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Atlantic Low/Europe High Imports Sub-Tropical Air In Over UK, Aviemore 21C Warmer Than 24 Hours Ago!

Atlantic Low/Europe High Imports Sub-Tropical Air In Over UK, Aviemore 21C Warmer Than 24 Hours Ago!

While the bulk of Europe wakens to another cold, frosty start to Tuesday, the UK has woken to spring-like warmth! It’s currently -30C in Vesljana, Russia while Eglinton, Northern Ireland is at 16C! As sub-tropical air lifts north, so arctic air comes down on the other side! What a difference 24 hours makes here in Scotland […]

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Polar Vortex To Remain Weak, Now Strengthen? HIGH Levels Of Uncertainty Into Late December, January

Polar Vortex To Remain Weak, Now Strengthen? HIGH Levels Of Uncertainty Into Late December, January

Every winter really since 2010 we’ve gone and continue to go through an emotional rollercoaster in the hope of winter here in the UK. Up until now, the polar vortex has been weak and fluid with PV splits positioning favourably for Arctic air delivery into Europe and even the UK. This has in turn slowed the mean trans Atlantic westerly flow between […]

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Sweden Hits -35C While Flash Floods Hit Southern Spain, Big Warm-Up Coming For UK/West!

Sweden Hits -35C While Flash Floods Hit Southern Spain, Big Warm-Up Coming For UK/West!

It was a frigid open to the weekend across northern Scandinavia with Finland dropping to -34 while on the Sweden/Norway border it dipped to -35C beneath clear skies. Sunday AM in northern Finland. However, high pressure Saturday was replaced by low pressure Sunday bringing a rise in temperature but at the cost of heavy snowfall […]

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Mild, Moist Atlantic Winds Return To UK But Forces Further Cold Shots Into Eastern Europe

Mild, Moist Atlantic Winds Return To UK But Forces Further Cold Shots Into Eastern Europe

Cooler, drier air returns to the UK over the next few days as our flow comes in from a cold continent. This will result in brighter cooler days along with frosty nights. While we may start the week fine, dry and cool, significant change arrives mid week as warm oceanic air floods the west but forces further arctic/siberia […]

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Waves Of Cold Drill Into Eastern Europe Bringing Impressive Snowfall To Greece & Turkey

Waves Of Cold Drill Into Eastern Europe Bringing Impressive Snowfall To Greece & Turkey

With blocking high pressure remaining over the UK and lows spinning over the eastern continent, arctic wind and snowfall has drilled all the way into Czech Republic, Balkans, Greece and Turkey. Here’s the current upper anomaly pattern. Kind of speaks for itself doesn’t it. Surface Beskydy, Czech Republic Dec 1. Brzozow, Poland Dec 2. Nymfaio, Greece […]

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Looks Like The Atlantic Pattern Is Set To Return Just As Meteorological Winter Commences!

Looks Like The Atlantic Pattern Is Set To Return Just As Meteorological Winter Commences!

We say goodbye to November and Autumn and welcome in December and Meteorological Winter 2016-17. November 2016 UK extremes. Winter opened rather balmy across the Northern UK, rather cold across the far South/Southwest. Today marks the start of the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest 90 days of the year and we remain in a high pressure dominated pattern over the UK and […]

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Similar Thinking, Another Perspective: Winter 2016-17 Forecast From Stuart Markham (chorleyweather.com)

Written by on November 30, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Similar Thinking, Another Perspective: Winter 2016-17 Forecast From Stuart Markham (chorleyweather.com)

UK Winter Weather Forecast 2016/17 November 29, 2016 Stuart Markham Previous winters since 2012/13 have tended to be mild and somewhat unsettled as the Atlantic flow has been the dominant force during these winters. Certain variables where noticeably going to be a factor in those winters, take last year for example we had a very […]

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Harsh Frost From S England To Russia, Huge December 15 v 16 Contrast, MO Winter 16-17 Forecast

Written by on November 29, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Harsh Frost From S England To Russia, Huge December 15 v 16 Contrast, MO Winter 16-17 Forecast

As expected, Tuesday morning has marked the coldest start yet across Wales, Midland and Southern England. Cold right across the continent. Pretty much all but one of the major Paris recording sites went below freezing this morning. Last night was cold with -7.5C set at South Newington, OX but tonight may be even colder for particularly Southern England as well […]

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Quiet UK, Stormy Spain, Snowy Eastern Europe With Two Waves Of Arctic Cold

Written by on November 28, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Quiet UK, Stormy Spain, Snowy Eastern Europe With Two Waves Of Arctic Cold

This Monday to Sunday pressure chart says it all. High pressure bang slap over the UK will make for a benign week of weather ahead. The only interesting aspect to the UK’s upcoming week of weather will be the cold start to Tuesday and Wednesday morning’s thanks to clearer, colder air crossing Southern England and Wales from […]

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**NEW** EXTREME WEATHER RETWEETS: Kazakhstan, Russia, Middle East, Alps, Spain, UK

Written by on November 26, 2016 in Asia, Rest of Europe, Rest of World, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
**NEW** EXTREME WEATHER RETWEETS: Kazakhstan, Russia, Middle East, Alps, Spain, UK

When looking back through my tweets and retweets, I’ve come to realise how much extreme and exciting weather is happening now or yesterday but never reach markvoganweather.com. So, every Saturday I intend to share my favourite tweets/retweets from the past week. You can follow me on twitter @MarkVogan #eustorm ‏@EUStormMap 24h EUSM’s @Kirilldatsyuk reports Big […]

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