Winter 2016/17
As forecast, a deep low passing just north of the Scottish mainland is producing a rough day from Caithness southward into Northern England with strong, gusty gale-force winds which are driving in frequent showers of rain, sleet, hail and snow as well as thunder and lightning. Winds were gusty overnight with the passage of the cold front! While winds gusted […]
Colorado is no stranger to powerful downslope or Chinook windstorms. Yesterday was right up there with one of the stronger. It was the classic set-up with a strong storm system coming onshore in California with tightening pressure gradient between a high over Montana and low sliding underneath. The pressure squeeze is enhanced by the Rockies and […]
Frustrated at the mild weather we’ve been having while North America and eastern Europe shiver whilst they dig out? I feel your pain but at least we have something a little more January-like coming up this week. It’s an unsettled open to the next workweek with gales or severe gales affecting the Northern half of […]
It’s been a fascinating last 5 days of weather. ONE SYSTEM dropped over a foot of rain and 8-10ft of snow in California and drove temps to 44 below zero in Wyoming and 40 below in Laramie, WY (5th coldest on record) behind the storm. The bombardment off the Pacific in the past week has left very […]
As well as the brutal cold gripping central, eastern and southern Europe, powerful ‘bora’ winds are fuelling major ‘sea effect’ snowfall over the Adriatic and dumping huge snows in eastern and southern Italy. Saturday AM air temps. Wind chill at 3:50, check out the Adriatic and Med coasts! Wind chills as of 8:10 Saturday CZARNY DUNAJEC – PUŚCIZNA […]
By Jon Erdman Published Jan 5 2017 09:23 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights A major atmospheric river event will take shape this weekend in California bringing a threat of heavy rain and snowmelt. The heavy rain and snowmelt could lead to flooding and landslides. Some of the greatest flooding since December 2005 is possible. Another […]
Central, Eastern and indeed increasingly SOUTHERN Europe is under a major Arctic/Siberia cold outbreak all the while Atlantic air keeps the UK balmy. Almost the entire far north of Eurasia dropped below -35C last night with many getting to -45C or below. Arkhangelsk and Koynas (both European Russia) hit -41.3C and -47.6C respectively which was both their coldest […]
Arctic Attack Resembling Feb 2012 Drives Into Balkans This Weekend, CFS Hints At Early Feb Heatwave…
We’ve likely the coldest air mass since Feb 2012 beginning to drift south over central and eastern Europe and set to knife across the Balkans and out over the Mediterranean this weekend in wake of heavy snow and blizzard conditions. The past two morning’s have seen temps in the -40s over Northern Norway and Finland. A person in Karigasniemi, Finland […]
First the heavy snow and now WINDY Arctic high pressure for the Northern Rockies and Plains while the next big Pacific system drives underneath into Oregon, California, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah!! It’s a struggle to get above 0 in many locales from Montana to Minnesota and with still strong winds, wind chills remain dangerous! The latest batch of snow to […]
Fierce cold has moved into Arctic Scandinavia providing the coldest morning of winter. At 830 UTC this morning , it was -41C in Norway, -38C in Finland and -34C Sweden. UPDATED WEDNESDAY EVENING… Tonight is still early but it’s already colder than this morning… CURRENTLY -42.4C at Kautokeino, Norway, -39C at Inari Vayla, Finland, the wind […]
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