Archive for 2009

>What a difference a week or so makes and currenly we have a fresh to strong Northeast surface flow drilling chilly, dry air out of the northeast. Vastly different weather picture to when strong southwest winds pushed mid-50s into the area along with torrential, tropical-like rains and strong winds. We have 15-25mph sustained winds and […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh N/A (roughly 34-36) Low 30 degrees (8.27am)A day which commenced mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles and light showers in upper 30-degree air, but enough clearing skies before sunrise allowed ice to form on residual moisture left by rain and fog.. Much of the day HERE was foggy and […]

> Thanksgiving Day High’s Early Thanksgiving morning at Algonquin, Ill Bolsa Chica State Beach, Calif SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS SPEND THEIR THANKSGIVING DAY UNDER SUNSHINE AND 80s, MIDWESTERNERS SHIVERED IN A BIG COOLDOWN FROM RECENT MILD WEATHER WITH 30s Southern Californians spent their Thanksgiving lapping up warm sunshine, that was reminicent of summer as 70s along the […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 45 degrees (1.00pm) Low 40 degrees (4.20am)A day which started (overnight, early hours) with partly cloudy to pockets of clear skies and stars visible. By sunrise, it was a beautiful and bright, sunny morning with a brisk southwest breeze which made the low 40s feel more like mid to […]

> Hail on window with a glimmer of sunshine Hail on attic window Wil sky as fresh punch of wind, rain and hail roar in Hail accummulation on my back door step! Dark clouds sweep in as latest cells roars in from the southwest horizon Sea form off the turbulent sea! The turbulent Firth of […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 51 degrees (4.38pm) Low 39 degrees (3.32am)A day which started fine with some thin high clouds and a cooler start to recent mornings thanks to a reduction in wind movement and thinning of cloud cover. The clouds soon thickened, winds freshened out of the southwest and by around 6am […]

>Britons will soon be developing webbed feet. Seriously folks, I don’t think I have ever seen so much rain in my 26 years on this earth! Though not near as intense, I am beginning to think I live in India or other Monsoon prone-regions of the world! Why is this happening, what’s different with this […]

>Britons will soon be developing webbed feet. Seriously folks, I don’t think I have ever seen so much rain in my 26 years on this earth! Though not near as intense, I am beginning to think I live in India or other Monsoon prone-regions of the world! Why is this happening, what’s different with this […]

>Today’s extremes here at my houseHi 48 degrees Low 43 degrees The day started dry, bright and breezy but as usual turned showery with outbreaks of sunshine through fast moving clouds. Tonight feels chilly with a freshening breeze under periods of clear moon-lit skies but showers are pressing up from the southwest. Temperatures should rise […]

>The view from work (NWS at University of Alaska Fairbanks): 315pm Saturday looking southwest from UAF West RidgePhoto thanks to Rick Thoman of Fairbanks, Alaska (All readings in F) United States: -16 in Montana during the Arctic Outbreak in October. Germany: -11 at Funtensee in the Berchtesgaden national park in the Bavarian Alps. Ulaan Bator, […]