Azores high, which was expected to bring into westernmost parts of Europe warmer weather during a current powerful winter blast in the central and eastern third of Europe /https://mkweather.com/the-british-islands-until-the-end-of-january-2021-drought-and-10-10c-later-maybe-up-to-15c/; https://mkweather.com/sunny-and-very-dry-rest-of-january-2022-or-the-next-25-months-in-spain-and-portugal-from-strong-10c-frosts-to-summer-25c/; https://mkweather.com/eastern-france-with-snow-and-frosts-western-france-with-drought-and-sun-mostly-15-15c-until-the-end-of-january-2022/, has already brought the first early-spring weather temperatures in peripheral regions of Europe – mainly Iceland and parts of NW Europe.
In Bakkageroi, the eastern coast of Iceland, extremely warm +17,6°C was near foehn winds in the morning, 21. January 2022, measured, which is the higher temperature, than the average maximum temperature during summer months.
In Tain Range, Scotland, on the next day, 22. January 2022, +12,1°C was measured, Belmullet in Ireland reported +10,4°C.
Very warm weather has already arrived in Norway – Rekdal reported +11,7°C.
In southern Greenland, Narsarsuaq, +9,8°C was on 20. January 2022 measured.
Meanwhile, in East-Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Balkan, temperatures up to -25°C below 1000 MASL are forecast /https://mkweather.com/a-big-forecast-for-europe-early-february-2022-still-with-severe-frosts-for-early-spring-weather-we-should-be-waiting// and in Turkey, above 2000 MASL, almost -40°C was measured /https://mkweather.com/extreme-frosts-hit-kurdistan-397c-in-turkey-and-274c-in-iran-gaziantep-with-05-meters-of-snow-3000-vehicles-stuck-in-a-blizzard//.
According to the 6-week ECMWF forecast until 7. March 2022, anomalously warm air will be shifting from the Atlantic above the northern and western half and later continental Europe in the next weeks and until March 2022, early-spring weather should flood almost all Europe (thanks to NAO+) /https://mkweather.com/6-week-ecmwf-forecast-for-europe-until-7-march-2022-early-spring-is-coming//.
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