Tag: flooding
Back a few days ago the models were suggesting a really poor weekend for bonfires and fireworks displays, however, despite the rapid arrival of these heavy rain and moderate wind baring depressions, there looks to be good timing in the passing of these fronts. Today, it’s wet and breezy but the latest front clears later this […]
Since yesterday’s post, NHC has upped the chance of 91L to 80% as it continues to slowly organise over the warm Gulf of Mexico. It’s likely to become Tropical Storm Bill and the seasons 2nd named storm prior to landfall sometime overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. It’s biggest threat remains flash flooding. Not just Texas! [s2If […]
NHC has declared Tropical Storm Ana off the Carolina coast. This system is expected to drift towards the coast through the weekend with biggest impacts being coastal gales, flooding rainfall and beach erosion. As of the 5am advisory, Ana is a 1004mb, 45 mph subtropical storm. Ana is in no hurry, moving at only 1 […]
The widespread early week shower and thunderstorm threat should give way to drier, sunnier and warmer conditions late this week over Western Europe as an Azores high pressure builds north. While the west heats up with ‘capping’, relaxing the atmosphere, low pressure will develop and push southeast over the continent bringing a potential flood threat to central and […]
We are of course in a very active pattern right now over Western Europe with a storm producing powerhouse jet stream tearing across the Atlantic while high pressure remains in control over eastern Europe. That setup means the wave of lows will continue with the latest pushing through tonight. This pattern as explained in previous posts is […]
For over a week now, the UK has had the return of the Azores High in it’s sights and yes, it’s coming for real this weekend, finally! Showers, while heavy and fairly widespread over England and Wales tonight and during Friday, should ease with much more sunshine and with a southwest flow, temperatures should rise everywhere Saturday. Sunday […]
Today’s system which dropped over 2 inches of rain and caused significant and widespread flooding across the Lothians, Fife and Perthshire was one the ECMWF had since July 2. It was a system I kept a close eye on, seeing if it would stay on the models. The ECMWF had this system striking on the 19th but it was […]
[error] DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ADVANCING UPON THE BIG CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST WITH LOTS OF HEAT/HUMIDITY TO FUEL DAMAGING WIND, FLOODING RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HAIL, EVEN TORNADOES [/error] While yesterday was hot, today is hottest of the year for much of the Northeast from Philly to Boston. Philadelphia has topped 100° for a second time this summer while DC’s […]
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