United Kingdom & Ireland
With the combination of air temperature and wind chill, yesterday was by far England’s coldest day of winter so far with many sites stretching from Northumberland to Kent failing to get above freezing. Atlantic air however clung to Northwest Scotland where Aultbea touching a spring-like 13.4C. As forecast, Atlantic air is now spreading into western areas with a noticeable […]
I guess you could say it’s a brisk afternoon across the UK, particularly so over central/eastern England where mid afternoon air temperatures remain stuck at -1/-2C widely. Factor in a stiff SE wind and it feels bitter despite the absence of snow cover. The reason for the added chill in the air is simple. Take air […]
I keep banging on about the similarity between this winter’s pattern and 2011/12. That, like this year displayed relatively settled and mild conditions for the UK but cold over a large swath of the continent. Also like 2012, Southern parts of the UK have tapped on nearby cold continental air while Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern […]
I’ve taken a bit of a break from climbing in the last few months as our second baby is due in just over 2 weeks and my wife needed me around more. However, the past weekend presented me with a window of opportunity in weather and chance to achieve my 20th munro. My last opportunity to […]
We’ve seen it so many times before, the GFS shows a top-down (10 to 50mb) sudden stratospheric warming but it either doesn’t happen or doesn’t favour the UK. Thus far, winter has been somewhat disappointing after a promising November. December and January so far has been fairly mild overall and like I’ve pointed out so many […]
From the frozen Venice Canals to snow on the beaches of Greece, January 2017 will join 2006 and 2012 for it’s brutal central and eastern Europe cold. Something this website stated was a possibility back on Nov 1. Scene from a frozen Vatican. Deep snow buries Istanbul Sofia Moscow Looks like a summer’s day until you see the […]
Arctic Outbreak of January 2017 round 2 is well underway with focus shifted into Southwest Europe as the coldest weather of the year drives across France Spain and the Western Med. Here’s the setup responsible for Spain getting a taste of Siberia this week. High pressure positioned over N France has mild Atlantic air running over top into the Northern […]
It’s a weird, wacky and highly upside down winter pattern we continue to experience over Europe. On the northern flank of a 1040+ high extending from France east to Poland, warm, moist Atlantic air is streaming across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Temps of +10-12C are reaching Shetland while on the southern flank of the high with the help of a large low spinning over the central Med, […]
While the European cold pool may have lost it’s extreme, the after effects remain. While Atlantic air is moderating the UK eastward across Germany, Poland into Russia, all the cold air which has built up in the past week to 10 days has essentially sloshed and bottled up across Southern Europe thanks to building heights over top. Notice this […]
Record cold and snow by Philip Eden Disruptive snowstorms in the UK during the last ten years can be counted on the fingers of one hand, in marked contrast to the 1980s when they were two a penny. One of the most interesting winters that decade happened exactly twenty years ago, in 1981-1982, when many […]
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