Archive for 2018
While Western Europe flipped from warm January to cold February, the opposite has taken place in the Eastern US with cold January to warm February. The north-central has been frigid though and this strongly reflects a La Nina February. Jan 18 Feb so far Next 7 days firmly follows the trend of the last 18 […]
From spring back to winter within 24 hours! A system lifting ENE out of the southern Plains will meet cold air dropping southwards out of Canada and so precip turns to snow from the interior Mid-Atlantic up through New England. Quite the dip in temp between today and tomorrow. From mid to upper 50s late […]
The vicious combination of gale-force winds and snowfall created white out conditions across parts of the Highland road network Wednesday. Atrocious conditions were observed in the hills where gusts exceeded 100 mph over the Cairngorms. The worst affected area was along the A82 between Rannoch Moor and Glencoe. The A9 was also subject to serious […]
It’s been unusually warm for so early in the year across parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Temps in the upper 20s, low 30s are common late February into March across the southern region. But early week has of 37 to 40C are exceptional and record breaking. Blame early summer-like 850mb temps over Saudi Arabia with […]
According to ITV weather guru Liam Dutton, the UK experiences a prolonged cold period 66% of the time following a sudden stratospheric warming event. The last time it occurred was January 2013. So happens February was cold and March was the UK’s coldest in 50 years. The time before that? 2009 and our coldest December […]
Article from Capital Weather Gang By Jason Samenow February 14 at 1:18 PM Punishing winds have made life miserable for athletes and spectators at the Winter Olympics. As winds howled to 50 mph in PyeongChang, South Korea, on Wednesday, NPR reported emergency alerts buzzed on mobile phones, debris flung through the air, fences toppled, an […]
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