Archive for June 30th, 2012

Some initial thoughts before discussing the week ahead… Ok, I admit I too am getting a little fed up with this stubborn, boring, un-summer-like pattern. Basically since 2006 we have had poor summers, especially up here in Scotland. At least for you folks down in the South of England, you manage to live close enough to […]

A cluster of thunderstorms which started yesterday morning in Iowa just as the hot dome was beginning to heat the air to the south, started to push east bringing dramatic shelf clouds, driving rains, gusty winds and lightning through the Chicago metro. The storms intensified, stretching out as they cut through Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, […]

While yesterday’s blowtorch seemed and likely felt off the charts and for many it was, the crazy thing is, Saturday will be hotter and likely the peak of this heatwave. The 850 temps are warmer directly over the Southeast on Saturday and so such cities as Atlanta should surpass their current 105° all-time record with […]
We have seen an historic weather day across the Southeast up into the Mid-Atlantic region as a mighty 592dc high sits directly over the Tennessee Valley and breaks not only monthly all-time records but all-time records for any month. It is incredible to see 104-110° temperatures this afternoon from Arkansas to North Carolina and Virginia. Here […]
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