People in parts of Spain have quite alot of cleaning to do it would seem;

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0315/1286552-spain-dust/

 

I think this was caused by storm Celia. I'm currently in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria which has also been affected. It's been very windy, especially by the sea where it's been difficult to stay on your feet in places. Last night the wind and rain was howling down the streets. Almost like a tropical storm.

Strange orange light here in Rennes France today.

Strange orange light here in Rennes France today.

Same across parts of southern England. And now we have red rain. All of our bins and window sills are covered in wet red dust after the rainfall today. 

There's been an orange tinge to the light here all day, lots of nice Saharan sand deposits all over the car.

Interesting chart from The Finnish Meteorological Institute....

Not what one might expect from the weather experienced over winter.

See - https://globalcryospherewatch.org/satellites/trackers.html

 

Interesting chart from The Finnish Meteorological Institute....

Not what one might expect from the weather experienced over winter.

 

They have had a much colder winter than we have, this time round.

 

 

They have had a much colder winter than we have, this time round.

 

Interesting chart from The Finnish Meteorological Institute....

Not what one might expect from the weather experienced over winter.

See - https://globalcryospherewatch.org/satellites/trackers.html

Since I've looked at the summary charts on a daily basis, the contrast between the UK and Scandinavia has been striking over the whole of winter. I'd expect to see an even more anomalously high snow total for Norway.

On the synoptic front, the pattern for most of the winter has been for depressions to move eastwards near the north of Scotland and then dive southwards over the Baltic; hence westerlies for the UK but northerlies for Scandinavia. We did of course get Storm Arwen back in November, when one of these depressions turned south before reaching Norway, and that was spectacular enough but a one-off. However Scandinavia had repeated events like Arwen, just not quite such high windspeeds

 

Since I've looked at the summary charts on a daily basis, the contrast between the UK and Scandinavia has been striking over the whole of winter. I'd expect to see an even more anomalously high snow total for Norway.

On the synoptic front, the pattern for most of the winter has been for depressions to move eastwards near the north of Scotland and then dive southwards over the Baltic; hence westerlies for the UK but northerlies for Scandinavia. We did of course get Storm Arwen back in November, when one of these depressions turned south before reaching Norway, and that was spectacular enough but a one-off. However Scandinavia had repeated events like Arwen, just not quite such high windspeeds

Unprecedented warmth in eastern Antarctica at present time with temperatures up to 70 degrees (40c) above normal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/

Another very cold weather over Cyprus with Nicosia today max was 9.2C so that 2nd time to drop below 10C after 6.8C max reached last week.  Likely to be the coldest March on record as temps are still in very low teens to mid teens when normally by now is 20C and end of the month go up to 24-25C.  Highest this month only 20.8C in early March once.  They forecast Troodos to drop to record low -13C tonight.

Last day for some very cold weather in Cyprus as in the afternoon in Nicosia was cold around 8C with cold rain showers.  Quite a margin of plus 10C colder than Uk which is unheard as it done before but just by few C but not 10C or over range.  Still lot of snow in Troodos at 60cm and at top 130cm.  

Death Valley has hit 40c, its hottest March day on record with records dating back to 1911

Interesting this. The weather in that region has not been very warm for much of March so this heatwave has come from nowhere. In a similar way to Europe, it appears that heat records can be broken in the blink of an eye these days. 

Without looking at the records, the North Atlantic synoptics of last November and the present North Atlantic synoptics remind me of the 70's and early 80's when climate scientists commented that  something 'unusual' was going on in The Arctic. 

Anyone agree with this? If so, what might the weather be like this summer hereabouts? More slack low pressure nearby with more thunderstorms?

Record low temps across France on 4/4/22

• Ristolas (Hautes-Alpes, 1 670 m) : -14,3 °C (ancien record -12,9 °C le 14/04/2010) ;


• La Pesse (Jura, 1 133 m) : -10,5 °C (ancien record -10,3 °C le 14/04/1998) ;


• Mourmelon (Marne) : -9,3 °C (ancien record -9,0 °C le 14/04/2019) ;


• Tusson (Charente) : -7,4 °C (ancien record -6,2 °C le 08/04/2021) ;


• Léré (Cher) : -6,4 °C (ancien record -5,3 °C le 11/04/2003) ;


• Châteauroux (Indre) : -5,6 °C (ancien record -5,2 °C le 14/04/2019) ;


• Pleucadeuc (Morbihan) : -5,2 °C (ancien record -3,9 °C le 11/04/2003) ;


• Clamecy(Nièvre) : -4,9 °C (ancien record -4,5 °C le 06/04/2021) ;


• Cognac (Charente) : -4,4 °C (ancien record -2,9 °C le 05/04/1975) ;


• Auch (Gers) : -4,4 °C (ancien record -3,7 °C le 07/04/2021) ;


• Vannes (Morbihan) : -3,2 °C (ancien record -2,6 °C le 07/04/2008) ;


• Dax (Landes) : -2,8 °C (ancien record -1,8 °C le 07/04/2021) ;


• Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) : -2,4 °C (ancien record -2,1 °C le 08/04/2021) ;


• L’Île-d’Yeu (Vendée) : 0,0 °C (ancien record 0,2 °C le 12/04/1986) ;


• Narbonne (Aude) : 0,7 °C (ancien record 1,5 °C le 21/04/1991).

https://meteofrance.com/actualites-et-dossiers/actualites/climat/nuit-davril-glaciale-la-plus-froide-depuis-75-ans

Interesting readings.

I read a couple of days ago that temperatures in one region were the lowest for 75 years.

Tornado lifts lambs into air and causes £100,000 of damage to Welsh farm (msn.com)

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation said it had investigated the site and believed that the damage was caused by a T3 level tornado.

Investigator John Mason said he believed the twister had a strength of between 93mph-114mph.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61046862

Yes this has been a very rapid investigation indeed, helped a lot by social media but also because the site was only a mile from where I currently live so was able to map the damage before anything had been disturbed. Information is still coming in though.

Fantastic John. 

It's not often a TWO member makes the BBC news either.