Rest of Europe
Believe it or not but Tropical systems practically every late summer will take that long recurve route all the way around the North Atlantic Basin perhaps having struck the US East Coast or simply remained a fish storm between the US and Bermuda, a common tropical cyclone track. They can eventually they sweep across Western Europe […]
High Latitude Blocking Looks To Keep USA & Great Britain Cool, Unsettled Through Remainder of August
Thought it would be worthwhile taking a quick look at the 8-14 day outlook courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center. While folks in the US will be asking, Is this coming cool a sign of things to come, folks here in the UK are likely asking, is this warmth and intensifying warmth this weekend also a sign of things […]
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any hotter than what we saw in Spain back at the weekend when Seville set a new all-time August record high of 114° (45.6°C) and in France where it’s been a fairly decent and not too hot summer compared the recent summers, the ECMWF, GFS and other models suddenly drop the red […]
A powerful upper level ridge of high pressure has been tormenting the Spainish interior over the past 7 days with the hottest weather in 17 years for many. Cordova in the southern interior averages a high of 96° with a low of 67° but during the first 10 days of August only two days have failed to reach the century […]
Following a glorious week of weather and glorious second week of weather for the Olympic Games, we of course always have that breakdown looming, especially this summer when you creep into day 5 or 6 of warm sunshine. That breakdown will come tomorrow but it has limitations as to how much the warmth breaks and the […]
Here is the video of Joe Bastardi’s appearance on Bloomberg yesterday where he explains why July 2012 wasn’t as warm as what many think and what the media would have you think. He also shares thoughts on his concerns with the hurricane season in the weeks ahead. Well worth a watch.
Back in June, the Spanish captial of Madrid soared to the hottest levels since August 2007 with a high of 104° (40°C) which was recorded in the midst of a 3 day stretch of 100s. The hottest in July was 95° (35°C). Hottest in years Over the next 4 days highs should surpass the century mark and […]
There is plenty of scientific evidence which shows net temperature fluctuations around the globe correlates perfectly with ocean temperature. While much of the media would have you think that the increase in Co2 is rising our planets temperature, the rise since the start of the 1980s is down to an increase in sun activity which warms […]
I guess a good reason behind the well above normal precipitation which set in back in April and continued ever since across the UK and Scandinavia is thanks, in part to the flip from back to back La Ninas to an El Nino, helped by the still warm North Atlantic Oscillation and prodominantly -NAO. The big question is what […]
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