Rest of Europe
Our pattern has been pretty much unsettled since August and it doesn’t look as though that will change through the rest of October. That also suggests no return to warmth and equally no arrival of winter either. It’s a pattern which one can expect one day of wet and blustery followed by drier, brighter but […]
Great information on former tropical cyclone hits on Western Europe. Wikipedia The effects of tropical cyclones in Europe and their extra-tropical remnants include strong winds, heavy rainfall, and in rare instances, tornadoes. There is only one modern tropical cyclone officially regarded as directly impacting Europe—Hurricane Vince in 2005, which struck southwestern Spain—having made landfall in the European mainland whilst still fully tropical. Hurricane Debbie in 1961 […]
Back in mid August Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain was declared snow free for the first time since 2006 with only 3 patches hanging on for dear life. Mark Mullen's pic of Ben Nevis on Saturday shows a few small snow patches on life support. First time the Ben snow will be free since 2006. […]
Low pressure isn’t just about the wind and rain but tropical warmth lifting unusually far north while arctic drives south behind. Infrared imagery from this morning captures the approaching Atlantic system with recycled energy associated from Maria and Lee. In advance of the depressions cold front, this morning saw Svalbard climb to 9C while on […]
Each and every August through October period, like with hype of the ‘worst winter in 100 years coming’, we get the ‘100 mph hurricane heading for the UK’ headlines which only cause confusion and at times worry to the general public. Meteorologists seem to never stop having to say, this in non-science based nonsense and […]
Just 2 years ago, Istanbul recorded it’s hottest September day in 65 years with a high of 37.9C but on 20 September 2017 a new monthly maximum of 39.5C was reached. New September records have been melting across Turkey with parts of the SE reaching an incredible 42C. https://twitter.com/Sustainable2050/status/909139360737644544 https://twitter.com/istanbulinforme/status/910900522470789120 https://twitter.com/EKMeteo/status/910527766793277441 7 days following the […]
Combining unusually hot air drifting off North America and arctic air driving down the Davis Straits shall fuel an unusually strong trans-Atlantic jet stream which means the UK shall remain unsettled. Downstream dynamics are coming together with the strengthening westerlies and a blocking high over Scandinavia, a natural trough dip west of Ireland will result […]
The past weekend saw the atmosphere’s battle for Britain with Atlantic low pressure trying to push in while Scandinavian high pressure tried to push it back. No single system won in the end as we got a mixed bag for the Sept weekend. While enjoying 23C in the Southeast of England Saturday, we start this […]
As expected, meteorological autumn opened right where summer ended with a September featuring very changeable and frequently cool conditions thanks to firm Atlantic influence. September temperature anomaly so far. August was below normal. Why the cool, damp disappointing summer? Low over high aligned west-east shows a firmly Atlantic pattern. While the westerlies where the main […]
It seems as though it’s been an eternity since dry, settled weather dominated the UK. With the exception weakening fronts drifting east Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a building Scandinavian blocking high will manage to suppress the Atlantic influence over the UK bringing the first UK-wide’s prolonged quiet spell in MANY weeks. Thankfully the beast that’s […]
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