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Next 8 Days Will Bring Unseasonable Chill To NA, Europe But Major Pattern Shift Coming?

Next 8 Days Will Bring Unseasonable Chill To NA, Europe But Major Pattern Shift Coming?

Just about to shoot out the door but wanted to show you this. Check out both North America and Europe for the next several days.. Here’s what the ECMWF has for North America through next week! Brrr Of course what stands out is the amplification indicative of the negative NAO and the amount of early […]

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Major Amplification Next 2 Weeks Could Bring Record Cold To Europe, North America

Major Amplification Next 2 Weeks Could Bring Record Cold To Europe, North America

There’s a heck of an early season cold period coming over the next 2 weeks for a large chunk of the US, east of the Rockies and for Europe, You’ve been warned! Given it’s still only mid-September, the pattern evolving is one of great interest both the NAO and AO going into the tank. Models have been […]

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There’s A Lot To Be Said About The Warm AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation)

There’s A Lot To Be Said About The Warm AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation)

I thought I would cover a little on the warm AMO that we’re seeing and just how strong it has become. This is a key driver in our weather these days not just locally surrounding the basin itself but globally. This warm AMO is controlling or at least is having a strong influence on many […]

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On This Day Last Year, Ex-Hurricane Katia Came Ashore Across Scotland! (Includes Storm Footage!)

Written by on September 12, 2012 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Videos with 0 Comments
On This Day Last Year, Ex-Hurricane Katia Came Ashore Across Scotland! (Includes Storm Footage!)

Yes, on this day last year, we had an intense low sweep across Scotland packing 80-90 mph winds which caused damage, disruption. What’s significant about this system is that it was once once Hurricane Katia and this storm in particular I find is of particular interest because this is the name which replaced Katrina following the devastation caused […]

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A ‘Record Early’ Blizzard Strikes North Iceland Causing Worst Damage To Power System In 17 Years!

Written by on September 11, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
A ‘Record Early’ Blizzard Strikes North Iceland Causing Worst Damage To Power System In 17 Years!

    As forecasted right here on markvoganweather.com since Friday/Saturday, the deep low crossed Iceland and once the centre got east of this large island, the pressure bottomed out at an impressive 975 mb which brought stinging northerly gales which brought some damage but more importantly, severe cold, windchills and HEAVY SNOW. Blizzard conditions impacted the […]

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Biting Northerly Gale, Early Season Snowfall To Hit Iceland Monday into Tuesday

Written by on September 9, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Biting Northerly Gale, Early Season Snowfall To Hit Iceland Monday into Tuesday

An area of deepening low pressure is currently migrating northeastwards from the central Atlantic up towards the southeast coast of Iceland. Strong southerly, mild winds will impact the island during Sunday and will also send a front across the British Isles also, erasing a very warm weather here by Monday. The low deepens towards 970mb […]

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GFS Suggests Snow For Parts of Canada, Iceland, Scotland, Scandinavia & Russia Next Week!

GFS Suggests Snow For Parts of Canada, Iceland, Scotland, Scandinavia & Russia Next Week!

  It’s getting towards that time of year for cooler air starting to make inroads further south, but snow, already? Well for some, we may well see snow across several regions of the Northern Hemisphere next week thanks to several lobes of modified early season cold pools sink south into the mid-latitudes. What first caught my attention was […]

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Med Low Produces Dramatic Lightning, Flash Flooding, Waterspouts Off Malta, Ibiza (Amazing Storm Images/Footage)

Written by on September 4, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 1 Comment
Med Low Produces Dramatic Lightning, Flash Flooding, Waterspouts Off Malta, Ibiza (Amazing Storm Images/Footage)

Every so often when the jet stream takes a southward dip over the heart of Europe, spilling cold upper level air down with it, the resulting trough often can form a low over the Med Sea, like with this instance, the low becomes cut off with the jet returning back north. With the warm waters beneath, these lows can appear to take on some semi tropical […]

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Very Steep Pressure Field Between 965mb Icelandic Low and 1030mb Azores High! 70-80+mph Winds Tonight!

Written by on September 3, 2012 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Very Steep Pressure Field Between 965mb Icelandic Low and 1030mb Azores High! 70-80+mph Winds Tonight!

A very steep pressure field is setting up over the Atlantic between deepening Icelandic low and strong Azores high. Bteween the expected bombing out at 965mb tomorrow am and the 1030 ridge, very strong upper level winds are likely to mix down the the surface thanks to alignment with good vertically ‘stacked’ winds from jet stream level […]

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100s Return To S. Plains, Next Trough Comes Down From Canada Late Week, Much Cooler By Weekend!

100s Return To S. Plains, Next Trough Comes Down From Canada Late Week, Much Cooler By Weekend!

While the Southern Plains are back in the oven following a long, hot, dry summer, thankfully we’re now into September and officially meteorological fall. That of course means any heat from now on will come and go quickly with shortening days and lengthening nights. High pressure systems begin to weaken and soon they will begin start migration […]

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