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US Heat Core Has Now Shifted West & Area Where It’s Been Hottest Is Cooling, But Why?

US Heat Core Has Now Shifted West & Area Where It’s Been Hottest Is Cooling, But Why?

The back is broken in terms of summer heat from Denver to St Louis in a big way with cool shot no. 2 coming acalling late this week. Just when many thought this seemingly never ending summer would continue, the flip has begun but like I said in the previous article, this doesn’t mean summer […]

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Record Chill Looms Late Week From Montana To Ohio Valley, Record Heat Takes Aim At Seattle-Portland Corridor

Record Chill Looms Late Week From Montana To Ohio Valley, Record Heat Takes Aim At Seattle-Portland Corridor

It may have been a long and hot summer for the bulk of the nation but at least there is light at the end of the tunnel, starting late this week when a significant shot of cool comes down from Canada. Summer is by no means over but the back will be broken with worst in […]

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Thoughts on Global Warming & July 2012, The Plains, Midwest Heat Retreat & California Flip To Warm

Thoughts on Global Warming & July 2012, The Plains, Midwest Heat Retreat & California Flip To Warm

June and July saw relentless heat centred from Denver to St Louis with days on end in the 90s or 100s. It was a pattern straight out of the 1950s, 1988 and of course the 1930s with the return to a cold PDO and onset of the El Nino. These factors greatly aid in supporting a dry […]

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Autumn Chill Sweeps Great Lakes, West Continues To Simmer, East Coast Storms, Arctic Shot Next Weekend? (Inc Video!)

Autumn Chill Sweeps Great Lakes, West Continues To Simmer, East Coast Storms, Arctic Shot Next Weekend? (Inc Video!)

Highs yesterday remained stuck in the 70s from Minneapolis to Detroit with Chicago ‘shivering’ at 75°. It was even cooler around the Lakes with highs in Wisconsin and Michigan only topping out in the mid-60s. While many are in the 50s this morning, International Falls on the Canadian border fell to a chilly 37°.

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Temps Are Rising In LA, Inland Empire To Deserts

Temps Are Rising In LA, Inland Empire To Deserts

Summer 2012 has been hot over the Plains and parts of the East but it has been cool compared to normal over Southern California and other parts of the West but in coming days it will be anything but cool. In fact, the hottest part of the nation over the next 5-7 days will be centred […]

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Today Marks Chicago’s 40th Day of 90°+ For Year, Only 7 Off Record of 47 Set In 1988

Today Marks Chicago’s 40th Day of 90°+ For Year, Only 7 Off Record of 47 Set In 1988

It’s sure been a long hot summer not only for Chicago but for much of the Midwest and nation with as many as 33 days of 100°+ in Wichita, KS, 24 in Oklahoma City, OK and 22 in Dallas, TX. A hot summer which seems to have started back in March which of course saw super warmth and records […]

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BREAKING: Ernesto Is Now An 80 mph Hurricane and Set To Strike Belize-Mexico Border Tonight!

Written by on August 7, 2012 in North and South America, Tropical with 0 Comments
BREAKING: Ernesto Is Now An 80 mph Hurricane and Set To Strike Belize-Mexico Border Tonight!

[error] HURRICANE ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO STRIKE NORTHERN BELIZE/MEXICAN YUCATAN TONIGHT BRINGING POSSIBLY 90 MPH WINDS, 4-8 INCHES (LOCALLY 12+) OF RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES [/error] HURRICANE ERNESTO STATS CATEGORY: 1 WIND: 80 MPH SUSTAINED PRESSURE: 983MB MOVEMENT: WNW 14 MPH Finally, a waxing and waning Ernesto is now an 80 mph Category 1 Hurricane as it approaches […]

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Trend Swinging Towards Eastern Trough & Western Ridge, Very Wet For Southeast Next 5 Days

Trend Swinging Towards Eastern Trough & Western Ridge, Very Wet For Southeast Next 5 Days

The gears of the summer pattern are changing as we progress deeper into August with more troughiness set to dig into the Lakes and East while the heat shifts to further west. The worst of the summer heat is done with the Plains and East despite more warmth coming and going. Although the hottest weather has likely occured Out West […]

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12.30pm et TS ERNESTO UPDATE: System Is Looking Much Healthier, Takes Aim At Belize Wed

Written by on August 6, 2012 in Tropical with 0 Comments
12.30pm et TS ERNESTO UPDATE: System Is Looking Much Healthier, Takes Aim At Belize Wed

In the past 4-6 hours, Tropical Storm Ernesto has gotten a lot healthier looking after nearly falling apart completely yesterday. In the graphic below you can see the pressure is now down to 994mb with maximum sustained winds now ramped up to 65 mph. I credit Joe Bastardi of WeatherBELL for seeing this coming and […]

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Heat To Dominate West While Midwest, East Recieves Cooldown, Lots Of Rain Over Next 7-10 Days

Heat To Dominate West While Midwest, East Recieves Cooldown, Lots Of Rain Over Next 7-10 Days

The next 7-10 days will see the heat dominate the West with strong high pressure firmly established and centered over the Great Basin. This heat will expand up into the Northern Rockies as well as intensify over the Deserts by late week with 110s easily returning to both Las Vegas and Phoenix. Even Montana may see a few days […]

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