Article from weather.com By Jon Erdman Jul 20 2017 01:00 PM EDT weather.com A cluster of severe thunderstorms Wednesday and Wednesday night in the northern Plains and upper Midwest was a low-end derecho, with reports of wind damage and high winds spanning parts of six states. Some 140 reports of strong thunderstorm wind gusts or […]
It’s a rough Friday from SW England up through Wales, NW England and SW Scotland thanks to a fairly deep, tightly wound July low spinning almost stationary over Ireland. Trapped by surrounding high pressure, the same ‘western’ areas are likely to get a beating for much of the day while further east and north it’s drier, brighter and […]
I know it’s been a fairly changeable July across the Northern UK with cool, cloudy, wet and windy days but equally there has been some warm or very warm sunny days. So I was surprised to see that July was running below normal across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Not surprised at the warmer South […]
Fast start’s to a hurricane season doesn’t in itself mean a busy season ahead, however a busy ‘early season’ where there’s been 5 systems as of mid July and more is on the table in the near term, this does raise some eyebrows. Why? The reason is down to record warm waters in the MDR which […]
With a hot, steamy SE flow ahead of a northbound low, the setup was perfect for what was an incredible overnight light show across southern England, Wales and Ireland. Ahead of the storms, it was a near perfect summers day but note the trouble brewing over Cornwall. Yesterday’s maximums The Biscay low tracked north out of France into southern Britain, energising and […]
As for the tropics, Tropical Storm Don is born and set to cross the Leeward Islands tonight bringing the typical wind and rain. However, unfavourable conditions west of the islands suggests this system won’t be a threat to the US.
Fire and water grab headlines across Europe and world as the summer of 2017 continues to bring extremes. What started as a shower Monday night turned into a monsoon-like deluge early Tuesday as thunderstorms dropped a month’s worth of rain on Istanbul within just a couple of hours. The impacts were felt throughout the city as streets turned to rivers. Receiving rainfall […]
Article from weather.com By Linda Lam Jul 14 2017 02:30 PM EDT weather.com We’re almost half way through meteorological summer, June through August, and depending on where you live you may be ready for cooler temperatures or a break in the rain. Below we take a closer look at how this summer is ranking in terms […]
Blame the lack of winter snow and warm spring for the tiny, few and far between display of summer snow patches that are typically found within sheltered mountain gullies. On this day last year I climbed Ben Macdui (2), Beinn Mheadhoin (10), Cairn Gorm (6) and despite being mid summer plenty of large snow patches remained thanks to large late […]
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