433023489 Tracy, Minnesota has topped […]
It’s been a very dry past 10 days for Scotland, Northern Ireland and N England as well as right across Scandinavia and the next 10 days could be equally as dry. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some, perhaps many places which see little to no rain over the next 10 days where high […]
Subtropical storm Alberto has formed in the western Caribbean off the Yucatan and promises to track north towards the US Gulf Coast hammering Memorial Day weekend for beachgoers. Not the best of afternoon’s in Cancun due to the presence of Alberto just off to the east. Pre June 1 development has happened often over the […]
Thanks to a strong and anchored Scandinavian blocking high extending over Scotland much of this month, we can enjoy a rare, warm back to back May bank holiday weekend’s Remember back to the first weekend of the month and we set two records. With RAF Northolt recording a peak temperature of 28.7C, this surpasses the […]
While April was the coldest since 1997 for the US, in the starkest of contrasts, May is going to be the warmest for the US since 1983. While warmest for the nation, May has turned out very wet across Florida and Southeast and this soggy pattern looks likely to continue through much of June. June […]
May has played out according to plan with an unsettled first half but much more settled and drier second half. The core of warmth this month has been centred over the very areas which endured the worst cold back in March (Scandinavia) while the long term cooler, wetter trend continues across Iberia. Over the past […]
On May 19th, the Hong Kong Territory set a new May heat record. Pretty much the entire region observed temperatures in excess of 32C with inland areas to the north exceeding 34C. Tai Po reached 36.5C which surpassed the territory’s old May record of 35.7C set in 2013 and 1991. Two other locales exceeded the […]
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