Archive for August, 2017
We often overlook the effects of African easterly waves on African nations and only focus on them particularly once out over the open Atlantic. What are African easterly waves and the easterly jet they ride along? Commencing their journey over the Ethiopian Highlands, tropical waves are ‘waves of energy within the atmosphere where there’s enhanced […]
The Atlantic is alive and kicking with the help of warmer-than-normal SSTA’s as a favorable MJO phase promoting a large area of rising air. CFSv2 weeklies also indicate that conditions are ripe for an active Africa-Atlantic through at least the first week of September. pic.twitter.com/7HUfxsN7DT — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) August 11, 2017 Tropical Storm Harvey […]
Last weekend saw the intense heat come to a crashing end as energy running into hot and humid air brought explosive thunderstorms across Poland. Powerful downbursts or microbursts (downward then outward blast of wind) generated hurricane-force straight line winds which plowed over the forest flattening 8 million cublic metres of wood and 3 million trees […]
Article from Capital Weather Gang By Angela Fritz August 7 This story has been updated to reflect Death Valley’s new world record. The average temperature in Death Valley last month was a stifling, suffocating 107.4 degrees. Since this story was originally published last week, we have determined it was the hottest month on record for the whole planet […]
Low pressure NW of Scotland continues to bring breezy, showery conditions to northern and western UK today with driest, brightest and warmest in southern and eastern areas. In fact eastern Britain shall enjoy another reasonably warm mid August day with highs of around 24C in London, 22C in parts of eastern Grampian and perhaps along […]
Article from wunderground.com Jonathan Belles Published: August 14, 2017 The midsection of the country has been in the midst of a summer break from heat in recent weeks, and if you’re a fan of summer heat, it isn’t looking good for a return to the dog days. At least not yet. If you’re from the central […]
The above visible satellite images captures Monday evening’s intense storms over the Plains with their waves and overshooting tops at sunset. The clash between unusual cool encompassing a large portion of the country vs typical August heat and humidity coming up from the south is harnessing persistent stormy weather over the central and southern US. […]
There’s no question, it’s been a cool or very cool 1st half to August for the majority of the Lower 48 especially from Denver to New York as seen from the below temp anomaly map. Question is can we pull back summer before entering fall? CFSv2 weeklies indicate building warmth across the Northern Tier weeks […]
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