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2nd Major Storm In Less Than A Week Strikes UK, More Expected!

Written by on November 2, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
2nd Major Storm In Less Than A Week Strikes UK, More Expected!

After a major European windstorm at the close of last weekend and the start of this week, we deal with yet another major Atlantic low which, like the previous, continues to deepen as it crosses the UK. Winds have been on the increase throughout today and by 3pm this afternoon gusts have been clocking 84 mph […]

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Official Europe Winter Forecast 2013-2014

Official Europe Winter Forecast 2013-2014

Well it’s that time of year. Time for your Europe winter forecast 2013-14. Based on multiple factors below, I have concluded that the upcoming winter should be colder and snowier than normal in Western Europe and warmer, drier in the East. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Summer/Autumn 2013 Pattern The type of summer this year with well above normal temperatures across […]

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Storms And More Storms To Come For Europe, Atlantic Tripole Forming!

Written by on October 29, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
Storms And More Storms To Come For Europe, Atlantic Tripole Forming!

Northwest Europe was slammed by one of the strongest windstorms in recent times with record gusts experienced in Denmark while media reports stated that the Netherlands had not seen a storm like it since 1976. While 99 mph gusts hit southern Britain along with flooding rains, we also saw other aspects to this storm. After slamming […]

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Storm Causes Widespread Damage Across Northwest Europe

Written by on October 28, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Storm Causes Widespread Damage Across Northwest Europe

As expected, the storm which was anticipated before even forming struck with quite the punch across southern Britain as well as the Netherlands, Denmark up into southern Norway and Sweden. The storm continued to gather strength as the centre pushed into the Bristol Channel overnight. Winds were widely clocked at between 60-80 mph right across the South […]

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Powerful Storm To Strike UK, France Tonight, Get Ready Denmark, Norway!

Written by on October 27, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 2 Comments
Powerful Storm To Strike UK, France Tonight, Get Ready Denmark, Norway!

The much anticipated storm system is gathering steam and is set to strike southwest Britain through the overnight tonight. Exact details remain uncertain but what appears certain is that this storm is deepening quickly and will continue to intensify as it hits tonight. A still deepening storm as it makes landfall can be much more dangerous as ‘unexpected […]

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Southern Britain Prepares For Powerful Weekend Storm

Written by on October 25, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Southern Britain Prepares For Powerful Weekend Storm

We have the perfect meteorological environment and setup across the Atlantic and Europe for ‘rapidly deepening low pressure development’ SW of the UK during late Saturday through late Sunday. Check out the feature image above of a powerful storm system currently over the North Atlantic. Models drop pressure down to at least 955 mb tonight. This system is […]

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Soaking And Increasingly Stormy Pattern For Western Europe

Written by on October 24, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 2 Comments
Soaking And Increasingly Stormy Pattern For Western Europe

As expected the Western Europe pattern is becoming more and more active as the upper height field shifts and the arctic oscillation flips strongly positive, so too will the NAO over the next week to 10 days therefore supporting the continuation of the zonal and very active Atlantic pattern across Europe. The warmer than normal waters across the […]

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Warm AMO Doing It’s Dirty Work On UK AGAIN, Wet, Wet, Wet!

Written by on October 22, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 2 Comments
Warm AMO Doing It’s Dirty Work On UK AGAIN, Wet, Wet, Wet!

Up till recently, many UK sites were below normal for rainfall this October but sure enough, the warm waters surrounding the UK as well as out across the North Atlantic, reflective of the continued warm AMO has switched the hose on. The turn to the much more active Atlantic pattern has been anticipated as the season […]

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Wettest Week In Months For Western Europe, Pattern Shift Taking Place!

Written by on October 21, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 4 Comments
Wettest Week In Months For Western Europe, Pattern Shift Taking Place!

It’s been a wet and in some causes rather stormy weekend with flooding rains for some while even a rare tornado was sighted in the Netherlands yesterday morning. The Atlantic is becoming much more turbulent as the season continues to progress and oceanic feedback to the atmosphere changes course. The upcoming 5-7 days suggests the […]

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Sweden Hits -18C As Eurasia Snowcover Expands West, Stormier Pattern Ahead?

Written by on October 18, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
Sweden Hits -18C As Eurasia Snowcover Expands West, Stormier Pattern Ahead?

As the sun rose over Europe this morning, it unveiled a rather impressive looking satellite presentation with bands of cloud clearly marking where the ridge and trough was as well as where the warm and cold air was. As well as throwing rain bearing fronts across Iberia, France and up into Ireland and the UK, a large and complex low […]

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