Archive for 2009

> As the system that created an historic event (more detailed look Houston’s snow later) across the Gulf Coast lifts northeast, it is pulling the colder air stationed over the Midwest towards the Eastern Seaboard and there, rains are turning to sleet and snow as temperatures cool off. Expect 1-4 inches with locally 4-6 inches […]

>Yesterday’s daylong snowfall is the earliest ever in the city of Houston, it was just last year on Dec 11 that they recieved their earliest snowfall and now 2009 ironically beats that. Quite amazing. For latest information regarding this rare event check out http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6750042.htmlFROM ACCUWEATHER.COM Bitterly Cold Air Building in the WestPosted: 4-DEC-2009 2:53pm ESTWhile […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 40 degrees (10-11pm) Low 27 degrees (8.15am) RAIN/SNOW: SHOWERS BY EVENINGFrosty, Icy start, brilliant clear blue skies and winter sun. A gradual recovery in temperature back up to 35 degrees for a brief “peak” at 3.51pm before falling back to 33 degrees by late afternoon, before the warmer Atlantic […]

>It was a stunningly beautiful morning after a clear, crisp and cool overnight, ideal for strong frost formation since our air is nice and “damp” from sunset to sunrise the radiational cooling machine drove daytime accummulated surface warmth back to space. We bottomed out at 8.15am with a respectable December-like 27 degree low here at […]

>Here is some interesting stuff to chew on by Meteorologist David Bernard of CBS 4 in Miami. Dec 3, 2009 9:08 PMHouston Snowstorm?!?Posted by davidbernardFor those that don’t know, I’m originally from Houston, Texas. Looks like some snow may be heading that way for Friday and Friday night. Any snow in Houston is quite rare, […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 41 degrees Low 38 degreesAn overnight dominated by heavy to torrential rain which created serious surface spray on roads but the rains eased and cleared out of our area (Greater Glasgow) between 7-8am as the bands of rain progressed eastward. Skies remained mostly cloudy throughout the day. Temperatures have […]

> Graphic and Information courtesy of AccuWeather.com Temperatures soared past 110 degrees in several cites across Western Australia Thursday. The heat will expand to reach most of the country over the next few days.A high of 111 degrees was recorded in Learmonth, which is right at the coast. Farther inland, Nullagine reached 113 degrees. Wednesday, […]

> We are seeing a deep pool of cold now drop as far south as central Texas where 20s are the best they can manage right now and current readings are only into the lwo to mid teens across a large portion of the Northern Tier. I find it amazing that thanks to the deep […]

> It’s Here and going to get worse, has the Arctic floodgates now opened? The Rockies are expected to experience brutal cold as many areas are likely to struggle to get out of the teens even some single digits as the first wave of true Arctic air hits, further east into the Midwest highs won’t […]

>Today’s Extremes here at my houseHigh 43 degrees Low 40 degrees (rising from 35 degrees since 8pm yesterday)RAIN/SNOW: (R)YESPartly cloudy to start, a lot milder than previous morning, a dry morning with outbreaks of rain and some heavy this afternoon. Temperatures have generally stayed much the same since midnight with a reading around 43 degrees […]