Archive for May, 2017
By Jon Erdman and Linda Lam May 25 2017 11:30 AM EDT weather.com Story Highlights NOAA expects 11 to 17 named storms this season, more than the 30-year average for the Atlantic Basin. The Weather Company predicts 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes this season. Warmer North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and the reduced […]
By Jonathan Belles May 23 2017 02:30 PM EDT weather.com A monster 64-foot wave was measured last weekend following an exceptionally strong storm that barreled through the Southern Ocean. “This is one of the largest waves recorded in the Southern Hemisphere,” said MetOcean senior oceanographer Dr. Tom Durrant. The wave was measured roughly 400 miles south of […]
Temperatures were plenty warm yesterday but shall rise to mid-summer levels today, tomorrow and Saturday with England, Wales and even Scotland all challenging the year’s first 30C mark. Southeast England should surpass it Saturday. The reason, very hot air bubbling over Iberia and France lifts north over the UK as high pressure slides east and low pressure approaches from the west. Classic high pressure, summertime visible […]
The great reduction in US drought area during the first 4-5 months of the year has been excellent for growing areas and is likely to influence the fast approaching summer. Greater coverage of wet ground and shrinkage of drought area should translate to cooler, wetter conditions across a broad swathe of the country in June. Amazing contrast between worst (2012) […]
It was a scorcher over parts of Iberia yesterday. On the Portuguese Atlantic coast, with the aid of easterlies offshore winds, the thermometer soared to 35.1C in Portugal’s second largest city, Porto. It surpassed the city’s previous May record of 34.7C set back in 1965. The city’s all-time record is 40.9C. Meanwhile, the thermometer also soared to a […]
While temperature is running slightly above average, the first half of May has followed in April’s dry footsteps with considerably below normal rainfall. Parts of Scotland during the opening 15 days of this month only measured 5% of normal rain and this comes after Edinburgh’s driest April in 75 years with a mere 3mm or 5% of […]
After a lengthy time apart (due to work and birth of my 2nd daughter), the Irish-Czech duo were back in the hills on Saturday 22 April. Our last climb was Suilven up in Sutherland way back last September. We met in Cumbernauld and took to the road at the once again sleepy hour of 1am for Torridon. Route […]
May 18, 2017 will be remembered for it’s record breaking extremes. From 500+ severe weather reports stretching from Texas to New England of which 27 tornadoes were reported to UPPER 90-degree heat just east of the front to the 42 inches of snow in Colorado. Walters, OK reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 104 mph. While you could […]
Posted on 18 May, 2017 by Met Office Press Office The mid-month statistics for May (1-17 May) show the month got off to a dry start, although the heavy rain yesterday brought up rainfall totals in some areas. It has also been a sunny and moderately mild early May for many. The anticyclonic theme that […]
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