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Brutal Chicago Heat, Comparable To 1930s Dustbowl! 100s From DC To Philadelphia Tomorrow.. (Includes Video!)

Brutal Chicago Heat, Comparable To 1930s Dustbowl! 100s From DC To Philadelphia Tomorrow.. (Includes Video!)

The temperature soared to a blistering 102° at O’Hare, Midway and Northerly Island yesterday and according to Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling of WGN-TV, this marked only the second time in 142 years where a reading of 100+ has been recorded on Independence Day. Yesterday’s high tied the record for hottest July 4th, last reached over a century ago. The […]

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Major Rains Spread Into Southern UK Tonight, Flooding Is A Given Between London & Glasgow Over The Next 36 Hrs! (Inc Video!)

Written by on July 5, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Major Rains Spread Into Southern UK Tonight, Flooding Is A Given Between London & Glasgow Over The Next 36 Hrs! (Inc Video!)

[error] EXPECT TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT, HEAVY, LONG DURATION RAINFALL LIKELY TOTALLING BETWEEN 1-3 INCHES BETWEEN LONDON AND GLASGOW STARTING TONIGHT IN SOUTH, ENDING IN NORTH BY SATURDAY, THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING FOR MANY [/error] While for some it has been a beautiful summers day with hazy sun and a high between 22-24C, for others, torrential downpours, thunder, […]

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Warm/Juicy Air Over UK To Spark Heavy T-Storms Ahead Of Flooding Rain Potential Tomorrow Night (Includes Video!)

Written by on July 4, 2012 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
Warm/Juicy Air Over UK To Spark Heavy T-Storms Ahead Of Flooding Rain Potential Tomorrow Night (Includes Video!)

While tomorrow will be warmer and more humid as the approaching low pumps more warmth north and westwards, anywhere will see a chance of thunderstorms, of which could produce a lot of rain and a short period of time so be aware of the risk for localised flooding if your caught under one tomorrow. We […]

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Significant Cooldown For Plains, East After This Weekend, Heatwave Brewing For Great Basin

Significant Cooldown For Plains, East After This Weekend, Heatwave Brewing For Great Basin

Well, the heat is certainly impressive today from Kansas to New Jersey as a huge dome of high pressure sits parked directly over Missouri, this has produced widespread 100s with highs of at least 102 at Chicago O’Hare and 101 at Minneapolis. Please be careful if your out and about this afternoon and even long into this […]

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Warm Night & Day Tomorrow For UK But Concerns Grow Over Torrential, Flooding Rains Thurs Night Into Friday!

Written by on July 4, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Warm Night & Day Tomorrow For UK But Concerns Grow Over Torrential, Flooding Rains Thurs Night Into Friday!

ANOTHER WARM, MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS RANGING FROM 14-16C IN SCOTLAND/N. ENGLAND TO 15-18C FROM MIDLANDS TO SOUTHEAST Tomorrow, like today will see sun and showers but we are likely to be warmer tomorrow following another muggy mid-summer’s night. With a warm/humid airmass to start the day, sunshine which will become more prevalent through the […]

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Historic July 4th Heat With 100s For Minneapolis & Chicago, Mid-Upper 90s From New York To Washington DC! (Includes Video!)

Historic July 4th Heat With 100s For Minneapolis & Chicago, Mid-Upper 90s From New York To Washington DC! (Includes Video!)

[error] TODAY WILL BE DANGEROUSLY HOT FOR BOTH MINNEAPOLIS & CHICAGO WITH AIR TEMPS NEAR 102° AT 4-5PM COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 70S, REAL FEELS WILL PUSH 108-115° [/error] Today looks to be on track for what will be an historic July 4th for both the Twin Cities and Chicago. You have to go back to 1947 for the […]

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Blistering Independence Day For Much Of America But Change Comes This Weekend (Includes Video!)

Blistering Independence Day For Much Of America But Change Comes This Weekend (Includes Video!)

[warning] I EXPECT NEAR 100-DEGREE HIGHS OVER MINNEAPOLIS, MADISON, MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO OVER THE NEXT 3 AFTERNOONS [/warning] While the past 10 days has been blistering across a large part of the USA and the next 5 days continues that theme, we do have significant changes in the 5-10 day starting this weekend… While going by the GFS 500mb chart […]

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Rain Spreads North Over UK Tonight, Turning Showery With Warmer, More Humid Air Working In (Includes Video!)

Written by on July 3, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
Rain Spreads North Over UK Tonight, Turning Showery With Warmer, More Humid Air Working In (Includes Video!)

Wet Start To Tuesday Gives Way To Dry Afternoon But The Day Will End The Way It Started! Well, after a fairly damp old start to the day, the afternoon turned out not too bad here with a drying out of pavements and we even managed to get some brightness beaming through the thick cloudcover this afternoon. Yes, that’s about […]

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Heat Core Returns To Plains For Jul 4th, Brief Hot Blast For Mid-Atlantic This Weekend, Big Change Next Week! (Includes Video!)

Heat Core Returns To Plains For Jul 4th, Brief Hot Blast For Mid-Atlantic This Weekend, Big Change Next Week! (Includes Video!)

The good news for those living up and down the East Coast today is much lower humidity in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic while it’s all about the lower air temperatures in the Southeast. Highs in the mid and upper 90s yesterday from DC to NYC along with high humidity made it very uncomfortable whereas today, although […]

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NEW WEEKLY POST: UK Thunderstorm Risk Outlook For Monday Through Friday (2-6 Jul, 2012)

Written by on July 2, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
NEW WEEKLY POST: UK Thunderstorm Risk Outlook For Monday Through Friday (2-6 Jul, 2012)

As temperatures rise and low pressure approaches, so the thunderstorm risk increases through this week! This week’s T-Storm Threat Level Is SLIGHT TO MODERATE As you can see I now have a weekly temperature forecast for towns throughout the UK and Ireland for you that will be updated weekly (every Sunday), be sure to check […]

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