Summer 2015
Following a warm, dry end to winter and start to spring, the later half has turned considerably cooler and wetter across Northwest Europe and this has taken us into summer. The most notable aspect to June 2015 will be the far cooler than normal temperatures. This can be largely be attributed to a much colder than normal North Atlantic. However, with the help of […]
We have significant pattern changes underway across the Lower 48 as the atmosphere responds to time of year, the strong El Nino in the Pacific and the increasing amplification of the MJO, a reaction of the El Nino. As we go from day 1-5 to the 6-10, heights sharply rise over the Northwest and in turn […]
Make the most of this fine, dry and settled weather currently over the UK and Ireland because it ain’t going to last I’m afraid. A sprawling low with the remains of once tropical storm Bill will make for a cool, wet and breezy end to the week and start to the weekend. While a trough […]
The pattern is shifting as we head for the heart of the warm season with a much more El Nino-like upper atmosphere starting to show in the day 6-10. For those sweating over the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, hang in there! As the Southwest heat ridge migrates north, a trough will drop over the Great Lakes into […]
It was a cold Fathers Day over Central Europe. Last 7 days not much better… The water temperature anomaly over the Atlantic and Mediterranean has a lot to say for the type of pattern we’ve had across Europe. Temp anomaly for last 30-days. Things may be about to flip around BIG TIME as we head […]
Scorching weekend for the Deserts of the Southwest and early next week for the Southeast once again. Yesterday topped 111 degrees in Las Vegas which made for the highest reading of the year to date. Phoenix topped out at 113, down 2 from the previous day’s 115! The SW ridge peaks in strength over the […]
Tomorrow is not only Father’s Day but our longest day of the year and no it won’t be a scorcher by any means. In fact it may feel more like autumn across parts of Scotland… For the SOUTHERN half of England and Wales dad’s day is looking decent with some sun and bright spells, temps […]
Phoenix soared to new temperature heights yesterday with a high of 115. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 0143 AM MST FRI JUN 19 2015 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT PHOENIX AZ AND YUMA AZ… A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 115 DEGREES WAS SET AT PHOENIX AZ YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 115 […]
Believe it or not but the summer solstice is a mere two days away. I know many will ask, what summer? The good thing is that the warmest period of the year comes AFTER the solstice despite the fact that nights ‘technically’ shorten again. Just like the coldest period of the year follows the winter […]
After a cool, damp spring, the summer ridge is finally firing with major desert towns and cities finally catching up with the calendar and even firing into 10-20 above territory. As upper heights soar to 594dm, Phoenix topped out at a sweltering 114 degrees yesterday tying a record which dates all the way back to 1896. […]
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