United Kingdom & Ireland
Don’t put the winter clothes away just yet. You’ll thank me by the weekend! The NAO goes briefly positive during this week which means Greenland cool’s (-40s back over the interior this morning) and ridging establishes over Ireland and UK providing fine, dry and settled conditions. Early week gales across the NW of Scotland eases down. Sunshine and […]
We’ve seen coverings of snow and snow showers in the air even through the sunny afternoon hours of late. How unusual is this for mid April, a time when the sun is as strong as late August? Sure it may be late in the season and your ready for summer warmth, especially when you can enjoy daylight till […]
Well the strong SSWE (sudden stratospheric warming event) back in March sure is doing it’s dirty work this April with arctic cold and snow the talk of the town across parts of South-Central, Midland and Eastern England, Wales and Scotland today and it’s unlikely over yet. This morning’s 500mb height anomaly. Check out this rather Christmas card scene […]
It was a cold start to Friday and this chill deepens later today and particularly this evening as arctic air meets a low coming up from the SW. While sleet and snow showers run the chilly north flow over Scotland and N England, it’s more organised moisture meeting the cold over the N York Moors and […]
Following the previous mention of late season snow and cold Fri-Sat 2 days ago, we’re still on track. Watching a cold front sink south over Scotland this evening. This will have rain, sleet and snow on it and behind it, a distinctly icy feel with some brightness coupled with wintry showers across Scotland and N England […]
The El Nino continues to weaken and already this is strikingly evident against the shores of South America where waters are already turning cool-than-normal. Check out the warm water north of UK, very cold water over North Atlantic (known as cold blob) and this cooler than normal extends down along the Portugal, Morocco coasts. Current SSTA’s. Projected SSTA’s […]
There’s potential and good model agreement on a late season arctic blast as we end the work week with a high just west and low just east squeezing a stiff, cold northerly air flow down over the British Isles. The models are suggesting a significant hill snow event over the Scottish mountains and possibly Southern Uplands and Pennines with supressed daytime highs for the […]
Our stuck pattern will be very evident this week and likely through the rest of April with low pressure trapped to the SW of Ireland, surrounded by high pressure on all sides. This is a large low that is shedding fronts which are becoming trapped on the southern flank of the large, dominant blocking high draped across the northern […]
In just the past 24 hours, a major southward plunge in jet stream over eastern North America has created a ripple effect throughout the hemispheric atmosphere. The pattern has significantly amplified bringing winter back to North America and now Europe. Like flicking a skipping rope, the downstream reaction has forced the jet north way up into […]
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] I know I’m likely late to the party on this. Looks like the low that will bring gales or severe gales to SW Britain tomorrow could bring a sizable and pretty unusual April snow event or snowstorm to south and or southwest Ireland. Prepare for a covering and some tricky travel. Surface temps appear […]
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