Record Warmth in Western Europe/Record Cold and Snow in Eastern U.S.

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The first weekend of November has brought an interesting contrast of weather regimes between the Eastern U.S. and Western Europe. All-time November warmth enveloped portions of Western Europe while the Eastern U.S. endured an early season snowstorm and some daily record low temperatures (in the Southeast).
An anomalously strong upper-level high-pressure dome has brought record warm temperatures to parts of Western Europe the past few days. In the U.K. on October 31st, Gravesend, Kent (just east of London) saw its temperature peak at 23.7°C (74.7°F), the warmest temperature ever observed so late in the year for the nation.

In sharp contrast to Europe, the Eastern U.S. has seen an early-season cold wave and snowfall. In the Southeast 22” of snow accumulated near the summit of Mt. LeConte in Tennessee.
Newfound Gap, in North Carolina also received 22” of snow and amounts over 6” were common above the 2,000-3,000’ level. Snowfall in the Appalachians is not rare for this time of the year but what was unusual were the low-elevation reports of snowfall.