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The US Gulf and Atlantic coast will have an open door policy next 15 days to tropical threats. While the tropics are already stirring with Ida spinning well out to sea and mischief just off the East Coast, the northward building of a very strong and sprawling high pressure into Canada forces heights to lower underneath and out over 85-90 degree […]
Record heat has been the focus across Southern California in recent days with highs of 98 in Downtown Los Angeles yesterday. It got to a record 105 in Paso Robles, 104 in Woodland Hillsm and Burbank while Long Beach topped 100. …HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTS FOR TODAY… LOCATION TEMP TIME/DATE ELEVATION …LOS ANGELES COUNTY… SANTA FE DAM 109 F 0257 […]
There’s a lot on the playing field at the moment with major heat more suited to July 5 and not September 5 from the Plains to East Coast at the same time a winter-like storm system is bringing cold and mountain snow to the interior Northwest, severe weather to the Upper Midwest. Out in the Pacific, not one but two decaying tropical […]
Despite it’s location in the easternmost Tropical Atlantic, an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands make up Cape Verde. This region has not witnessed a hurricane landfall for some 123 years, well up until a few days ago when a potent wave almost immediately became a depression off Senegal, West Africa. Satellite view of Cape Verde Satellite view of Fred over Cape Verde […]
I’m continuing to find my feet here in the new house. The good news is I now have broadband up and running, however the main computer has yet to get setup, largely due to no computer table and really since Friday, I’ve been snowed under. I’ve more time tomorrow (Thursday) and hope to get the my PC […]
From AccuWeather.com Meteorologists Recall Heart-Wrenching Memories of Issuing Dire Katrina Warnings to Public By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer August 31, 2015; 4:00 AM ET More Sharing ServicesShare | Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin As Hurricane Katrina barreled towards the Gulf Coast, peaking at Category 5 strength while feasting on the […]
Good afternoon. I’m pleased to say that our move into our new home ran very smoothly yesterday. It’s sure been a hectic past few days and really past few months but we’re in and now beginning a new chapter. Thought I would nip up to my wife’s parents house to use the WIFI and bring a quick […]
We have a classic upper air pattern with building ridge into the Great Lakes, eastern Canada following a trough split in which a tropical storm is tracking WNW underneath, en-route to the US. Here’s the latest GFS scenario for Erika. Here’s the toasty upper pattern over top of Erika. Lot’s of heat in this pattern […]
Too much of a good thing! Drought conditions have continued to worsen throughout the Caribbean this summer but Erika has moved in and all but swamped the island of Dominica as she continues her WNW towards the Bahamas as a 50 mph storm. There’s video of a building collapsing under the power of raging flood waters. Canefield Airport on the […]
After a very slow start to the 2015 season due to colder than normal water, strong easterlies and dusty dry air, conditions are steadily improving and we’re seeing the results. The African wave train is shedding several large waves out into the tropical Atlantic now and we’ve seen the development of Danny, rapidly intensifying into a Cat […]
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