Spring 2015

Southeast & Southwest Swelter But Even Worse To Come Next Week?

Written by on June 17, 2015 in Spring 2015, Summer 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Southeast & Southwest Swelter But Even Worse To Come Next Week?

While the heat is well and truly on over the Southeast, it continues to build over the West too with Bill pushing northward between the twin ridges. While we’re seeing the hottest weather since 2011 over parts of the Southeast coastal plain, the first 110s of the season are now sweating both Phoenix and Vegas. Here were the […]

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A Potentially More Unsettled End To June

A Potentially More Unsettled End To June

Up till now, we’ve experienced a very mixed weather pattern with fight between the Azores high and Icelandic low. The cold waters of the Atlantic is most certainly suppressing the atmosphere’s ability to heat the UK lower atmosphere and with a mean ridge position to the SW of Ireland, the flow has been northwesterly. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] […]

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Tropical Storm Bill Makes Landfall In Texas While Southeast & Southwest Suffer Heat wave!

Written by on June 16, 2015 in Spring 2015, Summer 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
Tropical Storm Bill Makes Landfall In Texas While Southeast & Southwest Suffer Heat wave!

Tropical Storm Bill made landfall about 4 hours ago on Matagorda Island around 11.45am CDT with max winds of 60 mph. Here was the visible satellite image at the time of landfall. Despite Bill being inland and well to the south, it’s a downright stormy afternoon at Galveston. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] What a difference 400-800 miles makes either […]

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Most Memorable UK Summers Of The Past 25 Years

Most Memorable UK Summers Of The Past 25 Years

In just the last 20 or so years, we have experienced some of the UK’s warmest, coolest, driest and wettest summers in recorded history. Here’s a look back at some of the most memorable summers since 1990. Information provided is from the Met Office. Hot spell August 1990 At the beginning of August 1990 there […]

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91L Likely To Become Bill, Poses Major Flood From Texas To Appalachians, Hottest In Southeast For 4 Years

91L Likely To Become Bill, Poses Major Flood From Texas To Appalachians, Hottest In Southeast For 4 Years

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 […]

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A Look Back At Last Week Across Europe & What’s Ahead This Week…

A Look Back At Last Week Across Europe & What’s Ahead This Week…

Quick look back at last week’s anomalies across Europe. Cooler and drier than normal across the north but warmer than normal across the south, wetter, stormier from N Iberia into the Alps… This morning’s infrared satellite view which I explain more in the video! Check this out… the cold North Atlantic and therefore colder air […]

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91L Expected To Develop, Could Dump 10-20 Inches Of Rain On An Already Saturated Texas!

91L Expected To Develop, Could Dump 10-20 Inches Of Rain On An Already Saturated Texas!

After a record wet May, the Houston NWS office received an impressive 6.71 inches of rain yesterday. That’s the biggest 24-hour rainfall total in over 5 years and there could be even worse to follow as 91L gathers to the south. The MJO pulse is crossing from east Pacific into the Gulf, hence the increase in convection around the […]

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WESTERN EUROPE: An Up And Down Pattern But With Not A Lot Of Rain…

WESTERN EUROPE: An Up And Down Pattern But With Not A Lot Of Rain…

There’s no real chance to the overall idea for the upcoming work week. We’ve went from 27C two days ago down to 18C in and around London today. Cooler, cloudier and for some, wet as winds have turned to a NW direction. By the time we reach Wednesday, we’ll be back near 26C in the Southeast […]

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US: Turning Hotter Where Dry And Wetter Where Wet As We Head Towards Heart Of Summer

Written by on June 13, 2015 in Spring 2015, Summer 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments
US: Turning Hotter Where Dry And Wetter Where Wet As We Head Towards Heart Of Summer

As shown in today’s video, the upper pattern is beautifully mirroring the soil moisture content. By that I mean it’s warm where dry and cool and wet where wet. Warmer-than-normal water, dry ground combined with time of year means a strengthening SE or Bermuda ridge and it’s turning increasingly hot underneath. Check out the 7-day QPF, there’s a distinct ‘ring of […]

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Remainder Of June Looks Dry For UK & Ireland But Summer Overall?

Remainder Of June Looks Dry For UK & Ireland But Summer Overall?

For much of May, the CFSv2 has had June as a drier than normal month for the UK and Ireland while wetter down into Iberia, so far, that appears to be a pretty good call based on the current setup and projected continuation of high pressure dominance. The CFSv2 weeklies show a dry 2nd half to June for […]

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