>Another Week Of No Rain For Drought Areas of UK, Severe Weather Threatens Central USA

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Another Week of No Rain For UK Drought Areas

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Today’s Global Weather Headlines

US Latest

Major Severe Weather Threat Today From Texas To Iowa, Flood Threat Lingers Through Much of Week

Turning of winds with high, high heat, high humidity, cold, dry air funneling down into New Mexico and over top of the very warm, humid lower atmosphere create perfect set up for strong thunderstorms, quickly turning severe! Major flooding is also highly possible.

NEW VIDEO: Severe Storms Increasing
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Latest on the Tornado Situation Facing the Plains
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Tornadoes, Flooding Rain Targeting Texas
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Monday’s Edition of Innovation Weather from Lead Forecaster, David Saurer. MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
INNOVATION WEATHER

Damaging Line of Storms To Move Into Oklahoma & Texas To Produce Flooding Rains
FIRSTHAND WEATHER

March Heat Wave Continues!

Current temps

Historic St. Patrick’s Day Weekend for the U.S
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Yesterday’s high’s

More Record Warmth on Winter’s Last Day
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California & West Got Hammered Over The Weekend!

Temps are only in the 50s in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Palm Springs just now. Elko, NV saw it’s biggest snowstorm since Dec 1996 over the past weekend!

Thousands remain without power after Southland storm
LA TIMES

California, Rockies End Weekend with Feet of Snow
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Wind knocks out power throughout Southland
LA TIMES

Flagstaff, Big Bear & Many Other Resorts Get Late Season Snow Dump!

Deep snow in Flagstaff, AZ

Canada Latest

Winter Returns To Prairies While It’s Feeling Summer-like In Eastern Canada

Winter hangs on in the Prairies
THE WEATHER NETWORK

A woman rides a Bixi bicycle through Lafontaine Park in Plateau-Mont-Royal on a sunny afternoon in Montreal on Saturday, May 21, 2011.

Sunday heat blows away record high
MONTREAL GAZETTE

The heat is on in Manitoba
THE WEATHER NETWORK

Asia Latest

Major Dust Storm Impacts Middle East Deserts

A dust storm shrouds a desert camp at Rawdatein, north of Kuwait City, on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

Major Dust Storm Shrouds Iraq, Arabia
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Europe Latest

Another Week of No Rain For UK Drought Areas

For the past few months now, high pressure has been the dominant feature of our weather pattern not only across the UK but over much of Western Europe, this feature has harnessed the drought throughout the winter months, a time when many, particularly across Spain and France depend on rains to get them through the hot, dry summer months when rainfall is harder to come by. Over the past 12 months many areas stretching from Spain all the way up to parts of Kent have seen a mere 25% of normal ANNUAL rainfall and this is a problem. It’s not only a problem at ground level but it’s a problem up above in our atmosphere, the evidence is seen day after day, week after week as high pressure days far outweigh days dominated by low pressure, we need low pressure systems to bring adequate rains. Read More!

New Zealand Latest

North Island of New Zealand Gets Slammed By Powerful Winds and Months Worth Of Rain

Heavy rain and strong winds in Northland have caused surface flooding in many areas, affected roads and some schools have been closed. (NZHERALD)

Dramatic rescue from floodwaters
NZHERALD

Flooding worsens in New Zealand
THE WEATHER NETWORK

Australia Latest

Monsoonal Low Brings Flooding Rains To Queensland, Colder Weather Looms!

Flooding Rain Pounds Australia
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THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY

TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER

HIGH: 95° at Laredo, TX
LOW: -18° at Bodie State Park, CA

TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE

HIGH: 56° (14.6°C) at Killowen (Down)
LOW: 24° (-4.5°C) at Benson (Oxfordshire)

TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE

HIGH: 51°
LOW: 35°

Thanks for reading.
-Mark

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