Rest of Europe
Back in late March I highlighted the period around the end of April’sfirst week as the period to watch for the first significant warm surge with first 20s. That has indeed materialised nicely. I also had Friday as the day for warmest temps as southerly winds would pick up as a system out in the […]
As forecasted nearly a week ago, the south winds are blowing and transporting Mediterranean source air up through the British Isles. Call it an April version of the Spanish plume! Highs today topped close to 21C (70F) at Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire thanks to strong sun and some downslope compressional warming off the Grampians. Tomorrow, we should get to similar values […]
As stated in yesterday morning’s video, we end this holiday week on a warm note with potential for low 20s as the ridge core drifts into the Low Countries and turns our flow SSE. That’s already drawing in drier, continental air which heats and cools faster. Did you have a frost this morning? We could see […]
It’s a well known fact that the sun is the primary driver of earth’s climate, oceans are second. Back at the last solar minimum, we experienced the great winter of 2009-10 and 2010-11. Then came the maximum of solar cycle 24 which peaked back in Feb-Mar last year. This resulted in a prolonged period of warmer […]
Yesterday Aboyne, Aberdeenshire took the prize as the UK’s first spot to reach the 21C benchmark. Back in late March, I had pegged the ‘end of April’s first week’ as the period to watch for the year’s first warm spell. That appears to have been not a bad call albeit a few days early but this […]
If your off on holiday this week, your in luck! A very decent Easter Sunday for most today with exceptions of some North Sea coasts where low cloud and a cool onshore breeze may make it somewhat disappointing but for most, it’s a mix of sun and cloud. Where sunshine lingers through this afternoon, you […]
The last in a series of fronts will clear the UK through the next 24 hours, so after a dull and dreary Good Friday for many, we turn to drier and somewhat milder Saturday into Easter Sunday and it’s that theme that carries us through next week. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The one fly in the ointment […]
There’s no real change to the Easter weekend idea. Models still show high pressure building in from the WSW and this should help push out the fronts that have brought all the wind, rain and snow of late and will continue to through tomorrow. Speaking of snow, this was the scene I was greeted to […]
This seasonal outlook for the upcoming Summer of 2015 for Europe is based on past and current pattern and influences of current and projected sea surface temperatures, El Nino and current state of solar cycle 24. While the UK experienced only 41% average rainfall during March, the increase in rainfall and therefore soil moisture during the later of […]
It’s a bumpy week of weather and distinctly cool for the time of year. Temps are typically in the 9-13C range by now but they are closer to 6-11C thanks to our air source (polar-maritime). Systems running along an unusually powerful 190 mph Atlantic jet stream is keeping us very unsettled with frequent spells of […]
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