Seasonal Forecasts
The Western US has enjoyed bright, sunny days this past weekend following a wild and wet first 20 days of January. This high pressure respite is about to end as a 200+ mph Pacific jet is about to drive more storms across California and the West. An additional 2-4ft expected in the already buried High Sierra around […]
We’re ending January with a stratospheric warming event as temperatures have risen 60C at within the past week at 10mb over the Arctic. This is within SSWE criteria. AO will go negative in response! Not related but it was a cold start to this morning over Highland Scotland with -10C recorded at Braemar but in contrast, it was 20C warmer on the SW coast of England. […]
For the last 10-15 days, storms have pounded California and the West almost constantly while Pacific air sweeping out ahead of each system has reinforced the eastern ridge and January thaw. It’s been a perfect open to 2017 for California. As we enter the weekend, we have quite the different upper air pattern to what we’ve been use to thanks to […]
With the combination of air temperature and wind chill, yesterday was by far England’s coldest day of winter so far with many sites stretching from Northumberland to Kent failing to get above freezing. Atlantic air however clung to Northwest Scotland where Aultbea touching a spring-like 13.4C. As forecast, Atlantic air is now spreading into western areas with a noticeable […]
By Chris Dolce, Jonathan Belles Jan 25 2017 04:00 PM EST weather.com Since the beginning of the year, California has dealt with storm after storm, each one piling up more snow on top of the last storm’s snow. The last six winter storms — Gregory, Helena, Iras, Jupiter, Kori and Leo — all passed through […]
I guess you could say it’s a brisk afternoon across the UK, particularly so over central/eastern England where mid afternoon air temperatures remain stuck at -1/-2C widely. Factor in a stiff SE wind and it feels bitter despite the absence of snow cover. The reason for the added chill in the air is simple. Take air […]
January 2017’s second wave of arctic/siberia air has made it’s presence felt particularly over the Iberian Peninsula. Winter’s tend to be cold and snowy in the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of central Spain but snow and sub-freezing weather tends to be much rarer along the beaches of the Mediterranean. Western Europe has been experiencing an omega blocking pattern […]
Following an impressive early December Arctic Outbreak followed by January thaw, February looks promising for Midwest/Eastern and quite likely Western winter lovers given the forecasted SSWE (sudden stratospheric warming event) but if the CFSv2 is anything to go by and we know it’s flaws, rainfall looks to significantly taper off in California and the West. January temp anomaly so […]
I keep banging on about the similarity between this winter’s pattern and 2011/12. That, like this year displayed relatively settled and mild conditions for the UK but cold over a large swath of the continent. Also like 2012, Southern parts of the UK have tapped on nearby cold continental air while Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern […]
I’ve taken a bit of a break from climbing in the last few months as our second baby is due in just over 2 weeks and my wife needed me around more. However, the past weekend presented me with a window of opportunity in weather and chance to achieve my 20th munro. My last opportunity to […]
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