THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT TODAY Tuesday PM UPDATE: Hurricane Irma becomes first Atlantic Category 5 of 2017 and strongest since Felix 10 years ago. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905037369627222016 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905042432286277632 https://twitter.com/AndyHazelton/status/905036680457064448 Tuesday AM…. Clear of the dry air from a few days ago, Irma is free and continues to strengthen into a monster. Currently down to 937mb, Irma is packing […]
Strong hair drier winds blowing from Sacramento Valley over the coastal range and through the gap towards the Pacific rewrote weather history of the Bay Area and surrounding region Friday, Saturday. An astonishing high of 106 degrees was recorded in Downtown San Francisco Friday surpassing the city’s all-time record high of 103 set in June 2000. Records date all the way back […]
Following a warm, dry April and May, a more classic British summer followed a hot start to June and admittedly, it turned out to be a disappointing forecast. In many respects the 90-day June-August period has been dictated by unusually low pressure west of Ireland by a dominant low over the NE Atlantic and high over Italy and Balkans keeping it […]
Edinburgh may be one of the UK’s most extreme weather locations in the last 5 months. Following it’s driest April to wettest June, Gogarbank located near Edinburgh Airport is now in the midst of it’s coolest August in 24 years. It started with an arid April. https://twitter.com/thus_spake/status/861970877835079680 After 2-3 weeks of no rain, the tap was turned back on and forgotten […]
Despite being in the midst of an above normal water year, Seattle is witnessing it’s driest summer on record with day after day of hot smoke filled air. The city has comfortably set a new record with 52 days without measurable rain. The lack of rainfall has aided in providing Seattle with it’s hottest opening […]
It’s been a noticeably disappointing first half to August over Ireland, British Isles and near continent even extending as far south as France and northern Iberia. In stark contrast to a well below normal opening 10 days for UK, N France, it’s been a well above normal open over Italy and the Balkans. August’s 2m […]
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