Archive for August, 2012
Following a wild weekend of weather for many throughout the UK with thunderstorms producing funnel clouds and flash flooding, things are set to turn increasingly more settled as high pressure begins to build in from the southwest towards the mid to later part of this week. The stubborn low which deepened and stalled off Ireland and […]
In the past 4-6 hours, Tropical Storm Ernesto has gotten a lot healthier looking after nearly falling apart completely yesterday. In the graphic below you can see the pressure is now down to 994mb with maximum sustained winds now ramped up to 65 mph. I credit Joe Bastardi of WeatherBELL for seeing this coming and […]
The next 7-10 days will see the heat dominate the West with strong high pressure firmly established and centered over the Great Basin. This heat will expand up into the Northern Rockies as well as intensify over the Deserts by late week with 110s easily returning to both Las Vegas and Phoenix. Even Montana may see a few days […]
Seattle-Portland See First 90s, 100s in Two Years While Heat Streak Snaps For Parts Of Midwest, West
Following what has been a cool summer over the Pacific Northwest, yesterday saw Seattle, WA top the 90° mark for the first time in 2 years with a high eventually climbing to 93°. Portland, OR scorched to a record 102° yesterday and this was the first 100° in the Rose City since July 2009. According to The Weather […]
Dramatic Past 36 Hours of Funnel Clouds and Flood Rains Over The UK (Includes Amazing Photos/Video!)
It’s safe to say that the weather in the past 36 hours has been rather wild for some while for others it’s been quiet, sunny and warm. With a significant spin of energy off the Southwest of Britain, cold air aloft and warmth at the surface with sun boiling the pot. Today and even yesterday […]
Well it looks as though Sunday will follow in Saturday’s footsteps of a tame, quiet start BUT with that low over SW England which has a nice cold layer over mild and as the sun begins to heat the surface, so that contrast between warm surface and cold aloft grows larger. The larger the contrast and greater the vertical motion and with […]
Little has changed over the past 24 hours with Tropical Storm Ernesto as she continues to push into the eastern Caribbean Sea but there are some signs it may be slowly strenghening and I continue to stand by my idea that this system will be a hurricane before Sunday is out, if not early Monday. The track […]
The heat has been relentless and outstanding across the Southern Plains but in the past 5 days it’s Oklahoma which have been centrepoint with Oklahoma City yesterday seeing day 16 at or above 100°, day 3 of 110°+ and an unprecidented day 2 of 112°+ and to top it all, they tied their all-time record high of 113°, set back […]
The ECMWF is looking interesting from mid to late next week with potential for another mini warm surge. As it stands just now and with the current model run, mid to upper 80s for Southern England, mid-70s for Scotland is possible by the close of next week but I will be curious to see what the new model […]
Well, there you go.. TD 6 is born and models have this system becoming Florence. Following weeks of nothing, all of a sudden the tropics are coming alive. Could be a busy month of August. I will keep you posted and on top of the storm..
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