Archive for August, 2018
2018 and 2006 is so close that it’s all down to today, meteorological summer’s final day to determine whether this year is warmest on record or whether the 2006 record remains. However, it was anything but warm in the Highlands this morning and even right the way down to East Anglia where a ground frost […]
Last August, Category 4 Harvey hit Texas with tremendous force. While wind and storm surge impacts were massive, the rainfall was simply off the charts as the vast system stalled for 5 days. 60.58 INCHES of rain fell on Nederland, TX setting a new record for most rainfall within a single US tropical cyclone. That […]
For me, Aonach Beag was not only the last munro to climb for completion of the Nevis or Aonachs but also for completion of the top 10 highest mountains in Scotland and UK. One of only 9 summits which exceed 4,000 ft, Aonach Beag has spectacular views extending in all directions for a good 70 […]
After a slap in the face of reality over the last 10 days or so there is growing confidence that yet another stretch of dry, sunny and increasingly warm to even hot weather may return to the UK as well as western Europe starting this weekend. The models are in pretty good agreement that high […]
Hurricane Lane, like most Pacific hurricanes, passed close but not over the chain of pearls. He was always going to be a big rain maker but not wind maker. Certainly Lane delivered on the rain, so much so it he has entered the record books. When it rains, it rains, especially when it’s from a […]
The coolest air in ‘months’ will bring an historically warm summer of 2018 to an end. It’s all about the final numbers and whether this summer has matched or exceeded 2006 as warmest on record. The frequent, intense and long lasting hot spells of this summer have proven to be remarkable, even exceeding 1976. […]
Summer 2018 will likely go down as warmest on record for parts of the West, wettest on record for parts of the East while cool in between. The cool Plains was a surprise but the hot West wasn’t. According to NOAA, June 2018 was the Lower 48’s 3rd warmest June on record. July was 11th […]
From May 1 through July 31, the majority of Europe and in fact the Hemisphere has been unseasonably warm, record breaking warm. This can be directly attributed to the pre-Super El Nino ocean warming and post El Nino heat release into the atmosphere. Another key factor I believe was in fact the cooling of the […]
Day/date: Sunday 5 August, 2018 Munros: Beinn Dorain, Beinn an Bothaidh (No 54, 55) Start point: Car park at Bridge of Orchy Hotel Drive length: 1 hour 45 mins Walk length: 6 miles / 4 hours 30 mins Weather: Cloudy 18C at bottom, 10C on summit with light breeze Heading away from civilization, what little there is of it anyway. […]
Western ridge + Ohio Valley trough + very warm water off NE = Record wet summer/year for East Coast!
With a mean Great Basin ridge and Great Lakes to Ohio Valley trough and lows sweeping over the Great Lakes into the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, waves of Gulf and Caribbean moisture have frequently lifted north. With tropical air meeting incoming fronts from the west, major rainfall and flood events have been common place since June 1 from […]
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