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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…

Hurricane Lorenzo has been “in and out” of the headlines recently. It became a category 5 storm in the Atlantic a few days ago, and is currently a strong category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105mph. It’s unusually far east, which means us in the UK have to be “on watch”. It’s rare hurricanes…

A precautionary evacuation notice has been issued for the “west Norfolk coast” due to high tides and tidal surge expected in the next 24 hours. The following areas are at risk: Hunstanton coast, Heacham coast and the coast parallel to the A149 now to Snettisham on the western coast of Norfolk. A combination of high…

Some parts of Montana have reported up to 50 inches of snow (4 feet and 2 inches), especially on higher ground. Some lower elevation areas have reported a mixture of precipitation which means ice is a major issue here.  There is actually still a blizzard warning in effect for a county in North West Montana,…