Archive for July 30th, 2012
Each of the next at least 5 days will see temperatures from Wichita Falls, Texas to Wichita, Kansas top 110° thanks to a very powerful upper level ridge which has been intensifying in recent days but has really brutalised the Plains all summer long. The stronger the upper ridge, the greater the depth of sinking […]
With the big dome of high pressure parked directly over the Southern Plains states, there’s a pinwheel of deep, tropical moisture cycling around the ridge and up into the Southwest. As the strong late July sun does it’s work and strongly heats the lower atmosphere over the Deserts and Great Basin and with all the moisture streaming […]
Today has been a much improved day across London and the Southeast compared to yesterday where heavy showers and thunderstorms roamed the region, impacting and disrupting some events including the cycling and tennis to name just two. As I glance at the current models, the outlook doesn’t give an overly warm picture nor a particularly […]
If you thought today was hot with widespread 105° to 110° heat, it looks like things are about to grow even hotter from central Texas to north Kansas in coming days as the upper ridge intensifies overhead. Such cities as Wichita Falls, TX, Oklahoma City, OK and Wichita, KS to name just 3, may surpass […]
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