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Wet & Mild For UK While Chilly With Snow In Scandinavia

Written by on October 16, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Wet & Mild For UK While Chilly With Snow In Scandinavia

While there may not be any cold on the horizon for the UK through the next 7-10 days, there is however mild and wet weather on the way and if you read yesterday’s post, that’s NOT a bad thing at this time of year. This will be a brief post tonight on Europe as there […]

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WED 16 OCT: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST

Written by on October 16, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Scotland It’s been hanging just to the west or south much of today, but the heavy rain band is now making northeastward progress at this teatime hour and is likely making for a tricky drive home across Central and Southern areas. A wet night to come and the rain will continue tracking north tonight into Thursday. Winds […]

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Could Summer Hangover Be Dictating October Pattern Over Europe? What Does This Mean?

Written by on October 15, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Could Summer Hangover Be Dictating October Pattern Over Europe? What Does This Mean?

I was doing a little research this afternoon and trying to see if there was any connection between October and November temperatures/precipitation with the following winter over western Europe. I looked at the October temperatures and precipitation for a selection of UK cities but there was no clear indication that I could find which suggested a certain type […]

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TUE 15 OCT: UK & IRELAND REGIONAL FORECAST

Written by on October 15, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

Scotland It’s a dry and bright end to the day for many with the best of the evening sunshine over more Western and Northern areas. Tonight will see widespread clear skies and with light winds, temperatures drop away. Overnight lows could dip to 2 or 3C in rural areas, nearer 5 or 6C in the towns […]

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Battle Between Atlantic And Arctic Air Over Europe This Week

Written by on October 14, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Battle Between Atlantic And Arctic Air Over Europe This Week

The next spell of -NAO, AO is setting up and yet another shot of arctic air is diving into Europe. The models are in pretty good agreement that the bulk of the arctic air dropping south over Scandinavia will stay north and east of the UK as yet another ridge tries to fight back the […]

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Latest CFS Shows ‘Block’ Buster Winter

Written by on October 12, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
Latest CFS Shows ‘Block’ Buster Winter

Though models have been all over the place in recent weeks, I thought I would take a glance at the latest CFS for November through March and boy, the charts sure caught my eye. The funny thing is. I believe the latest output! See video for more.. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Check these out… Nov Dec Jan […]

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Alps Receive One Of The Biggest October Snowfall’s In Recent Memory

Written by on October 11, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment
Alps Receive One Of The Biggest October Snowfall’s In Recent Memory

As expected, not only the did the low cross the north coast of Scotland and dive down the North Sea bringing heavy rain and gales to SE Britain but it also cut off and dumped record early season snow on the Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps over the past 36 hours. The low pressure system […]

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FRI 11 OCT: UK & IRELAND WEEKEND FORECAST

Written by on October 11, 2013 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 1 Comment

Scotland It’s a fine end to the work week with lots of sunshine on offer from the Northwest and central Highlands down towards Glasgow, always that bit cloudier in the East with a fresher breeze blow in off the North Sea. Temperatures this afternoon haven’t been too bad at 11-13, locally 14C. Tonight will see […]

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Dramatic Warm-Up In Iceland Helps Bring Munich It’s First Snow

Written by on October 10, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Dramatic Warm-Up In Iceland Helps Bring Munich It’s First Snow

It was just yesterday when we saw temperatures start off at -10C and remain at a chilly -2 to -4C during the day over Iceland while low pressure produced 98 mph winds over the Scottish Mountains and drove arctic origin air south. Today that low is dropping south over the North Sea and driving the coldest air of autumn […]

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Low Turns Iceland White, Drops Temp To -46C In Greenland, Brings UK First Taste Of Autumn

Written by on October 9, 2013 in Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Low Turns Iceland White, Drops Temp To -46C In Greenland, Brings UK First Taste Of Autumn

One low pressure system has been responsible for producing a sunset air temperature of -46C over interior Greenland last night, the first snowfall to the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik yesterday and 100 mph winds and the first blast of autumn to the UK today. Check out this stunning image capturing Reykjavik’s first snow of autumn 2013 yesterday, courtesy of […]

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