Weather experts have identified an atmospheric blocking area responsible for the weather over northwest Europe for the last few weeks.
The Atlantic ridge has seen an area of high pressure constantly blocking other weather fronts and is having "a significant influence on Europe’s weather", keeping winter at bay till now and for a few more days at least.
But this ridge is set to break one of two ways according to London & Southeast, a weather service based in England. They observed the "wintry end" to last night and identified the Atlantic ridge.
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They added that Ireland and the UK were near the ridge and that it left two possibilities - an anticyclone or snow.
An anticyclone is an area of high pressure bounded by a circular system, the confined area of high pressure is usually associated with milder and more settled weather.
London & Southeast went into detail about the system and how it might break: "Cold and dare I say it increasingly wintry end to European tonight especially for northern areas. The caveat it’s nearly 10 days out.
"Atlantic ridge a blocking area of high pressure is appearing consistently, this feature looks to have a significant influence on Europe’s weather.
"The UK and Western Europe will be closest to ridge so I think there are two possible scenarios at play. A chilly and dry anticyclone or increasingly cold Arctic winds with snow possibilities. Further east in Europe a much colder theme to close November appears likely to me."
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