Active Storm Track to Keep Southern Europe Wet and Windy
Andover, MA
For the aggregate February-April period, The Weather Company, an IBM Business, is forecasting below-normal temperatures across the northwestern half of Europe, with above-normal temperatures confined to Southeast Europe.
“The long-anticipated pattern change towards more sustained colder weather has finally occurred as we head towards the end of January,” said Dr. Todd Crawford, chief meteorologist with The Weather Company. “The obliteration of the polar vortex that occurred via the sudden stratospheric warming event that began on 1 January has resulted in an atmospheric adjustment that will allow a sustained “blocking” pattern over the North Atlantic. This blocking will allow for a long period of colder and drier weather across northwestern Europe as high pressure pushes in from the north and east. This will suppress the storm track to southern Europe, where a wet and windy month is expected in February.”
For the February-April 2019 period, The Weather Company is forecasting the following temperatures.
February
Nordic region – Colder than normal
U.K. – Colder than normal
Northern Mainland – Colder than normal
Southern Mainland – Warmer than normal east, colder than normal west
Nordic region – Colder than normal
March
U.K. – Warmer than normal
Northern Mainland – Warmer than normal
Southern Mainland – Warmer than normal
April
Nordic region – Warmer than normal
U.K. – Warmer than normal
Northern Mainland – Warmer than normal
Southern Mainland – Warmer than normal east, cooler than normal west