TODAY'S TOP WEATHER STORIES
On Weather & Climate Through the Eyes of Mark Vogan
AMAZING FACTS ON COLD ACROSS SOUTHERN US/MEXICO: Chihuahua, Mexico had a high/low of 18/14 on Thursday. The average high/low is 71/40. So the high temperature was 53 degrees colder than average! Saltillo, Mexico had a high/low of 36/19 on Wed. and 37/13 on Thu. Their average is 70/50. SEE BILL STEFFEN'S BLOG POST HERE!
AMERICA'S COLD CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM
NOT SNOW BUT ICE FOR HOUSTON, BUT AT LEAST 50s, 60s ON WAY!
Ice forces closure of key Houston roads
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
It was the best of forecasts, it was the worst of forecasts...
SCI-GUY BLOG, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Falling ice at Cowboys Stadium injures 7, one critically
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Icy weather stifles pre-Super Bowl fun
CNN
Incredibly Low Wind Chill Values Impact the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
NWS AMARILLO
Major Winter Weather Event Coming To An End
NWS MIDLAND/ODESSA
Cold and Snow!
BILL STEFFEN'S WEATHER BLOG (WOODTV)
NWS: Most intense cold wave since 1989 for Dallas-Fort Worth
EXAMINER
By Mark Vogan
Gales cause damage across Scotland
BBC Scotland
Dumfries homes evacuated as roof blows off flats
BBC Scotland
Workers saved from storm-struck North Sea oil unit
BBC Scotland
WIND AND RAIN TO DOMINATE UK WEEKEND!
TODAY'S WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA
From AccuWeather
Milder Air Thawing Out Rockies, Plains
By Bill Deger, Meteorologist
Two Winter Storms, More Trouble Next Week
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
Super Bowl Site hit with Snow, Ice other parts of South
By Bill Deger, Meteorologist
Weekend Snowstorm, Ohio Valley to New England
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
Weather Talk
By Mark Vogan
CHIMNEY'S BLOWN DOWN IN SHAWLANDS, ROOFING RIPPED OFF FLATS IN DUMFRIES, LORRIES BLOWN OVER, SURELY NOT UNUSUAL FOR WINTER IN SCOTLAND RIGHT?
Personally speaking, a strong Atlantic low spinning eastwards to the north of Scotland and with high pressure to the south of England which tightened the pressure gradient enough presenting gusts of wind to 70mph at Glasgow Airport, 104mph gusts in Shetland and even 122mph gusts in Orkney isn't unusual for this time of year, especially along over exposed west coast, high elevation Highland ridges and across the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland which areas that are very exposed, remote and most suseptable to raw non-frictional surface winds straight off the sea/ocean that are either not influenced by land or are located higher in elevation where winds tend to blow stronger, eg Cairngorm Mountain in the Central Highland, elevated over 4,000 feet up and within line of often the strongest mid-level winds.
Yes, when looking overall, this was a stormy past 36 to 48 hours and yes winds were strong, gusty and fierce at times with powerful gusts which created whistling, roaring sounds from inside, southwest exposure windows rattled, garden fencing got whipped back and forth as well as street lighting, garden furnature was blown over, tree branches were ripped off and in areas blown over.
However, this particular storm sticks out like a sore thumb not only because we haven't had a strong gale throughout this winter but also we didn't all of last winter (for Scotland anyway). To the best of my knowledge, I do believe during winter 2008-2009 which was colder than normal on the whole also did have, like indeed this winter, more substantial mild periods and therefore stormier more Atlantic-driven periods which saw strong, deep lows spin close to Scotland and thus producing gales in the lowlands, hurricane-force winds in the Highlands and Western and Northern Isles but even during that particular winter, the stormier weather was few and far between simply because the pattern saw more stable, high pressure dominated weather.
IT SEEMED THAT BACK IN MY HIGH SCHOOL DAYS (1995-1999) THAT GALES WERE MOST COMMON AND MUCH MORE FREQUENT
Looking back at history or indeed those particularly stormy years of the late 1990s and early to mid-2000s when winters were noticably warmer than the past 2 winters, Atlantic storms were common and the nasty weather we've just encountered wasn't as noteworthy simply because this type of weather driven by deep Atlantic low pressure systems were more of the norm and I certainly have experienced much worse in terms of wind and damage despite hearing of trucks blown over, property damage etc, this was sporadic and not exceptional.
By first and most likely worst ever storm experience was all the way back to October 1987 when living as a child in Camberwell, Central London. Thr recall, even at the yound age of 4, living through one of England's worst ever windstorms bringing Greater London to a standstill and a wreck the following mornign after 100 mph winds raked though the heart of the populated southeast of England.
More recently, I remember the great gales which seemed endless back in the mid to late 90s when structural and tree damage was almost normal as 60 tp 70mph winds raked caorss Scotland almost week after week during those mild winters of little cold and saw one strong Atlantric depression after another.
WHAT'S REACHING TODAY'S BLOGS?
Cold Once Again Plunges into New, Old Mexico
Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather
If You Think This Week's Weather Was Bad, Wait Until Next Week
Joe Lundburg, AccuWeather
Video About the Storms Coming during the Next Seven Days
Henry Margusity, AccuWeather
THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY
TODAY'S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE
HIGH: 58 degrees (14.2C) at Murlough (Co Down)
COLD HIGH: 38 degrees (3.1C) at Tain Range (Highland)
LOW: 32 degrees (-0.2C) at Loch Glascarnoch (Highland)
TODAY'S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE
HIGH: 49 degrees
LOW: 37 degrees
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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