Winter 2016/17
We’ve reached mid November and we have a classic autumnal rollercoaster of weather this week. With a jet stream to the north and stiff southwesterly, the UK is starting off the week downright warm while on the opposite end of the continent, Ukraine and Southeast Europe is digging out. The below GFS 850mb temp chart shows […]
We may finally be turning a corner with this super mild fall of 2016. It looks set in stone that the first snowstorm is on the way from Washington to Minnesota. A second low pushes into the Pacific Northwest and looks set to deliver as it deepens into a major low and wind machine once east of the […]
The Arctic air which opened November from UK to Germany is getting pushed east and replaced by Atlantic air. While last week saw daytime highs only muster 3-6C from Glasgow to Berlin, the return of southwest winds have forced a 6-8, locally 10C temperature rise. The UK may be back in the 11-15C range with rain spreading […]
By Jon Erdman Published Nov 11 2016 07:05 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights After a relatively wet October, parts of the Northwest are now setting all-time November record highs. The Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies are also joining in, seeing highs surge into the 70s. This warm pattern will persist until a pattern change next […]
It was only a matter of time before the Siberian surface high exploded towards 1060mb following the incredible snow growth of the past 4 weeks. The GFS next week builds the high to at least 1056, generating a widespread 10-20 CELCIUS below normal across southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. 24-26C below normal is pretty incredible! […]
With NNE winds and wildfires burning in the North Georgia/SE Tennessee, North Carolina woods, a smoky haze covered the Atlanta skyline this afternoon as the above picture reveals from today. (Credit: John Spink) Watch today’s video Can’t miss this wildfire burning in North Carolina from plane on final approach into Charlotte. The new drought maps came out yesterday […]
There’s no denying the current linkage between the mighty Eurasian snowpack we’ve built up, weak polar vortex and sustained -AO. Weak polar vortexes don’t take much to split, break or completely collapse and modelling appears to be hinting at another split in late November. In the last split in late October, caused by a heat […]
While the UK’s experienced an early snowfall, Scandinavia has endured major snow and cold. Stockholm just had snowiest November day in 111 years Published: 10 Nov 2016 06:51 GMT+01:00 THE LOCAL SE The Swedish capital had more snow than on any November day in a century. Proof Swedes may actually be the toughest people on […]
ARTICLE FROM WEATHER.COM Story Highlights In the second week of November, snow cover across the U.S. is hard to find. It’s the least areal coverage of snow in the U.S. for any Nov. 8 in the last 13 years. Widespread record warmth and a diverted jet stream are to blame. Overall, this doesn’t necessarily portend […]
We’re not only waking up to the news that Trump has been elected as the 45th US president but some are waking to snow this morning and it continues to snow in a few spots. Not only have it been confined to high ground but snow covers the ground in parts of Glasgow. Heading home from Cumbernauld last […]
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