Rest of Europe

My garden is in need of some attention and I’ve no excuse today given this…. I’m home all day too. What a spectacular start to Easter weekend. Hope your all having a good one so far whatever your doing. As I mentioned on today’s video. The biggest threat on Britain and much of Europe’s roads today, […]

There appears to be an interesting trend going on between March, April so far and as we go forward. Here’s the charts shown in today’s video. Be sure to watch the video for analysis. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] GFS ensemble 500mb 7-day mean 500mb height anomalies. 0-7 day 7-14 9-16 ECMWF 500mb 7-day mean height anomalies 0-7 day 3-10 […]

As a fairly strong upper level ridge of high pressure pushes mild to warm sunshine from Spain to Northern Britain today, we’re seeing cold air decent south over eastern Europe in response. Check out the snow projections off the ECMWF and GFS through the next 72 hours over south-central Europe. ECMWF [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] GFS You can see very distinctly in […]

For those taking this week off to spend with friends and family, well you may not want to rush off to sunnier, warmer climbs as the weather right here at home isn’t looking too bad. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] High pressure has been largely dominated across the bulk of the UK into the near continent throughout the […]

GFS ensemble 7-mean 500mb height anomaly shows ridge week one and then the shift east allowing a trough and cooler conditions into the UK and Western Europe week 2. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] 0-7 days 7-14 9-16 ECMWF Control shows trough dropping into the UK but it, unlike the GFS ensemble has a block developing over Scandinavia which suggests […]

In yesterday’s post I looked at the fairly dry outlook in the next 10 days across the West of Europe. Today I want to look at the differing solution between ECMWF and GFS for the upcoming 7-10 days. The overall idea with both models are alike but as usual, there are some differences. The main difference I’m seeing is the GFS […]

With the NAO supporting the Atlantic trough/Europe ridge scenario over the next 1-3 weeks, rainfall looks below to well below normal really from Iberia upward. The CFSv2 500mb height anomalies have a strong positive pretty much directly over the UK over the next 2 weeks and even in week 3-4, it still has positive heights. SEE TODAY’S […]

You probably don’t need to see the below map for confirmation that March across Europe was milder than normal. However, this says it all. In fact, Ireland was near normal, UK slightly above but the real blowtorch was centred over eastern Europe. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This is just another month which can be added to the […]

March was warmer and slightly drier than normal for the UK and this trend continues as we enter April’s second week. Here’s the temperature chart for the month of March from the Met Office. Note that East Anglia saw it’s warmest March since 1997. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] As stated in recent days and in today’s video. […]

The NAO is currently negative but is poised to go back positive by the weekend. As a result our trough that will keep the April showers and more organised rain going across Ireland, the UK and western mainland this week, should back west out over the Atlantic by the weekend. As this happens, ridging and warmth now dominating […]