Archive for 2018
The clocks may have changed and it may be April now but winter refuses to let go. A system travelling northwards into a cold pool of air parked over the UK is producing heavy snow as well as heavy rain this morning and shall through the rest of the day further north. Here’s the latest… […]
While northern Europe shivered through March, much of central, Middle East and sub-continental Asia sweltered in truly remarkable mid summer level heat. The contrast between NW and SE Eurasia couldn’t be more striking. March 2018 temp anomaly for Asia. Between March 27-30, the Asian heat peaked, Nawabshah soared to 45.5C setting a new heat benchmark […]
Great piece from Chief Meteorologist Eric Fisher looking at the extreme ups and down of the Boston winter in 2017-18. March 30, 2018 at 10:13 pm Well, it’s just about in the books. We’re not done with snow chances just yet but the sun is about to win the seasonal battle and we’re slowly pushing […]
There’s no doubt, March 2018 will be firmly entrenched in our minds for years to come with not one but two ‘beast from the easts’ which delivered record snow and cold. However, the mild spells either side of these two sharp cold periods chipped away at the negative anomaly for the month overall and so […]
A system separating cool from arctic shall speedily sweep ESE this weekend reopening the door to winter once again despite it being April. Not one but two significant snow systems are poised to sweep across Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota into Wisconsin over the next 7 days with reinforcing shots of late season arctic air. https://twitter.com/NWSBismarck/status/979802596973084673 […]
Cold and moisture can lead to snowfall and this long Easter weekend promises just that. Who gets snow falling and where it lies is two very different things at this time of year. To some’s surprise, snowfall isn’t all that unusual at this time of year but lying snow is. For higher parts of the […]
Just in time for the long Easter weekend, if your out and about across the Southwest, water, sun cream and shades will be required but bundle up if your east of the Rockies as arctic air makes a return. Note in the below GFS 500mb height anomaly and 850mb temp anomaly charts the bulging West […]
It’s a rather mixed picture as we head towards the forthcoming Easter weekend. The general setup is such that low pressure keeps things fairly showery and breezy across much of England and Wales but somewhat drier and brighter thanks to higher pressure for Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Good Friday Good Friday is pretty […]
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