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With the help of Storm Frank and NOT strat warming, we now have arctic air dislodged and present within the mid latitudes including Europe. No evidence suggests pattern shift is down to a warming stratosphere. But Frank’s northward shove of warmth? Yes. Note at the very end of the animation and surge of strong positive towards the pole […]
I would like to you wish all a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2016! I woke this morning to our first dusting of snow. Well it’s probably of no surprise but December 2015 is officially the warmest on record for the UK. The very wet weather in December also puts 2015 within the […]
Powerful 929mb Storm Frank sure left a legacy behind creating havoc over many parts of the UK and Ireland, particularly Scotland this time. He’s also been responsible for pumping incredible warmth all the way to the pole where it went from -20s to 0C while Svalbard north of Norway topped +10C yesterday when they should be […]
It’s all about Storm Frank this morning and following a very wet and windy night, many including the Environment Agency are closely monitoring river levels. Flooding is affecting many parts and do expect further flooding issues through today, especially Dumfries & Galloway. Cumbria, Lancashire into Yorkshire, areas very sensitive after recent major flooding. Serious flooding in parts of […]
Great hi-res visible satellite view of Storm Frank this morning as the sun came up. Note the southern extension of the front. It’s this that will bring the bad weather to the UK and not so much the low itself, that will have greatest impact on Iceland but as we’ve seen all too often, it’s the trailing […]
Still early days but I can feel my blood beginning to pump as I gaze at the 5-10 and 10-15 day period. Yes I knew the AO was going negative but it would appear the NAO is going to FINALLY play ball too and potentially bring our first ‘beast from the east’ perhaps a week or so after […]
Every weekend in the run up to New Year, I thought it would be good to take a step back in time and relive some of our most brutal and legendry British and European winters of the last 100 years. Following back to back winters with prolonged spells of crippling snow and bitter cold, the entire hemisphere’s focus in winter 2011-12 was […]
HOPEFULLY, all is not lost! I use caution with the below charts as I’ve seen this time and time again only for it to not materialise. However, check out the huge flip in the hemispheric upper height field over the next 10-15 days! [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] AO looks to go negative while NAO still remains positive but should […]
I trust you all had a lovely Christmas and continue to enjoy the festivities. For some, it’s been a very wet affair and even devastating once again with further flash flood issues for Northwest England. Boy what a dreadful time it’s been for these folks. Flood chaos witnessed in northwest Wales overnight. As of this […]
Myself, Karen & Holly would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.
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