Summer 2015
Well it may have taken till autumn but the hottest temperatures of the year have arrived in the Northeast. Today not just represents the hottest day of summer for NYC but 5th 90+ for Sept and most since 1983. NYC also sits in 3rd place for most 70+ degree nights since 1950. Boston’s 96 is […]
While heat has been the main story throughout this summer across Europe, it’s storms that’s now taking centre stage. The upper air pattern is one similar to the last two July’s and opposite the past June-August period with strongest heights extending from the Atlantic across the UK into Scandinavia. Here’s the current upper setup. Lower heights […]
A very brief post this evening. Taking a particular interest in New York. Some records broken or tied on this Labor Day. An all-time record consecutive 80+F days continues. Interesting this Labor Day is about 20 degrees warmer than on July 4th. A look back at past Labor Days. Think the 65 day stretch of […]
From Met Office The following represents an assessment of the weather experienced across the UK during Summer 2015 (June, July and August) and how it compares with the 1981 to 2010 average. Summer 2015 was mostly characterized by a cool, westerly Atlantic flow with the UK often under the influence of low pressure systems; eastern […]
September sure has gotten off to an extreme start on both ends of the temperature ledger with record cool in the Pacific Northwest while it’s been record warm over the Plains through Great Lakes up into Canada. Pretty much opposite of summer. Yesterday was one of those extreme days. 20 below verses 20 above within a […]
Long range forecasting is often seen to be impossible and laughed at. However it’s predictable if you know what your looking for. Some years I struggle and get it wrong, other years like 2015, I get it right. The lessons learned from 2012 have certainly paid off this year. Right or wrong, here you get […]
There’s a lot on the playing field at the moment with major heat more suited to July 5 and not September 5 from the Plains to East Coast at the same time a winter-like storm system is bringing cold and mountain snow to the interior Northwest, severe weather to the Upper Midwest. Out in the Pacific, not one but two decaying tropical […]
High pressure has been talked about all week but because of this highly amplified, blocky pattern at the moment, the high and low over Denmark has been slow to moves east, therefore we’ve held onto that naggy northerly flow and frequent shower pattern longer. The good news is that we see a little more west-east […]
We’re into September and approaching the height of the arctic sea ice melt season. This usually coincides with regeneration of cold over the pole and the sun angle continues to lower from it’s peak back on June 21. There’s a lag of about a month between longest day and warmest time of year but by late August, […]
Well we’re now into September and as the summer sea ice melt season peaks, that’s usually around the time cold begins to regenerate over the high latitudes. Sure enough the next 10 days sees the strengthening of the polar vortex at 10pha over the pole. o hours 240 hours There appears to be changes happening […]
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