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tallyho_83
04 February 2026 22:21:27
Meanwhile Calgary - AB Canada in the heart of Prairies recorded +15.0c today which is incredibly warm for this time of year and it's latitude of some 51.05° N:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/calgary/t2p/weather-forecast/52479 

Must be snow free I guess whilst DC/NYC etc are in a deep freeze and temperatures of sub zero -6'c daytime maxes and -12c night time mins?? Prob not for long but still!?


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06 February 2026 17:37:39
Europe feels the impact of weeks of wet weather and freezing cold

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cwy8450qkwwo 

Useful survey.


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Rob K
07 February 2026 18:10:13

Europe feels the impact of weeks of wet weather and freezing cold

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cwy8450qkwwo 

Useful survey.

Originally Posted by: DEW 

Someone in the comments confidently asserting that a Scandinavian high is known as a "Bartlett high". Fortunately one "drmog" has put him right!


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Retron
07 February 2026 18:15:38

Someone in the comments confidently asserting that a Scandinavian high is known as a "Bartlett high". Fortunately one "drmog" has put him right!

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

...and got a downvote for his trouble too. Typical of online comment sections, people don't like hearing the truth!

Here's Paul's original post from 1998 where he defined "his" high:

Feb 8, 1998
I have no wish to increase my notoriety, but this really is a classic
mild winter set up.
The high over the Alps or Biscay, can easily be replaced by another one
moving southeast from Labrador in the confluence behind weakening upper
troughs as they move east towards UK. It then arrives at the Azores,
then Biscay, then southern Europe (in one form of another).
This is a very normal pattern, and any tendancy for this to be changed,
i.e. by a more distorted Atlantic upper pattern is to be lauded in
winter.
This root cause of self-perpetuating mild winters can last for months -
I have records of no less than 8 anticylones following one another
through the course of an entire winter.
I do not think the sequence of these highs is as important in other
seasons, when the upper flow, and consequent developement areas, are
normally less strong, and surface heating plays a bigger part.
We are getting near the end of winter now, but even so it will be
interesting to see how this one disperses.
This normally occurs through transference to Scandawegia, or collapsing
ahead of a meriodionally extending upper trough near UK.
Extensive trials show that they do *not* decline by stabbing them (on a
chart) with dividers, knives, and other sharp instruments.
Cheers
Paul
-- 
"Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates

Paul Bartlett
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doctormog
07 February 2026 18:25:54

Someone in the comments confidently asserting that a Scandinavian high is known as a "Bartlett high". Fortunately one "drmog" has put him right!

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

I couldn’t resist (and like Darren I also noticed the down vote)!


tallyho_83
07 February 2026 23:54:52
Didn't get above -12.0c in NYC today and tonight the temperatures are expected to fall to -16.0c:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york/10021/weather-forecast/349727 

Still remaining cold in NYC/DC this is a prolonged freezing cold spell! 🥶 


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08 February 2026 08:56:12
Election in Japan hampered by heavy snow

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/japan-votes-test-pm-takaichi-snow-weighs-turnout-2026-02-07/ 


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tallyho_83
08 February 2026 21:15:40
Look how unlucky the UK is for not having any snow-  recent NOAA satellite showing the snow cover - notice how white the USA including southern most states are and how much snow continental Europe has: 

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It is hard to picture out the UK but you get the idea...


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Matty H
08 February 2026 22:21:11

Look how unlucky the UK is for not having any snow-  recent NOAA satellite showing the snow cover - notice how white the USA including southern most states are and how much snow continental Europe has: 

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It is hard to picture out the UK but you get the idea...

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

All that shows is what happens every year when you have a warm Atlantic and a predominantly westerly airflow. It’s not bad luck it’s our climate 


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tallyho_83
09 February 2026 20:36:36
Meanwhile Denver, Colorado (Mile high city) has had a taste of summer today with temperatures reaching dizzy highs of +22.0c 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/denver/80203/weather-forecast/347810 

A near record warmth for midwestern state.

