>27 September, 2010

Written by Mark Vogan on September 27, 2010 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

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NEW: In downtown L.A., coping with the hottest day ever

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An Historic Day for Greater Los Angeles as Downtown tops an unprecidented 113 degrees, West Hollywood 111 degrees and even at Santa Monica, they endure an eye-watering 106 degrees

By Mark Vogan

The shear magnitude of the heat that’s blistered the Southland and other areas of SOCAL (especially the coastal communities) today has been nothing short of remarkable and a day in which I never thought I would see these numbers being registered in this part of the world.

Downtown L.A was more like Death Valley, but worse! Why? because it should not get this hot, here and in such an urban environment.. Just think how hot all that asphalt and concrete got to? Think of all those cranky people struggling to walk scalding downtown streets under such a blazing, hot, deadly sunshine, all that blast furnace heat radiating off buildings.

For non-heat lovers, who live in such a sun-soaked location such as Southern California, unfortunately the typical cool spots, weren’t so cool.. in fact.. Santa Monica recorded a high today that’s the “average in Las Vegas during the heart of summer! Yes, 106 degrees in Santa Monica. In Oxnard, a place I past by back in June 2004 and shivered within a thick marine layer and I was sorry to have been wearing shorts, scorched to 100 this afternoon, but Ken Clark pointed out in a blog post this afternoon that Morro Bay, which typically only sees low 60s, fog and cloud topped 100, then dropped to 62 in only a single hour!.. He also mentions how Mt Wilson, elevated at 5,700ft and overlooking the LA basin warmed to a stunning 97 degrees.

Extreme Heat Breaks Los Angeles Record
CBS Los Angeles

Los Angeles records hottest temperature ever
USA Today

AN EXCELLENT READ WITH GREAT INFORMATION
Extreme Temperatures Are Just Crazy!!
Ken Clark, Western Expert, AccuWeather

AN EXTRACT FROM KEN CLARK’S POST TODAY

Here are just some of the highlights of Monday:

-Downtown Los Angeles broke their all time record high of 112 set June 26, 1990 with a 113 when the thermometer peaked at 113 at 12:15 pm.

-Long Beach Airport reached 111, tying an all time record high last set October 15, 1961.

(Final official numbers are not in yet)

-LAX hit 103 before the ocean breeze developed.

-San Luis Obispo Airport smoked at 110.

-Santa Monica Airport hit 102. It was 75 on the Pier at the same time.

-Ventura reached at least 99

-NWS office at Oxnard hit 100.

-Mount Wilson at least reached 97, at 5700 feet above sea level.

-Miramar was as high as 109

-Oceanside Airport came in at 102

-San Diego Lindberg Field was 92.

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Weather Talk
By Mark Vogan

Atlantic Weather system removes a taste of Winter for UK
After a stormy 1-2 day period last week which gave way to some very cool days and downright cold nights, the UK’s western door has opened up to welcome in a new Atlantic weather system, one which has removed the sunshine and crisp air and has ushered in milder air from the south which will bring rain, some heavy to many areas of the UK throughout this week as wekk as possibly a period of strong winds as a series of fronts move in from the west, this should also push temperatures above 60 degrees or 16C once again in many areas with perhaps 70s for the south after being stubbornly chilly for late September and nights may in fact remain at levels we saw just prior to the arrival of the tremendous rains of last week when lows didn’t fall much below 55 degrees or 12 to 13C. In fact as I right this around 1am on Tuesday morning, the temperature remains at 52 degrees outside. What’s been interesting. The high today here didn’t get above 53, which is the coldest high in a few months as the cool air remained today and with the arrival of heavy clouds, this cool air was trapped, meaning little warming could occur. Tomorrow may see the first 60 in days here and across many areas of Scotland.

Vagaries of the Weather
India & Sub-Continental Asia Weather
By Rajesh Kapadia

Sunday, September 26, 2010

With the anticyclone now well anchored over North-West India, the SWM is widhrawn from the region.

Northwesterly winds towards the north Rajasthan and are also prevailing over most parts of north India. This is indicative of sunny and drier days as moisture is wiped out by the arid northwesterly winds in the region

Vagaries would specify Gujarat (except South Gujarat),Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana,J&K, H.P.and North M.P. as Monsoon free from today, 26th September.

Would expect the widhrawal to cover Utteranchal, west U.P, M.P. and Chattisgarh in the next 2/3 days.

Interior Mah has been receving thundershowers in the last 2 days. Pune and Aurangabad have been big beneficiaries . Today, Sunday, Pune got a decent thunderstorm in the afternoon.Thunder cells rolled over Mumbai on Sunday evening, with just some drizzles in some areas.

The forecasted vortex formation for this weekend is seen with heavy rainfall in South Konkan and Goa.

South Gujarat, Mah. and Karnataka would see some thundershowers in this week.

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