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The heat has been relentless and often unbearable throughout the Middle East. Temperatures are surpassed 120 degrees across the majority of Iraq with AccuWeather claiming that Baghdad has tied it’s all-time record of 124 degrees (51C) yesterday afternoon. However, there is worse down along the coast! Scalding hot, desert air combined with onshore winds blowing off the hottest body of water […]
Within the past 10 days, I posted an article on the gruelling heat wave torturing Iraq. As expected, yet another surge of extreme heat is bringing temperatures widely above 120F, forcing the government to issue it’s second ‘heat holiday’. These were the values reached during the last heat wave. This holiday, like the last is due to the combination […]
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 […]
In a struggling Iraq where thousands live in make shift refugee camps and electricity is intermittent or not an option, summertime is a particularly difficult time for locals. Especially during a heat wave. 100-degree heat is common place throughout the Middle East during July and August but when temperatures creep above 120 degrees, it becomes a greater challenge to […]
The tropical Pacific continues to cook with the latest system, Dolores off Mexico’s west coast expected to become a yet another major storm. Luckily for Mexico, it looks to have indirect impacts. Meanwhile, we’ve recently had a surprise pop over the Gulf stream off the East Coast US, Tropical Storm Claudette has formed and thankfully for […]
The super strong MJO crossing the Pacific Ocean has the ‘conga line’ of topical trouble steaming westward full throttle. The first two systems threaten China with the second (Chan hom) potentially a major hit near Shanghai. The powerful MJO is likely down to the extremely warm waters covering a large part of the Pacific at the moment. The […]
As we head into the heart of July and indeed this summer season I can see some changes taking place. A cooler, wetter pattern beginning to show in the Southeast where it got pretty hot and dry last month. The big ridge up in the Pacific Northwest and even Southwest for that matter looks to be […]
The MJO is at record levels, likely in response to the strengthening El Nino. With a strong phase 6 into 7 episode, the western Pacific basin is lighting up with tropical activity once again as expected putting Japan and adjacent coastal nations on the watch while the Atlantic is under a record strong and persistent high pressure zone, hence […]
Since yesterday’s post, NHC has upped the chance of 91L to 80% as it continues to slowly organise over the warm Gulf of Mexico. It’s likely to become Tropical Storm Bill and the seasons 2nd named storm prior to landfall sometime overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. It’s biggest threat remains flash flooding. Not just Texas! [s2If […]
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