A major spring storm system covering a large swathe of the Lower 48 will make it’s presence felt pretty much coast to coast this weekend. The Plains storm is one thing but the strong mid Atlantic ridge and clockwise flow is driving air from east of the Lesser Antilles, through the Caribbean, Gulf and eventually reaching connecting with the […]
28th April 2017 Last updated at 12:58 By Darren Bett BBC Weather Have you been watering your garden? How green is your lawn? The growing season started early this year but there’s a shortage of rain – should farmers and growers be getting worried? April continues the trend April has been very dry – just […]
We have all the ingredients coming together late this week for a truly wild end to April. A storm system will fire on all cylinders with major cold driving south out of Canada into the rear while out ahead, the first real surge of heat (upper 80s/low 90s) lifts up the Eastern coastal plain. Looks like […]
It’s been a rather wintry past few days across the UK with many northern areas seeing snow while many more witnessed the biting north wind and overnight frosts. The setup which has delivered the chill. Check out the upside down temps at noon today. Here are some of the scenes from recent days. Aviemore received […]
Without sounding like a broken record, the large scale US pattern remains largely unchanged but expect a gradual shut down of the Pacific as heights naturally begin building over the Great Basin. It’s been a warm April except for the Northwest, sound familiar to the previous 2-3 months? April shall go out on a stormy and pretty wild note […]
The month of April has turned out to be somewhat of a tail of two halves with warm start but cold end with this week presenting one strong final blast of winter. However, the long term theme has been dry and this plays a bigger role through May because if May was to turn out […]
Cold wave 1 of 2 continues to pile drive deep into Southeast Europe with unusually heavy, even crippling snows affecting the Balkans, Romania, Ukraine. By the time we enter next week, it’s Northwest Europe’s turn with snow in the Northern UK forecast. Here are some images from recent days on the other side of the continent. Częstochowa, Poland […]
According to NASA, the snowpack this year in the Tuolumne River Basin which is park of Yosemite National Park is deeper than the previous 4 seasons combined. How much water is locked within the snowpack? For some spots it’s over 100 inches. Statewide the average is 47 inches. The Sierra snowpack is near record levels and […]
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