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Aside from heat and humidity we have two other significant weather stories currently unfolding, 1) the remnants of Earl may cross Mexico and get out over the warm waters of the east Pacific and reform and 2) a stalled system over the northeast Gulf of Mexico could drop up to 20 inches of rain in NW […]
By Jason Samenow Capital Weather Gang August 4 Hurricanes, large and small, have eluded U.S. shores for record lengths of time. As population and wealth along parts of the U.S. coast have exploded since the last stormy period, experts dread the potential damage and harm once the drought ends. Three historically unprecedented droughts in landfalling U.S. hurricanes […]
Earl made landfall early this morning (Thursday) as a Category 1 hurricane near Belize City causing wind damage and flooding from rain and storm surge. Interestingly, Earl is only the 3rd August hurricane landfall in Belize history. The last time? 1918 and the only one prior was way back in 1864. So this landfall in this part of the […]
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.
Typhoon Nida made landfall around 3.35am near Hong Kong Tuesday morning packing damaging winds and flooding rain significantly disrupting transportation and infrastructure with schools and businesses closing. Several people we’re injured due to dozens of trees falling along with the collapse of scaffolding. The wind tunnel effect plays a major role here. Gusts of 93 mph we’re recorded while over […]
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 […]
The sun is up and revealed and much more robust 96L with deep cyclonic convection shown in satellite imagery. Despite looking good this morning, there are a lot of obstacles in the way of both 96L and 97L, positioned well to the west of 96L in the central tropical Atlantic. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The models show one […]
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 […]
Tom Moore Published: July 22, 2016 Meteorologists encounter weather records all of the time. There are minor ones, like daily records, and there are some that are literally mind-numbing. The nations of Kuwait and Iraq have presented us with the latter over the past couple of days, as extreme heat has placed a choke hold […]
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