Archive for 2018
A broad circulation of disorganized thunderstorms is affecting much of Central America from Pacific to Atlantic. This is known as a ‘Central American Gyre’ which has been known to spawn tropical cyclones as well as flash flooding and landslides. Note the low is centred over the SW Caribbean Sea but the envelop of moisture covers […]
As we continue to see the ups and downs of the current pattern, our attention is turning to Hurricane Leslie and the complexities which surround her influence on the UK and the wider West of Europe next week. A lot can change and we know the models don’t handle tropical interaction well but there are […]
Following an unusually cold and snowy September, that trend continued and matured into October. The 13 inches of snow which fell on Calgary was not only the city’s biggest October 1-day snowfall but was in fact the 7th snowiest of all-time. Out of the city’s biggest snow days, this event was by far the earliest […]
Dr. Jeff Masters · October 2, 2018, 11:05 AM EDT In a rare display of atmospheric violence, two Category 5 storms simultaneously churned across the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday morning. At 8 pm EDT Monday evening, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center elevated Hurricane Walaka a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds, and just three […]
It shall be an interesting opening 10 days to October across NA thanks to a strong positive extending from the Gulf of Alaska into the Arctic with downstream trough driving early season arctic air into the US Rockies and Plains while ridging pumps late season heat and humidity into the East. This atmospheric battle will […]
Dr. Jeff Masters · September 29, 2018, 8:24 AM EDT A deep area of low pressure with tropical storm-like characteristics that formed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Thursday night made landfall in the southwest Peloponnese of Greece on Saturday, with the center crossing just west of Kalamata. The pressure fell as low as 989.3 […]
Exactly a week after my successful trip to beautiful Lochnagar and the Mounth plateau 5, this time I head up the A90 towards Forfar and turn off and head up into Glen Clova. This visit took on the last 2 of 14 munros to the east of the Cairnwell. This relatively easy 9 mile hike […]
Since getting serious about hill walking in Scotland back in 2016, Lochnagar has always been one of those ‘must do’ munros with it’s it’s stunning dark beauty steeped in history, myth and folklore. After focusing on the southern end of the Cairngorm plateau during the summer, this was my 3rd visit to the eastern Cairngorms […]
For several days now the models have been in good agreement on the development of a warm or semi warm core low over the central Med basin off Libya and is expected to intensify as it’s projected to track across southern Greece this weekend. These relatively rare features are known as Medicanes or Mediterranean hurricanes. […]
A September of contrasts, Summer remains for East US/Canada but Winter hits early for Western Canada
It’s been a tail of two halves across North America this September so far with summer warmth holding firm over the Eastern US and this warmth has extended up into Eastern Canada too over Western and Central Canada we’ve skipped to late October or November. In fact this could be one of the coldest September’s on […]
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