>’I’VE ISSUED A WIND WARNING FOR SCOTLAND FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY, MID-ATLANTIC, NORTHEAST US FLOODING IS WORST SINCE AGNES OF 1972, WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE ACROSS TEXAS

Written by Mark Vogan on September 9, 2011 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

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UK Weather Discussion @ #BRITISH ISLES-EUROPE
Update: Current GFS model shows a 956mb central pressure core just off Scotland By Monday!

Tropical Update @ #WEATHER TALK
Latest Information From the Tropics

GLASGOW-EDINBURGH CORRIDOR MAY SEE WIND GUSTS OF 70-80MPH
The Potential is there that we could see a Scotland-wide DAMAGING WIND EVENT starting SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AND POSSIBLY TUESDAY

Storm System Arriving on Sunday to Scotland needs to be treated with respect as winds clocking 70-80mph may be experience along M8 Corridor!

Storm System Arriving on Sunday to Scotland needs to be treated with respect as winds clocking 70-80mph may be experience along M8 Corridor! PART 2

Porthcrawl, South Wales (Image Source: Daily Mail)

US hurricane centre in storm warning for Scotland
BBC

GFS model for UK-Europe on Monday. Note a 956mb low just off Scotland and how tightly packed the isobars are across Scotland as well as all of the UK!

See #BRITISH ISLES-EUROPE FOR INITIAL THOUGHTS AND FORECASTS.. THIS WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT. STAY TUNED.

Mid-Atlantic Suffer Worst Flooding Since Agnes of 1972

Meshoppen, Pa taken on Sept. 8, 2011 and June 24, 1972. Thanks to Ida L. for fowarding this comparison of the same street, same bridge in the town along the Susquehanna River.

FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM

These are the official National Weather Service Hydrological projected levels and current records for key points along the Susquehanna River:

Binghamton, N.Y.: 25.7 feet / 25.0 feet June 2006 Record crest has occurred.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa: 38.8 feet / falling short of 40.9 feet June 1972 crest.
Danville, Pa.: 31.8 feet / 32.3 feet June 1972 Crest expected Friday P.M.
Sunbury, Pa.: 31.7 feet / 35.8 feet June 1972 Crest has occurred.
Harrisburg, Pa.: 26.5 feet / 32.6 feet June 1972 Crest may have occurred at 25.2 feet.
Conowingo Dam, Md.: 32.9 feet / 36.8 feet June 1972 Gates are open.

In Luzerne County, Pa. alone, around 70,000 people were evacuated on Thursday.