Seasonal Forecasts

December 2016 US Arctic Outbreak Goes Into The History Books

Written by on December 19, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
December 2016 US Arctic Outbreak Goes Into The History Books

It will be a December Arctic Outbreak to remember with the strongest arctic front/air mass is descend over the Lower 48 in several years. For some it was the coldest December weather since 1996. This 3rd arctic air mass to descend North America within 10 days remained powerful with the aid of an expansive snowpack. Highlights Aberdeen, SD […]

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N Scotland Starts Monday At 12C, While Turkey Shivers At -35C! STORMY Christmas Eve/Day On The Way!

Written by on December 19, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
N Scotland Starts Monday At 12C, While Turkey Shivers At -35C! STORMY Christmas Eve/Day On The Way!

It remains warm in the west with northern Scotland currently sitting at 12C at Altnaharra but on the other end of the continent, it remains bitter. High elevated and deeply snow covered Euzurum, eastern Turkey dropped to -35C overnight, nearing their December record of -37C. December so far Make the most of the quiet open to this week […]

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TWC: Bitter Cold Arctic Air Sets Dozens of Record Lows in the Midwest and Plains

Written by on December 18, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
TWC: Bitter Cold Arctic Air Sets Dozens of Record Lows in the Midwest and Plains

Published Dec 18 2016 12:14 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights The second of two arctic cold blasts in the past week has plunged into the central and eastern states, setting more than two dozen record lows. Temperatures will be dangerously cold in some areas, with wind chills in the teens, 20s, 30s and 40s below […]

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Models Firm Up On A Stormy Christmas Weekend Over UK & Ireland!

Written by on December 18, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Models Firm Up On A Stormy Christmas Weekend Over UK & Ireland!

Up until now our weather has been fairly quiet despite being Atlantic influenced. This quiet spell is all about to change as we head through the all important Christmas week. Waves of frigid arctic air are sweeping off North America out over the Atlantic is firing a super charged jet stream, helping develop lows into major storm systems. Ireland and […]

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Boston Shivers To Coldest December Low Since ’89 While Mt Washington Is Coldest Since ’93

Written by on December 16, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Boston Shivers To Coldest December Low Since ’89 While Mt Washington Is Coldest Since ’93

The pattern was on a warm repeat cycle from August through November and now appears to be on a cold one, albeit shorter duration with arctic wave then snowstorm followed by another arctic wave followed by another snowstorm and then the coldest air mass of the 3 sweeps in Sunday! Before we look at the snow and following cold, […]

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Hemispheric ZONAL Pattern To Intensify As Polar Stratosphere Recovers From Weak State

Written by on December 16, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Hemispheric ZONAL Pattern To Intensify As Polar Stratosphere Recovers From Weak State

The polar vortex has been weak but is now in a state of recover at 10mb over the next 10 days. This coincides with a positive AO/NAO as we go through the 2nd half of December. This correlates to a more zonal hemispheric flow pattern and so North America and Europe become strongly influenced by Pacific and Atlantic. Enjoy the […]

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MIDWEST/NORTHEAST US: Bitter Cold Then Snow Then Even Colder This Weekend!

Written by on December 15, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
MIDWEST/NORTHEAST US: Bitter Cold Then Snow Then Even Colder This Weekend!

The Northern Tier is in the midst of arctic wave 2 of 3 with the best saved till last this weekend. Ice covered barge enters Duluth ship canal yesterday morning. With a ridge position near or over Alaska and a low containing a piece of the polar vortex on the west shore of Hudson Bay, waves of frigid air […]

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TURKEY: Crippling Snowstorm Gets Replaced By Bitter Siberian Air With Shot At -30C

Written by on December 15, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
TURKEY: Crippling Snowstorm Gets Replaced By Bitter Siberian Air With Shot At -30C

As forecast, central and eastern Turkey has been hammered by a major snowstorm and now it’s all about the bitter cold following in it’s wake as surface pressure builds to 1030mb. GFS snow cover. A solid 15-30, locally 40″ on the ground within the mountains of the east. Incredible snow scenes. Bingol, E Turkey High pressure […]

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Steeper US Temp Gradient Shall Enhance Trans-Atlantic Jet & UK-Bound Storms Next Week

Written by on December 14, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Steeper US Temp Gradient Shall Enhance Trans-Atlantic Jet & UK-Bound Storms Next Week

Up until now, our Atlantic pattern has been rather subdued, largely down to a strong blocking high over Europe combined with weak to modest strength jet which has been easy to split on approach the Ireland. However, it looks like things are about to liven up during next week as arctic wave 3 of 3 descends upon the eastern […]

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An Extreme Pre-Christmas Winter Pattern Across U.S Following A Record Warm Fall

Written by on December 13, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
An Extreme Pre-Christmas Winter Pattern Across U.S Following A Record Warm Fall

There’s a lot going on, so thought I would share these interesting posts from weather.com Back-to-Back Arctic Blasts Will Send Midwest, Northeast into a Deep Freeze Through the Weekend By Chris Dolce Published Dec 13 2016 01:43 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights Two more shots of arctic air will sweep through the nation’s northern tier […]

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