Archive for 2020
It’s been a cool June thus far for the Pacific Northwest and Northeast but for the Central states, summer is in full swing. June 2m temp anomaly across the US so far. While unseasonable cold and warmth don’t mix well, there has been dramatic weather and contrasts as a result. https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/1270456934580314114 https://twitter.com/WLKYJohnBelski/status/1270353331207180288 https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1270351672515031047 https://twitter.com/breakingweather/status/1269144494043267072 With […]
After yet another warm, wet winter, it’s been nothing short of a stunning spring for the UK (sunniest, driest on record) thanks to high pressure dominance. This flip can be at least partially attributed to a shift in MJO. While UK temps peaked at 28.3C at the beginning of the week in Cromdale, Speyside, we’ve […]
It’s been a May of stark rainfall and temperature contrasts. Thanks to the presence of an Atlantic weather front, heavy and persistent rain fell widely across Northwest Scotland with 141mm of rain fell within 48 hours at Achngart in Glen Shiel. In contrast, Benson, Oxfordshire has seen NO RAIN this month due to persistent high […]
Welcome to my 10th annual European summer forecast. As always, when compiling this forecast for the upcoming June-August period there are multiple factors which have been taken into consideration which could influence the summer pattern. These include global and regional sea surface temperature anomalies, the current and projected ENSO state, the mild, wet winter followed […]

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