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As we live in days of storms and abrupt changes in the weather, be sure to click on the facebook page for regular updates as the weather unfolds. I use this as a vital tool in updating you and keeping you informed with the very latest information. I am often on the road, and away from my home computer. This is a great way to keep informed while I work away from home.

TODAY’S TOP WEATHER STORIES
On Weather & Climate Through the Eyes of Mark Vogan

BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes have been badly damaged the town of Sedalia, MO, Be on alert for storms approaching YOUR AREA!
Details available in ‘TODAY’S WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA’ below!

TRAGIC TORNADO SEASON OF 2011
In 2011 over 500 people have lost their lives, unfortunately more ‘killer’ tornadoes will form today adding to the highest total since 1953

Latest from the Networks

Kansas City on twister alert after 14 killed in 3 states
MSNBC

Missing child a victim of historic tornado season
CNN

Death Toll Reaches 13 in Latest Midwestern Storms
ABC NEWS

YOUTUBE VIDEOS FROM YESTERDAY’S STORMS ACROSS THE PLAINS

IN OTHER NEWS TODAY

Icelandic volcano ‘stops releasing ash cloud’
DAILY TELEGRAPH

Typhoon Songda threatens Philippines
BBC

Scotland counts the cost of storm damage
BBC

Colorado mountains in grip of winter-like conditions

CNBC


TODAY’S WEATHER ACROSS AMERICA By Mark Vogan

ANOTHER MAJOR TORNADO DAY

SEVERE (ROTATING) STORMS & TORNADOES CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OVER MIDWEST!

DANGER AREA: MISSOURI, KANSAS, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY

LIVE STREAMING: Live-Video-KMBC-Severe Weather Coverage
                      The Weather Channel 

Latest on the Tornado Outbreak: Sedalia, MO. Major Damage
Henry Margusity, AccuWeather.com

Information from Storm Prediction Center

…Major Tornado Outbreak Forecast — High Risk Area Expanded…



A major tornado outbreak is forecast later this afternoon into tonight over portions of the mid-Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys. SPC has expanded the High Risk area for severe thunderstorms to include parts of northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, western and central Kentucky and southern Indiana. Surrounding the High Risk, a Moderate Risk area extends from southern Arkansas and Mississippi to central Indiana and western Ohio. Conditions are favorable for long-track, violent tornadoes in both the Moderate Risk and High Risk areas. The storms will also be capable of producing very large hail, damaging straight-line winds, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential rainfall. Severe thunderstorms and large, damaging tornadoes this afternoon and evening could affect significant population centers including St. Louis, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. Details

Thunderstorms are pin-wheeling around a strong upper low that’s centered over the Kansas-Missouri line. These thunderstorms that are constantly forming along the boundary and being fed by increasingly warmer and tropical air from the south are being powerfully fuelled by the intense wind sheer created by the upper low. The problem is, the tight upper low’s strong rotation adds to an already volatile situation and this feature may be responsible in which the lines of thunderstorms that form on the boundary may turn t-storms into tornado and severe weather producing supercells much quicker than normal.

The spin of the low is actually pulling the thunderstorms back westwards, thus many who live WEST of the blossoming thunderstorms may be led into a real, and potentially lifetreatening false sense of security, so please be alert and aware of your CURRENT, not future or past weather situation but your CURRENT weather situation.

The reason for that is that with the extremity of the atmospheric conditions over the Midwest this afternoon and likely throughout tonight is harnessing the RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSITION FROM ORDINARY THUNDERSTORMS INTO DANGEROUS AND LIFETREATENING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.
I encourage you to check out and like my blog facebook page as I shall be updating regularly as this severe weather outbreak unfolds.

TODAY’S WEATHER ACROSS UK & EUROPE By Mark Vogan

European weather map remains much the same, trough dominates NW while heat stands it’s ground over mainland, but series of upper lows to bring a more unsettled picture for most 

As you can see from the maps below, the trough digs south and deeper into France over the next couple of days. The boundary which seperates the colder air from the warmth air will get it’s way into the mainland and cover northern Germany and Poland. What we’re going to see is a series of lows ride this boundary across the mainland and enhance heavy rains over Austria and Switzerland as well as across much of the continent.

A vigorous low off SW Iberia will bring heavy showers and thunderstorms across Portugal and Spain in the coming days, however temps throughout will remain warm to hot with highs in the 29-34C range. Highs trim back for the next few days across northern France thanks to the UK trough dropping into the region.

An upper low over the eastern Med will also enhance showers and storms over this region too.

My European Video Forecast

Maps courtesy of the ECMWF Site

VAGARIES OF THE WEATHER
INDIA & SUB-CONTINENTAL ASIA WEATHER
BY RAJESH KAPADIA

SWM advancing into Sri Lanka and Maldives:

Maldives capital Male has had a windy day, with SW winds upto 40kmph today. Frequent showers during the day guaged up 32 mms of rain on Wednesday.

Thunderstorms and heavy rains have been lashing western Sri Lanka since Tuesday night.

Colombo had day long rains on Wednesday, and measured 66 mms till 5.30 pm. A thunderstorm lashed the city at 5.30 pm and 8.45 pm today.

SW winds have been sweeping the capital. Ratnapura measured 96 mms of rain till Wednesday evening. Ratmalana had 56 mms and Galle had 28 mms. All reported cities are from the west and south west of the island..

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WHAT’S REACHING TODAY’S BLOGS?

151 MPH Winds Clocked In Tornado, Fatality Stats
Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather

THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY

TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER

HIGH: 107 degrees at Laredo, TX
LOW: 21 degrees at Grantsville, UT

TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE

HIGH: 71 degrees (21.8C) at Santon Downham (Suffolk)
LOW: 31 degrees (-0.5C) at Santon Downham (Suffolk)

TODAY’S GLOBAL EXTREMES
COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

HIGHEST

46C (115F) at Bogue, Mauritinia (Africa)
44C (111F) at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Asia)
42C (107F) at Laredo, TX, USA (North America)
35C (95F) at Zaragoza, Spain (Europe)

LOWEST

-75C (-103F) at Vostok Station, Antarctica
-34C (-29F) at Summit Camp, Greenland

TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE

HIGH: 53 degrees
LOW: 35 degrees

Thanks for reading.
-Mark

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