Rest of Europe
As mid winter intensity arctic air sweeps south, we’ve been able to enjoy some amazing snow scenes across Europe in recent days. Aberdeen, Scotland North York Moors, England North York Moors, England Dunnyvadden, Northern Ireland Paris, France A little bit of everything with this shower sweeping through Paris. View from Eiffel Tower Vledder, Netherlands Vledder, Netherlands […]
High anchored to the west and low to the east has the UK, along with France, Low Countries and Germany at the mercy of a cold draft from the north that’s more suited to winter rather than late spring. 5,000ft level temps are unusually cold at between -5 to -10C throughout the entire UK atmosphere. This arctic air stream […]
Though not unprecedented, this week will be one of the colder endings to an April you’ll see. With strong high pressure anchored over the Atlantic and a deep low diving down the North Sea, we have late season arctic air cycling around an anomalous upper vortex which is driving an icy gale packing rain, sleet and snow showers south down central and eastern parts […]
April is a month which can see every season with temperatures as low as -13C over deep snow cover to summer sunshine and a balmy 27C. The last 10 years alone has seen both the coolest April since 1989 with heavy snow and temperatures down to -12C and we’ve seen the warmest in recorded history. April temperature […]
Under brilliantly clear blue sky, the thermometer climbed to 19.2C yesterday and so far today, 19.5C at Porthmadog, Wales, making it the UK’s warmest day of 2016. However, this time just 5 years ago, we we’re in the midst of an unusually warm spell which sent temperatures widely into the high teens and low 20s […]
High pressure continues to promote beautiful clear skies for much of the British Isles. Great weather if you happen to be off this week. Satellite picture from yesterday. Last night’s sky was just beautiful here. This morning’s satellite view is even better. Barely a whisp of cloud from southern Highlands to South Coast. Here’s the evidence down […]
You know that what happens within one area of our atmosphere, there’s often a ripple effect downstream. As high pressure continues to build in over the UK, so southwest winds have picked up ahead of an Alpine low and that means a surge of summer into Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania into Ukraine. Check out these highs over […]
Don’t put the winter clothes away just yet. You’ll thank me by the weekend! The NAO goes briefly positive during this week which means Greenland cool’s (-40s back over the interior this morning) and ridging establishes over Ireland and UK providing fine, dry and settled conditions. Early week gales across the NW of Scotland eases down. Sunshine and […]
We’ve seen coverings of snow and snow showers in the air even through the sunny afternoon hours of late. How unusual is this for mid April, a time when the sun is as strong as late August? Sure it may be late in the season and your ready for summer warmth, especially when you can enjoy daylight till […]
Well the strong SSWE (sudden stratospheric warming event) back in March sure is doing it’s dirty work this April with arctic cold and snow the talk of the town across parts of South-Central, Midland and Eastern England, Wales and Scotland today and it’s unlikely over yet. This morning’s 500mb height anomaly. Check out this rather Christmas card scene […]
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