Seasonal Forecasts
Big time wind as well as rain expected from Santa Barbara down to San Diego. Ahead of this storm, all river basins in the Sierra are running OVER 200% of normal snow water equivalent! The push of Pacific energy into the West Coast will translate to gusty downslope west wind and record warmth as a result over […]
The blocking high remains dominant over Europe which is essentially holding back the gather Atlantic low pressure traffic back with only soft glancing blows through the remainder of this week for the Northwest. Nice visible satellite view of a busy North Atlantic. As the Atlantic pattern sluggishly returns to the UK resumes, ridging regroups at the more traditional […]
Pacific storms slamming the Western US helped drive temperatures to historic levels east of the Rockies with Denver hits 80F for the first time in February while Oklahoma ties it’s February record with an astonishing 99F. Where it got warm along the Front Range, it turned downright hot on the Plains! 99 degrees ties the […]
It’s been an interesting past weekend of weather with varying wind direction bringing various weather. While the UK has been under the gun of a biting easterly wind which brought snow from Shetland to Kent, SSE winds drove temperatures over 16C widely across Iceland. Meanwhile down in the typically tranquil Canaries, an Atlantic depression with the support […]
The Middle East’s mountainous north typically endures one or two cold waves accompanied by heavy snow and subfreezing nights each winter. High elevations of Iran, Northern Iraq and even Syria see snow each winter. However, winter 2016-17 has seen Siberian origin cold dig further south than normal. You associate Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman with blistering summer heat, […]
It’s been a tail of two halves during January with cool and wet conditions for northern parts of Western Australia while it’s been record hot for Sydney. February has opened where January left off with the opening 11 days witnessing monthly or even all-time records from Queensland to South Australia thanks to a persistent clear skies beneath a powerful […]
All courtesy of the 929mb Atlantic weather bomb a couple of days ago, the freezing line is getting awfully close to the North Pole according to the GFS while the UK is bathed in below freezing wind chills and blustery snow showers. There’s been an unnerving thaw on the Norwegian Arctic Island of Svalbard this week. These comparison […]
Yesterday was downright spring-like, today is back to full blown winter and tonight, the biggest snow system of the year is lifting out of the Northeast after dropping up to 19 inches of snow in Connecticut. Thanks to 50-60 mph winds along the coast, blizzard conditions affected parts of the coast from Long Island to Boston. As expected, the […]
Wednesday was a record breaking warm February day throughout the East thanks to SSW winds blowing out ahead of an approaching storm. That storm will move into the region during tomorrow bringing a major 30-45 degree drop in maximum temps between Wednesday and Thursday as well as the biggest snowstorm of the winter from DC to Boston. Current radar. This […]
A powerful high pressure system is firmly in control of Scandinavian air space and this is providing a spectacular visible satellite view over a snow covered Scandinavia and ice build up on northern shores of the Baltic Sea. Surface heights have stacked up to an impressive 1053mb. Russia origin cold is streaming westward across Europe beneath this large anticyclone. […]
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