Jan 19th, evening UPDATE: surface pressure readings across UK Wales and Ireland are reporting 1048-1049 mbar and rising – *above 1050 mbar* expected tonight

The strengthening upper-level ridge across west-central Europe is underway, the atmospheric pressure has already risen towards 1050 mbar across parts of United Kindom. The mid-1040s … Read more

Rex-block pattern results in warm-core cyclone / #medicane in SW Mediterranean and huge amounts of rain/snow across eastern Spain this week – flooding threat expected

While a large part of Europe is expecting an extremely high-pressure system with pressure readings 1045-1050 mbar until Thursday, there is a very interesting but … Read more

UPDATE: A powerful upper ridge strengthening over the North Atlantic and western Europe – an extreme near 1050 mbar surface high-pressure system is expected

The significant pattern flip is underway across Europe as an extensive upper-level ridging – Rex block is developing this weekend. Surface pressure readings across UK … Read more

UPDATE: A remarkable satellite presentation of explosive cyclogenesis over the Northwest Atlantic today

As we discussed yesterday, yet another explosive development of the extra-tropical cyclone was expected today. An upper wave ejected from eastern Canada into the Northwest … Read more