Archive for 2009

>With the focus of the news these days across the devastated W. Pacific, I wish the rescuers well and my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones in yet another global disaster. The UK after cool, crisper days is under the gun of a strong low that’s spinning over the northern UK […]

>When will the first subzero low be in the lower 48? Earliest subzero readings since 2000Information from USA Today 2000November 3 at South Pass City, Wyo-32001November 19 at Alliance, Neb and Laramie, Wyo02002October 22 at Wolf Point, Mont-12003November 1 at Neihart, Mont-132004November 2 at Leadville, Colo-32005November 9 at Wisdom, Mont-132006October 31 at Valentine, Neb-62007November 14 […]

> As I stepped out the door at 4.43am this morning here in central lowland Scotland, I knew it felt cold, couldn’t have been much above freezing. The Winds that pick up during the day as the sun warms the surface and cooler air over our surrounding waters rush in as the land heats had […]

>Is it just my imagination or are we seeing a heck of a lot of snow falling the past few years, oh say, over the American West, Canadian Rockies, the Midwest and New England as well as back to back blockbuster snow years over the Alps of Europe. Even Australasia has been seeing what seems […]

>– By Mark VoganAfter an interesting video by AccuWeather’s Angelica Campos on the remarkable hot summer South Texas has endured and yes, even for this normally hot place, this summer has been outstanding in the “hot summer” department and here’s why… Some stats Angelica shared: The lack of rainfall and intense heat has led to […]

> These images are a great representation of just how huge waves on the lakes can get even along the shoreline at Duluth and other communities surrounding these sometimes wild lakes. These waves were unusually large from a storm that brought winds of the perfect direction that built up full fetch wave heights which funnel […]

>http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/130037/Now-we-should-get-ready-for-a-barbecue-autumn This article promotes the idea that our autumn will be sunny, dry and warm yet I sit here and look out at with wind and rain which has been the dominant picture the last 3 months, with a week of exception. Sure, England might be getting warm, mild weather but a BBQ autumn? We’ll […]

>The 2007-2008 Global Cooling Event: Evidence for Clouds as the CauseBy Dr Roy Spencer http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/09/the-2007-2008-global-cooling-event-evidence-for-clouds-as-the-cause/ Chasing a More Accurate Global Century Scale Temperature TrendBy Joseph D’Aleo http://icecap.us/images/uploads/CHASING_A_MORE_ACCURATE_GLOBAL_TREND.pdf

>Once again, it was bright, sunny and toasty across California and much of the West yesterday and that has really been the story for much of the past month out there. After a relatively cool overall summer in 2009 for coastal California and LA and a warmer than normal Southwest, though they too recieved a […]

>- By Mark Vogan From time to time every year, it seems the weather goes a little haywire. We seem to get pules across the world in which extreme events occur, whether it be your freak snowstorm in a place it never snows, or a devastating tornadoe outbreak. A drought in one place and 100-year […]