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Canadian Prairies Shivers Coldest Start To April In Over 20 Years

Canadian Prairies Shivers Coldest Start To April In Over 20 Years

It’s been a brutally cold, mid-winter-like open to April for south-central Canada. Daily and even monthly all-time record cold highs and lows have been set. https://twitter.com/robsobs/status/981266393101406212 Winnipeg’s -20.5C recorded back on Wednesday was the city’s coldest April temperature since 1997. However Winnipeg’s April record low is a brutal -27.8C set back in 1932. Excerpt from […]

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DANIEL SWAIN: April surprise: warm and wet late-season atmospheric river to soak NorCal

Written by on April 7, 2018 in United States of America, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
DANIEL SWAIN: April surprise: warm and wet late-season atmospheric river to soak NorCal

It’s a highly active rainy pattern for California and here’s a great article from Daniel Swain and the setup and more. Where do things stand now? The last blog post was about another incoming warm, wet Pineapple Express-style atmospheric river storm. That one did indeed end up packing a punch, but that punch landed a […]

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FRI 6 APR: VOGAN’S VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on April 6, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
FRI 6 APR: VOGAN’S VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Edinburgh Just Had It’s Coldest April Day In 80 Years Following Snowiest March Day Since 1979

Edinburgh Just Had It’s Coldest April Day In 80 Years Following Snowiest March Day Since 1979

It’s been a remarkable second half to winter and beginning of spring for Scotland. Following the coldest February since 2010 with Braemar recording it’s coldest daytime maximum in February, both March and April opened extreme with the TWO beast from the easts setting new monthly snow and cold records. Cities including Glasgow experienced their coldest […]

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Upper Midwest Continues To Shiver One Of The Coldest Opens To April In History

Written by on April 5, 2018 in United States of America, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Upper Midwest Continues To Shiver One Of The Coldest Opens To April In History

What a brutal open to April for the North-Central US. Perhaps the opening week of the month will go down as one of the coldest on record for the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest.   Yesterday morning observed the coldest April night on record for some. https://twitter.com/NWSChicago/status/981514513068515328 https://twitter.com/NWSAberdeen/status/981573833579749376 It bottomed out at 8 degrees which turns out […]

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A Very Snowy April 3-4th Shall Be Replaced By Spring Warmth Late Week/Weekend

A Very Snowy April 3-4th Shall Be Replaced By Spring Warmth Late Week/Weekend

Yesterday was not your typical early April day across Scotland. With daytime temps hovering at 1 to 3C during the mid and late afternoon accompanied by a near daylong snowfall which saw a coating to as much as 6 inches accumulate above 100 metres. Yesterday’s big contrast between a cold Scotland and mild England and […]

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THU 5 APR: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

Written by on April 5, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
THU 5 APR: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

Defining What’s Rare & What’s Not When It Comes To April Snow

Defining What’s Rare & What’s Not When It Comes To April Snow

Snow and -4 to -8C nights is by no means uncommon in April. There have been many recent April’s including the very recent years of 2015, 2016 and now 2018 which has seen cold weather. It sure was a cold April 2nd yesterday. The below maximums were mostly set during the morning as the air […]

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Another Month (This Time April) & More Record Cold & Snow From Illinois To New York

Written by on April 2, 2018 in United States of America, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Another Month (This Time April) & More Record Cold & Snow From Illinois To New York

April has opened wild and doesn’t appear over yet either. It was one very cold opening day to April for the North-Central US. With a high of 31 and low of 12, Minneapolis not only endured it’s coldest Easter in a decade but it was the coldest April Fools Day since 2002. https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/980617115811053569 and there’s […]

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MON 2 APR: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on April 2, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
MON 2 APR: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK
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