Seasonal Forecasts

Polar Vortex To Remain Weak With Another Split Seen By The Models

Written by on November 11, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Polar Vortex To Remain Weak With Another Split Seen By The Models

There’s no denying the current linkage between the mighty Eurasian snowpack we’ve built up, weak polar vortex and sustained -AO. Weak polar vortexes don’t take much to split, break or completely collapse and modelling appears to be hinting at another split in late November. In the last split in late October, caused by a heat […]

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Record Snow Buries Stockholm, -10C Over Highland Snow Tonight? Icelandic LP Pattern Returns!

Written by on November 10, 2016 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland, Winter 2016/17 with 3 Comments
Record Snow Buries Stockholm, -10C Over Highland Snow Tonight? Icelandic LP Pattern Returns!

While the UK’s experienced an early snowfall, Scandinavia has endured major snow and cold. Stockholm just had snowiest November day in 111 years Published: 10 Nov 2016 06:51 GMT+01:00 THE LOCAL SE The Swedish capital had more snow than on any November day in a century. Proof Swedes may actually be the toughest people on […]

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Eurasia Is Covered From Atlantic To Pacific But 1% of U.S Has Snow, Lowest For Nov 8 In 13 Yrs

Written by on November 9, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
Eurasia Is Covered From Atlantic To Pacific But 1% of U.S Has Snow, Lowest For Nov 8 In 13 Yrs

ARTICLE FROM WEATHER.COM Story Highlights In the second week of November, snow cover across the U.S. is hard to find. It’s the least areal coverage of snow in the U.S. for any Nov. 8 in the last 13 years. Widespread record warmth and a diverted jet stream are to blame. Overall, this doesn’t necessarily portend […]

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Many Factors Beginning To Point In The One Direction… Cold Winter From Glasgow To Moscow

Many Factors Beginning To Point In The One Direction… Cold Winter From Glasgow To Moscow

We’re not only waking up to the news that Trump has been elected as the 45th US president but some are waking to snow this morning and it continues to snow in a few spots. Not only have it been confined to high ground but snow covers the ground in parts of Glasgow. Heading home from Cumbernauld last […]

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US: Election Weather, Southeast Drought & Heat, Northeast Weekend Cold & Snow!

Written by on November 8, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
US: Election Weather, Southeast Drought & Heat, Northeast Weekend Cold & Snow!

Today is the day Americans home and abroad have been waiting for. If your heading to the polls today, the weather is fine and generally warmer than normal coast to coast with the exceptions of the mid-section from Houston to Chicago where you can expect some wet weather. As for the warmth, well it’s been relentless through […]

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TODAY/TONIGHT: First Significant ‘High Ground’ UK Snow Event Of The 2016-17 Winter

TODAY/TONIGHT: First Significant ‘High Ground’ UK Snow Event Of The 2016-17 Winter

Snowing now! A9 Drumochter A82 Glen Coe ORIGINAL POST There’s plenty of cold dense air in place over the UK ahead of an approaching Atlantic front. The stage is set for the first significant hill snow event of the 2016-17 winter. Expect rain to change over to snow, especially above 800-1,000ft through today with significant accumulation (3-6 […]

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SIBERIA SNOW/COLD HELPING SUSTAIN BALMY NORTH AMERICA WEATHER?

Written by on November 7, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 2 Comments
SIBERIA SNOW/COLD HELPING SUSTAIN BALMY NORTH AMERICA WEATHER?

There is most definitely a lagging effect from the El Nino and record warmth it’s brought through last summer and fall so far with it continuing into November. So where the heck is the cold? It’s in Eurasia where we’ve likely got the greatest extend of October/November snow cover since 1998. While folks from Rapid City to Minneapolis walk […]

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LOOKING BACK AT A WINTRY BONFIRE WEEKEND & TUE-WED SNOW THREAT

LOOKING BACK AT A WINTRY BONFIRE WEEKEND & TUE-WED SNOW THREAT

Thanks to the weak polar vortex and recent split, we’ve seen a chilly and exciting open to November. Cold NE to ENE winds through the past weekend ease today as high pressure takes over and that means the first widespread hared frost tonight. This weekend proved to be the first winter driving test over parts of […]

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LOW OVER DENMARK DROPS HEAVY SNOW FROM LATVIA TO NORWAY, SENDS CHILLY DRAFT OVER UK!

LOW OVER DENMARK DROPS HEAVY SNOW FROM LATVIA TO NORWAY, SENDS CHILLY DRAFT OVER UK!

Low pressure spinning over Denmark has brought the first heavy snowfall from Riga, Latvia and Oslo, Norway and surrounding areas in the past 36 hours. The low is also acting is a wheel, transporting increasingly bitter Russian air through the Baltics, Scandinavia and down over the UK as high pressure stretches from the Azores to Iceland. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Latvia […]

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US: ENDLESS SUMMER IS RELUCTANT TO GIVE UP!

Written by on November 4, 2016 in Autumn 2016, United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments
US: ENDLESS SUMMER IS RELUCTANT TO GIVE UP!

Did you see last night’s latest article I put up from weather.com? When the heck is summer going to end you may be asking, well models show at least some change mid and late November but there’s nothing particularly cold for the East on the horizon in my opinion. Atlanta, GA has seen a record amount […]

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