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WU: It’s True: Cape Town’s Water Supply Is Three Months Away from a Shutdown

Written by on February 4, 2018 in Africa, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
WU: It’s True: Cape Town’s Water Supply Is Three Months Away from a Shutdown

ARTICLE FROM WUNDERGROUND.COM Bob Henson · January 19, 2018, 2:32 PM EST Three years of unforgiving drought in Cape Town, South Africa, have led to the once-unthinkable: A great world city is about to turn off the tap to its municipal water supply. The long-feared “Day Zero”—the point when the reservoirs serving Cape Town drop […]

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Wave of Arctic air to sweep across Western Europe bringing widespread snowfall this week

Wave of Arctic air to sweep across Western Europe bringing widespread snowfall this week

As we leave the weekend and enter a new working week, bitter cold shall spill out of Scandinavia drifting southwestwards across Germany, Low Countries, SE UK, France and Spain where snow and cold shall dominate. It’ll be cold across the rest of the UK too with widespread snow likely but the core of continental cold […]

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SUN 4 FEB: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on February 4, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
SUN 4 FEB: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Snow and Arctic cold greet Superbowl fans in Minneapolis, even colder next week?

Snow and Arctic cold greet Superbowl fans in Minneapolis, even colder next week?

We’re firmly back into winter once again with a setup which sees waves of reinforcing arctic air behind a series of Alberta clipper systems. These systems gain storm status as they intensify lifting out of the Ohio Valley over the Great Lakes and into southern Ontario. For the Upper Midwest these aren’t particularly big snow […]

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SAT 3 FEB: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

Written by on February 3, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
SAT 3 FEB: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

Blame La Nina: 25 out of 31 days rainy in Seattle, WA while Amarillo, TX is on day 111 dry!

Blame La Nina: 25 out of 31 days rainy in Seattle, WA while Amarillo, TX is on day 111 dry!

As is often the case during the winter months, it’s been wet in Seattle. So much so that 25 out of the last 31 days has seen measurable rainfall. https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/959261608605188096 It’s the complete opposite in the Southwest and Texas. https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/959071311002660864 https://twitter.com/srcclsu/status/959473779297660928 https://twitter.com/wunderground/status/959180782504894467 https://twitter.com/NWSAmarillo/status/959242097298739200 https://twitter.com/glezak/status/959166982695325697 Blame La Nina which typically increases moisture in the Pacific Northwest […]

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First ‘Beast from the East’ to briefly pay a visit to UK early next week

First ‘Beast from the East’ to briefly pay a visit to UK early next week

Back at the beginning of last month we had a few folks screaming ‘beast from the east’ but without a cold source for that ENE to blow from, it’s nothing more than a cool easterly wind. However, the setup appears good for a true biting easterly to develop early next week as cold air builds […]

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January 2018 Recap: Cool North, Mild South

January 2018 Recap: Cool North, Mild South

From Met Office 1 February 2018 Provisional statistics for January 2018 show it was slightly sunnier and colder than average in the north, but a somewhat different story for the south. The month got off to a wet and windy start when Storm Eleanor moved across the UK on 2 and 3 January, and this […]

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FRI 2 FEB: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on February 2, 2018 in Videos with 0 Comments
FRI 2 FEB: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

Written by on February 1, 2018 in Africa, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

Snow in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is common during winter and in the nearby upland areas it happens every few years but not further south on the edge of the Sahara. Zagora witnessed it’s first snow since 1968. Cold air associated with a large and deep cut off low over SW Europe extending into NW Africa […]

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