Archive for May, 2017

June 1-15: Hot West but cool, wet Midwest, East

Written by on May 31, 2017 in Spring 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
June 1-15: Hot West but cool, wet Midwest, East

What a difference a year ending May last year verses this year for New York and Northeast… May ’16 ended toasty in the Big Apple but this year, I guess the AC can remain off. What’s interesting is while May end hot in the Northeast last year, it was a colder month overall compared to this year. […]

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WED 31 MAY: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on May 31, 2017 in Videos with 0 Comments
WED 31 MAY: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

WED 31 MAY: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

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WED 31 MAY: VOGAN’S EURO OUTLOOK

Moscow, Russia hit by deadliest storm in over 100 years

Written by on May 30, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Spring 2017 with 0 Comments
Moscow, Russia hit by deadliest storm in over 100 years

A severe thunderstorm generated a downburst of wind through Moscow, Russia on Monday. Winds gusting over 70 mph caused significant damage and killed up to 16 people, mainly from falling trees and airborne debris. It’s said to be the most deadly storm to hit the Russia capital in over 100 years and strongest in 19 years. […]

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Turbat ties Pakistan and World’s highest May temperature following a new April record!

Written by on May 29, 2017 in Asia, Rest of World, Spring 2017 with 0 Comments
Turbat ties Pakistan and World’s highest May temperature following a new April record!

Each and every April and May sees the pre-monsoonal heat build and peak across India and Pakistan leaving people tired, weary and ready for the rains. Just last month, Larkana in Sindh province Pakistan captured weather headlines when the thermometer reached Asia and Pakistan’s first 50C in the month of April. Yesterday witnessed Turbat, in southern Balochistan province hit […]

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A ‘Wales size’ Mesoscale Convective System brings wild night to northern France, SE England

A ‘Wales size’ Mesoscale Convective System brings wild night to northern France, SE England

It was a wild and sleepless night over northern France and southern England as a thunderstorm system the size of Wales developed over France and tracked NNE over Southeast England last night. As thunderstorms erupted in the warm, juicy air over France late yesterday afternoon the cells clustered into a vast thunderstorm complex known as a mesoscale convective system (MCS). The […]

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Record May snow/cold in Alaska, Miami sets new May, nearly ties all-time record with 98F

Written by on May 28, 2017 in Spring 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Record May snow/cold in Alaska, Miami sets new May, nearly ties all-time record with 98F

What an incredible display and variety of extreme weather on all corners of North America these days. While it snowed in Newfoundland, Alaska likely experienced it’s coldest late May system on record with temperatures of -37F at 17,000ft and an all-time record May snow in Barrow, all the while Sunday was one of Miami’s hottest days ever, never mind hottest in May. Snow covered ground in […]

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Western Europe heat wave sets new May benchmark in Norway, Paris tops 30C

Written by on May 28, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Spring 2017 with 0 Comments
Western Europe heat wave sets new May benchmark in Norway, Paris tops 30C

In the past week, July-like heat has been surging northward out of Africa over Western Europe in between an Atlantic low near Ireland and high over Europe. Many monthly records have fallen starting off with Spain and Portugal, then France, then UK, Low Countries and now Scandinavia. Yesterday’s Europe highs The thermometer rose to a brand new May level in Norway Friday with […]

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Record heat and severe weather headline the Memorial Day weekend

Written by on May 27, 2017 in Spring 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Record heat and severe weather headline the Memorial Day weekend

Another weekend, another storm with extremes. This time it’s the Memorial Day weekend where there’s a lot of outdoor activity from travelling to grilling. You know the drill, cool, dry Canadian air sweeps out of Alberta over the Rockies while hot builds up the West Coast and hot, humid conditions from Texas to Florida thanks to flow from Caribbean and […]

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Lots of May records tumble, at 29.4C Moray Coast was warmer than anywhere in Canaries

Lots of May records tumble, at 29.4C Moray Coast was warmer than anywhere in Canaries

HP positioned over the North Sea and LP pushing into Ireland means we’re pulling our air up from Iberia where temps have been sweltering in the record upper 30s. Several places in western France set new monthly records for May yesterday. Brest and Nantes amoung the cities in WNW France which set new monthly record […]

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