Mark Vogan
There’s not a lot of text to go with this post as the numbers and graphics say it all. We’ve likely seen one of the greatest flips from winter straight to summer in a LONG time. A year without a spring as Sam Lillo says? Remember April was the coldest nationwide since 1997 and likely […]
The extreme cold and snow of March is a distant memory as May will go down as the warmest on record for much of Western and Northern Europe. With the core of high pressure centred over Scandinavia, here it’s likely been the warmest and driest May on record for Norway, Sweden and Finland combined. Europe […]
This is not a forecast or outlook but more thoughts regarding this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Today is of course the first day of the season and we’ve already seen Alberto. Not a particularly noteworthy system from a tropical point of view but it helped contribute to the wettest May on record for parts of […]
It’s been quite the upside down pattern this May over Europe with a wet south and dry north thanks to the relentless persistency in a Scandinavian blocking high. However, it may be of a surprise to you that Reykjavik, Iceland has seen a very wet May and in fact precipitation has been reported on every […]
Below article from weather.com By Chris Dolce May 31 2018 12:51 PM EDT weather.com Story Highlights Colorado State University expects 13 more named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes, a slight reduction from its initial forecast. This is near the 30-year average for the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin. […]
While Scotland has been spoiled by a stunning spell of weather with day after day of warm sunshine, our luck is about to run out as the thunderstorms which have plagued England, Wales and a large swathe of southern Europe are lifting north. The west Highlands has been the place to be over the past […]
The city of Salalah on Oman’s south coast is a deceiving and interesting place. Salalah is Oman’s 2nd largest city after Muscat and sits on southeast edge of the Arabian peninsula with Indian Ocean to it’s south and steep mountains to it’s immediate north and this is why it’s not as hot as it’s northern […]
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