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Hard to believe we were dealing with snow and January level wind chills barely a week ago. We saw rare (even for winter) sea level snow on the Isles of Coll, Tiree and Iona while subfreezing wind chills shivered the North Sea Coast from Caithness to Kent even during the afternoon hours. Isle of Coll Tiree Iona This was […]
Temps continue to climb further north over the British Isles while it continues to cool further south over Iberia, even Morocco and Algeria. In fact, London could be warmer than many Mediterranean resorts tomorrow while Scotland and Northern Ireland should see the first 20s of the year. What a difference two weeks makes in Paris. Yesterday […]
An intensifying low spreading wind, rain and cooler air into Iberia is helping push the warmest air of the year northward. We enjoyed our first 21C in the SE of England yesterday and today it should warm to 24C. Further north across Northern Ireland and Scotland, we remain in the cooler, showery regime but in the […]
It was a cold final week of April across Scotland but for the heart of the Cairngorm Range, it was more like mid winter than mid spring with heavy snowfall, well below freezing nights and failure to crack freezing by day along with bitter winds. This day last week I decided to surface early (4.45am) on Thursday April 28, 2016 […]
By this weekend and beyond, the chill of late April will be forgotten, out of sight, out of mind! Here’s how April’s final week looked over Europe. We know the heat is building and heading our way. This trend usually sees the warmth over Iberia first. Sure enough it soared to 33.8C yesterday (likely Spain’s warmest day […]
Now that we’re turning the upper air pattern on it’s head by reversing the high over low, we’re finally in a position to plug southern warmth as the supressed subtropical high will finally get to lift north. You may want to dust down those BBQ’s as Fri-Sun is likely to see the first low 20s for many. […]
It’s looked and felt more like winter of late but thanks to the collapse of the Greenland block which brought persistent NNW air flow over the UK, we can finally begin to draw on air from the opposite direction. The abrupt flip from winter to summer is reflective of moody El Nino springs. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Expect to see […]
The meteorological summer forecast 2016 is based upon past, present and projected SSTA (sea surface temperature anomaly) atmospheric conditions and ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation). [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Background Following a record tying strong El Nino which peaked in autumn 2015 and profoundly influenced the cold season of 2015-16, there is significantly weakening which will have affect on the summer. Expect to see […]
In moderate to strong El Nino years gone by, often the heart of the winter produces little snow and cold and is dominated by mild, unsettled but these non El Nino winters have been know to bring unusually cold springs. 2016 will be remembered for a largely non winter followed by winter conditions through mid and late April. Classic -NAO following strong SSWE supports […]
It sure is slow but the end to winter is in sight but not before we see the old man throw his last dagger. It’s a tough call as to elevation but low pressure moving into Scotland today could present disruptive snow later today into tomorrow across Scotland! Major high level roads arteries including M74, A9, A82, A96 could all be subject to disruption […]
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