United Kingdom & Ireland
As well as North America, there has been a lot going on this side of the Atlantic and the last 24 hours has been no exception. Following the rapid flip from record heat to record rainfall, strong and damaging winds became the focus last night into this morning across Gibraltar and the southern tip of Iberia. In fact both […]
Back on Saturday, it was looking and feeling like mid summer on the Costa Blanca with Alicante sizzling at 34.8C, a new March and April record and warmest ever reading outwith June-July-August. Just 36-48 hours later and Alicante was and continues to reach 10-12C as wind and record rainfall pounded the region with consequential flash flooding. Gale-force winds […]
Following what appears to have been MAINLAND Spain’s warmest March day in history Saturday with 34.8C recorded at Alicante Airport, we go from summer straight back to winter with a significant change to much cooler and stormier. A lot of rain as well as inland heavy snow is expected across SE Spain over the next 36 hours. With a trough […]
Mild UK, but hot Spain and Canaries. That’s the general rule these days. Azores high pressure replaced the low pressure which brought the fierce and damaging winds to France back on Monday, spread across Italy Tue-Wed and now drifts into Greece and Turkey to end the week. Check out this very summer-like visible satellite view from yesterday afternoon and note the absence […]
After FC Barcelona experienced their greatest turnaround in history last night, the sun is well and truly shinning today. In fact, southern and eastern Iberia is already climbing into the middle 20s as of late this morning. A dominant Greenland-North Atlantic trough, Azores ridge parked over Iberia means a warm pattern even in March. Visible satellite shows barely a wisp […]
While the Atlantic trough remains strong and firmly anchored from Greenland down into the North Atlantic, throwing lows towards Iceland and Scotland, the Azores high is also strengthening and as a direct result it’s warmed to early summer levels in southern Iberia with milder air drifting up as far as the southerly UK. Low pressure close to […]
Here’s a scary video. Check this out, 130 skiers became stranded Monday on a derailed chairlift at the Prato Nevoso Resort, Italy as powerful winds hit.
WHAT A STORM! An active Atlantic with strong jet stream, formed an area of low pressure late Saturday into Sunday which rapidly intensified as it clipped southern Ireland and met the English Channel. While it was an atypical wet and windy morning across the southern UK, on the other side of the channel, winds were downright dangerous. […]
We’re in for a pretty unsettled weekend with slow northward moving low pressure providing wet and windy conditions. The reason for the slow NORTHWARD movement extends west to the other side of the pond. An unusual surge of early summer heat and consequential severe thunderstorm outbreak over the USA has created somewhat of an atmospheric ripple. As the atmosphere explodes with the merging of […]
From Met Office Mar 1, 2017 3:46 PM Preliminary statistics show that the 2016/17 winter has been dry and mild compared to the long-term average. Meanwhile, early February statistics show a milder than average month to end the season. February has brought winter to a close with above normal temperatures for all areas of the […]
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