Archive for June, 2012
Severe thunderstorms have swept the big cities and the heat is done! It was another hot early afternoon before the storm bearing front arrived following a sultry overnight which saw lows no cooler than 79 in Boston, 80 at LaGuardia Airport, NY, 79 in Philadelphia and 82 in DC. If the temp doesn’t fall below […]
Our turbulent summer so far here in the British Isles continues with a strong low pressure system currently overhead bringing a lot of wet and breezy weather. While tonight sees the return to very wet conditions across Scotland as the main moisture plume feeding in out of the NW across NI, S Scotland and N […]
[error]HEAVY & PERSISTENT RAIN BAND FOCUSED OVER SW SCOTLAND, NW ENGLAND TODAY WILL PUSH SLOWLY NORTH TONIGHT, COULD BRING FLOODING & THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL BELT[/error] The good old British summer eh, heavy rains have turned the Isle of Wight Rock Festival into a fiasco as the grounds became a mudbath causing gridlock on the roads which forced people […]
While temps are currently taking a run at 100° this afternoon from Boston down to DC, this short lived heat spurt will be done by the time the cold front sweeps through later tomorrow afternoon What’s impressing me with this mini heat wave is the rapid rise and eventual fall of these temperatures. Remember it was only […]
[error]PARTS OF N WALES, NW ENGLAND & S SCOTLAND MAY SEE 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING TONIGHT & TOMORROW[/error] While it’s been a very wet day for much of the UK and Ireland, tonight and into tomorrow will see little respite as large and heavy showers continue to pile in from the south. There is […]
The eastern North America heat pump isn’t limited to just the US, record breaking potential lies north of the border into Ontario and Quebec today also. The current temperature is already up at 34°C (93°F) in Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario and it looks to be heading even higher before 5pm when usually the […]
As expected, as we progress through the afternoon hours, temperatures continue rising as the hot air continues to build in across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from the Midwest. With dew points into the low 70s for many, real feel temps are at or above 100°, especially over the Mid-Atlantic where there are heat indexes of 115° in parts […]
Hope you enjoyed that tame glimpse of summer yesterday and today. We’re now seeing the rains spread into Devon, Cornwall and South Wales as well as of course, Ireland, setting the scene for yet more unsettled weather for Britain. The leading edge of the next Atlantic storm is now pushing in and will spread a […]
Following highs only in the 70s yesterday, today is going to be a shock to the system throughout the Northeast as temperatures soar well into the 90s. Factor in high dew points and it’s gonna feel between 98-105 today from Washington DC to Boston.The heat core which has be migrating east throughout the past several […]
While 109 degrees was hot in McCook, Neb yesterday, Death Valley, CA topped out at 121 degrees making this both the hottest high of the season for the site as well as for the nation. Denver topped out at 100 degrees, the hottest June 18th on record. Amazingly, while 100s blistered the Plains from Texas […]
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