Seasonal Forecasts
While models can still do a 360 10 days out, it looks pretty much a lock that we’ve cold diving south in time for Christmas. All the models show the same solution with predominantly mild this week. The question is how cold once we reach Christmas? GFS ensemble shows significant warmth across the board mid […]
It’s been a cold first half to December 2017 and coldest since 2010. Here are some beautiful wintry scenes captured in recent days across the UK. https://twitter.com/BBCScotWeather/status/939916402181451777 https://twitter.com/tillyteadance/status/940202184150536192 https://twitter.com/standardnews/status/939974275464822785 https://twitter.com/EdelMairs/status/940545762366296064 Katesbridge, Co Down dipped to -9.6C the day following the snow to make it Northern Ireland’s coldest morning of the winter. https://twitter.com/FionnualaSavage/status/939251642410717184 View of the Shawbury […]
By Jonathan Erdman Dec 9 2017 06:00 AM EST weather.com Story Highlights Much of Deep South Texas saw its first accumulating snow since Christmas 2004. Before 2004, some of these areas hadn’t seen measurable snow in decades. Winter Storm Benji was also one of the heaviest December storms on record in the Deep South. Snow […]
The current wintry spell has certainly been notable with frequent snow showers carpeting much of Northern Scotland followed by some cold nights and a system which blanketed much of Wales and central England. But it’s nowhere near unusual. Weekend snowstorm did drop over a foot in parts of Wales and a 2-4 inch covering across […]
The last time the Texas Gulf Coast beaches witnessed snow was back on Christmas Eve 2004. Today, Thursday, December 8, 2017 it’s back! https://twitter.com/_LeaveHerWild/status/939121823161245696 https://twitter.com/MDA_Weather/status/939103697807822848 https://twitter.com/MichaelCiaglo/status/939005702583885824 https://twitter.com/AllyD528/status/939127117056499712 https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/939118036547723264 https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/939064450522501120 https://twitter.com/WeatherBug/status/939120269918199809 https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/939135702100533248 https://twitter.com/JessicaSavageCC/status/939077008193212416 https://twitter.com/GregHeav5/status/939090972444590080 Impressive snow across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. North Georgia and western Carolinas will get hit hard from this. Interesting to see […]
ARTICLE FROM CAPITAL WEATHER GANG Imagine going into a movie theater to check out the latest science fiction flick and there is not a single flake of snow on the ground. A couple hours later, as the credits start to roll, you mosey outside and are stunned to find your car buried in more than […]
Many parts of Scotland, England and particularly Northern Ireland and Wales woke to a blanket of snow this morning leading to beautiful scenes but also disruption. Dungannon, Co Tyrone Downpatrick, Co Down Belfast A great call from BBC Weather for where the snow was expected! The overnight snow closed schools in Northern Ireland and Wales today. https://twitter.com/BBCNewsNI/status/939058311990861824 https://twitter.com/DerekTheWeather/status/939062933258231808 Glencoe Those […]
Storm Carolina brought a stormy day across northern Scotland and a blustery day elsewhere. Winds peaked at between 80-90 mph on the low level northern mainland, 112 mph over the Cairngorms. Now that the centre is moving away towards Scandinavia, the arctic door has been opened. The frequent, blustery showers overnight tonight and through tomorrow […]
It’s been kind of a strange fall with record cold followed by record warm and snow falling in Georgia before much of Maine. Now it’s the Big bend of Texas and Mexico’s turn to see snow before parts of the Northern US. The cities of Omaha, Neb, Detroit, MI and Pittsburgh, PA have still to […]
With an easterly QBO, phase 5 into 6 MJO, La Nina and perturbed polar vortex and reflective high latitude blocking underneath, many things point to a prolonged spell of cooler than average pattern on both sides of the pond. GFS ensemble shows the blocky pattern maintaining. Check out the 500mb height anomaly 5-day means. 2m […]
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