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High Pressure Builds Over UK Easter Weekend Following Cold, Wet & Windy Week With Some Snow!

High Pressure Builds Over UK Easter Weekend Following Cold, Wet & Windy Week With Some Snow!

The GFS continues to show a cold NW feed of air across Ireland and the UK throughout this week with high pressure building in from the west this upcoming Easter weekend. Within this flow we’ll see systems push through enhancing wind and wind which may lead to snow and not solely confined to the hills, especially […]

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Unseasonably Cold Next Week, Dreaming Of A White Easter?

Unseasonably Cold Next Week, Dreaming Of A White Easter?

The parade of quick hitting lows this weekend appears to mark a shift to colder in our weather pattern next week. The ECMWF and GFS north build heights north over the Atlantic and thus winds blow hard out of the NW across the UK/Ireland and much of continental Europe. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Reinforcing waves of abnormally cold […]

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Tight U.S Thermal Gradient Powers 200+ Knot Jet Bringing Wild End To March For U.K

Tight U.S Thermal Gradient Powers 200+ Knot Jet Bringing Wild End To March For U.K

A stormy Saturday is upon us as a rapidly deepening low crosses the UK. Fuelled by a sharpening temperature gradient over eastern North America, the trans-Atlantic jet stream is forecast to accelerate beyond 200 knots, rare for this late in the season. The jet usually begins to weaken s we head towards April with the northward […]

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UK: Snow Makes A Comeback In Final Days Of March, Wet & Windy Weekend Ahead!

UK: Snow Makes A Comeback In Final Days Of March, Wet & Windy Weekend Ahead!

It’s back! This is what I woke to this morning… Rain was in fact turning over to heavy wet snow on my drive home early this morning. Other snow scenes this morning. A9 Drumnochter A82 Glen Ogle Good news is the snow never lasts long at this time of the year but is it uncommon for […]

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Concerns Over Winter 2015-16

Concerns Over Winter 2015-16

Some brief thoughts on next winter… [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] We know that a west QBO, +NAO/AO and solar max leads to a warm, wet and stormy winter here over Western Europe. (last year) We know that an east QBO, +NAO/AO, weak El Nino and start of a solar downturn leads to a still ATLANTIC driven winter but […]

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West Europe Pattern Set To Take Wetter, Windier Turn With Element Of Winter!

West Europe Pattern Set To Take Wetter, Windier Turn With Element Of Winter!

As forecasted back on Sunday, it was a cold start to Wednesday thanks to high pressure overhead! Frost never lasts long once the sun rises within those clear blue skies. Dry air cools quickly after sunset but also heats fast at sunrise this time of year. Hope you got a chance to read yesterday’s April Outlook […]

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Europe April Outlook

Europe April Outlook

Based on past and current pattern and model projection, I believe April is looking mixed with at least one decent spell of warmth but also spells of wet and windy for Western and Central Europe. Warmer and drier than normal further south into Iberia and across the western Med Basin. I am showing you the […]

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Early April Likely To Present UK/West Europe With First Warm Spell Of Year

Early April Likely To Present UK/West Europe With First Warm Spell Of Year

This week is a very mixed bag, a little of everything from cold and frosty, wet and windy as well as mild. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] We start the week on a cool, blustery and for some, showery note. Northwest winds are never mild or warm, particularly at this time of year when surrounding waters are coldest. This […]

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As Eastern North America Turns Cold Again, UK Warm Spell Week-2 Of April Looking Likely!

As Eastern North America Turns Cold Again, UK Warm Spell Week-2 Of April Looking Likely!

After the excitement of the solar eclipse back on Friday combined with the spring equinox and super moon, it’s back to normality this upcoming week. Hope your all enjoying your weekend. A brief look at the week ahead… We had, for many, a stunning Saturday with plenty of mild sunshine under clear blue skies. Highs […]

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Images From #SolarEclipse 2015, No Change To Longer Term Ideas

Images From #SolarEclipse 2015, No Change To Longer Term Ideas

Well it turns out that many of us got to see the solar eclipse 2015 thanks to brighter skies than expected. Here are some of the great images shared on my twitter page this morning (follow @MarkVogan). Birmingham Scottish Borders Sheffield Belfast Here’s my shot. Not great quality I know but you can still see […]

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