NYC still remains well below freezing all day..


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doctormog
09 February 2026 20:41:04

Meanwhile Denver, Colorado (Mile high city) has had a taste of summer today with temperatures reaching dizzy highs of +22.0c 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/denver/80203/weather-forecast/347810 

A near record warmth for midwestern state.

NYC still remains well below freezing all day..

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

That made me look back over the last few years and I notice that Denver had a max of 27°C on the 10th of February 2017.


tallyho_83
21 February 2026 01:10:15

That made me look back over the last few years and I notice that Denver had a max of 27°C on the 10th of February 2017.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Actually - Denver has had one of the least snowy winter in 125 years, I don't know how true this is but see below:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FFQb_exZCX0

 I assume a poor season for USA Rockies!?

Compared that to NE states and eastern two thirds of states, - They have been in the freezer for weeks/months and look set to go back into the freezer temporary with another nor-easter YET again on Sunday into Monday. 


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22 February 2026 17:44:37

Compared that to NE states and eastern two thirds of states, - They have been in the freezer for weeks/months and look set to go back into the freezer temporary with another nor-easter YET again on Sunday into Monday. 

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

And the storm is ramping up with two feet of snow expected in New York; Zohran Mandami is imposing a travel ban

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/weather/live-updates-snow-totals-blizzard-nyc-nj-timing-storm-radar/6466668/ 

Greedy lot- couldn't they spare six inches or so for us?


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Saint Snow
23 February 2026 11:17:43

And the storm is ramping up with two feet of snow expected in New York; Zohran Mandami is imposing a travel ban

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/weather/live-updates-snow-totals-blizzard-nyc-nj-timing-storm-radar/6466668/ 

Greedy lot- couldn't they spare six inches or so for us?

Originally Posted by: DEW 

It's the sort of snow covering the entire UK that I'd give my left bollock for.


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23 February 2026 13:49:59
Update - 22" in places

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy7jnjz75e8t 


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tallyho_83
26 February 2026 00:30:59

Update - 22" in places

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy7jnjz75e8t 

Originally Posted by: DEW 

And it is not over yet More Snow for the big apple with another snowstorm on Sunday into Monday night/Tuesday:

This is crazy! I love snow but they must be fed up with it by now!? Surely?

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Sean Moon

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26 February 2026 07:30:15

And it is not over yet More Snow for the big apple with another snowstorm on Sunday into Monday night/Tuesday:

This is crazy! I love snow but they must be fed up with it by now!? Surely?

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Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

Giant snowball fight in Central Park with hundreds involved, quite traditional apparently  - but turned sour when the crowd piled in onto the police

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyxlgkj0k3o 


War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

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Roger Parsons
04 March 2026 10:35:02
Fiery sunsets and 'blood rain' as Saharan dust sweeps UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c20ldynx710o 


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05 March 2026 07:53:03

Fiery sunsets and 'blood rain' as Saharan dust sweeps UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c20ldynx710o 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

BBC Breakfast running a feature on how best to photograph this (just before sun above horizon so other colours don't get washed out, underexpose to emphasise colours)


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Chichester 12m asl

picturesareme
05 March 2026 14:47:58
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This Saharan dust is putting on quite a show 

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05 March 2026 15:03:16
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scillydave
05 March 2026 22:23:11
Looks like today equalled the date record of 19.2c set back in 1961. 
Currently living at roughly 65m asl North of Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Formerly of, Birdlip, highest village in the Cotswolds and snow heaven in winter; Hawkinge in Kent - roof of the South downs and Isles of Scilly, paradise in the UK.

Roger Parsons
06 March 2026 17:11:43
In pictures: Saharan dust casts an eerie glow across parts of southern England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c20jd86lvevo 


RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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07 March 2026 08:45:18
Michigan is a long way noth for widespread tornados

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx2r4wdgkzxo 


War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

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10 March 2026 22:22:20
Unusually wet weather turns Death Valley into wildflower meadow - best display for 10 years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly2eken4pgo 


War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

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