Snow is not uncommon during the month of August in Alaska’s high elevations and this weekend looks to see the first significant snowfall over primarily the North slope and Brooks range in the north of the state. A low is currently developing along the tail of a southbound cold front and this opens the door […]
As we head into the weekend we catch a break from the wet and windy but I’m afraid it’s once again temporary. Temporary because our rather strong zonal jet stream contains a line of lows queuing up over the Atlantic with the UK in their sights. The current North Atlantic SSTA profile and sharp warm-cool-warm […]
By Jon Erdman 2 days ago weather.com At a Glance Heavy rain pounded parts of the Houston metro area early Tuesday morning. Homes were threatened in western Harris County, where 4 to 7 inches of rain fell. Widespread flooding affected numerous streets and a few freeways Heavy rain triggered widespread flash flooding in parts of […]
As expected, Franklin became the Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2017 over the Bay of Campeche before making a second landfall in the state of Veracruz with maximum winds of 85 mph. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/895586754002014208 Franklin quickly weakened after landfall with circulation structure torn apart by the high topography of central Mexico. Despite the rapid weakening, the remnants […]
Month’s worth of rain falls on SE England within 36 hours, On this day in 2003 it hit 38.5C in Kent!
For a second day in a row (wayhey!) it was a largely dry, bright and pleasant picture across Scotland and Northern Ireland beneath the influence of high pressure with Glasgow exceeding 20C. In stark contrast, low pressure over France brought a thoroughly miserable Wednesday to southern and eastern England with an August’s worth of rain falling […]
9 inches of rain fell within 3 hours Saturday flooding a large portion of New Orleans. For some areas, the flooding was comparable to Katrina and many questions have been raised about the pump system. However, 9 inches in 3 hours is exceptional. https://twitter.com/tinaantolini/status/894225090442690560 https://twitter.com/CunninghamNola/status/893968292393754625 https://twitter.com/miketiger24TB/status/894247838049239041 https://twitter.com/mack_crayton/status/893971453351251968 https://twitter.com/InternetPalace/status/894204149432279042 https://twitter.com/bhaktivedanta/status/895002260828295168 https://twitter.com/lesliegamboni/status/893983060244520960 https://twitter.com/JenNimePalumbo/status/893959023946592258 https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/894733914744291328 https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/894733914744291328
Franklin came ashore over Mexico’s southern Yucatan as a 60 mph tropical storm, weakened over land but brought significant rainfall as you would expect. Now that he’s back over water and warmer water than before, he’s re-strengthening and expected to become the season’s first hurricane prior to a secondary Mexico landfall. Water temps near 90F remain just […]
Low pressure over northern France is bringing pretty unsettled day from West Midlands south and east with a band of persistent rain and raw NNW wind blowing off the North Sea. Outwith the immediate rain band it’s showery, thundery downpours you are contending with. Further north and eventually west through the afternoon it’s sunny or mostly sunny. For a second […]
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