Archive for 2018
As stated in a recent Europe video, this winter’s cold spells haven’t so much came from a -NAO but a -AO. As we head into this weekend, the Atlantic flow shall make a return to the UK but with an exciting twist. The good news is that despite a westerly flow and no hint of […]
You know by now that the Eastern US just shivered through it’s coldest first week of January in recorded history, now it’s all about the warmth which quickly follows but on the horizon we have more arctic air on the way. Unfortunately with these rapid thaws come with flooding and ice jams. The thing is […]
Each and every winter sees spells of heavy snowfall in the high alpine resorts but the past 2 to 3 days have been something else. 2-3 METRES of snow has all but cut off resorts and communities with 13,000 tourists trapped in several resorts. The Savoie region of France witnessed 1.8 metres of snowfall (6 […]
As forecasted back on Nov 1, the 2017-18 winter has been rather mixed with a series of relatively short lived cool spells and one significant mild spell between 15-25 December. After a cold first 10-15 days of December (coolest since 2010) the mild which followed helped produce a warmer than normal December for the UK. […]
The majority of the Eastern US has just witnessed it’s coldest opening week of January in recorded history. A mammoth record to see fall. Even for the period between Dec 25 and Jan 7, it’s been coldest on record for the Northeast. Amazing. It’s not only the Northeast but the Great Lakes region too. Thank […]
We had a near perfect environment throughout the duration of last night for maximum radiational cooling of which Central and east Highland Scotland observed the coldest temperatures. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, positioned west of both cities and away from the urban heat island saw the thermometer surpass the previous ‘coldest of winter’ (-8C) set […]
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