Archive for August, 2017
It’s been a month dominated by low pressure and a jet stream positioned to the south of the UK. So, following rain bearing weather fronts, it’s been a largely sunshine and shower regime with winds primarily WNW. Yesterday’s 25C (77F) became the UK’s warmest of August so far. We saw a mixed bag of weather […]
The tropics are lighting up with potentially the season’s 2nd hurricane and 8th named storm within the next 24 hours. Thanks to a cold front exiting the East Coast, Tropical Storm Gert shall remain a fish storm and pose no direct threat on the US but indirect impacts include increased surf and rip currents on […]
Your well aware of how poor and repetative our weather pattern has become in recent weeks and even in recent days I pointed out the importance of the Tropical Atlantic waking up and it’s role in potentially resetting the mid latitude pattern. Gert has formed east of Florida and shall ride the western flank of […]
Despite being in the midst of an above normal water year, Seattle is witnessing it’s driest summer on record with day after day of hot smoke filled air. The city has comfortably set a new record with 52 days without measurable rain. The lack of rainfall has aided in providing Seattle with it’s hottest opening […]
It’s been a noticeably disappointing first half to August over Ireland, British Isles and near continent even extending as far south as France and northern Iberia. In stark contrast to a well below normal opening 10 days for UK, N France, it’s been a well above normal open over Italy and the Balkans. August’s 2m […]
Snow is not uncommon during the month of August in Alaska’s high elevations and this weekend looks to see the first significant snowfall over primarily the North slope and Brooks range in the north of the state. A low is currently developing along the tail of a southbound cold front and this opens the door […]
As we head into the weekend we catch a break from the wet and windy but I’m afraid it’s once again temporary. Temporary because our rather strong zonal jet stream contains a line of lows queuing up over the Atlantic with the UK in their sights. The current North Atlantic SSTA profile and sharp warm-cool-warm […]
By Jon Erdman 2 days ago weather.com At a Glance Heavy rain pounded parts of the Houston metro area early Tuesday morning. Homes were threatened in western Harris County, where 4 to 7 inches of rain fell. Widespread flooding affected numerous streets and a few freeways Heavy rain triggered widespread flash flooding in parts of […]
As expected, Franklin became the Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2017 over the Bay of Campeche before making a second landfall in the state of Veracruz with maximum winds of 85 mph. #Franklin made landfall in the state of Veracruz in Mexico as a Cat. 1 hurricane – the 1st Veracruz hurricane landfall since Karl (2010). […]
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