Mark Vogan
The summer’s first major hot spell is now building thanks to the expansion of a strong Scandinavian blocking high which shall push out fresh Atlantic air and pull in hot, continental air. This high can be seen strengthening west and south from Scandinavia on the GFS 500mb height anomaly chart below and will act as a […]
We have an unusual upper air setup currently over eastern North America with a cutoff low anchored over the Appalachian Mountains with a circling ridge transporting intense Plains heat into northern New England. Quebec and the Maritimes. Note the ridge circling the cutoff low over Eastern North America. So, while it’s mid to upper 90s […]
Despite the UK seeing it’s driest spring on record, nature is quickly catching up on it’s rainfall deficit. While I expected this flip and hush of drought and summer 2018 repeat talk, this has come quicker than I thought. In just the past 7 days of June alone, many sites have seen more rain than […]
We’ve went from an omega blocking pattern over the UK through much of May to a Scandinavia high-over Iberia/France trough so far this June. This has kept it very warm and dry across Scandinavia and unusually wet and cool across South-central and Southwest Europe. The current 2m temp anomaly for June so far says it […]
It’s been a cool June thus far for the Pacific Northwest and Northeast but for the Central states, summer is in full swing. June 2m temp anomaly across the US so far. While unseasonable cold and warmth don’t mix well, there has been dramatic weather and contrasts as a result. https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/1270456934580314114 https://twitter.com/WLKYJohnBelski/status/1270353331207180288 https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1270351672515031047 https://twitter.com/breakingweather/status/1269144494043267072 With […]
After one of the warmest, wettest 2nd half’s to winter followed by the driest, sunniest spring, we are now seeing the return of rains just as folks wonder if another summer 2018 was on it’s way. Nature has an amazing way at fooling us, keeping us on our toes as well as attempting to find […]
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