Winter 2015/16
Note the persistency in central and eastern US ridging through December, hence record warmth aided by strong polar vortex, west QBO, El Nino etc etc. However, now we’re into January and the stage is set with the first ‘arctic’ air mass, I guess you could call it the first, of the season ascending upon the Northeast tomorrow […]
With the help of Storm Frank and NOT strat warming, we now have arctic air dislodged and present within the mid latitudes including Europe. No evidence suggests pattern shift is down to a warming stratosphere. But Frank’s northward shove of warmth? Yes. Note at the very end of the animation and surge of strong positive towards the pole […]
The below map says it all about December 2015. Both Memphis and New York City recorded no subfreezing temperature in December for the first time in history. As well as the warmth, rainfall too has been very impressive and helped many see a top 5 wettest year (2015) on record). Recent record rainfall in Missouri […]
I would like to you wish all a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2016! I woke this morning to our first dusting of snow. Well it’s probably of no surprise but December 2015 is officially the warmest on record for the UK. The very wet weather in December also puts 2015 within the […]
Powerful 929mb Storm Frank sure left a legacy behind creating havoc over many parts of the UK and Ireland, particularly Scotland this time. He’s also been responsible for pumping incredible warmth all the way to the pole where it went from -20s to 0C while Svalbard north of Norway topped +10C yesterday when they should be […]
It’s been a rather challenging day on the road with various road closures due to flooding and so this post will be brief. Hate to keep going on but this month has been pretty amazing. Not a December that will be fondly remembered by an Eastern snow lover but one who hates the cold, snow and […]
It’s all about Storm Frank this morning and following a very wet and windy night, many including the Environment Agency are closely monitoring river levels. Flooding is affecting many parts and do expect further flooding issues through today, especially Dumfries & Galloway. Cumbria, Lancashire into Yorkshire, areas very sensitive after recent major flooding. Serious flooding in parts of […]
The pattern is beginning to turn and get very interesting indeed. Recall the record tying North Pacific storm from a week or so ago, well it looks as though Storm Frank is about to do the same in the North Atlantic. So why am I telling you about a storm heading for Iceland in a […]
Great hi-res visible satellite view of Storm Frank this morning as the sun came up. Note the southern extension of the front. It’s this that will bring the bad weather to the UK and not so much the low itself, that will have greatest impact on Iceland but as we’ve seen all too often, it’s the trailing […]
A major storm system which a lot of fuel has made for a rough past 36 hours in Texas with deadly tornadoes on it’s warm east side and blizzard conditions on it’s cold backside, not forgetting the flooding rains too. The was the scene in the suburbs of Dallas, TX yesterday. Lubbock, TX Panhandle snow totals/drifts. The same […]
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