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Yes, you weren’t imagining it, it was cold for a late August morning throughout the UK and yes for some, you had to scrape frost off the car windscreen this morning. It was all thanks to the departure of the latest low pressure system which crossed the UK bringing the usual wind and rain and […]
It would appear from the latest satellite presentation that Isaac’s eye is trying to become better organised right at the point it looks s as though it’s coming ashore on the southeastern tip of Louisiana. The warm, marshy terrain down here would suggest little weakening for some time yet and it wouldn’t surprise me if […]
With blocking highs over top of the mid-latitudes and up in the high latitudes, a zonal (west-east) flow pattern has developed following the highly amplified pattern across the hemisphere of late. Sandwiched between the blocking high over the subtropical high, a rather active North America to Europe storm train is in place. Note the below […]
While the warmth isn’t over for Western Europe, the hottest days likely are. It’s going to be tough to match the 32.4C we saw at Cavendish in East Anglia on Saturday and the upper 30sC we saw stretch across France with low 40s in the south and down over Spain. Those days of double digits […]
Well I think it’s pretty safe to now say that the worst of the worst is now over when talking heat for both North America and Europe and really the Northern Hemisphere as we now enter the last 10 days of August. Days have shortened and nights lengthened considerably and with the sun angle lowering, so […]
HURRICANE GORDON MAKES LANDFALL IN AZORES THIS MORNING All of a sudden the tropical Atlantic has awakened and there is a lot on the table over the coming 1-2 weeks. While we have two circulations well paying close attention to, we see Gordan drifting and die out in the chilly waters en-reoute towards Portugal […]
Interesting Aspects About Cat 2 Hurricane Gordon, Hurricane Warnings Up For Azores, No Impact For UK
Hurricane Warnings Are Hoisted Across Azores As Hurricane Gordon Impacts Within The Next 6-12 Hours Hurricane Gordon is currently supporting sustained winds of 100 mph with gusts to 120 mph. Embedded within the westerlies, Gordon is speeding towards the southern Azores at 20 mph. As Gordon nears the Azores a hurricane warning has been issued with locals and tourists on […]
The French health authority is on high alert this weekend as temperatures climb to rare and potentially record territory and values not seen since the deadly heatwave of August 2003. All week long the models have been incredibly persisted in building a tremendous blast of heat north from the Sahara with 100s expected to extend from southern Spain all […]
[error] HEAT WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AS TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO NEAR OR EXCEED 100F IN MADRID, PARIS, BRUSSELS AND AMSTERDAM [/error] The much anticipated heat wave set to blister Western Europe through the next 48-72 hours began to show it’s hand today over Iberia as brutal heat crossed the Gibraltar Strait and across southern and central […]
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