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As stated last week, the Atlantic storm train is ready to get much more active as the cold builds over eastern North America. This cold pool forces a stronger trans-Atlantic jet and with greater thermal gradient comes deeper lows. The problem I’ve had is the Azores ridge strengthens but there does appear to be change. Week […]
2 weeks ago while the UK did a little shivering, so Greenland was balmy under a blocking high. Now that the blocking high is over Europe, so Greenland shivers beneath the strongest cold pool/trough of winter and the UK enjoys relative warmth. Temps took a dip to -62C or -80F this AM at Greenland’s Summit Camp […]
In the near term, i.e. this valentine’s weekend, we do have some wet and windy weather to talk about, however, high pressure looks to remain stubborn and stronger than initially thought to our southwest over the Azores next week. A strong positive over the Azores means an increasingly active Atlantic wave train gets directed towards Iceland and therefore we’re […]
I’m hitting the road very soon so this is just a quick write-up unfortunately. There’s a full discussion on today’s video. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] VALENTINE’s WEEKEND Looking blustery with showers across England and Wales Saturday. More settled the further north you go. ECMWF surface for 14th GFS surface In short, we’ve got a battle setting up […]
Where’s all our snow and cold gone you ask? Try Turkey and Greece! A vigorous low spinning over eastern Turkey and the Med isn’t just tapping some very cold continental air and driving it into the Med but moisture associated is bringing heavy snowfall too with blizzards likely in the mountains of Greece and particularly Turkey. […]
If your new to the website and perhaps just starting to get interested in weather, be sure to watch the first of today’s Europe videos as I go back to basics and look at what drives our weather. Perhaps your more advanced and want to get more into the nuts and bolts, we’ll the 2nd video is […]
While cold and stormy across Southern and Eastern Europe, it looks like the large ridge building into the West will eventually shut down the supply of cold with moderation to areas from Iberia to the eastern Med. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The UK’s main story will be the lack of precipitation through the 7-10 day. The ECMWF […]
Last winter was the wettest on record for the UK. We can all remember the bombardment of one storm followed by the next. This year, as expected has been quite different. According to new stats from the Met Office, January 2015 was near average temperature wise and more interestingly it was 5th sunniest. Based on […]
While the Atlantic high builds and establishes over the UK and near continent of Europe, arctic air is being forced all the way into the western Med and North Africa where even the Spanish beaches are seeing snow. The coldest air of the season is now being felt across Iberia and the western Med. Infrared imagery via EUMETSAT shows […]
It’s looking like a cold spring is ahead for all of Western and indeed much of Europe with the exceptions of Iberia. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The Jamstec looks correct based on the central Pacific El Nino, strong east QBO and cold water surrounding the UK with a rather negative or cold AMO signal. Be sure to watch […]
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