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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,…

You’ve been hearing it for a while (or maybe you haven’t) but it’s finally about to arrive. An unusually early winter storm / blizzard is gearing up to hit the upper North West of the country in the next day to three. What can be expected: A) Very strong wind, and blizzard like (if not…

September and October are pretty difficult times to forecast weather in the UK. Why? Because of hurricanes. No, we are not directly impacted by hurricanes in the UK, however as the remnants of such systems (termed as post tropical cyclones) interacts with our weather patterns, they can “reek havok” in the Meteorological sense. Not in…