Rest of Europe
It’s been a wintry week throughout the UK with frequent snow showers producing many with a winter wonderland. For some, it was their first winter wonderland of the entire year. As you would expect, the Highlands has captured the greatest falls with a widespread 3-6 inches accumulating above 200 metres across the Highland region from […]
The cold northerly flow continues to bring a snow and ice risk to many parts of the UK. Many woke to snow yesterday, more woke to snow this morning and with not one but two further waves riding the ‘reinforced cold flow’, we see further accumulating snow risks all the way to sea level across […]
Welcome to my 11th annual winter forecast for Europe. In this forecast, the conclusions drawn for the upcoming 90-day meteorological winter period are based on current oceanic and atmospheric drivers and my understanding of their potential influence they may have. Of course, pinpointing any specific pattern several weeks or months ahead is near impossible but […]
Well the first relatively low elevation snows have arrived to large parts of Scotland and Northern England thanks to biting polar-origin wind wrapping around a low near Iceland. Scenes from across the Northern UK this morning. Bathgate, West Lothian Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire A cold day with further wintry showers ahead. As a […]
Autumn 2020 has been very warm, particularly for north, central and east Europe with a back and forward in temps further west. For the UK and West, September was warm while October was average to below average but November was firmly above average. 2nd highest November Arctic Oscillation of last 70 years, A ‘good’ omen? […]
October 2020 was average to below average temperature-wise for much of western Europe, especially so, Ireland, France, northern Spain and Portugal, even Italy. Warmer than normal for Scandinavia and countries east of Germany with exceptional warmth over western Russia and surrounding the Black Sea. With the tropics a big contributor, the UK overall had it’s […]
Despite some record cold morning’s, September was a mild month while October is wound up slightly below average and significantly wetter than normal, particularly for east and southeast parts of the UK. September temp anomaly October temp anomaly While Western Europe has seen somewhat of a temperature seesaw, the blowtorch has been relentless, particularly surrounding […]
The maturing ‘high latitude blocking pattern’ we currently see may be a real tease to the winter weather lover like myself. I can hear the statement ringing in my ear, ‘if only it were December or January’, I get ya, I’m saying the same. This 500mb chart off the CFSv2 for the upcoming week and […]
Drive a powerful jet stream into a trough that’s surrounded by high pressure and you get STORM ALEX. A rapid deepener with severe and far reaching impacts across Europe. Finding itself directly beneath the ‘cloud hook’ and potential sting jet, the exposed island of Belle-Île-en-Mer off Brittany recorded a record wind gust of 116 mph while […]
Interesting tweet I saw this afternoon which got me thinking! Last month saw the highest ANTARCTIC sea ice concentration of any September between 1979-1999 period. This comes as the Arctic sees it’s 2nd lowest on record. While Arctic Oscillation was record strong last winter, the Antarctic Oscillation was record weak. Europe floods followed record heat […]
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