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Well I think it’s pretty safe to now say that the worst of the worst is now over when talking heat for both North America and Europe and really the Northern Hemisphere as we now enter the last 10 days of August. Days have shortened and nights lengthened considerably and with the sun angle lowering, so […]
HURRICANE GORDON MAKES LANDFALL IN AZORES THIS MORNING All of a sudden the tropical Atlantic has awakened and there is a lot on the table over the coming 1-2 weeks. While we have two circulations well paying close attention to, we see Gordan drifting and die out in the chilly waters en-reoute towards Portugal […]
Well it has been a fantastic past several days up across the Northern Tier of the country with cool, refreshing air spilling out of Canada making for the first feel of autumn following a long and hot summer. Well those temperatures over the coming days are set to rise back into the 80s, we already […]
Interesting Aspects About Cat 2 Hurricane Gordon, Hurricane Warnings Up For Azores, No Impact For UK
Hurricane Warnings Are Hoisted Across Azores As Hurricane Gordon Impacts Within The Next 6-12 Hours Hurricane Gordon is currently supporting sustained winds of 100 mph with gusts to 120 mph. Embedded within the westerlies, Gordon is speeding towards the southern Azores at 20 mph. As Gordon nears the Azores a hurricane warning has been issued with locals and tourists on […]
Tropical Storm Helene What was once Tropical Depression 7, became Tropical Storm Helene earlier today in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Helene is currently a weak 45 mph storm which will continue to take a northwest track which as you can see from the below forecast track off The National Hurricane Centre would take her into the Mexican coast […]
Following a chilly May, June and July from Seattle all the way down to San Diego, temperatures have averaged a full 1-3 below normal but with the westward shift in the Plains hot dome just as July ended and August began, this, has meant that the first 17 days of this month have seen a complete flip in the numbers and trend of […]
This graphic by AccuWeather says it all. I’ve been talking about this coming chill all week and here it comes. Expect low 40s for many across the Dakotas and Minnesota tonight with some rural areas likely falling into the chilly, near frosty upper 30s. The chill will extend south, southeast and deep into the same […]
Believe it or not but Tropical systems practically every late summer will take that long recurve route all the way around the North Atlantic Basin perhaps having struck the US East Coast or simply remained a fish storm between the US and Bermuda, a common tropical cyclone track. They can eventually they sweep across Western Europe […]
High Latitude Blocking Looks To Keep USA & Great Britain Cool, Unsettled Through Remainder of August
Thought it would be worthwhile taking a quick look at the 8-14 day outlook courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center. While folks in the US will be asking, Is this coming cool a sign of things to come, folks here in the UK are likely asking, is this warmth and intensifying warmth this weekend also a sign of things […]
It’s interesting to see the reports fly in about how ‘relentlessly’ hot it’s been in the last 10 days over the West with Phoenix being highlighted. 9 out of the last 10 days has seen Phoenix top 110° with the highest value being 116°. Much more impressive is Death Valley with just 2 out the […]
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