Archive for July, 2018
Could summer 2018 be remembered for the year the Mediterranean shifted to Scandinavia? An unusually persistent and hot sun with day after day soaring to between 27-32C on land and a lack of wind out over the water has allowed Scandinavian waters to heat to remarkable levels. Levels you’d even find warm in parts of […]
We have a blocked up pattern this week across the United States with ridging up West and East coasts with an unseasonably cool trough in between. The week opens with heatwave conditions into the Pacific Northwest interior as well as up into New England. However, with the ridge axis out over the Atlantic and closest […]
Below article is from wunderground.com Bob Henson · July 18, 2018, 12:33 PM EDT Temperatures soared into the nineties Fahrenheit north of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday and Wednesday, as 2018’s parade of exceptional heat continued marching across the Northern Hemisphere. This week has been northern Scandinavia’s turn under the sizzling klieg lights, including Lapland […]
At the peak of last week’s heat, when the mid 30s was expected in the Southeast of England, Scotland was only forecasted to reach 25 or 26C. With the aid of southerly winds and some downslope enhancement off the Grampians, 30C was achieved in Scotland for a third time this summer. This time it was […]
In true heat wave breaking style, powerful thunderstorms packing flooding rain, damaging wind, large hail and frequent lightning became widespread yesterday as cooling Atlantic fronts slammed into our hot, humid atmosphere. Ahead of the approaching system, temperatures both at the surface and at 5,000ft climbed 10-15C above normal across central, southern and eastern England but […]
Dr. Jeff Masters · July 23, 2018, 1:06 PM EDT A scorching heat wave that has cooked Japan since the second week of July brought the country its hottest temperature ever recorded on Monday, July 23: 41.1°C (106°F) at Kumagaya. Kumagaya is located in the Saitama prefecture, about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Tokyo. […]
Another heatwave has engulfed the West, Southwest US as high pressure once again elevates towards 600dm. However, it’s not just the Southwest that’s cooking but it’s cooling all the way up into northwest Canada. A record-hot summer day in the northwest with highs in the 30's in Northern #Yukon and #NWT today, above the #Arctic […]
It’s been a summer of heat, storms, floods and even some cool. Isn’t that the case every summer though? Yes indeed it is but we’ve seen some remarkable rain events stretching from Houston to DC. We’ve also observed some of the hottest weather ever recorded in Southwestern California and as of TODAY, Texas! June was […]
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