Archive for July, 2012
Today’s system which dropped over 2 inches of rain and caused significant and widespread flooding across the Lothians, Fife and Perthshire was one the ECMWF had since July 2. It was a system I kept a close eye on, seeing if it would stay on the models. The ECMWF had this system striking on the 19th but it was […]
[error] DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ADVANCING UPON THE BIG CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST WITH LOTS OF HEAT/HUMIDITY TO FUEL DAMAGING WIND, FLOODING RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HAIL, EVEN TORNADOES [/error] While yesterday was hot, today is hottest of the year for much of the Northeast from Philly to Boston. Philadelphia has topped 100° for a second time this summer while DC’s […]
[error] Temps topped at least 104° at the Baltimore Science Center, 103° at Newark Liberty Int Airport, 100° at LaGuardia Airport, 98° at Central Park, NYC, storms are now sweeping towards big cities! [/error] There’s no disputing, it’s yet another scorcher of a day across the Northeast with widespread mid and upper 90s with the classic urban heat islands […]
Beneath a stronger than normal upper level ridge of high pressure over Northwest Africa, a temperature of 121.3°F was recorded yesterday afternoon in Marrakech, Morocco, this reading surpasses the old 120.4°F (49.1°C) national high set at Agadir on July 30, 2009. Hot temperatures in mid-July are of course a given throughout Saharan Africa and the Middle […]
It’s one hot, humid and oppressive afternoon throughout the Lower Midwest, Ohio Valley and Northeast with temps soaring well into the 90s and for some, the low 100s. A cold front drapped over New England is slowly creeping south, feeding off the heat and humidity flowing northeast around an offshore Bermuda high. Along this front, strong to severe […]
Millions across the world will increasingly be turning to weather forecasts for London as we enter the later part of July. We all know just how wet it’s been but with signs of warmer air building over the upcoming weekend and into early next week, can this provide us with a level of optimism that our weather may in fact […]
Jet stream finally lifts north this weekend! It’s been a decent day for much of the United Kingdom with a mostly cloudy day in northern and central areas but slightly brighter in the south which allowed the temperatures to lift to around 22-23C. Tonight and through tomorrow we have another rather wet night to contend with across the Republic, Northern […]
It’s certainly been a cold month in Alaska’s largest city located in the south-central part of the state. In fact it’s been colder than Barrow, located on the Arctic coast. Average temperatures at this time of year is around 65-66° and no day thus far in July has hit those ‘average’ values. The high on July […]
Temperatures skyrocketed to near 110° yesterday in central South Dakota and today won’t be any cooler, Minneapolis looks like they’ll be within reach of the century mark while Chicago’s upper 90s of today may hit 100° tomorrow. The heat core is sliding east and tomorrow should see 100 once again in Washington and Baltimore, possibly 98°-100° in […]
The upcoming week will remain unsettled but warmer air will attempt to make inroads but shall be greatly tempered by low pressure spreading plenty of cloud and wet weather streaming from off the Atlantic. Although I think the remainder of this month stays with the unsettled theme, the good news is models are hinting at warmer air […]
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