Archive for July, 2009

> Image Source: http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/usactuallowtemps_large.html?clip=undefined&region=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined Although we have now witnessed 11 consecutive days over 120 degrees and a peak temp reaching 128 degrees at Death Valley and much of the West has endured fierce heat, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling stated in his blog that nearly half the nation is suffering a cooler-than-normal July. Chicago ranking […]

> Image source:http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/tom-skilling-blog/ IMPRESSIVE LOWS THIS MORNING! -Atlanta bottoms out at 61 this morning. -Muscle Shoals on the Alabama Gulf Coast drops to 56. – Some areas of Tennessee saw 40s! Check this out this graphic at top from WGN-TV Chicago on 17th! Very interesting! I am hoping to post soon on how significant is […]

> Badwater (Death Valley) Image Source: http://www.john-daly.com/pics/death_valley.jpg I have long been drawn by the numbers Death Valley can condure up during the long hot summer months. It’s simply astonishing when you see Phoenix or Las Vegas pull off numbers of 118 or 117 and places like Laughlin only the shore of the Colorado River that […]

> image source http://www.examiner.com/x-3775-Houston-Weather-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Weather-Forecast-For-Houston-TX-And-Vicinity-Wednesday-July-15-2009 The 33-degree low at Embarrass, Minnesota was evidence of how cool and dry this air is that has carved a clean bowl across much of the eastern half of the continent. High’s of only 81 at Memphis yesterday would be below normal even in Minneapolis and that is cool for Memphis […]

>The Greatest temperature spread I could find from warmest high to coolest high…. Firstly, try Death Valley as the “WARMEST” 128F Degrees (53C) Then look on the coast and I found a “High” of 58F (14C) This contrast of some 70 degrees must be literally the greatest temperature spread in such short distance anywhere on […]

> Image source: http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/usactuallowtemps_large.html?clip=undefined&region=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined Today’s morning lows: International Falls, MN: 37 degrees, Laughlin, NV 97 degrees.. By purely face value. According to the Weather Channel graphic of lows across the nation this morning there is a spread in just “lows” of 60 degrees between International Falls, Minnesota and Laughlin, Nevada but I’m betting there is […]

> INTERESTING FACT: It’s quite remarkable to think that when New York’s LaGuardia Airport hit a new all-time record high minimum of 87 degrees in July 2006, that is WARMER than any high this summer in New York City! Something to behold for sure. Extremes of cool in July 2009 NEW YORK CITY STATS FOR […]

> 126 degrees makes for hottest temperature in the world yesterday…… Bring it on Death Valley!! Where would you rather be? Today’s Forecast for Death Valley, California: Sunny, High 126, Low 95 Today’s Forecast for Minneapolis, Minnesota: Partly Sunny High 71, Low 55 Actually 71 isn’t bad today for Minneapolis compared to yesterday’s record cold […]

> Image source: http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=2 A record cold night ahead for the Midwest and TN/MS valleys under clear skies, light winds and a air mass that originated over northern Canada. A remarkable feat tonight since it’s the height of summertime. I believe many areas will take a run at freezing by morning and places like Minneapolis […]

>Rain is battering off the windows here in my office and I have just showered with thoughts swimming around my head that I need to get down here.I wonder… With the building of powerful high pressure over the desert Southwest has this rippled across the Northern hemisphere bringing an end to the warm, dry summer […]