Rest of Europe

It’s certainly been warm down across Southern parts of the UK while there’s a much fresher feel further north thanks to the passage of the first front. The second, more pronounced front is now pushing down through Scotland, northern England into Wales but before that system reaches the Southeast, it will turn borderline hot. As stated […]

Current visible satellite shows the curl of cloud associated with an unusually deep low over Iceland. This system’s associated front is now throwing clouds over Scotland as the breakdown of the ridge, sunshine and warmth has begun. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Rain is on the way as well as a strengthening wind which shall touch gale-force along exposed coasts […]

For the past several days I’ve been focusing a lot on the weekend storm system that’s expected to deepen well into the 970s over Iceland before taking aim at the UK. Before that system makes it down here, temperatures will rise considerably across the UK as high pressure builds in. Widespread sunshine, a decent ridge and […]

It’s been a rough start to the weekend across southern areas of the UK as expected but the good news is those downpours that were often accompanied by thunder and lightning will ease during today. Today, expect longer spells of sun and fewer showers. Staying mainly dry with a sun/cloud mix for Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland like […]

As expected, this weekend as well as next weekend looks to be LOW PRESSURE dominated as the overall pattern shifts from continental to oceanic. High pressure has been spoiling us in recent weeks, helping us dry out nicely after the wet winter and at times spring. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] As for this weekend, a large envelop of low […]

The pattern is now returning to a more classic setup as the trough swings into the UK resulting in thicker cloud cover along with outbreaks of rain. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] An Atlantic depression will progress east across Ireland the UK into mainland Europe over the next 72 hours and it appears ridging will build in early to […]

The much anticipated breakdown in our fine, dry and warm pattern over W Europe has begun. This morning is our first damp one here and though many will enjoy another dry, fairly warm day, the trend for damp will spread in the coming 24 to 36 hours as low pressure moves in and takes charge […]

While Western Europe continues to enjoy the benefits of high pressure, on the other side of the continent we’ve seen tremendous rains continue to flood parts of the Balkans into Bulgaria and Romania as well as Turkey. Along with the soaking rains, amazingly, we’ve also got scenes like this below up in the mountains. STILL, on June […]

In today’s post I want to look at the longer term briefly and show you what the models are showing as of June 21. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Unsurprisingly, there is already a fight and contradiction. Here’s the CFSv2 for November and December. Note the WARMTH. Uh oh! While the strong easterly QBO, caused by a strong solar […]