United Kingdom & Ireland
Winter 2020-21 will likely go down as a cold winter overall for the Northern UK, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Mongolia and northern China. Warm across Southern Europe and perhaps Canada and even the USA despite the incoming cold now. For the UK, despite a warmer than normal December, January was coldest since 2010 (but by […]
Focus of heavy snowfall has shifted from Scotland to SE England this weekend as low pressure drops south and high pressure drifts east from Iceland to Scandinavia. The building high and south descending low opens the door to polar-continental air and it will only grow colder as we progress through the next 48 hours. Significant […]
It’s been an interesting winter so far with frequent spells of snow and frost, albeit frustrating across southern Britain. However, following a colder than normal January for at least the northern UK (near normal for south) and prospects of a cold to very cold February, the 2020-21 winter may in fact wind up below normal […]
Although located well to the north of the British mainland, Shetland is more known for it’s frequent winter gales rather than bitter cold, however this wild and picturesque group of islands has been stuck under an arctic air mass for much of January and on the morning of January 27, the far north community of […]
In the past week, there’s been frequent spells of rain, sleet and snow as cold air has continued to advance south over Scotland and the UK. Most of Scotland and many parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have woken to a fresh covering of snow thanks to a cold front diving south, followed by […]
Following a warm, wet November, December was a mixed, somewhat bookend month with cool spell to start and finish and mild in between. It remained very wet and followed a very wet autumn. The polar vortex was strong to near record strong during November hence the often warm, wet and windy month. Through December, the […]
It’s been a wintry week throughout the UK with frequent snow showers producing many with a winter wonderland. For some, it was their first winter wonderland of the entire year. As you would expect, the Highlands has captured the greatest falls with a widespread 3-6 inches accumulating above 200 metres across the Highland region from […]
The cold northerly flow continues to bring a snow and ice risk to many parts of the UK. Many woke to snow yesterday, more woke to snow this morning and with not one but two further waves riding the ‘reinforced cold flow’, we see further accumulating snow risks all the way to sea level across […]
December produced some of the biggest snowfalls on record for parts of the US Northeast and Japan. Now cold is showing up strong in many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s like old man winter is fighting back and making up for his lack of presence this time last year. Thanks to high pressure anchored […]
Welcome to my 11th annual winter forecast for Europe. In this forecast, the conclusions drawn for the upcoming 90-day meteorological winter period are based on current oceanic and atmospheric drivers and my understanding of their potential influence they may have. Of course, pinpointing any specific pattern several weeks or months ahead is near impossible but […]
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