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Signs Of Arctic Blocking And Colder Times Ahead For UK & Western Europe

Written by on December 22, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Signs Of Arctic Blocking And Colder Times Ahead For UK & Western Europe

Well it would appear we may have a much anticipated hemisphere wide pressure shift on the way as modelling, the NAO/AO and stratospheric temps all showing colder times ahead. North America has taken the brunt of the mid-latitude cold over the past month with far less over Europe but that may be about to change […]

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930mb Low To Impact UK? How Does This Compare To History? Snow Xmas Day?

Written by on December 20, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
930mb Low To Impact UK? How Does This Compare To History? Snow Xmas Day?

We are of course in a very active pattern right now over Western Europe with a storm producing powerhouse jet stream tearing across the Atlantic while high pressure remains in control over eastern Europe. That setup means the wave of lows will continue with the latest pushing through tonight. This pattern as explained in previous posts is […]

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Storm Deepens To 946mb After Slamming UK With 109 mph Winds, Snow

Written by on December 19, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Storm Deepens To 946mb After Slamming UK With 109 mph Winds, Snow

The Atlantic storm as expected, struck overnight packing damaging winds with gusts exceeding 100 mph as well as producing flooding rains, even snow. Throughout today, a secondary front with reinforcing cold air brought snow to reasonably low levels as far south as Wales and the Midlands and this will continue progressing south tonight. Much of Northern Ireland […]

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UK Storm: Hurricane-Force Winds & Flooding Rains To Be Followed By Snow

Written by on December 18, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 2 Comments
UK Storm: Hurricane-Force Winds & Flooding Rains To Be Followed By Snow

We’re in the midst of a very active, even hyper active pattern over Western Europe these days with +NAO/AO which is supporting a N Atlantic trough/Europe ridge with huge temperature difference which is producing a 200+mph jet stream. The atmospheric environment is perfect for extremely deep low pressure development through Christmas. Unfortunately Ireland and the UK are bearing the […]

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UK-bound Storm Generates 47ft Waves, Xmas Day Blockbuster?

Written by on December 17, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
UK-bound Storm Generates 47ft Waves, Xmas Day Blockbuster?

We have some serious 30-45, 000ft winds racing across the North Atlantic now and through the coming 10 days with an atmospheric environment that’s perfect for ‘exceptionally’ deep low pressure development. The region SW of Ireland is prime for development where a semi-permanent trough is positioned ahead of a Europe high. Air that’s accelerating as it drops into the trough, creates spin and […]

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ECMWF Shows EXTREME Chart For UK Christmas Day

Written by on December 16, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
ECMWF Shows EXTREME Chart For UK Christmas Day

We’re in a stormy pattern these days with wild weather impact Northern Ireland and Scotland over the past weekend but the ECMWF is taking this current pattern even further, suggesting a potentially record breaking low right around Christmas. 960, even 950 isn’t out of the question but once you get into the 940s, well that’s […]

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Stormy Run Up To Christmas For W Europe But What Follows?

Written by on December 15, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Stormy Run Up To Christmas For W Europe But What Follows?

Hope you’ve managed to watch the video posted earlier which looks at the upcoming week with another system impacting mainly the North and Northwest of the UK today. The turbulent pattern extends not only into next week but Christmas week and beyond. Next system after today hits Wednesday and that could pack a punch, potentially across a […]

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Europe High Brings Record Warmth To UK, Heaviest Snow Since ’53 To Israel

Written by on December 13, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
Europe High Brings Record Warmth To UK, Heaviest Snow Since ’53 To Israel

The much anticipated storminess is nearing with the first batch of gales or severe gales arriving across Northern Ireland and Scotland tomorrow but today will be no picnic as a spell of wet and windy weather crosses with rain turning to snow over the Highlands. We also loose the exceptionally mild air for a time […]

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EUROPE OUTLOOK: Stormy Spell Could Be Followed By Winter Cold

Written by on December 12, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
EUROPE OUTLOOK: Stormy Spell Could Be Followed By Winter Cold

As your well aware by now, we have a stormier setup across Western Europe over the next couple of weeks as energy gathers over the Atlantic. This weekend appears to bring in the first of three deep lows with pressure expected to drop to near 950mb according to the GFS not too far off the […]

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Active Atlantic-Europe Pattern Returning / Models Suggest Record 930mb Low!

Written by on December 10, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Active Atlantic-Europe Pattern Returning / Models Suggest Record 930mb Low!

The pattern is poised to become more active late week for Western Europe with the Atlantic becoming much more turbulent once again. With the high over Europe shifting a little further east, so the door is open for frequent spells of wet and windy weather. Both NAO and AO support the return of an active Atlantic-Europe pattern through the […]

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