North and South America
If we strip away the uncertainties in the forecast for now and look at what IS certain.. unfortunately what is certain is that Hispaniola which is a large islands which makes up the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and this island will have to contend with significant rainfall from Isaac as he passes nearby to the south […]
As is often the case when you get clusters of thunderstorms develope over the Las Vegas Valley, it doesn’t take much to flood the city. The desert landscape as well as the amount of concrete means there’s little room for the water to escape once it hits the ground and that was the case during […]
Organisation & Initial Intensity Could Mean Difference Between Heading For East Coast or Gulf As Isaac continues to wax and wane as he enters the eastern Caribbean having endured dry air and wind shear. The same question remains despite what the models are suggesting and that is, when will this storm intensify. I really do […]
Since going to bed some 3 hours ago and now I’m back up.. Isaac has been declared and the latest European run continues to take this into the Gulf as a strong hurricane. The overal track looks more and more likely to be skirting SOUTH of the big islands and perhaps making a direct hit […]
Just when you thought those terrible, torturous 90s and 100s was done with the Plains for another summer you happen to look at the ECMWF and go, OH NO! Yes, the heat which has baked the Great Basin and West this month, a complete reversal to the overall summer of 2012 is returning to the […]
Concerns continue to grow this evening as Tropical Depression 9 spins westward towards the Leeward Islands. Right now this system doesn’t look like much at all, largely exposed with little deep convection to speak of. This has a lot to do with dry air it along with all other systems which have crossed the tropical Atlantic […]
Well I think it’s pretty safe to now say that the worst of the worst is now over when talking heat for both North America and Europe and really the Northern Hemisphere as we now enter the last 10 days of August. Days have shortened and nights lengthened considerably and with the sun angle lowering, so […]
HURRICANE GORDON MAKES LANDFALL IN AZORES THIS MORNING All of a sudden the tropical Atlantic has awakened and there is a lot on the table over the coming 1-2 weeks. While we have two circulations well paying close attention to, we see Gordan drifting and die out in the chilly waters en-reoute towards Portugal […]
Well it has been a fantastic past several days up across the Northern Tier of the country with cool, refreshing air spilling out of Canada making for the first feel of autumn following a long and hot summer. Well those temperatures over the coming days are set to rise back into the 80s, we already […]
Tropical Storm Helene What was once Tropical Depression 7, became Tropical Storm Helene earlier today in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Helene is currently a weak 45 mph storm which will continue to take a northwest track which as you can see from the below forecast track off The National Hurricane Centre would take her into the Mexican coast […]
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