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Associated Press Published: July 23, 2016 At least 154 people have died and 124 are left missing in northern China due to some of the region’s worst flooding in years, officials said Saturday. The deluge was triggered by torrential rain that led to landslides and destroyed homes across the country. A majority of the fatalities […]
By: Jeff Masters , 3:01 AM GMT on July 22, 2016 It was a historic day in the annals of meteorology on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in the Middle East, where the temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait soared to an astonishing 54°C (129.2°F). If verified, this would be Earth’s hottest temperature ever reliably measured outside of […]
Published: Jul 20 2016 02:00 PM EDT By Jonathan Belles weather.com Sea surface temperatures so far this hurricane season have busted records in the Gulf of Mexico, running just under 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, and that could mean more fuel for tropical storms and hurricanes if the season becomes more active. Temperatures at the […]
Brits may complain about the ‘heat’ here but for the folks of the Middle East and particularly Iraq they would laugh at our complaint and would find our daytime 30s quite cool even during the dark hours of night. In fact night time lows are barely going below 37C which of course was the new July UK […]
Published: Jun 12 2016 03:00 PM EDT By Brian Donegan weather.com Tropical Storm Colin was the 144th consecutive tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin to not make landfall in the United States as a major hurricane, defined as a Category 3 or higher storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to Colorado State University tropical meteorologist, Dr. Phil […]
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 quick update on Tropical Storm Colin. He’s stronger but looking windswept with shear displacing convection to the east. Water temps appear warm enough to maintain a moderate to strong TS as it comes ashore within the Florida Bight but shear may hold back further intensification. GFDL sees strongest winds on south side with little […]
A brief post this evening as I’m about to hit the road for Scotland’s far north to climb another two munros. I’ve not got much to add from before. Texas continues to get hammered but there’s drying on the way thankfully. Scene from Galveston, TX. Heat is on big time Out West with Phoenix likely […]
Lots going on this weekend with floods continuing to hit Texas hard. Out West and we’ve got the first heatwave of 2016 set to send temps to record levels from Phoenix to LA up to Seattle. The Texas system should exit eastward late weekend but the combination of this system and one sweeping east through the Lakes, […]
Today marks the official start to meteorological summer and the Atlantic Hurricane season 2016. As you would expect, the tropics are quiet but not silent with NHC highlighting an area of disturbed weather Central America. In recent days, models have been picking up on developing either over the western Caribbean or Gulf. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] ECMWF and […]
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