By P Gosselin on 12. October 2015
A high centered over the Baltic states is pumping frigid air over central and eastern Europe, leading to widespread frost and snow this morning. Here’s a list of the lowest readings recorded in Germany this morning: Source: www.wetter.com You can also look at this map showing the cold centered over Germany. Right now warming is on […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. October 2015
Seems like summer just ended. But already ground frost and wintry snow are gripping large parts of Europe. The following chart shows the situation right now at 8 p.m. CET. Across much of Central and Eastern Europe temperatures are down in the single digits Centigrade. Source: www.wetterzentrale.de At Facebook Severe Weather Europe posted photos taken […]
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By P Gosselin on 7. October 2015
I’m a bit hampered today by a head cold, and so today’s post will be a short one. The preliminary report for September weather in Switzerland is out. Hat-tip: Kurt in Switzerland. According to the Swiss Meteorological and Climatological Office, September was 0.8 deg. Celsius colder than the norm for the month, based on the […]
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By P Gosselin on 4. October 2015
Yesterday we posted here how Germany’s DWD national weather service reported that September 2015 was cooler than normal. The United Kingdom saw one of its coolest Septembers in decades. The Austrian ZAMG national meteorological services released the temperature results for September 2015 here. Looks like the country is getting an early start to the ski […]
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By P Gosselin on 3. October 2015
Snowfall …in September! A webcam recorded this image on September 23 at 2:41 p.m. in Austria in Bad Gastein (1000 meter elevation). Source: here. Listening to the media, I kept getting the impression that September 2015 in Germany had been a warm one (though my heating costs tell a different story). Yes, I kept hearing […]
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By P Gosselin on 21. September 2015
Veteran meteorologist Joe Bastardi has another excellent Saturday Summary up at his Weatherbell Analytics site. At first he makes some philosophical points on why free markets are so crucial and why so many Catholics disagree with the latest Pope on climate change policy. That aside, Joe takes a peek at the upcoming European winter. The […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. July 2015
After the European heat wave of last week, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme. Currently the weather pattern dominating Central Europe is bringing unusually cold air over the continent, and early this morning regions in a number of countries were hit by ground surface frost. Parts of Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. July 2015
Two small stories today. The first is the “heat wave” that has gripped Europe over the past few days. Europe saw weather patterns that were optimum for producing record heat in Germany and other countries. In Germany although a number of cities set new all-time highs, the country’s record high of 40.2°C set during the […]
Posted in Drought and Deserts, Media / Bias, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 3. July 2015
Germany’s and Europe’s first real heat wave (more than 3 days long) of the summer has pushed temperatures well above the 30°C. A so-called omega high pressure system centered over Eastern Europe is pumping hot air from the Mediterranean and Africa up across much of Europe. Source: wetterdienst.de Not about to pass up any opportunity to exploit […]
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By P Gosselin on 19. June 2015
Two days ago I wrote about the cold weather that’s been gripping Germany and Central Europe. Well, things are about to get worse early this weekend, and not better. The online Munich-based Abendzeiting (Evening News) here reports the latest weather forecast of frost and snow that are set to hit Germany – in June…on the […]
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By P Gosselin on 17. June 2015
The year started out on the mild side in Central Europe, but since early May temperatures have been stubbornly on the low side. “Rarity”: 5 consecutive June days of surface frost Over northern Germany, for example, the last 10 or so days have been gripped by cold weather. The online Sudkürier here cites meteorologist Dominik […]
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By P Gosselin on 1. April 2015
There’s no doubt Europe’s 2014/15 winter was a mild one, which was welcome as the continent had reeled from a string of 5 consecutive colder than normal winters in a row, from 2008 to 2013. Unfortunately we cannot say the same for spring this year, at least so far. A blast of cold air is now […]
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