Rest of Europe
Models remain unchanged for Iceland on the Saturday slammer straight from the arctic in which icy gales combined with heavy snow is likely across at least a large swath of the higher terrain or north side of the Island but given the cold air that will be pulled from off an increasingly cold Greenland, it wouldn’t surprise me if we […]
It’s been a splendid day across the vast majority of the UK across the North Sea to the Low Countries up into Denmark and Scandinavia and the rest of this week is looking largely fine, dry, warm and settled with the Azores high dominant but it’s the polar low which continues to be seen by the […]
While the main low weakens and lifts north of Iceland, a large piece of it’s original energy has split and is bringing heavy, flooding rains to eastern England this afternoon. This energy is diving SE and aiding in the formation of a newly forming low at the tail of the original front. This seemingly innocuous feature will intensify and push southeast into […]
The heat is well and truly on this afternoon across Southeast England as a low off Iceland and a large high centred over Scandinavia promotes warm southerly winds over the UK. Combine those warm southerly winds with some sunshine and the temperature has risen into the balmy 26-29C territory. However cloud and rain is spreading into western parts as the frontal system attached […]
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, as we push ever closer to September the west-east movement of our weather systems or progression of them is showing signs of speeding up as cold air begins to gain ground across the north. This increasing temperature imbalance is gradually accelerating the upper level winds, forcing ridges and troughs to move […]
It’s been an unsettled but equally, warm day across many parts of the UK thanks to brightening skies and warm SSW winds in the upper levels. We managed to get 23C over Highland Scotland while it hit close to 27C at Gravesend, Kent this afternoon. As the low which produced the overnight and morning rain clears out, […]
As the NAO flips positive, so a trough deepens over the North Atlantic while ridging builds either side as a result but pesky unpredictable lows are making the 5-7 day forecast a headache. It’s be cool and unsettled across Western Europe and very cool over the Eastern United States over the past 7 days but warmth returns to […]
Much of summer 2013 has been dominated by a POSITIVE AO and NAO which presented a warm to hot July across Europe but this setup also produced a cold summer across the pole which explains why the sea ice is more extensive this year compared to last. These results will likely support a mixed autumn season with an increased chance of an early start to […]
The UK and Ireland prepares to be impacted by a rather deep Atlantic low with pressure projected to drop into the 980-984mb range and with tightly packed isobars, expect blustery conditions everywhere, particularly around the coasts where we could see gale-force conditions. By Sunday this low pushes into Scandinavia bringing wet, windy conditions down through Denmark and […]
The unsettled, highly Atlantic influenced pattern continues across Western Europe and this cooling influence with frequent fronts is gradually erasing the major heat that’s baked Europe over recent weeks. The jet is flattening out and so rain bearing frontal systems are now pushing maritime air all the way towards eastern areas. The focus of heat […]
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