Archive for 2017
An extreme pattern evolved this weekend just as Nate came ashore on the Gulf Coast, the 4th US hurricane landfall of 2017. A 2nd unusually deep, cold trough has dove down the Rockies and brought the first snowfall of the fall to Denver but an equally anomalous downstream ridge means summer lives on. In these extreme cases, you get a […]
The Atlantic parade continues with three lows set to sweep bands of wind and rain across the UK this work week. Most prominent in N/W, least in S/E. However, as the remnants of Nate lifts it’s energy and associated heat up into eastern Canada, the jet stream shall amplify with a deepening trough to the […]
Friday saw temperatures climb to a new October threshold of 37.7C at Alvega, Portugal. However, Saturday saw temperatures exceed Friday’s value with a new October record of 38.5C at Alvega. Tmax 06/10/2017 #Portugal38.5°C Alvega, NOUVEAU RECORD NATIONAL DE CHALEUR POUR UN MOIS D'OCTOBRE !37.7°C Santarém37.3°C Alcácer do Sal pic.twitter.com/BGKDreRrRI — Etienne Kapikian (@EKMeteo) October 7, […]
Hurricane Nate made it’s first landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, LA at 7pm ET Saturday night and later made a 2nd landfall near Biloxi, MS at 12.30am Sunday. Both landfalls were Category 1 with 85 mph winds. Nate weakened slightly prior to landfall due to land interaction, dry air and cooler waters from it’s peak intensity […]
The 7th hurricane of 2017 and Nate is destined to be the United States 3rd hurricane landfall of 2017. Droughts often end with a flood right? Once clear of competing forces in the Caribbean and land interaction, Nate has organised and strengthened quickly over the open Gulf of Mexico posing a significant threat on the US Gulf Coast tonight. […]
An unusually trough for early October dove into the Northern Rockies earlier in the week and has delivered a record breaking snowstorm to Montana. With upwards of 30 inches falling near Havre, this is the state’s largest snowstorm on record for this early and with trees still in leaf, widespread severe damage has occurred. In […]
Nate is currently a 45 mph tropical storm which is now back over water and in fact the warmest, deepest water of the Caribbean Sea. This system formed within a large scale regional system call a ‘Central American Gyre’. Unfortunately this large envelop of enhanced convection along with Tropical Storm Nate has triggered deadly floods […]
The same low which crossed the British Isles a couple of days ago, exploded over central Europe yesterday bringing widespread travel chaos and damage with countless trees downed during a spell of hurricane-force wind gusts. As the low pushed into Europe, it appears Shapiro-Keyser-Cyclogenesis occured with frontal fracture which allows injection of warm, moist air […]
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