Winter 2016/17
Every winter really since 2010 we’ve gone and continue to go through an emotional rollercoaster in the hope of winter here in the UK. Up until now, the polar vortex has been weak and fluid with PV splits positioning favourably for Arctic air delivery into Europe and even the UK. This has in turn slowed the mean trans Atlantic westerly flow between […]
The much anticipated Arctic cold has now crossed the barbed wire fence into Montana and shall continue pushing south and east through the remainder of this work week. Looks like there’s some cross polar flow occurring in this upper air setup. Firstly, let’s take a look at the source of this southbound cold. Fairbanks, AK […]
It was a frigid open to the weekend across northern Scandinavia with Finland dropping to -34 while on the Sweden/Norway border it dipped to -35C beneath clear skies. Sunday AM in northern Finland. However, high pressure Saturday was replaced by low pressure Sunday bringing a rise in temperature but at the cost of heavy snowfall […]
Winter finally arrives in Alaska with Fairbanks experiencing their first sub minus 30F night and sub minus -10F daytime max. Bettles has dropped to minus 41. Snowy, windy conditions affecting southern Alaska while a frigid high affects the north. The high and cold intensifies as it drifts into the Yukon. See today’s video.
Cooler, drier air returns to the UK over the next few days as our flow comes in from a cold continent. This will result in brighter cooler days along with frosty nights. While we may start the week fine, dry and cool, significant change arrives mid week as warm oceanic air floods the west but forces further arctic/siberia […]
No need to add words to the below charts! It’s been warm, record warm. Just because it’s been a record warm fall for many doesn’t necessarily mean winter will follow. In fact I’m sure your well aware of the cold that’s building over northern North America that’s due to plunge south early next week. Going by the […]
With blocking high pressure remaining over the UK and lows spinning over the eastern continent, arctic wind and snowfall has drilled all the way into Czech Republic, Balkans, Greece and Turkey. Here’s the current upper anomaly pattern. Kind of speaks for itself doesn’t it. Surface Beskydy, Czech Republic Dec 1. Brzozow, Poland Dec 2. Nymfaio, Greece […]
By Jonathan Belles, Chris Dolce, and Jonathan Erdman Published Dec 1 2016 06:56 AM EST weather.com The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season featured a combination of destructive hurricanes and climatological oddities in a season that stretched from January through late November. (MORE: Hurricane Central) Tracks of all 2016 Atlantic Basin tropical cyclones (Data: National Hurricane Center) […]
We say goodbye to November and Autumn and welcome in December and Meteorological Winter 2016-17. November 2016 UK extremes. Winter opened rather balmy across the Northern UK, rather cold across the far South/Southwest. Today marks the start of the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest 90 days of the year and we remain in a high pressure dominated pattern over the UK and […]
A second major storm within a week has pushed into the Mississippi Valley bringing a variety of extremes over the last 36 hours. On the warm side fire fanning wind gusts over 60 mph, drought relieving flooding rainfall, record warmth and some 2 dozen tornadoes were spawned across the South, said to have killed 5. WILDFIRE DROUGHT RELIEVING […]
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