Mark Vogan
Despite three failed attempts at 30C and a well above average month, it’s also been a rather disappointing June, particularly so for southern counties of England. Rainfall has been near double the June average across the south while Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has been pretty dry and well below average. Monday was of […]
Severe drought and an exceptionally strong high over the Four corners has led to all-time record challenging heat from South California and Arizona up to Montana. The magic 600dam level was achieved at 500mb maximizing the atmosphere’s heating ability. https://twitter.com/JakeCarstens/status/1404967834841714689 As is often the case, Death Valley, CA took centre stage of the heat wave […]
Solstice sunrise from the Kessock Bridge, Inverness. Only 2C just south of Inverness at Slochd.
In my previous video I discussed the sharp drop in North Atlantic SSTA’s and many asked why this may be the case. In my opinion, there is no singular reason but a collection of several. Arctic sea ice melt (5th lowest for the time of year) Natural melt of ice/icebergs surrounding Greenland and Iceland Unusually […]
As shown in recent videos, the MJO is becoming more amplified once again and may provide more of a mid-latitude influence. As can be seen in the latest GFS ensemble model, the MJO wave is rotating back through the same cool phases which brought our cold April and May and as expected, the models show […]
Antarctica is a typically cold place but the past couple of weeks has seen the entire continent shiver at 6 and 8C below average. This has offset building heat elsewhere across the planet and held the global temperature to average, even slightly below average. https://twitter.com/LpdlcRamirez/status/1402761167848812547 https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/1403621760193466371 Recent weeks has seen waves of Antarctic cold spread […]
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