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Fickle Autumn: UK/W Europe Goes From Mild To Cold, Back To Mild Next Week

Written by on November 19, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Well both GFS and ECMWF unsurprisingly have turned warmer for next week with the cold and trough shifting east as the NAO/AO look set to bounce back in a positive direction. This week was never going to hold. We turn windy tomorrow as a deep low slides over top of Scotland’s north coast before dropping south […]

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W Europe Cold Pattern To Linger Well Into Next Week, Turns Stormy Wednesday!

Written by on November 18, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

A frontal system is progressing south over the UK, pushing out the mild and pulling in the coldest air mass of the season so far. Scotland turned very bright and sunny this afternoon as cold air flows south. Here’s a late afternoon view from space showing the cold NW flow progressing south over Scotland, blowing in from a […]

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Midweek Eastern UK/Low Countries Snow Event?

Written by on November 17, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment

Today a frontal system will bring rain to parts of Ireland, England, Wales and Southwest Scotland but it’s another front edging into NW Scotland which is the door to the coldest air of the season. As high pressure builds north over the Atlantic, so that front will push south during tomorrow, pulling the first arctic […]

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Coming Cold Could Lay Vital Groundwork For Upcoming Europe Winter

Written by on November 16, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

We all know the first cold spell of the season is on the way with brisk, wintry days and cold, frosty nights but I believe this coming cold will play a much greater role for later down the road. The … it’s important to look beyond the coming pattern shift as this may tell us more about […]

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Classic November Cold Blast On The Way For UK! Have Scraper, Perhaps Shovel Ready!

Written by on November 14, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Make the most of this weekend’s push of milder air from the southwest ahead of the front because temperatures will crash from 11 or 12C over Scotland down to just 2 or 3C by Wednesday as the first blast from the arctic drops south. Take a look at the GFS projected temperatures mid afternoon Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and look […]

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First Blast Of Arctic Air Is On The Way To Western Europe, What About Snow?

Written by on November 13, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

There’s no disputing the chill that’s coming down early next week. The question is how cold will it be and who and where will see snow, yes it’s that time of year again. What I will say is this, this is somewhat of a wake-up call following a tame autumn so far temperature wise. Next week’s […]

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UK / Western Europe To Get First Taste Of Winter Next Week

Written by on November 12, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 3 Comments

Confidence is high on Western Europe including Ireland and the UK turning considerably colder late this weekend into early next week. Modelling has been consistent at building high pressure northwards east and west of the UK which will turn winds due north. First of all we must contend with a rather windy spell over the next 36 to 48 hours as another Icelandic […]

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Atlantic Pattern To Give Way To Blocking And Colder Towards Nov 20th

Written by on November 11, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

The mild air currently northeast from the Azores across Ireland and the UK will be quickly followed by chilly air from Iceland by Wednesday as a series of lows swing into Iceland. We have one deep low impacting Iceland at the moment and another impacts Wednesday. That storm system is expected to bring a band of rain along with gale-force […]

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Cold Late November Pattern Looking Likely For Western Europe

Written by on November 9, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Tonight will easily be the coldest thus far across a wide swath of the UK thanks to clear skies, light winds and a chilly air mass which originated in Iceland just two days ago. Expect overnight lows to widely drop to between -1 in the North of Ireland, Scotland and Northern England and +4C in the South within major […]

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Webcams Capture Frigid Iceland Snowscape At Sunset

Written by on November 9, 2013 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

It’s been a cold autumn across Iceland with many snowfalls and blasts of bitterly cold air from nearby Greenland. Iceland can endure truly arctic conditions while they can also receive mild and stormy conditions just like we get here in the UK, depending upon the pattern. Right now they are enduring arctic conditions. There is an expansive snowpack over the Central Highland region […]

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