Mark Vogan
Bitter Siberian air swept across Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido last weekend. So cold, it was dubbed the coldest air mass in recorded history to visit said the Japan Meteorological Society as temperatures dipped to -31.8C in Rikubetsu on February 9. Considered the coldest city in all of Japan, Rikubetsu’s average low dips to -20C […]
I will admit when wrong and unfortunately my nagging fear from the beginning came true. In my winter forecast I showed the potential for major snow and cold during the 2nd half of winter. I also stated the concerns despite a seemingly ideal global pattern. Yes it did turn colder and snowier mid January on, […]
At the peak of the polar vortex invasion of 2019, much of Minnesota endured it’s coldest conditions since 1996 while Illinois saw their coldest since 1985. Cotton, Minnesota plunged to -56F, Twin Cities -28F, Chicago -23F. Daytime highs only managed -10F in Chicago, -14 Twin Cities. At least four locations with long-term periods of record […]
Storm Erik rapidly deepened as he speedily crossed the Atlantic. With a pressure drop of 40mb within the last 24 hours, Erik can be defined as a ‘weatherbomb’ as it peaked in strength over Scotland’s Outer Hebrides late this afternoon. Central pressure deepend to at least 955mb over the Outer Hebrides. As well as winds […]
It’s been a tough summer across Australia but the extremes have turned from intense heat to intense rainfall. An unprecedented rainfall event has caused extreme flooding to coastal communities some 840 miles north of Brisbane. Townsville and others along Queensland’s north coast have endured their greatest 10-day rainfall on record. It’s all down to the […]
I feel my cold, blocky winter projections keep getting pushed back and so therefore my forecast has busted some. Sure it did turn colder beyond New Year but that came came across the Atlantic rather than Russia as expected. The reason for the bust? It’s got a lot to do with the fact the NAO […]
Article from NWS Duluth In late January 2019, a historic arctic outbreak brought bitterly cold wind chills and record-breaking cold temperatures to the Midwest. Many schools and some businesses and government offices were closed for three days, with USPS mail delivery even suspended on Wednesday, January 30th due to extremely dangerous wind chills. The coldest […]
It’s been quite the month for Moline, Illinois setting not one but two very significant weather records. Situated on a bluff between the banks of the Mississippi and Rock River. It’s part of the Quad Cities metro which sits on the Illinois-Iowa border. Davenport sits on the Iowa side while Moline sits on the Illinois […]
After dipping to -14.4C yesterday morning, Scotland and UK’s coldest since 2012 and only warming to -6.2C, the thermometer took a deeper dip last night to -15.4C which makes for Scotland’s coldest since 2010. The temperature fell to -15.4C in #Braemar, Aberdeenshire last night. Making it the coldest night in Scotland since December 2010. CB […]
While it’s remained clear with pockets of freezing fog over the Northern UK, snow has been spreading eastwards through today from Cornwall to Kent and points as far north as Birmingham courtesy of the next Atlantic low moving in. The snow band shall drop 2-4cm widely over south and southeast England tonight, locally 10cm for […]
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