Archive for June, 2017
Article from The Watchers Posted by TW on June 02, 2017 Brutal amounts of rainfall hit northern Taiwan today, June 2, 2017, killing at least 1 person, leaving 2 missing and injuring more than 20. Heavy rain toppled electricity pylon near New Taipei’s Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant, resulting in the automatic shutdown of the plant. The […]
Less than a month since our first reunion since September and we’re back on the road and heading back to Torridon. It’s 1am Sunday 21 May and it’s my 3rd visit to the Torridon. This time Petr and I are taking on Sgurr Choinnich and Sgurr a Chaorachain. Located in the Achnashellach Forest between Glen Carron and Loch Monar, this […]
By Jon Erdman Jun 2 2017 05:00 PM EDT weather.com Story Highlights An area of the Gulf of Mexico will be watched for possible tropical development into next week. Possible development may involve a remnant of an eastern Pacific system. This is an area prone to tropical development in June. Regardless of development, heavy rain […]
Western Europe may be enjoying summer but it’s looking and feeling much more like winter in northwest Russia and Scandinavia lately. The strong western ridge responsible for breaking countless monthly heat records has given way to an unusually cold trough further east, counterbalancing the extreme on the other end. We’ve a very impressive arctic blast for early JUNE in […]
The highly amplified pattern has brought extremes not just with heat but cold too. Check out the 2m temp anomaly over Europe yesterday. Quite the contrast between the Alps and Scandinavia. Back on Monday, the town of Horn set a new May record for Austria with 35C besting the old record of 34.9C set in […]
May 31, 2017 10:27 AM Early statistics show that both May and spring have been warmer and sunnier than average Although there have been a few chilly days and frosty nights in places during the month of May, mean temperatures for the UK across spring as a whole have been above normal by 1.4°C (using […]
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