Mark Vogan
KEY DRIVERS UNCERTAINTIES Latest SSTA’s as of October 7th. Recently, a record 30C sea surface temperature was observed within Nino 3.4 for the first time in recorded history. Matching up past years to current While much of the attention is currently on the record strong El Nino and rightly so since it serves as our […]
Day/date: Saturday 26 September, 2026 Munro: Slioch, 981m (3,219 ft) Start point: Incheril car park Drive length: 1h 5m / 45 miles Walk length: 12.5 miles / 7h 58m Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, blustery, 15C /SUMMIT: Mostly sunny, good visibility with strong wind, 6C, WC near 0C Stunning Beinn Eighe Loch Maree Summit of Slioch Incredible view looking north up Loch […]
The relentless warm stretch of months for Western Europe continued into meteorological autumn 2026. While Atlantic low pressure gave way to the king of summer; HIGH PRESSURE, warmth remained dominant! Strong ridging on top of dry ground and surrounding warm SST’s produced yet more unusual heat which flexed back and fourth out of Iberia, France […]
September has continued a quite impressive run of unusually warmer than average months for much of Western Europe and like June, pretty much all of Europe was warm. So much so this month could be one of Europe’s as well as UK & Ireland’s warmest September’s on record. Warmth was one aspect, lack of appreciable […]
While all global drivers needs looked at when it comes to long range forecasting, there’s increasing confidence that the powerful El Nino of 2026 is likely to drive a particular global pattern and with particularly strong equatorial Pac warm events, the dice is loaded firmly towards a particular direction. Below is the in-depth video of […]
Global temp anomaly for August & Meteorological Summer 2026 August Past 90 days Europe August Past 90 days UK Stats/Highlights August 2026 figures across the country How Was My Forecast? What was said… My Prediction With EL NINO developing at the rate it is with frequent and strong WWB’s, the background warming and warmer waters […]
EUROPE Austria 41.2 °C (106.2 °F) Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 5 August 2026 Belarus 40.4 °C (104.7 °F) Pinsk 29 June 2026 Czech Republic 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) Doksany 28 June 2026[85] Denmark 37.0 °C (98.6 °F) Ødum, Favrskov MunicipalityHans Christian Andersen Airport 27 June 2026 Germany 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) Möckern-Drewitz, Saxony-Anhalt 27 June 2026 Guernsey 36.4 °C (97.5 °F) Guernsey Airport 25 June 2026[93] Hungary 42.0 °C (107.6 °F) Szécsény 30 […]
It’s been a remarkable May through August period for not only the UK and Ireland but Europe as a whole. While a season largely dominated by unusually strong and persistent high pressure with frequent hot spells and an exceptional dry period, the month of August and season is ending very different. Europe Temp & Precip […]
Below information/statistics from Wikipedia The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are measured under specific conditions—such as surface temperature and wind speed—to keep consistency among measurements around the Earth. Each of these records is understood to be the record value officially observed, as these records may have […]
Day/date: Sunday 23 August, 2026 Munros: Beinn Liath Mhòr (926m/3,038ft) & Sgòrr Ruadh (962m/3,156 ft) Start point: Achnashellach Station Drive length: 1h 10m / 48 miles Walk length: 15.1 miles / 7h 58m Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, no wind, 15C /SUMMITS: Reduced visibility, breezy, 7C, WC approx 4C This was a hike I wanted to do on this day but also […]
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