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13 Sept 2016 vs 2017: 34.4C last year to Storm Aileen this year!

Written by on September 13, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
13 Sept 2016 vs 2017: 34.4C last year to Storm Aileen this year!

While some battled heavy rain and the first severe gales of autumn today and many felt the early nip of autumn, you may or may not recall this day last year. TODAY… Deep low crosses UK https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/907904344334446592 https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/907874159836979200 https://twitter.com/BBCWthrWatchers/status/907870413027467266 Winds were stronger and damage greater on the continental side of the North Sea. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/907966170460033024 Cold […]

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Irma makes 2nd US landfall on Marco Island, Florida with gusts of 135-142 mph

Written by on September 10, 2017 in Hurricane Irma, Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Irma makes 2nd US landfall on Marco Island, Florida with gusts of 135-142 mph

Irma made a 2nd US and Florida landfall at Cat 4 intensity today. https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/906984234069278720 https://twitter.com/weatherchannel/status/906991544753893377 https://twitter.com/AMHQ/status/906897431215964160 https://twitter.com/CNNweather/status/906984511287824386 https://twitter.com/RyanAFournier/status/906948284215939072 https://twitter.com/StuOstro/status/906975475825815553 https://twitter.com/bohemianceliac/status/906959228140707840 https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/906852958918385665 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/906881395057844225 https://twitter.com/WFLAJosh/status/906964645365329921 NOW: Powerful Category 4 Irma makes 1st US landfall on Cudjoe Key Florida Hurricane Irma makes it’s first US landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida at 9.10am ET as a Category 4 with […]

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Irma marks Cuba’s first Category 5 landfall since 1924

Irma marks Cuba’s first Category 5 landfall since 1924

  https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/906353959182376960 https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRT/status/906361013745983488 https://twitter.com/ABC/status/906638054936457217 https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/906661404358225921 https://twitter.com/nypost/status/906652569635889152

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Record-breaking Hurricane Irma expected to regain Cat 5 status prior to Florida landfall

Written by on September 8, 2017 in Hurricane Irma, Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
Record-breaking Hurricane Irma expected to regain Cat 5 status prior to Florida landfall

After maintaining 185 mph sustained winds for a record breaking 37 straight hours and buzz sawing through the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, Turks and Caicos to name some, Irma now sets it’s sights on the southern Bahamas and Florida through the next 48 hours. Though ‘sustained’ winds were reduced to 150 mph and […]

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True taste of autumn headed for UK

Written by on September 4, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
True taste of autumn headed for UK

No change in the overall setup from Friday. Instead of fine sunny September weather, we appear to have stormy September weather on the way later this week and into next. According to the latest run of the GFS the first ‘windy’ low hits Thursday with coastal/high elevation gales generating rough seas. In it’s wake, it […]

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US says goodbye Harvey and hello Fall, Chilly 10 days ahead in East! Watching Irma

US says goodbye Harvey and hello Fall, Chilly 10 days ahead in East! Watching Irma

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. […]

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FRI 1 SEP: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

Written by on September 1, 2017 in Summer 2017, Videos with 0 Comments
FRI 1 SEP: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK

UK diurnal swing returns! First rural frosts arrives 2 days after warmest day since June

Written by on September 1, 2017 in Autumn 2017, Rest of Europe, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
UK diurnal swing returns! First rural frosts arrives 2 days after warmest day since June

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 […]

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MET OFFICE: A wet summer comes to a close

Written by on August 31, 2017 in Rest of Europe, Summer 2017, United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments
MET OFFICE: A wet summer comes to a close

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 […]

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HARVEY JUST KEEPS ON GOING: Catastrophic flood shifts E to Beaumont, TX with 26.03″ within 24 hrs

HARVEY JUST KEEPS ON GOING: Catastrophic flood shifts E to Beaumont, TX with 26.03″ within 24 hrs

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 […]

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