The fierce cold which has dominated Asia all December has shifted with a split away from Kazakhstan and the heart of Russia. While a piece of the ‘coldest air on earth’ went west bringing the coldest air of the season to Moscow just before major warming is set to take place, the other piece headed east across Mongolia […]
A quick update on a dismal, dreary Christmas Eve afternoon. Despite any poor weather outside I hope your all enjoying time with your family and friends and taking it easy out on the roads. The weather is certainly very poor and I guess the same could be said for the outlook over the next 7+days. Looking at the latest chart through […]
The next major storm system is now pushing into the West Coast and already it is bringing some astonishing snowfall to California’s Cascades. I saw in the latest winter storm video off TWC that at Mt Shasta, they have recorded 10 FEET of snow in just 12 HOURS, that is quite astonishing with a snowfall rate of 10″ per hour. […]
The Russian capital of Moscow has now been locked in a classic winter deep freeze for 9 days now with the temperature not getting above 16F (-9C) since December 14th or 9F (-13C) since the 15th. Each night since the 16th has fallen below 0F (-18C) and this morning marked the coldest so far with a low near […]
It seems the ground has been saturated across much of Britain since April. I believe the trigger for this wild turn from drought to flood was the transition from a back to back La Nina to El Nino. A possible contributor to the ‘excessive’ rainfall this year may be the cold PDO vs unusually warm AMO, the same warm AMO which produced a record arctic […]
My dear American subscriber, while you may have been mild so far this month, you have a heck of a 3-week period of winter coming up which should wipe out those warm memories and fears of a winter 2011-12 repeat. There is the perfect setup both over the continent and globally which supports an impressive cold period from now through at […]
If I had much in the way of hair, I would be pulling it out right now as I glance at some of these models. While the NAO is seen to go positive again, the GFS and even the ECMWF has a much milder look than what I would like for the UK and a large part of Europe […]
We’ve just saw many Midwest cities break their snow drought following the recent first Big Winter Storm. Many Midwest cities saw anywhere from an inch to 20″ of snow. The focus now shifts to a system that is set to barrel into the Pacific Northwest this weekend into early next week and then drop into the Southern Plains around […]
The new run of the ECMWF has come out and I really wanted to wait till this came out before posting on next week. Firstly, it’s worth pointing out that while an Iberian high tries to pump warmth into the UK this weekend and likely will produce 14, maybe 15C by Sunday along with heavy, flooding rains, models […]
Scotland While one system clears away, another quickly follows and just in time for the weekend. A fairly dry first half of the night but beyond midnight and into early Saturday, the next batch of very wet and windy weather advances north into Dumfries and Galloway. This organised and large area of heavy rain will envelop all parts by […]
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