Mark Vogan

>18 March, 2009: Continent of Contrast Part 2: Why No EXTREME Cold in a Coldest Winter for 25 years?

Written by on March 18, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
>18 March, 2009: Continent of Contrast Part 2: Why No EXTREME Cold in a Coldest Winter for 25 years?

> As you can clearly see from the above chart 1) there is a lot of red covering this map and 2) there was very warm over cold across North America. Note the deep blue across the heart of north-central Asia? Most of Europe was either cold or very cold, particularly from Germany to Ireland […]

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>A Continent of Contrasts Part 2 COMING SOON!

Written by on March 18, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 1 Comment

>My Continent of Contrasts Part Two Post Will soon be online so keep checking back, whilst your waiting why don’t you checkout the Facebook Fan Page where there are additional features there that aren’t availible on the blog in which you can write your own thoughts on the up coming hurricane season or why don’t […]

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>The mystery deepens — where did that decline go?

Written by on March 18, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 1 Comment
>The mystery deepens — where did that decline go?

>Check out this interesting piece that I noticed on www.climatedepot.com Frank Lansner has done some excellent follow-up on the missing “decline” in temperatures from 1940 to 1975, and things get even more interesting. Recall that the original “hide the decline” statement comes from the ClimateGate emails and refers to “hiding” the tree ring data that […]

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>A Continent of Contrast

Written by on March 17, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
>A Continent of Contrast

>From Warmest and Driest on Record to Coldest in 25 Years, how so? Graphic courtesy of AccuWeather.com Graphic courtesy of Environment Canada All of us, weather fans, enthusiasts and indeed those within the profession will all be reflecting on a winter, one of wild storms, severe cold or lack of! Many of us perhaps who […]

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>Canada endures not Coldest but WARMEST Winter on Record!

Written by on March 16, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

>AccuWeather’s Brett Anderson blogs about Canada’s Warmest & Driest winter on record in 2009-10.. Check this out. http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/26252/warmest-and-driest-meteorological-winter-on-record.asp Thanks for reading.-Mark

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>My Ice Cover Monitoring Site is now water once again

Written by on March 16, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
>My Ice Cover Monitoring Site is now water once again

>Muirhead and Camphill Reservoirs of North Ayrshire loose their winter ice-cover after nearly 3 months Even on Arran’s peaks, snowcover is restricted to the highest peaks now after weekend rains and warmer temperatures. Muirhead Reservoir, January 2010 Muirhead Reservoir, January 2010 Frozen surface of Muirhead Reservoir Since joining Grahams Dairies from Asda back last October, […]

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>50s beginning to rule my thermometer, nights becoming less cold

Written by on March 15, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

>A high yesterday of 53 and 51 today with this mornings low of 41 degrees, signs are showing that winter is all but over for another year, however this doesn’t mean we can’t see more frosty nights, April always displays a few frosty nights and even May can see the odd one or two every […]

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>As Flooding grows so too does the Spring Warmth, but snow and cold is not done completely just yet!

Written by on March 15, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
>As Flooding grows so too does the Spring Warmth, but snow and cold is not done completely just yet!

>Spring-like weather appears to be cranking up across the Lower 48 as floods worsen and the heat begins it’s journey northward towards the pole but as this warmth spreads, it will fire severe weather as winter I’m sure is not completely done yet. the building warmth and residual cold which will try to get south […]

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>ATTENTION CALIFORNIA AND WEST! Shed those raincoats and jackets, It’s finally warming up

Written by on March 14, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 3 Comments
>ATTENTION CALIFORNIA AND WEST! Shed those raincoats and jackets, It’s finally warming up

> Beautiful sunny day in Southern CaliforniaPHOTO COURTESY OF SKYSCRAPERCITY.COM Enjoying a rooftop view of the sunset in Venice Beach, a typical spring, summer, fall scene in Southern California where warmth can last 10 months of the year! PHOTO COURTESY OF SKYSCRAPERCITY.COM SUMMER PREPS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK AS 80s RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AFTER A […]

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>Eastern Pile-Driver creates Death and Destruction throughout the Northeast

Written by on March 14, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 2 Comments
>Eastern Pile-Driver creates Death and Destruction throughout the Northeast

>Graphic courtesy of AccuWeather.com Hail and downpour producing thunderstorms now taking the stage for phase two of this powerful Nor’easter across soaked wind-beaten New Jersey and eastern Pennsylavania. Whilst the fiercest winds from the system itself have progressed into New England, now some dynamical lift and will be aided somewhat by a warming March sun, […]

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