Asia
The 2016 El Nino has dominated the entire global weather circulation, driving the warmest winter on record for some across the Northern Hemisphere. However, it’s vast influence isn’t waning despite the El Nino waning with waters cooling dramatically off South America’s west coast. As expected in a Super El Nino’s weakening phase, a large low pressure system crossing […]
In the past week, a powerful cyclone crossed our planet’s most northerly civilisation, Norilsk, located 250 miles north of the arctic circle, 1,800 miles NE of Moscow in north-central Siberia. Storm force winds gusting to 67 mph (strongest in 5 years) blew roofs clean off buildings, snapped traffic lights in two, blew pedestrians off their feet and even spun a […]
While a prolonged and deadly heat wave impacts Japan further south, major typhoon Soudelor slams Taiwan and China producing 145 mph wind gusts in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and dumps over 50 inches of rain in Taiwan. 6 Straight Days Above 35C [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Tokyo Heat Wave Lasted Eight Days, Doubling All-Time Record; 55 Confirmed Dead in Japan By […]
The heat has been relentless and often unbearable throughout the Middle East. Temperatures are surpassed 120 degrees across the majority of Iraq with AccuWeather claiming that Baghdad has tied it’s all-time record of 124 degrees (51C) yesterday afternoon. However, there is worse down along the coast! Scalding hot, desert air combined with onshore winds blowing off the hottest body of water […]
Within the past 10 days, I posted an article on the gruelling heat wave torturing Iraq. As expected, yet another surge of extreme heat is bringing temperatures widely above 120F, forcing the government to issue it’s second ‘heat holiday’. These were the values reached during the last heat wave. This holiday, like the last is due to the combination […]
In a struggling Iraq where thousands live in make shift refugee camps and electricity is intermittent or not an option, summertime is a particularly difficult time for locals. Especially during a heat wave. 100-degree heat is common place throughout the Middle East during July and August but when temperatures creep above 120 degrees, it becomes a greater challenge to […]
The northward migration of the sub-tropical high is well underway. The first of two hot zones is already scorching. Ahead of the rainy/monsoon season, sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Arabian Peninsula and sub-continental Asia is now in the 104-110F range widely across Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Arabia. It’s yet to get to the unbearable stage over Northwest India and Pakistan but once […]
Super Typhoon Haiyan is fast approaching the central Philippines as one of the most powerful, if not thee most powerful Tropical Cyclone ever recorded on earth. ‘Official’ sustained wind speeds according to JTWC are now at 195 mph with gusts of 235 mph. Check out this stunning night satellite image of this once in a lifetime storm. The unbelievable […]
All eyes across Taiwan and eastern China are on Super Typhoon Usagi which currently packs winds of up to 155 mph. This mighty storm is the strongest globally in 2013 so far and is setting it’s sights on southern Taiwan but thankfully the core should pass to the south. However, the system will make a Chinese […]
For the past 3 weeks a large swath of China has been stuck beneath an abnormally strong and stubborn upper level ridge of high pressure which has produced deadly record breaking heat. Skillet-like pavements have been used to cook shrimp and pork while fish are dying in rivers and ponds across 19 provinces, that’s 3 million square miles and a third of […]
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