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As of 2am today, Beijing time, as many as 10 people have died following the heaviest rains in the Chinese capital in 61 years. It’s said the storm struck during Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, stranding over 80,000 and cancelling 500 flights at Beijing’s Capital International Airport while all sorts of chaos was […]
I alluded on my Facebook page yesterday morning about the potential for all-time records falling from North Kansas to North Dakota over the next 7 days with even a state record threatened. This can only happen when the conditions are perfect and I believe they are as we have an historic drought and with exceptionally […]
Well it’s a very different day throughout the Northeast today compared the a couple of days ago when New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington surpassed the century mark. Today it’s all about temps in the chilly 60s, cloud and rain thanks to the presence of low pressure. Heavy rain has been falling throughout the […]
Over the past few days temperatures have continued to rise and beyond even the typically sweltering levels of the Middle East Desert. Today marked the hottest day of the year so far with readings in both Iraq and neighbouring Iran topping 126°. The hottest place appears to have been Omidieh, Iran with 126°F (52.4C), Abadan, Iran hit 126°F (51.6C) while Al […]
While temperatures peg back across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic following yet another 100-degree day from DC to New York yesterday, the core of the heat shifts back west and will punish the very heart of the drought region. From this afternoon through to early next week, expect highs well into the 100s with some, perhaps many from […]
As you can see from the latest upper charts off the ECMWF, below, the hot air quickly leaves the Northeast following the passing of the cold front which brought quite the lightning show to the Big Cities. The heat core returns to where it wants to stay and hold. It’s home this summer mid point […]
[error] DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ADVANCING UPON THE BIG CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST WITH LOTS OF HEAT/HUMIDITY TO FUEL DAMAGING WIND, FLOODING RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HAIL, EVEN TORNADOES [/error] While yesterday was hot, today is hottest of the year for much of the Northeast from Philly to Boston. Philadelphia has topped 100° for a second time this summer while DC’s […]
[error] Temps topped at least 104° at the Baltimore Science Center, 103° at Newark Liberty Int Airport, 100° at LaGuardia Airport, 98° at Central Park, NYC, storms are now sweeping towards big cities! [/error] There’s no disputing, it’s yet another scorcher of a day across the Northeast with widespread mid and upper 90s with the classic urban heat islands […]
It’s one hot, humid and oppressive afternoon throughout the Lower Midwest, Ohio Valley and Northeast with temps soaring well into the 90s and for some, the low 100s. A cold front drapped over New England is slowly creeping south, feeding off the heat and humidity flowing northeast around an offshore Bermuda high. Along this front, strong to severe […]
It’s certainly been a cold month in Alaska’s largest city located in the south-central part of the state. In fact it’s been colder than Barrow, located on the Arctic coast. Average temperatures at this time of year is around 65-66° and no day thus far in July has hit those ‘average’ values. The high on July […]
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