United Kingdom & Ireland
On Sunday, 21 February 2016, my friend Petr Kolegar and myself took off from a rainy Cumbernauld at 4am for the Cairngorms, despite a poor weather forecast, I wanted to experience what winter had to offer in the Scottish mountains. Without the experience and knowledge of Czech born, Petr, I would not have attempted this myself. We both knew […]
While meteorological winter may have been a disappointment, I am liking what I’m seeing for March. Stratospheric warming may finally become favourable for a sustained cold pattern across Europe with 50mb warming crossing over Greenland and core of vortex displaced into Scandinavia. Here’s the GFS ensemble 50mb NH temps. Check out the weakening and displacement of […]
This year’s record tying super El Nino significantly dominated at least the first half of the 2015-16 winter season. El Nino related or not, it was also another year with a positive North Atlantic Oscillation which has resulted in a warmer than normal December through February period. Lack of blocking has meant the Atlantic flow has ruled but as the […]
With high to the north and lows redirected to the south across France and Spain, we have a nice settled spell of winter weather. Bright sunny days, cold, frosty nights but the real focu of ‘weather’ will be southern France and Iberia this week into the weekend as a series of lows swing underneath the […]
The rebound in the negative to neutral Arctic Oscillation has brought the return of milder low latitude air back into the mid latitudes and to both sides of the Atlantic hence the record warmth over the United States and very mild 13-15C across the southern UK! With the neutral AO, check out the presence of warmth over […]
We have a big north-south contrast in air mass this weekend with Greenland air blowing across Northern Ireland and Scotland while Azores air crosses southern Ireland, England and Wales. There’s a sharp thermal gradient splitting the UK and depending upon whether your north or south will determine snow showers or rain showers as well as a […]
For a second straight morning, many across Central Scotland woke to a fresh, albeit light covering of snow. As well as the overnight snow showers, ice became a significant hazard shortly after dark last night under clear skies and light winds. Check out this lovely snow and sky shot captured on a train in the Carstairs area […]
Significant 500mb Wave Breaking Next 10 Days Will Deliver Series Of ‘Cold Shots’ Into Western Europe
Well the overnight snowfall did catch me off guard as I had this possibility back last weekend but then backed off. We have quite an interesting, highly amplified and progressive pattern but with plenty of cold air to work with. Significant wave breaking at the 500mb level will send a series of cold shots into […]
For a 3rd straight winter, cold has been focused away from Europe with storms fast, frequent and at time furious. This spell of ‘less cold, more wet & windy’ winters is common and the UK can go several winters without any harsh snow and cold. There was plenty of mild, wet and windy back in […]
Tonight is likely to be the coldest yet for England, Wales and next 2 nights from the Netherlands down through parts of France and Spain thanks to a chilly high between fronts. Cold hollows over Spain’s central plateau and mountains could see -15C or lower, especially Wednesday morning. Cold hollows within the Alps could approach -30C. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The […]
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