Archive for June, 2021
Sunday, June 27, 2021 was an historic day in Canadian weather history. It was the day that the community of Lytton in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley recorded 46.6C and surpasses the previous national record of 45.0C set way back in 1937 at Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan.
Last week it was the Southwest, this week the Northwest! A ‘super ridge’ centred over southern British Columbia has commenced a spell of ‘hottest weather in living memory’ for the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia. While strength is one thing, it’s the position of the high combined with severe drought that is allowing temperatures […]
Despite three failed attempts at 30C and a well above average month, it’s also been a rather disappointing June, particularly so for southern counties of England. Rainfall has been near double the June average across the south while Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has been pretty dry and well below average. Monday was of […]
Severe drought and an exceptionally strong high over the Four corners has led to all-time record challenging heat from South California and Arizona up to Montana. The magic 600dam level was achieved at 500mb maximizing the atmosphere’s heating ability. Looks like the recent sounding out of Flagstaff, AZ clocked in a 500 mb height of […]
Solstice sunrise from the Kessock Bridge, Inverness. Only 2C just south of Inverness at Slochd.
In my previous video I discussed the sharp drop in North Atlantic SSTA’s and many asked why this may be the case. In my opinion, there is no singular reason but a collection of several. Arctic sea ice melt (5th lowest for the time of year) Natural melt of ice/icebergs surrounding Greenland and Iceland Unusually […]
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