Winter 2015/16
As we continue to progress through December the connection between UK/Europe and the tropics continue. First it was warmth in November, then floods early December and now it’s back to warmth once again. Any real cold, typical of December is bottled way up in the arctic thanks to a very powerful polar vortex. Check out how warm it […]
If your loathing this abnormal, May-like 60-70-degree warmth from Mississippi to East Coast, your about to get a taste of December normality, a rude awakening this weekend in the Northeast as daytime temps hold in the 30s, 40s with stiff NW winds sparking heavy lake-effect snows downwind of the boiling Great Lakes. This weekend is a BRIEF taste of something a little more December-like […]
The warmth has been longer and stronger than anticipated both over Europe as well as the Northern Hemisphere as a whole and the upcoming period between Dec 16 through Jan 5 is likely to hold the key in terms of where this winter will wind up. The warmth is nothing short of incredible, more May-like […]
Based on the warmth already seen and the model projection through the remainder of month, this is highly likely to be one of the warmest December on record for the Lower 48. Last 7 day mean Month to date MJO, AO, NAO All Point To Continued Warmth The Rest Of December! Note the MJO remains in warm phases […]
The cold and snow of this past weekend across Highland Scotland is history mid and particularly late this week as a surge of exceptionally warm air lifts north via a series of NNE moving occluded fronts. As well as bringing further spells of heavy rain and abundant cloud, these waves of downright warm December air may threaten December records dating back many decades. […]
Warmth which broke 100-year records this past weekend shall remain the big weather story as we enter mid-December. Article from weather.com Hundreds of Records Broken as December Warmth Sends Temperatures Up To 30 Degrees Above Average Published: 3 hours 46 min ago weather.com A very mild weather pattern by December standards has engulfed a large swath of the […]
So far December is playing out as expected, predominantly mild with a strong westerly or zonal flow pattern throughout the mid-latitudes, UK especially! This westerly has accompanied frequent spells of flooding rain. Cold weather has been minimal. Combination of one of the strongest El Nino episodes on record (likely driven enhanced rainfall via a stronger sub-tropical jet) coupled with a very cold […]
It’s been a remarkably warm mid-December weekend in the East while in stark contrast, it’s been snowy with even blizzard conditions 1000 miles to the SW. Yesterday’s record highs. Today’s records tied or broken! While spring flowers blossomed and folks took a stroll about in their shorts and t-shire, heavy snow and even blizzard conditions on the Texas/Oklahoma […]
Every weekend in the run up to New Year I thought it might be good to take a step back in time and relive some of America and Europe’s very worst, most extreme winters of the last 100+ years. From Rick Grow Nineteen years ago, a brutal and, in some places, historic cold snap impacted the U.S. and Canada. […]
Every Saturday in the run up to New Year, I thought it would be good to take a step back in time and relive some of our most brutal and legendry British and European winters of the last 100 years. The severe, relentless winter of 1946-47 will be long remembered as one of our most legendary. Last week A LOOK […]
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