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Flooding in France FROM NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY In June 2016, a slow-moving weather system unleashed several days of heavy downpours on western Europe, pushing the Seine River to heights not seen in 34 years. With the Seine’s water levels 6.1 meters (20 feet) above normal in Paris, flood waters knocked out electricity for thousands of […]
After a few weeks of northerly high pressure domination with Spanish weather over Scotland and Scottish weather down in Spain, we’re about to turn this upper pattern on it’s head reverting to a more typical setup. The past 7 and 14 days has sure been summer-like away from the UK East Coast as well as the Low Countries, Denmark, […]
Warmest day of the year for many yesterday across UK and Europe! Another warm one today for UK and continent but thunderstorms once again blossom late morning and through the afternoon as a front draped over the North Channel enhances humidity and instability. Strong surface heating will react to the energy and ignite lively thunderstorms over many parts […]
Firstly a quick glance back at May. Unsurprisingly, it was warmer and drier than normal for the UK and across Northern Europe but cooler than normal from Portugal to Turkey with some areas, primarily France, Germany and central Europe witnessing record rainfall. As expected, the ridge has built south with it’s core peaking in strength and firmly dominated […]
With low pressure remaining trapped beneath a strong Iceland to Scandinavia blocking high, it was another very stormy day across the heart of Europe yesterday. Yip, that equates to a total of over 1.5 MILLION strikes over the past week. However, give or take some shower and thunderstorm activity, high pressure centred north of the UK […]
The start of June 2015 couldn’t be more different to 2016. My wife and I left a cool, cloudy and rainy Glasgow visited a warm sunny Paris the first weekend of June last year. Early June 2015 Glasgow Paris This year! Glasgow Paris The French Open has been plagued by rain delays this year. Last year […]
Last weekend saw Europe’s skies ignite with over 300,000 lightning strikes. Paris and Germany of course grabbed the headlines with dozens seriously injured by direct hits. Through the course of this work week, the attention turns to flooding or flash flooding in the very same areas. Blame an omega blocking pattern which has a ‘locked […]
We end spring and begin summer opposite of what you’d typically expect with Belfast and Glasgow enjoying sun and low 20s C whereas it’s cool, cloudy, breezy and wet in London and Paris. A strong near 1040mb high between Scotland and Iceland is ruling the North/West UK but low pressure over Germany is making for a very […]
A strong west-east high pressure zone centred north of Scotland is reversing our upper flow pattern bringing weather in from the ESE. The messy weather seen over the continent during the past weekend is now making it’s presence felt across England today and certainly made it’s presence felt in Paris yesterday before reaching London today. Further north […]
For most of the UK and Ireland, summer 2015 will be remembered as cold and wet and for those across much of Europe, hot and dry. Much of the driving force behind the major summer heat and wild swings is largely down to the strengthening El Nino. Many previous hot European summers have occurred around […]
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