Archive for 2020
AO/NAO looks highly unlikely to go negative next 2 weeks as stratospheric AND tropospheric polar vortex cools and zonal winds increase.
October 2020 was average to below average temperature-wise for much of western Europe, especially so, Ireland, France, northern Spain and Portugal, even Italy. Warmer than normal for Scandinavia and countries east of Germany with exceptional warmth over western Russia and surrounding the Black Sea. With the tropics a big contributor, the UK overall had it’s […]
Let’s hope the MJO can get into more favorable phases to disrupt the PV.
Thanks to the coming together of a cold Plains storm and remnants of Hurricane Zeta, Boston buried their Halloween 2005 record for October snow of 1.1 inches with a whopping 4.3 inches of snow on October 30. The record October snowfall also set up another impressive record for Boston. Thanks to a 0.7 inch snowfall […]
Despite some record cold morning’s, September was a mild month while October is wound up slightly below average and significantly wetter than normal, particularly for east and southeast parts of the UK. September temp anomaly October temp anomaly While Western Europe has seen somewhat of a temperature seesaw, the blowtorch has been relentless, particularly surrounding […]
The effects of a recent -AO/NAO has shown it’s full effects on the north-central US. A clipper-like system marking the leading edge of the first arctic air mass of the season has brought record snow to Minneapolis. Officially 7.9 inches of snow fell at the Airport, the most snow for this early in the season […]
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