Seasonal Forecasts
Record cold and snow by Philip Eden Disruptive snowstorms in the UK during the last ten years can be counted on the fingers of one hand, in marked contrast to the 1980s when they were two a penny. One of the most interesting winters that decade happened exactly twenty years ago, in 1981-1982, when many […]
Friday is another cold one with strong to gale-force northerly winds (especially down the North Sea Coast) while heavy snow along with the strong winds across Highland Scotland is making for blizzard conditions and very tricky driving conditions. Most prone ‘snowy routes’ have been closed due to heavy snow and blowing and drifting. Powerful northerly winds running down the North […]
Firstly, here’s two interesting article titles produced by the same journalist 8 months apart! After ‘years’ of poor rainy seasons and worsening drought, 2017 has started like a dream for California, if not a little too much too quick. While low elevations over parts of Northern/Central California has seen up to a foot of rain, […]
As forecast, a deep low passing just north of the Scottish mainland is producing a rough day from Caithness southward into Northern England with strong, gusty gale-force winds which are driving in frequent showers of rain, sleet, hail and snow as well as thunder and lightning. Winds were gusty overnight with the passage of the cold front! While winds gusted […]
Colorado is no stranger to powerful downslope or Chinook windstorms. Yesterday was right up there with one of the stronger. It was the classic set-up with a strong storm system coming onshore in California with tightening pressure gradient between a high over Montana and low sliding underneath. The pressure squeeze is enhanced by the Rockies and […]
Frustrated at the mild weather we’ve been having while North America and eastern Europe shiver whilst they dig out? I feel your pain but at least we have something a little more January-like coming up this week. It’s an unsettled open to the next workweek with gales or severe gales affecting the Northern half of […]
It’s been a fascinating last 5 days of weather. ONE SYSTEM dropped over a foot of rain and 8-10ft of snow in California and drove temps to 44 below zero in Wyoming and 40 below in Laramie, WY (5th coldest on record) behind the storm. The bombardment off the Pacific in the past week has left very […]
As well as the brutal cold gripping central, eastern and southern Europe, powerful ‘bora’ winds are fuelling major ‘sea effect’ snowfall over the Adriatic and dumping huge snows in eastern and southern Italy. Saturday AM air temps. Wind chill at 3:50, check out the Adriatic and Med coasts! Wind chills as of 8:10 Saturday CZARNY DUNAJEC – PUŚCIZNA […]
By Jon Erdman Published Jan 5 2017 09:23 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights A major atmospheric river event will take shape this weekend in California bringing a threat of heavy rain and snowmelt. The heavy rain and snowmelt could lead to flooding and landslides. Some of the greatest flooding since December 2005 is possible. Another […]
Central, Eastern and indeed increasingly SOUTHERN Europe is under a major Arctic/Siberia cold outbreak all the while Atlantic air keeps the UK balmy. Almost the entire far north of Eurasia dropped below -35C last night with many getting to -45C or below. Arkhangelsk and Koynas (both European Russia) hit -41.3C and -47.6C respectively which was both their coldest […]
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