Archive for 2020
For prolonged intense heat, endless summer and lack of rainfall, 2020 has been a year like no other for Southwest cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson and Palm Springs. Yesterday’s daily record high of 102 at Sky Harbor Intl Airport, Phoenix was day 145 at or above 100. The comfortably separates this year with […]
The maturing ‘high latitude blocking pattern’ we currently see may be a real tease to the winter weather lover like myself. I can hear the statement ringing in my ear, ‘if only it were December or January’, I get ya, I’m saying the same. This 500mb chart off the CFSv2 for the upcoming week and […]
Drive a powerful jet stream into a trough that’s surrounded by high pressure and you get STORM ALEX. A rapid deepener with severe and far reaching impacts across Europe. Finding itself directly beneath the ‘cloud hook’ and potential sting jet, the exposed island of Belle-Île-en-Mer off Brittany recorded a record wind gust of 116 mph while […]
Interesting tweet I saw this afternoon which got me thinking! Last month saw the highest ANTARCTIC sea ice concentration of any September between 1979-1999 period. This comes as the Arctic sees it’s 2nd lowest on record. While Arctic Oscillation was record strong last winter, the Antarctic Oscillation was record weak. Europe floods followed record heat […]
All we seem to hear about these days is record, unprecedented heat, floods, droughts and storms. I don’t think we can deny, our planet has warmed over the last 30 years. Whether man-made or otherwise, towns and cities never mind countries, we hear less and less cold records falling. Since about 2014, Northern Ireland’s climate […]
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