Posted on 4 April, 2017 by Met Office Press Office Provisional full-month statistics show that East Anglia and South East & Central Southern England have had their equal mildest March since records began in 1910, and for the UK as a whole it was provisionally the 5th equal warmest March for the same period. East […]
Thanks to the continuation of a highly active Pacific storm pattern, severe weather season 2017 is well and truly here across the Southern Tier while old man winter ain’t giving up without a fight across the Northern Tier. However, lows sliding west-east is allowing the clash of cold over Canada and distinctly summer-like warmth and humidity across the South to […]
Africa’s blast furnace heat is in the process of transferring hemisphere’s from south to north. During the spring months, the sub-Sahara region is in it’s dry season and therefore hottest while the Sahara remains comfortable until the dry season shifts north allowing the sub-Sahara rainy season to get going which the heat is focused directly over the Sahara. To […]
Strong early April sun and low pressure often leads to convective showers and thunderstorms, especially over a warming Mediterranean. We witnessed sun and convective showers over parts of the UK during Saturday but the bulk of the lightning activity was focused over northeast Iberia, southern France extending across the Balearics to Tunisia where low pressure and cooler air aloft and warmer air […]
With multiple large lows spinning out in the Atlantic, downstream southerly winds and ridging brought warm, sunny weather to a large swathe of Europe to end March. Thank the stormy NW Atlantic… Temperatures soared to summertime levels on March’s final days. The heat was on over France. This chart better represents May rather than late March. Circles represent […]
There are not one but two systems dominating the weather on the North American east coast. The first is a newly developed coastal feature off New England which is bringing rain from DC to New York and a wintry mix to Boston while more significant snow is impacting the interior Northeast and New England. As […]
Back in March 2012, Scotland enjoyed not only the warmest weather in the UK but it’s warmest March temperatures since records began. That year saw northeast Scotland rise above 21C not once but 3 consecutive days with a peak of 23.6C at Aboyne. March 2012 was also Scotland’s warmest on record and the UK’s 3rd warmest. […]
A stormy Pacific pattern continues and is taking on an entirely different face as we emerge into April with heat and humidity building. Lows deepen once over the Rockies as the Gulf collides with cool, dry air descending out of Canada. Yesterday was a busy day for Texas. Multiple rounds of severe weather will continue to focus on the Plains […]
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