North and South America
We now have 75 mph Hurricane Earl, only just been upgraded within the past hour. Nice image capturing an outer band from Earl approaching Isla San Pedro, Belize. Image by Roy Ek. Further up the coast and this is the scene in beautiful Mahahaul, Mexico. Cozumel, Mexico [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This system is expected to become […]
We now have Earl and it looks like this system will become stronger prior to a Central America landfall. Biggest threat poised for Belize/Yucatan is flooding rainfall and likely mudslides. FEATURE IMAGE SOURCE: LOOP Your News Now New update tomorrow.
Looks like we have Tropical Storm Earl on the way. Looking healthy with improving outflow and a likely developing closed circulation. Water vapour shows little dry air around and ahead of the system. Waters are bathtub warm and there’s a good atmospheric environment around and ahead of this system. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Model spray focuses on […]
By: Christopher C. Burt , 10:45 PM GMT on July 22, 2016 Hottest Reliably Measured Air Temperatures on Earth As Jeff Masters mentioned in his recent blog, a temperature of 54.0°C (129.2°F) was observed at Mitribah, Kuwait on July 21st. According to the Kuwait Meteorological Department this was the hottest temperature ever measured in the […]
Great article from Washington Post. Greenland witnessed its highest June temperature ever recorded on Thursday By Jason Samenow and Angela Fritz Capital Weather Gang June 10 Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, soared to 75 degrees (24 Celsius) Thursday, marking the warmest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic country during June. Nuuk sits on Greenland’s southwest coast, where the country’s warmest […]
A lack of late winter snowpack and persistent high pressure has dried out the soils and built the heat early over Western Canada. With a gusty wind thrown in for good measure, the stage was set for what could be one of Canada’s worst wildfires. Here’s the Omega blocking pattern responsible for driving summer warmth north early. Core of heat […]
Chris Beal has been keeping us updated through the past week on the extreme cold experienced over Greenland. Early to mid last week, an unusually cold surface high sat over the remote central Greenland research outpost of Summit Camp. As a result of the clear cold, largely windless atmosphere above the vast icecap which makes up most of […]
It may have been a cool summer up until now (likely to continue too) over Northern Europe compared to points further south, but it may well be the coolest July on record for St Johns, Newfoundland after experiencing it’s warmest July just last year. How so drastically different in just 12 months? [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The […]
While it was indeed the hottest day of summer yesterday from DC to Boston, it was an entirely different day up in Newfoundland. Just look at these anomalies between the Northeast and Newfoundland yesterday. Lows/highs from yesterday across North America. Northeast highs Mid-90s for the Major Cities with realfeels in the 100s while we saw a record low […]
It’s another week and another RAINSTORM for California. This looks likely to bring even more rain to California than last week’s. Yes the rain train is going as expected. A pineapple express pattern is in place with long fetch of moisture streaming into California with not 1 but 3 lows. Here’s the latest water vapour […]
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