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If you are into WILD WEATHER then this pattern is the one for you. The jet is buckling majorly over North America and the strong storm that produced 120 mph wind gusts over southern Alaska is acting like a major heat pump, effectively it’s pulling sub-tropical air out of the central Pacific and forcing it […]
There’s a heck of an early season cold period coming over the next 2 weeks for a large chunk of the US, east of the Rockies and for Europe, You’ve been warned! Given it’s still only mid-September, the pattern evolving is one of great interest both the NAO and AO going into the tank. Models have been […]
Typhoon Sanba came crashing ashore early this morning (around 6am local time) local time in the northeast of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa as an estimated 120 mph (Cat 3) storm. Wind gusts were measured at approximately 149 mph according to JTWC. As well as packing tremendous, screaming winds, it also dumped a tremendous amount of rainfall across the island which […]
I thought I would cover a little on the warm AMO that we’re seeing and just how strong it has become. This is a key driver in our weather these days not just locally surrounding the basin itself but globally. This warm AMO is controlling or at least is having a strong influence on many […]
You’ll be well aware of the first in a series of troughs which will drop out of Canada early next week bringing unusually chilly air for so early so early into the Great Lakes, Midwest and Ohio Valley. The question is how cool will it get and how far south. From what I’m seeing just now, Monday through Wednesday will see […]
Thankfully, Sanba spinning away in the Western Pacific has weakened ever so slightly but remains an extremely danagerous 150-mph Super Typhoon (Category 4 eqiv), down from 175 mph earlier where gusts were estimated at around 207 mph. The intensity of this storm has been measured in comparison to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina within exploded over the Central Gulf of Mexico back in 2005 where […]
A trough trough with some very cold air by September standards is set to drop out of Central Canada next week and this appears to have the potential to end the growing season for many from the Canadian border of Minnesota-Michigan all the way down towards central Missouri. Widespread lows mid next week could be […]
Sept 11, 2012 made the history books in the Las Vegas area as it became the wettest Sept day on record as slow moving thunderstorms dropped 1.18 inches of rain in a matter of just a few hours. This caused significant flash flooding to creeks, streams, streets and even homes. Multiple rescues had to be carried […]
After leaving Bermuda waters later Sunday into Monday, Leslie headed north and increased forward speed to 40 mph before slamming ashore near Fortune on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland this morning as a 968mb, 70 mph tropical storm. Leslie pummeled Newfoundland with dangerous storm surge, flooding rains (mainly in the western side of the province) and hurricane-force winds […]
The fire threat across the Western US has continued to grow over the past several weeks and the above chart says it all. Persistently dry conditions, in fact record dry conditions all the way from Coastal Washington and Oregon extending over the continental divide has meant a a mere stray cigarette bud could be enough to start […]
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