Archive for September 11th, 2012
As forecasted right here on markvoganweather.com since Friday/Saturday, the deep low crossed Iceland and once the centre got east of this large island, the pressure bottomed out at an impressive 975 mb which brought stinging northerly gales which brought some damage but more importantly, severe cold, windchills and HEAVY SNOW. Blizzard conditions impacted the […]
After leaving Bermuda waters later Sunday into Monday, Leslie headed north and increased forward speed to 40 mph before slamming ashore near Fortune on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland this morning as a 968mb, 70 mph tropical storm. Leslie pummeled Newfoundland with dangerous storm surge, flooding rains (mainly in the western side of the province) and hurricane-force winds […]
The fire threat across the Western US has continued to grow over the past several weeks and the above chart says it all. Persistently dry conditions, in fact record dry conditions all the way from Coastal Washington and Oregon extending over the continental divide has meant a a mere stray cigarette bud could be enough to start […]
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