United Kingdom & Ireland
A stormy Saturday is upon us as a rapidly deepening low crosses the UK. Fuelled by a sharpening temperature gradient over eastern North America, the trans-Atlantic jet stream is forecast to accelerate beyond 200 knots, rare for this late in the season. The jet usually begins to weaken s we head towards April with the northward […]
It’s back! This is what I woke to this morning… Rain was in fact turning over to heavy wet snow on my drive home early this morning. Other snow scenes this morning. A9 Drumnochter A82 Glen Ogle Good news is the snow never lasts long at this time of the year but is it uncommon for […]
Some brief thoughts on next winter… [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] We know that a west QBO, +NAO/AO and solar max leads to a warm, wet and stormy winter here over Western Europe. (last year) We know that an east QBO, +NAO/AO, weak El Nino and start of a solar downturn leads to a still ATLANTIC driven winter but […]
As forecasted back on Sunday, it was a cold start to Wednesday thanks to high pressure overhead! Frost never lasts long once the sun rises within those clear blue skies. Dry air cools quickly after sunset but also heats fast at sunrise this time of year. Hope you got a chance to read yesterday’s April Outlook […]
Based on past and current pattern and model projection, I believe April is looking mixed with at least one decent spell of warmth but also spells of wet and windy for Western and Central Europe. Warmer and drier than normal further south into Iberia and across the western Med Basin. I am showing you the […]
This week is a very mixed bag, a little of everything from cold and frosty, wet and windy as well as mild. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] We start the week on a cool, blustery and for some, showery note. Northwest winds are never mild or warm, particularly at this time of year when surrounding waters are coldest. This […]
After the excitement of the solar eclipse back on Friday combined with the spring equinox and super moon, it’s back to normality this upcoming week. Hope your all enjoying your weekend. A brief look at the week ahead… We had, for many, a stunning Saturday with plenty of mild sunshine under clear blue skies. Highs […]
Well it turns out that many of us got to see the solar eclipse 2015 thanks to brighter skies than expected. Here are some of the great images shared on my twitter page this morning (follow @MarkVogan). Birmingham Scottish Borders Sheffield Belfast Here’s my shot. Not great quality I know but you can still see […]
Simply going by the current weather above our heads here in the UK and even across west-central Europe, i.e, Low Countries, Germany into Denmark, you’d never know the wild amplification of the jet stream currently streaming into Europe from the Atlantic. It’s about as wild and wavy as it gets. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] High pressure (south side of […]
Gone is the Scandinavian high and in comes the Azores high. The biggest difference between the two is lighter winds and brighter skies and with dry air, we’re seeing quite the temp difference (diurnal) between day and night. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Always that bit cloudier, mistier, murkier the closer you get to the North Sea Coast where winds […]
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