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Braeriach is snow free for only 7th time in 300 years, a first for Scotland in 11 years!

Written by on October 2, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Braeriach is snow free for only 7th time in 300 years, a first for Scotland in 11 years!

Back in mid August Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain was declared snow free for the first time since 2006 with only 3 patches hanging on for dear life. Mark Mullen's pic of Ben Nevis on Saturday shows a few small snow patches on life support. First time the Ben snow will be free since 2006. […]

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Highly Active Atlantic Shuts, Quiet West Pacific Presents Record Heat to Taiwan

Written by on October 2, 2017 in Asia, Rest of World, Summer 2017 with 0 Comments
Highly Active Atlantic Shuts, Quiet West Pacific Presents Record Heat to Taiwan

When it comes to writing about Taiwan weather, it’s usually regarding typhoons and or rainfall. This time it’s about heat and it appears the capital set a new national heat record for the month of September on Wednesday with a high of 38.5C. This surpasses the Taiwan September record of 37.8C set back in 2014. […]

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Late Caribbean development likely with La Nina, Cent American Gyre, High Ocean Heat Content!

Written by on October 1, 2017 in Summer 2017, Tropical, United States of America with 0 Comments
Late Caribbean development likely with La Nina, Cent American Gyre, High Ocean Heat Content!

Lowering heights over the deep warm waters of the southern Caribbean Sea means it doesn’t take much cyclonic turning to pop off a cyclone. With hurricanes tracking mainly north of the islands this year ocean heat content which is a measure of heat and depth combined is about as high as it gets over the […]

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October opens chilly with -1.8C in Braemar immediately followed by Stormy Sun Night-Mon

Written by on October 1, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
October opens chilly with -1.8C in Braemar immediately followed by Stormy Sun Night-Mon

Low pressure isn’t just about the wind and rain but tropical warmth lifting unusually far north while arctic drives south behind. Infrared imagery from this morning captures the approaching Atlantic system with recycled energy associated from Maria and Lee. In advance of the depressions cold front, this morning saw Svalbard climb to 9C while on […]

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Brief weekend cooling is replaced by return of summer for first week of October

Written by on September 30, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Brief weekend cooling is replaced by return of summer for first week of October

For fans of autumn and winter, I hope you enjoy this weekend of cool, even rainy weather because another blast of summer is heading into the Midwest and East for October’s opening week. Yesterday’s high of 68 degrees in New York was the city’s coolest since Sep 2. The warmer West, cooler East is short […]

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Climb of the magnificent An Teallach!

Written by on September 30, 2017 in Scottish Mountains, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Climb of the magnificent An Teallach!

After patient 4 month wait due to work schedule and poor weather my opportunity finally came about, my chance to climb one of Scotland’s most magnificent mountains. The Area Located within a remote corner of Wester Ross just south of Ullapool with Little Loch Broom to the north and Loch na Sealga to the south, […]

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Hottest September day is followed by flash floods in Istanbul, Turkey

Written by on September 28, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017 with 0 Comments
Hottest September day is followed by flash floods in Istanbul, Turkey

Just 2 years ago, Istanbul recorded it’s hottest September day in 65 years with a high of 37.9C but on 20 September 2017 a new monthly maximum of 39.5C was reached. New September records have been melting across Turkey with parts of the SE reaching an incredible 42C. https://twitter.com/Sustainable2050/status/909139360737644544 https://twitter.com/istanbulinforme/status/910900522470789120 https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/910527766793277441 7 days following the […]

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East says goodbye to Maria & strongest late September heatwave on record

Written by on September 27, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
East says goodbye to Maria & strongest late September heatwave on record

After what may feel like an eternity, first Jose and now Maria’s persistent wet and windy conditions is finally pulling out. https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/913013620191092737 https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/912976426210611202 As for the heat wave, well it’s been remarkable with the past two weeks witnessing the warmest period of record for much of the interior to the east of the Mississippi. https://twitter.com/WxBrianD/status/912826059808231424 […]

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Three spells of ‘windy & windy’ weather crosses UK/Ireland next 5 days

Written by on September 27, 2017 in Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Three spells of ‘windy & windy’ weather crosses UK/Ireland next 5 days

A strengthening jet stream promises not 1 but 3 fronts to sweep across the UK tonight through Monday morning. The first is currently pushing into western England, Wales and Scotland after bringing a soaking to Ireland earlier. Steady ENE progress shall be made through tonight with an exit into the North Sea during tomorrow morning. […]

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Late September heat wave melts records in East while it’s winter Out West

Written by on September 25, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Late September heat wave melts records in East while it’s winter Out West

We’ve an impressive late September heatwave with many major cities including Chicago recording their longest string of 90s so late in the season as well as the latest ‘hottest day of the year’. The heat is one thing but the level of chill coupled with heavy snowfall is major the spread of winter vs summer […]

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