Rest of Europe
Thanks to the abnormally mild, humid, cloudy SW flow through the first 20 days of the month, it looks as though the UK has seen a top 5 warm November. Helped by the fact we experienced both the warmest day (22C) and night (16C) on record. Warm, moist air with a lot of cloud cover means nights […]
This years powerful El Nino is clearly influencing the global weather pattern as we approach winter with models distinctly showing a weak northern branch and much more pronounced southern branch. It’s also about as zonal of a flow pattern as you get. Notice how it’s strong and flat lined right around the northern hemisphere in the below GFS […]
Rather than writing individual write-ups for Europe and US today I wanted to share this interesting read from Dr Judah Cohen. He sheds detail on the Arctic Oscillation, where we’re at and where we may be heading…. This complies to Europe/North America and Globe. Below article source: http://www.aer.com/science-research/climate-weather/arctic-oscillation AER scientists provide researchers and enthusiasts real-time insights […]
Despite the ‘chilly’ conditions covering much of continental Europe and your typical ‘in between low pressure frosts’ over the UK, there’s consistency in the models for a mild, zonal December pattern not just for Europe but throughout the mid-latitudes of the hemisphere. The recent southward plunge of arctic air will gradually decay in the coming days as […]
Maritime Atlantic air has kicked the arctic air out of UK and now is now in the process of pushing it out of France and the Low Countries but not before snow and hard frosts bring the coldest starts of the season. The front has been pushing through metro Paris this morning where a cold rain is currently falling but further east […]
Despite the current cold blast with snow for some, frost for most, November 2015 will wind up well above normal temperature and precipitation wise, a complete flip from September and October’s tranquility. This turnaround in November was forecasted here since back in late summer as I strongly stated that the same drivers in summer, provide a […]
After a cold and for some, snowy weekend, milder Atlantic air makes a return for Ireland and the UK into the new working week. As a result of milder Atlantic air sweeping in from the west, the core of cold gets pushed into the near continent. Tonight starts cold across Northern Ireland and Scotland under clear sky and […]
The first blast of winter has well and truly arrived with the much anticipated ‘surprise snow’ for some, accompanied by a biting northerly wind which gusted to 71 mph on the Lincolnshire coast, leading to well below freezing wind chills. Sub-freezing wind chills shall continue through Saturday, especially nearer Irish Sea and North Sea coasts. Lighter winds and sunshine inland […]
There is a very distinct north-south contrast in temperature over Europe. In between, very heavy, flooding rains through northern France through Germany. To the north it’s turning considerably colder, to the south much milder. The GFS and ECMWF has been consistent at laying down the snows over many inland parts of the UK, today and through the […]
Well I took my first trip up Cairngorm Mountain yesterday. Leaving the house at 5.30am I drove up the A9 exiting at Aviemore and Coylumbridge and reached the car park at the base of Cairn Gorm around 8.30am. When leaving the car, skies were part cloudy, air temp +3C with even sunshine peeking through but during the climb, […]
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