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With an easterly QBO and consistent day by day model support, it’s looking increasingly likely that a -NAO with classic Greenland block shall setup later next week on into the following week bringing a cold final 10 days to November here in Western Europe as well as the Eastern US/Canada. This is just PERFECT, let’s hope it […]
ARTICLE FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A new effort aims to recover meteorology data collected by a group of hardy Victorian Scottish scientists By Andrea Thompson on November 7, 2017 On the evening of February 21, 1885, two Scottish meteorologists living atop Ben Nevis—the highest peak in the U.K. at some 4,400 feet—attempted to make their appointed hourly measurements. But […]
It’s a firmly ‘no two days are the same’ weather pattern. We still hold onto the Atlantic pattern hence the highly changeable night of the weather but colder air is now involved unlike last month. One night features mild, wet and windy, the next it’s clear, cold and frosty like this morning. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/928162499647754240 Last night […]
After a mild, dry October, November’s opening week has been mixed but lent on the cooler side of normal with frost and hill snow. The past two mornings have hosted frost at my house but this morning witnessed not only the coldest of autumn this far but also the first significant frost across the southern […]
Last year saw a chilly Bonfire weekend and it’s looking chilly once again this year with Saturday night and particularly for Bonfire night looking to turn frosty. Over the next 24 hours we’ll see a cold front drop south and merge with a tangle of fronts lifting up from the south. This shall make for […]
Today’s winter forecast is based on all current global atmospheric/oceanic drivers in place, their current status and model projection. Here are the main factors taken into consideration for the upcoming 2017-18 winter for Europe. Low Arctic Sea Ice/High Eurasia Snow Cover = negative Arctic/North Atlantic Oscillation? Arctic sea ice as well as Eurasian snow cover […]
It’s been late coming but wintry weather finally arrived during October’s final week. An October which falls within the top 10 warmest October’s for the UK. https://twitter.com/MetOffice_Sci/status/923159977652518913 Cold northerly winds first brought the snow and ice Sunday to the Cairngorm plateau followed by high pressure Sunday night into Monday which brought the first widespread frost […]
This morning comfortably marked our coolest of autumn so far with a widespread frost and minimum down to -5C at Tulloch Bridge. As our high slides off to our south, milder maritime air will quickly return overnight tonight. Sunday’s northerly air flow followed by Monday’s high pressure set the scene for this morning’s cool, crisp […]
The first snows have arrived in eastern Europe thanks to Atlantic and Arctic air colliding while the first frosts arrived this morning to parts of central/southern Scotland. https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/923185550848348160 https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/923472752824209408 https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/922178334452305921 https://twitter.com/LatviaRR/status/923625893666443264 First frost for central Scotland. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/923849172360613888 By late weekend, it’ll feel like winter throughout the UK with the help of a brisk northerly wind, […]
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