Archive for September 9th, 2013
Temperatures are soaring from the Plains to Great Lakes this afternoon with 100s over Iowa and lower 90s up into Minneapolis and Chicago. Thank a trough over the Rockies, dry ground southwest winds, sunshine and a ridge. The mid-summer level heat is not only breaking daily but monthly records with Des Moines currently simmering at 101 degrees. […]
Scotland It’s been a reasonable day across Scotland with sunshine interrupted by a few afternoon showers, highs rising to 15 or 16C widely, always cloudier in the far North and breeze in the east. Through tonight and it’s a quiet end to the first day of the new week. Clear skies and light winds mean another […]
As we commence a new working week, it’s a cool and fairly unsettled start with frost to start Monday then through this afternoon, there are plenty of blustery showers around, especially down the eastern side of the British Isles. Somewhat drier, brighter and sunnier and a touch milder further west. The pesky low from the […]
It was inevitable! We now have Humberto positioned on the south side of the Cape Verde Islands bringing drenching rains and gusty winds. This storm looks primed for further intensification and is likely to become the Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2013. Here’s the current rainbow satellite imagery. As the Azores end of the mid-Atlantic ridge strengthens and […]
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