Mark Vogan
Summer 2019 will be long remembered for it’s big extremes of ALL-TIME record heat, record cold and record rainfall. Some of the very areas which saw record July cold was followed by not only record July heat but all-time record heat. The wild July was followed by an equally wild June which saw spells of […]
June, like February, March, April and May has been dominated by wild swings in temperature. One of the key contributors of Europe’s extreme pattern and flips has been down to a record long-lasting negative North Atlantic Oscillation. The -NAO has aided a continuous amplified/blocked pattern. These blocked setups allow extreme heat north and extreme cool […]
Day/date: Thursday 20 June 2019 Munros: An Caisteal and Beinn a’Chròin (13-14 of 2019, 90 total) Start point: layby 4km south of Crianlarich off A82 Drive length: 1h 40m / 67 miles Walk length: 8.75 miles
It’s been a wet start to the work week across southeast England and this heavy and persistent rain will push north and west tonight beginning stuck. The reason? a deepening low is tracking slowly north out of France. The persistent nature of this rainfall over a prolonged time frame has led to a widespread yellow […]
Bob Henson · June 6, 2019, 1:31 PM EDT Propelled by a two-week siege of widespread severe weather and heavy rain in late May, the contiguous U.S. has once again broken its record for the wettest year-long span in data going back to 1895. According to the monthly U.S. climate summary released Thursday from the […]
Day/date: Thursday 6 June 2019 Munros: Stob Dubh Stob Coire Raineach (11, 12 of 2019, 88 total) Start point: Glencoe carpark (opposite Beehive cairn) Drive length: 2 hours / 92 miles Walk length: 5 miles / 4 hours Weather: BASE: Cloudy, 12C / SUMMIT Rain, breezy wind 8C
As an unusually deep June low spread heavy rain and strong winds into England and Wales, high pressure pumped intense early summer heat into eastern Scandinavia today. The thermometer climbed into the 30s for a few sites in Finland. A high of 32.2C at Oulu, this marked Finland’s earliest 32C on record. It was warmer […]
After a dry May, June and summer has opened soggy and on a very different note to last year. Low pressure has dominated the UK over the last 10 days and with SW winds blowing across warmer than normal water between the Azores and UK, rainfall has likely been enhanced some. Is there drier times […]
May will be remembered for it’s flooding rainfall and severe weather. Temperature extremes of widespread cold from Southwest to Great Lakes and all-time record May heat in the Southeast was also noteworthy. One cannot help but think a cooler, wetter summer is on the horizon for a large swathe of the US thanks to the […]
Despite a warmer middle part of May (especially for Scotland and Scandinavia), the month is winding up below normal throughout central and west-central Europe. Like in April, warmth has been the rule over Russia. A dry first half to the month has given way to a wetter 2nd half and a downright soggy finish for […]
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