Archive for 2009

>RAIN, WIND AND WAVES that have pounded the US East Coast Barrier Islands has been considered by the local Virginia Beach newspaper as “One of the Worst” Nature has a stunning way of bringing certain elements together by generating weather systems and seasons that pave the way for future weather. For example, if it weren’t […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 51 degrees Low 40 degreesA day that started wet and breezy, became drier but remained mostly cloudy and mild throughout the day.

>Today’s extremes here at my house.High 49.2 degrees Low: 38.8 degreesA mostly cloudy day with outbreaks if sunshine during the afternoon. Increasing wind and feeling brisk tonight as a front and band of rain pushes in from the west.

>There are .. key elements that if they come together like forecasted could bring an historic event not seen in many a year along the US East Coast from the Carolinas to New England..1) The storm system that was Ida is now spinning just off the Georgia coast and deepening over 80-85 degree waters.2) Another […]

>The entire Northern Hemisphere is currently driven by a POSITIVE or possibly near neutral Arctic Oscillation and a positive North Atlantic Oscillation as we see a trough over the N.Atlantic and a zonal or ridging over the eastern US and Western Europe as cold air is bottled across the top of the world but because […]

> Photo taken by myself in Deceember 2008 looking down Glenshee A noteworthy low was reported yesterday morning at Braemar, Aberdeenshire of -8.6C or 17 degrees F.. Braemar, nestles in between hills in a cold hollow in the Cairngorm National Park is regularly home to Britain’s lowest high’s and Low’s and is also home to […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 46.1 degrees at 2:20pm Low 37 degrees at 6:57amStarted off periods of moderate to even heavy rain at times during the overnight, rain away clearing during the morning hours to a mostly cloudy afternoon with seasonal temps for early November, skies clearing out this evening with temps dropping into […]

>For a hurricane enthusiast like myself, the 2009 season will be quickly be forgotten about and will go down for producing all but two landfalling tropical systems, both of which tropical storm status as they came ashore on US soil..After a gusty, soaking hit on the Florida Panhandle, Ida’s remnant low will head north and […]

> A strong Ida, now a tropical storm and down from Cat.2 hurricane will still have a high impact along the Miss, Alabama and Fla coastline tonight into tomorrow and the fear is that Ida will hit with sustained tropical storm-force winds and gusts likely surpassing hurricane-force.. Whilst this is a concern I personally am […]

>UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS ALONG THE US GULF COAST, WHAT TIME OF YEAR IS IT?A very interesting weather situation is unfolding in the southern Gulf of Mexico as a strong category 2 Hurricane Ida is starting to create a stir along the US Gulf Coast between Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. It was said that once off […]