Archive for April, 2019
Thailand is typically hot and humid and it’s currently the hottest, driest time of year but recent days has been exceptionally hot in the south. So much so that a new all-time record was set in Phuket of 38.0C on April 10. This marginally exceeds the previous record of 37.9C sets back on May 5, […]
Today marks the 157th day where Caribou, Maine has had at least 1 inch of snow on the ground. This breaks the previous record of 155 days set back in the winter of 2002-03. You have to go right back to November 10th when there wasn’t at least an inch of snow on the ground. […]
A rare late season snowstorm swept across Northern Illinois yesterday dumping an impressive 5.3 inches of snow at O’Hare Airport. The Palm Sunday snow event shall go into the history books as 2nd biggest snowfall this late in the year, falling marginally behind a 5.4 inch snowfall on April 16, 1961. https://twitter.com/team10news_CA/status/1117845758433214468 The snow swath […]
Cold easterlies blowing straight out of Scandinavia made much of the UK and Western Europe feel more like late February this weekend with many failing to see 10C and wind chills stuck in low single figures. Today’s surface pattern shows how our air originated in Russia. Here were today’s highs across Europe. Most were well […]
Article from ABC News By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Apr 9, 2019 10:40 PM Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, raising questions about the city’s preparedness to deal with recurring extreme weather. Torrents of water gushed down streets, […]
Spring can be the most exciting time of year weatherwise for the US. A time of big atmospheric clashes and we’ve just that thanks to cold to the north, heat to the south and a still active storm track and fast moving jet stream. Low pressure crossing the Rockies often deepen to the east as […]
You’d expect days to warm as we approach mid-April, especially with a sun strength of early September but sometimes, winter doesn’t doesn’t want to let go. Remember the weird and wacky ups and down of last April with cold and snowy open followed by record warmth later in the month? Since the end of last […]
You often expect the Northern Hemisphere to deliver the biggest temperature extremes between hot and cold given most of earth’s land masses are north of the equator. The general rule of thumb is that the further you are away from a sea or ocean, the greater the swing in temperature between summer and winter with […]
From winter to summer in 5 days but… Front running 5 days. Cold lingers. We’re even talking potential plowable snow for southern New England and close to northern NYC burbs through the next 96 hours. But the following 5 days? Here comes spring! But does this warmth hold??? Not exactly… More cold dives south and […]
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