Archive for 2017
Amazingly, we’ve been talking about Harvey for a solid week now and he’s finally lifting and fading but not without flooding parts of the TN/OH valleys. While Harvey finally begins to leave the playing field, down comes one of two waves of Canadian chill which will certainly bring a taste of fall to the East. […]
We’re ending a rollercoaster temperature week and beginning of meteorological autumn on a cool, crisp note. The first half of the week saw a rising trend in temperature ahead of an approaching Atlantic front with peak heating Wednesday followed by a sharp downward trend in the wake of the front. We peaked at 29C in […]
Article from Met Office 31 August 2017 The end of August brings a close to a wet summer and although you might not think it, it has also been warmer than average. This summer has been most notable across the UK for being wetter than average. Each of the three months have exceeded their long-term […]
Tropical Storm Harvey made a 3rd and final landfall today with max winds of 45 mph, this time in Cameron, Louisiana but not before hammering the Beaumont and Port Arthur, TX area with potentially the greatest rainfall rates of all, even surpassing that of Houston. BREAKING: #Tropical Storm #Harvey2017 made landfall near Cameron, LA. Major […]
Quite the contrast within 24 hours for Southeast England. The difference between being ahead the front and under the front at this time of year. All just part of this atmospheric rut we’re in. https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/902786735934988289 East Sussex yest Twickenham today The Southeast went from hot, humid continental to fresh maritime thanks to the passage of […]
With Harvey drifting back out over the Gulf and positioned SW of the Greater Houston area, the intense and persistent rains reignited and eventually the 1978 Amelia record of 48 inches fell within the last few hours. The record for total rainfall from a tropical system has been BROKEN! Mary's Creek at Winding Road recorded […]
Summer 2017 started promising with plenty of continental heat and humidity covering the majority of the UK but as we pushed through late June into July, the Azores high weakened and regained dominance over the central Mediterranean while Icelandic low pressure became the dominant force close to our W/NW shores therefore bringing the classic summer […]
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