Strange things are happening in the North Atlantic at the moment. It’s the middle of January, and currently Hurricane Alex is heading straight for Greenland:

By the time he gets there Alex is due to meet another strong storm already spinning north of Newfoundland:

That combination is forecast by Magic Seaweed to bring some interesting surfing conditions to my local beach break here in Soggy South West England this coming weekend:

Somewhat further into the future here is MSW’s surf forecast for the British Isles in one week’s time:

and here is their forecast for the Arctic Circle a day or so later:

A lot may change over the next week of course, but here’s ECMWF’s current prognosis for 192 hours from now, courtesy of MeteoCiel:

Finally, for the moment at least, here’s a reminder of what Storm Frank did to the sea ice in the Arctic at the very end of 2015: