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Dangerous Heat Spreads East Across United States (Includes Video!)

Written by on June 18, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Dangerous Heat Spreads East Across United States (Includes Video!)

From California to Maine, the heat is on.. If you think it’s hot today across the Midwest and Ohio Valley think again, the ridge will not only intensify with it will pump those 100s sizzingly western high plains this afternoon on eastwards during Tuesday with highs likely to approach 100 in Chicago thanks to a jet blowing […]

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Monday’s Europe Video: 7-10 Day European Outlook

Written by on June 18, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Monday’s Europe Video: 7-10 Day European Outlook

Following a wet day across many parts of the Ireland, NI with some thunderstorms popping up, these rains spread across the Channel and into western Scotland tonight but this weather eases and weakens through tomorrow morning allowing for another decent and mostly dry day with only an odd shower here and there. Much of the UK looks fine, […]

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Models Show Caribbean Development, MJO Is Favourable

Written by on June 18, 2012 in Tropical with 0 Comments
Models Show Caribbean Development, MJO Is Favourable

You may have noticed the increasingly active area of weather simmering over the Caribbean Sea these days. This area of disturbed weather has lingered and grown in coverage over recent days and it’s stuff like this with a large envelop of energy which must be watched when you see pressures fall and you have a favourable […]

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Ridge & Hot Dome Backs West Across Europe This Week, Signs Of Change For Soggy Britain?

Written by on June 18, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Ridge & Hot Dome Backs West Across Europe This Week, Signs Of Change For Soggy Britain?

A sharp boundary seperates the cool Atlantic air over the British Isles, northern France, west Germany up through Scandinavia with the hot, maritime-continental air dominating Poland, Russia the Southeast of Europe . Along this boundary which acts like a trigger, brought a line of intense thunderstorms across Poland and the Ukraine in recent days with even the cancellation of the France v Ukraine match. As the ridge expands westwards, so the […]

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UK Temps To Reach 19C in North, 22C in South Tuesday, Wednesday Before Next Rainmaker Thursday

Written by on June 18, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
UK Temps To Reach 19C in North, 22C in South Tuesday, Wednesday Before Next Rainmaker Thursday

[notice]The next 48 to 72 hours will see more sun than showers and temps which will warm into the 16-19C range for the North 18-22C for the South Tuesday, Wednesday[/notice] The rest of today, Tuesday and Wednesday should be fairly decent days with exception of Northern Ireland for western Scotland, tonight as rain spreads in from […]

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Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

The upcoming work week will be dominated by headline grabbing heat and humidity as temps soar into the 110s in Phoenix, 105-110 in Vegas and even the Red Bluff, Redding areas of the northern Sac Valley. Temps will soar into the upper 90s in both Salt Lake and Denver today while we likely see the first of several 120s in Death Valley.There […]

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The Onset Of El Nino And It’s Influence On North America & Europe

Written by on June 17, 2012 in North and South America, Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
The Onset Of El Nino And It’s Influence On North America & Europe

The drought in the UK is over while even France and down into Spain, drought conditions have eased considerably. In my summer forecast issued back on the 31 March I stated there would be two scenarios which would determine the type of summer season we would likely have here in the UK. One being that […]

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Europe Video

Written by on June 16, 2012 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Videos with 0 Comments

More Systems To Bring Rain To UK Next Week, SE-Bound Cold Fronts Bring Dramatic Thunderstorms To Euro 2012

Written by on June 16, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
More Systems To Bring Rain To UK Next Week, SE-Bound Cold Fronts Bring Dramatic Thunderstorms To Euro 2012

As we kiss goodbye to the current system bringing a wet, windy and chilly night across Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland and Northern England, our eyes shift to the next system which will work into the Southeast of England late Sunday into Monday, this will bring a period of heavy rain to the Southeast while […]

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After A Saturday Soaking, A More Settled Sunday Is On Tap For UK

Written by on June 16, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
After A Saturday Soaking, A More Settled Sunday Is On Tap For UK

It has been a really poor past 48 hours for June across many parts of the UK as another Atlantic low sweeps wind, rain and cold across the country. It has felt and even looked more like October rather than mid-June with my high here yesterday topping no higher than 48F (9C). The biting east wind made it feel worse. While much […]

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