Seasonal Forecasts
A classic spring storm system is crossing the Midwest today separating winter from summer. Air mass collision at this time of year always causes quite the stir in the form of strong to severe thunderstorms. Much more seasonal air colliding with May-like warmth don’t mix well and we’re seeing weather you don’t typically see quite this early. Behind […]
The typically tranquil Azores Islands has seen stormy weather of late. Battered by gales and rough seas, strong onshore winds have driven a storm surge into Madalena on Pico Island which has caused significant damage to businesses along the water front. https://youtu.be/5aJZ-sY5B5c
Bitter hurricane-force winds blowing off the Baffin Island/Davis Straits sea ice and rounding the western and southern coast of Greenland produce amazing ‘cloud streets’ on February 25. Clear skies following record snowfall reveal incredible views of a deeply snow covered Iceland. Note the turquoise waters (algae bloom?) surrounding the coast! Another stunning view as clouds reveal a snow covered Alps back […]
Excerpt from wunderground A truly wild night in the high Sierra Two high-elevation weather stations at California’s Squaw Valley resort experienced incredible winds on Monday night as the core of the jet stream associated with the atmospheric river came through, together with localized wind acceleration from a low-level jet encountering the Sierra crest. (Thanks to […]
We definitely have a wintry flavour in our weather as we say fair well to meteorological winter 2016-17 with ice, frost and wintry showers, particularly across Northern parts of the UK. Yesterday morning saw the somewhat ‘surprise’ snowfall over the Highlands. Boat of Garten near Aviemore As for this morning it was Southern Scotland’s turn. Newton Stewart, […]
Remember the ridiculously ‘hot’ March 2012, well I guess we’re now witnessing it in February 2017. The cold of December seems a distant memory as warmth has essentially overwhelmed the pattern since the turn of the New Year. Oh, to make this month even weirder, let’s not forget this from just 10 days ago up in Maine! 3 ‘weather […]
The North Atlantic is a highly turbulent, wild place these days with a huge storm circulation producing widespread hurricane-force winds and seas stacked 40-50ft igh. Hurricane-force winds have been battering the Greenland and Iceland coasts for the last few days. As of this writing, Summit Camp, central Greenland is under whiteout conditions as a once sub-940mb weather bomb passes […]
Following ‘years’ of drought, California is finally clawing it’s way out from the worst drought in a generation. From the turn of the year it’s been one storm after the other thanks to a highly active Pacific jet and pineapple express pattern. 10 ‘atmospheric rivers’ in the last 6 weeks has wiped out the drought for much […]
By Pam Wright Feb 23 2017 12:00 AM EST weather.com Story Highlights Dust from the Sahara Desert was swept up into a low-pressure system over north Africa on Monday before making its way toward Europe. In Spain’s Sierra Nevada, snow falling on ski slopes had a brownish color. The dust will move further east toward […]
Storm Doris, beautiful from space but a headache on the ground. In the words of Anthony Sagliani (Meteorological Operations Manager at Earth Networks), Doris is an absolute classic Shapiro-Keyser cyclone. A true weather bomb as she undergoes rapid cyclogenesis over the UK with an impressive 34mb pressure drop within 24 hours. With a very distinct mild southern and cold […]
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