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#WEATHER TALK
Latest On Tropical Rainstorm Lee & Hurricane Katia
#BRITISH ISLES-EUROPE
Worst of Wind & Rain Focuses Across Scotland, north of England, easing as night wears on, Staying Unsettled the rest of the week
#UNITED STATES
Big High Builds Out West While Trough Continues to Bring Unseasonably Chilly air into the East, Heavy rains channelled By Stalled Boundary, just west of Appalachains
Irene’s Well-Travelled Circulation Brings Hurricane-Force Winds to Exposed Mountain Peaks and Coasts of Britain Today, Highest Gust topped 84 mph!
Ironically winds were just as strong today across portions of the UK with Irene as a fully ‘cold core’ baroclinic Atlantic low as it was a warm core tropical storm/weak hurricane along the Jersey Shore last Sunday.
From the Meteo Group
We saw a gust of 82mph at high altitude over Scotland earlier; now this chart shows how an intense low, a vigorous front and topography can induce even higher gusts at exposed low levels.
The 84mph gust shown (with a steady wind of 70mph at midday) was at Needles Old Battery, a spot notorious for its extreme gusts as SW’ly winds squeeze around and over the sudden cliffs at the western tip of the Isle of Wight. The gust at St Catherine’s Point that hour was a full 30mph lower.
Other gusts on this map include 56mph at the Isle of Portland, Dorset; 57mph at Solent MRSC, Hampshire; and 61mph at Langdon Bay, Kent. All are known for their high winds in these weather situations.
Wildfires Out of Control Across Texas as 700 homes now Destroyed!
Since December, Texas has lost 3.5 Million Acres to Wildfire, comparable to the State of Connecticut
Ryan Owens, ABC News
ABC NEWS
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
CBS DALLAS
Tropical Storm Lee’s Remnants Causes Big Problems Way Inland From Where He Came Ashore Saturday, 20 Tornadoes Have Been Reported as Well as Tremendous Rains Expected As Far north as Central Pennsylvania
Lee’s Endgame not only bringing flooding but twisters to Atlanta and other areas
A man guides a truck through the flood waters caused by Lee in New Orleans, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011.
THE WEATHER CHANNEL
NBC NEWS
ACCUWEATHER.COM
Strong earthquake rattles Indonesia
CNN
THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY
TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER
HIGH: 108° at Gila Bend, AZ
LOW: 26° at Embarrass, MN
TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE
HIGH: 67° (19.6°C) at Holbeach (Lincolnshire)
LOW: 41° (4.9°C) at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire)
TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE
HIGH: 57°
LOW: 51°
Thanks for reading.
-Mark
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