Archive for 2019
From almost spring-like mildness yesterday along the Eastern Seaboard… Upper 40s NYC, 55 Cape Cod and Atlantic City, 56 DC, 50 Philly… To wind, rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow! Then a speedy 40-50 degree drop in temperature, most of which came within 12 hours. https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1087309799786774528 This morning opened brutal with gale-force northerly winds cutting […]
Well it’s safe to say the cold which was expected to intensify this week into the upcoming weekend is not going to show and in fact it turns milder not colder by Friday. On a plus, it’s a temporary push of mild. The reason? That storm system exiting Canada has not forced sharp height rises […]
Some 3 weeks following the SSW and we have extreme cold warnings covering a broad swathe of Canada. Yesterday morning’s minimums. Key Lake in north-central Saskatchewan dipped to -48C or -54F. Yesterday’s maximums. As for this morning, the core of cold has slid east with Lac Benoit in central Quebec dipping to -48C or -54F. […]
We all know it’s turning colder as a direct consequence of the late December sudden stratospheric warming. In fact as our tropospheric winds reverse from west to east, the stratospheric winds are returning to a westerly as the vortex up at 10hpa begins to recover. Thankfully for cold weather lovers like myself, this cold spell […]
The strongest storm of the winter has plowed into California bringing a widespread 3-6 inches of rain from north to south below 4,000ft. This heavy rain has resulted in flooding. Bay Area totals North/Central Valley Southwest Calif The greatest rain total appears to be around Big Sur with 10.52 inches but even around the LA […]
GFS snow through the next 10 days. GFS ensemble 2m temp anomaly
A major cross country snow system during the past weekend produced record snow from St Louis to DC and this shall be followed by another three over the next 7 days. GFS snow forecast through the next 10 days. This stormy and increasingly colder pattern is the beginning to the much anticipated harsher 2nd half […]
Day/date: Tuesday 8 January 2019 Munros: Cruach Ardrain, Beinn Tulaichean (No 78-79) Start point: Inverlochlarig Drive length: 1.5 hours / 56 miles Walk length: 7.45 miles / 4.5 hours Weather: BASE: Clear, light wind -1C @ 9am / SUMMIT Mist/Fog, windy -3C, -11C wind chill.
Day/date: Tuesday 1 January 2019 Munros: Mount Keen (No 77) Start point: Invermark car park (Glen Esk) Drive length: 2.5 hours / 120 miles Walk length: 11 miles / 4.5 hours Weather: BASE: Clear, windy 2C @ 8.30am / SUMMITS Mist/Fog, strong wind -3C, -11C wind chill.
Day/date: Saturday 24 November, 2018 Munros: Ben Cruachan, Stob Daimh (No 75, 76) Start point: Falls of Cruachan Drive length: 2 hours / 80 miles Walk length: 8.75 miles / 7 hours Weather: BASE: Mostly clear, light wind 4C @ 7.30am / SUMMITS Mist/Fog, strong wind -2C, -7C wind chill Road route Walk route
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