United Kingdom & Ireland
In October 2009 I commenced my commercial driving career at Graham’s Dairy (Glasgow) after passing my class 2 lorry test the previous April. My first winter and my first big test behind the wheel came fast with the ‘infamous’ winter of 2009-10. Frequent snowfall and persistently low temperatures were common with my lowest dash temperature […]
I’m sure for folks living in the UK and much of Europe, after what has been a mild and snowless winter, most won’t be thinking about the title above. It’s always important to keep in mind that what goes on in your own back yard doesn’t necessarily reflect the bigger picture. The below temperature anomaly […]
Last weekend, Scotland was hit by a double whammy of Storm Malik followed speedily by Storm Corrie. https://twitter.com/SeanBattyTV/status/1488125047831248898 Why was #StormCorrie so unusual? This weekend it’s a split between polar-maritime and subtropical maritime air with heavy snow showers piling into the Highlands aboard a strong to gale force NW wind. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/1490233963876651011 These frequent, blustery snow […]
Winter 2021-22 So Far! Back in July I began to build my 2021-22 winter forecast. I’ve spent many an hour studying and taking into consideration ALL the global and regional parameters, players and drivers currently in place at the time and came up the an eventual forecast at the beginning of December. Based on my […]
January opened with the warmest New Year’s Day on record following the warmest NY’s eve. Despite a cold run up to Christmas for a large swath of Europe and modestly so for Scotland, December was a mild month for the west, southwest while north, northeast was cold. Strong blocking over Greenland made for a cold […]
If you read my 2021-22 winter forecast below, you’ll see how I explain why a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) has a greater chance of occurring late December ’21/early January ’22 compared to others. European Winter Forecast 2021-22 Interestingly, the models are sniffing at ‘potentially’ just that towards the end of December early January. Initial Wed […]
Lag from solar min Increased arctic sea ice east QBO east based nina Last 10 days: Loaded arctic… Now: Phase 7 MJO!!! Below is the result! GFS ensemble 5-day means… 500mb anomaly for Europe 2m temperature anomaly
Welcome to my 12th annual winter forecast for Europe. In this forecast, the conclusions drawn for the upcoming 90-day meteorological winter period are based on current solar, ocean and atmospheric drivers and my understanding of their potential influence. Of course, pinpointing any specific pattern several weeks or months ahead is near impossible but we can […]
For the past couple of months I have outlined the pros and cons on whether we had a high or low likelihood of a cold winter ahead. I stand by my overall thinking that there is ‘good potential’ for significant spells of snow and cold in 2021-22. I look back at the month of November […]
The MJO has been in unfavourable phases for cold but change is afoot! While the MJO is shifting the question will be does that change mean an early kick start to the cold season? If you look at the below diagram, you can see the MJO (albeit not string) passing through phases 1, 2 and […]
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