Seasonal Forecasts

Eastern Scotland/England snow threat ahead of slightly milder air

Eastern Scotland/England snow threat ahead of slightly milder air

The northerly continues to chill the UK but it’s nothing unusual for the time of year in all honesty. Today is cool, especially in the breeze but Thursday looks coldest with UK-wide temperatures in the 2-4C range following a widespread frost to start the day. -6 or -7C possible in shelter tonight. After what will […]

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Lower 48 ends November With 3.5% Snow Cover, Least For Time of Year In 14 Years

Lower 48 ends November With 3.5% Snow Cover, Least For Time of Year In 14 Years

As of November 26, a mere 3.5% of the Lower 48 had snow on the ground. That’s the least for the final week of November in at least 2003 when records began. As you can see from the map above, a huge swathe of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan will commence December snowless. All thanks to […]

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Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as warm as ANYWHERE in UK yesterday!

Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as warm as ANYWHERE in UK yesterday!

While Summit Station, Greenland has warmed 41C in 8 days from -55C to a current -14C, the west coast of Greenland enjoyed a balmy 12C, that’s 12 ABOVE freezing at Kangerlussuaq. The average maximum at this time of year here is -7C! The surge is warmth is all thanks to the strong upper ridge that’s replacing high octane […]

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Crazy LATE November heat (81F Denver, 86F Lamar) to carry into December but cold turn expected!

Crazy LATE November heat (81F Denver, 86F Lamar) to carry into December but cold turn expected!

It’s turned crazy warm over the Western interior and Plains thanks combination of dry ground, lack of snow and a digging trough bringing snow to the Sierra Nevada and strong downsloping SSW over the Front Range. Denver climbed to a new November benchmark of 81 degrees this afternoon besting the previous record of 80 degrees […]

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Greenland warms nearly 40C as textbook -AO/NAO develops, Cold times ahead for UK!

Greenland warms nearly 40C as textbook -AO/NAO develops, Cold times ahead for UK!

Steep 5-7 day rises in temperature over Greenland typically heralds a developing -NAO and that’s exactly what we’re seeing now which promises a chilly week dominated by northerly winds over the UK. Temps have went from -55 to -22 and it’s likely to warm further in the next few days. The reason for warming is […]

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A warm December open it may be but much of Lower 48 looks cold week 2-3

A warm December open it may be but much of Lower 48 looks cold week 2-3

The tremendous swath of warmth spanning an area from California to Great Lakes shall shift eastwards as we close the books on November and begin December. November has very much been categorised by a cold north, warm south which La Ninas tend to favour. Thanks to strong high latitude blocking, a warm US doesn’t typically […]

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Northerly Dominates UK Next Week As Greenland Blocking Pattern Develops Into December!

Northerly Dominates UK Next Week As Greenland Blocking Pattern Develops Into December!

It’s been a cool weekend featuring disruptive wintry showers in north and west and widespread frost. Looking ahead at next week, it appears we firmly hold onto the cool theme once a system sweeps through tonight and tomorrow. In the wake of the low, heights rise to the west of the UK while a meso-vortex […]

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Oymyakon, Siberia Recieves first -50C in November since 2010

Written by on November 26, 2017 in Asia, Autumn 2017, Rest of World, Summer 2017, Winter 2017/18 with 0 Comments
Oymyakon, Siberia Recieves first -50C in November since 2010

The pole of cold is shivering in the deep freeze a little earlier this year. Following an exceptionally warm start to autumn, Siberia has turned bitter. This week has seen the first -50C of the season in the Northern Hemisphere (outside Greenland). The coldest inhabited place on earth, Oymyakon dipped to -52C in recent days. That’s the lowest […]

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Sites Stretching From LA To North Dakota Experienced The Hottest Thanksgiving

Sites Stretching From LA To North Dakota Experienced The Hottest Thanksgiving

  As expected, thanks to an unusually large and strong upper level ridge, Thanksgiving Day became the hottest on record for many sites stretching from Los Angeles to the Dakotas. Looks like Lake Elsinore, CA tied the US Thanksgiving Day record high with 97 degrees. The NWS San Diego weather balloon measured a summer-like 994dm […]

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Widespread Snow to Be Followed by Cold Nights

Widespread Snow to Be Followed by Cold Nights

We were graced by plentiful wintry showers, snowy scenes, bracing NW wind and temperatures which barely cracked 2-4C today. All thanks to a cold NW flow with origins extending all the way to Greenland. This was the scene on the M9 near Stirling around lunchtime. Near Dalwhinnie at around 2pm where the temperature was 0C. […]

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