Archive for 2017
As expected, TD 16 has been spawned from a Central American gyre. This looks to be trouble for not just Central America where rainfall will be prolific but also for the US. Modelling points to a hurricane landfall along the Gulf Coast somewhere between Louisiana and Florida this weekend. TS warnings up for Central America […]
Our pattern has been pretty much unsettled since August and it doesn’t look as though that will change through the rest of October. That also suggests no return to warmth and equally no arrival of winter either. It’s a pattern which one can expect one day of wet and blustery followed by drier, brighter but […]
Great information on former tropical cyclone hits on Western Europe. Wikipedia The effects of tropical cyclones in Europe and their extra-tropical remnants include strong winds, heavy rainfall, and in rare instances, tornadoes. There is only one modern tropical cyclone officially regarded as directly impacting Europe—Hurricane Vince in 2005, which struck southwestern Spain—having made landfall in the European mainland whilst still fully tropical. Hurricane Debbie in 1961 […]
We’re opening October 2017 on an extreme note with a heavy early season snowstorm for Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado while summer is making a comeback further east. An impressive thermal gradient with 20-25 below to the west and 20-25 above to the east… The depth of trough and cold within sure is impressive for […]
Back in mid August Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain was declared snow free for the first time since 2006 with only 3 patches hanging on for dear life. Mark Mullen's pic of Ben Nevis on Saturday shows a few small snow patches on life support. First time the Ben snow will be free since 2006. […]
When it comes to writing about Taiwan weather, it’s usually regarding typhoons and or rainfall. This time it’s about heat and it appears the capital set a new national heat record for the month of September on Wednesday with a high of 38.5C. This surpasses the Taiwan September record of 37.8C set back in 2014. […]
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Lowering heights over the deep warm waters of the southern Caribbean Sea means it doesn’t take much cyclonic turning to pop off a cyclone. With hurricanes tracking mainly north of the islands this year ocean heat content which is a measure of heat and depth combined is about as high as it gets over the […]
Low pressure isn’t just about the wind and rain but tropical warmth lifting unusually far north while arctic drives south behind. Infrared imagery from this morning captures the approaching Atlantic system with recycled energy associated from Maria and Lee. In advance of the depressions cold front, this morning saw Svalbard climb to 9C while on […]
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