15th October - Today's News: "Once in 100 Years" Storm Lashes Sydney, NSW

What has been describes as a "1 in 100 year" NSW storm, snowfall cuts power to tens of thousands: rescues in Sydney as Octsnober strikes again in Blue Mountains for second time in 24 months.  Today, Sydney cleans up after major storm and  'once every 100 years': what made the Sydney storm so ferocious

Monster storm that stretches from the coast of Spain to Canada threatens to wreak havoc on both sides of the Atlantic - in other words, there's a big area of low pressure in the North Atlantic and it's going to be wet and windy in western parts of Britain and Ireland this weekend.   Normal weather then.

Two dead after at least 25 tornadoes touch down in Southeast, Ohio Valley during severe weather outbreak

Hurricane Gonzalo kills one in St Martin and grows to category 3 storm

Cyclone Hudhud impact: heavy rain kills 18 in Uttar Pradesh

Typhoon Vongfong sweep Japan leaving 2 dead, 91 injured

Video footage of drivers trapped in flash flooding in Lisbon, Portugal

In Malaysia, tornado hits Pendang, destroys at least 10 houses and a school

 

Fall snow bonaza in North America and Siberia may portend brutal winter - but not necessary so.  And I am sticking to my SLATless forecast of a mainly mild winter for Britain, but with at least one, contrasting, very cold/snowy spell in late Jan/Feb - and perhaps a brief very cold/snowy spell again in Mar or April after a warm, early start to spring.  Interestingly the latest MetO GloSea model also suggests a mild winter for Europe as being the most probable outcome.

NASA study finds 1934 had worst North American drought of last thousand years

Wind power is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds - but only when the health impacts of fossil fuels are factored in.   And it doesn't take into account the health impacts of having no electricity during very hot or very cold weather (as would be the case were we reliant on onshore wind farms)

The latest sea rise predictions: rising sea levels of 1.8 meters in worst-case scenario, researchers calculate

And Earth's magnetic field may flip within a human lifetime.  But that doesn't mean it will happen in yours or my lifetime.