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The rebound in the negative to neutral Arctic Oscillation has brought the return of milder low latitude air back into the mid latitudes and to both sides of the Atlantic hence the record warmth over the United States and very mild 13-15C across the southern UK! With the neutral AO, check out the presence of warmth over […]
We have a big north-south contrast in air mass this weekend with Greenland air blowing across Northern Ireland and Scotland while Azores air crosses southern Ireland, England and Wales. There’s a sharp thermal gradient splitting the UK and depending upon whether your north or south will determine snow showers or rain showers as well as a […]
For a second straight morning, many across Central Scotland woke to a fresh, albeit light covering of snow. As well as the overnight snow showers, ice became a significant hazard shortly after dark last night under clear skies and light winds. Check out this lovely snow and sky shot captured on a train in the Carstairs area […]
Significant 500mb Wave Breaking Next 10 Days Will Deliver Series Of ‘Cold Shots’ Into Western Europe
Well the overnight snowfall did catch me off guard as I had this possibility back last weekend but then backed off. We have quite an interesting, highly amplified and progressive pattern but with plenty of cold air to work with. Significant wave breaking at the 500mb level will send a series of cold shots into […]
For a 3rd straight winter, cold has been focused away from Europe with storms fast, frequent and at time furious. This spell of ‘less cold, more wet & windy’ winters is common and the UK can go several winters without any harsh snow and cold. There was plenty of mild, wet and windy back in […]
Tonight is likely to be the coldest yet for England, Wales and next 2 nights from the Netherlands down through parts of France and Spain thanks to a chilly high between fronts. Cold hollows over Spain’s central plateau and mountains could see -15C or lower, especially Wednesday morning. Cold hollows within the Alps could approach -30C. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The […]
I know I said in this morning’s video that I wasn’t going to post today but there are a couple of quick points I wanted to cover. Firstly, following yesterday’s pretty persistent sleet and snow (rain for some) streaming in on a stiff, cold east wind, we saw Braemar sink to -14.1C. Coldest in the UK so […]
Now that is a cold wind out there this morning. The easterly blowing off Denmark will contain a mix of rain, sleet and snow with an increasingly turn over to snow as Saturday progresses. Visible satellite this morning shows the first of several lows pushing through the English Channel. Winds blow in off the Atlantic […]
As your well aware, we have a cold and blustery weekend in store with wind, rain and snow skirting the far South but a real blasting down over France. The further north you go over the UK, the colder the air and stiffer the easterly becomes with snow showers pushing in off the North Sea. BBC […]
Some woke to a ‘surprise’ covering of snow across Scotland this morning. Expect more of this as we head into the weekend as lows slide underneath a building dome of cold air. Yellow warning out for snow across northeast Scotland tomorrow! These deflected lows are a result of the Arctic Oscillation flipping back negative, triggered by strong cross […]
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