Seasonal Forecasts
Want to cover a few things going on just now but firstly, take a look at this morning’s visible satellite animation. Firstly note the flare up of deep convection over the heart of Texas where further flooding rains and severe weather will affect this region and further north over the mid-Mississippi Valley. Today promises to be another […]
It was a raw day across much of England and Wales as well as the heart of the Cairngorms yesterday beneath the thick cloud and brisk easterly blowing in off the North Sea. Several English coastal communities and southern Pennines failed to get above 8C, 12C in London. Think that was cold, try Cairngorm Summit where the thermometer failed […]
As well as the Memorial Day weekend heat in the Midwest, Northeast and tropical threat for the Southeast, we’re also talking a 360 degree flip between the upcoming memorial day weekend and next. By that I mean the Western trough/Eastern ridge goes opposite. Here’s the latest ECMWF. Check out the difference between this Saturday and next […]
It would seem the Atlantic-Europe weather pattern has been fairly slow moving and stuck during the March-late May period with high pressure stacked either over the Atlantic or Iceland and in recent weeks hooking up with Scandinavia, holding lows further south. The next 7 days or so sees little difference as heights once again build strong […]
It’s a busy run up to the big Memorial Day weekend with deepening trough in West and building ridge in East. We’re likely to exceed the 90-degree mark for the first time this year in DC, possibly New York and Boston but the west-east contrast, strong storm and strong jet, this week is a big week for […]
A big range in temperature and weather over Italy yesterday all courtesy of a potent low spinning over the north of the country. From sub freezing highs and heavy snow in the Alpine communities of the north to summer-like 30s along the southern Adriatic coast and Sicily. In between, flooding rain, hail, gusty wind, lightning and even tornadoes. Monday’s highs across Italy. Lightning strike over […]
A ‘cool high’ over the UK is providing an AM sunshine/PM thunderstorm regime thanks to strong surface heating and strong upward motion due to a cool mid and upper level air. After the cool of clear, calm nights with patchy rural frost, strong sunshine is providing strong lift and towering cumulonimbus formation quite widely. Not only are they producing downpours, hail […]
Following a warm winter, it turned colder and wetter during the spring but it looks like May will end warm to hot through the Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast for Memorial Day weekend. However, May has been a cold month throughout the Lower 48 with the exception of the Pacific Northwest and where it’s been very dry over […]
May 2016 has been a tail of two halves with the opening 10 days soaked with abundant sunshine and warmth but with a downturn across southern areas as the high pressure core migrated northward of course but it was a much cooler and wetter period from 13th till now. The opening 10-14 days are likely to win and make May 2016 a drier and […]
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