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This Meteorological temperature forecast chart, from the European German computer model – called the “DWD”, looks quite menacing. Notice the deep dark blues filtering into central Canada all the way down to the central states. That’s pretty cold air, but not very cold. (Temperatures are in ‘C here). The chart is valid for the 29th…

Sometimes it snows in April – and sometimes it snows in October. Of course, it’s more likely at the end of the month, last October parts of Northumberland saw a surprise snow towards the end of the month, and notable October cold snaps occurred in 2008 and 2012. Let’s get one thing clear – we’re…

The UK Met Office have issued an AMBER weather-warning for Thunderstorms and the associated risk of flooding from heavy rain. The warning covers much of South East England, spanning central and eastern East Anglia, through Greater London and into Kent and down towards the South Coast. It is valid from 4pm until 9pm tonight. It…

The North Western part of North America is really taking one for the team at the moment and experiencing a succession of October snow storms. The first one, during the start of the month, dumped large volumes of snow over Montana and the northern Rockies, and this one is dumping snow over the Dakotas and…

Yep, you guessed it, another strangely early winter storm. This one hot on it’s heels due to give Montana, North and South Dakota as well as parts of Minnesota a good dumping between now and the weekend. Take a look at TheWeatherChannel’s predicted snowfall accumulaiton map. Up to 2-3 feet for parts of North Dakota.…

Thought the Montana blizzard that we’ve just encountered was rare? Well you’d be thinking correctly – however we may just be in for a repeat performance in the next week. Both the GFS (as you will see below) and the ECMWF (global forecasting models) are forecasting an injection of significantly colder than average air into parts…