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Models Show Caribbean Development, MJO Is Favourable

Written by on June 18, 2012 in Tropical with 0 Comments
Models Show Caribbean Development, MJO Is Favourable

You may have noticed the increasingly active area of weather simmering over the Caribbean Sea these days. This area of disturbed weather has lingered and grown in coverage over recent days and it’s stuff like this with a large envelop of energy which must be watched when you see pressures fall and you have a favourable […]

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Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

The upcoming work week will be dominated by headline grabbing heat and humidity as temps soar into the 110s in Phoenix, 105-110 in Vegas and even the Red Bluff, Redding areas of the northern Sac Valley. Temps will soar into the upper 90s in both Salt Lake and Denver today while we likely see the first of several 120s in Death Valley.There […]

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The Onset Of El Nino And It’s Influence On North America & Europe

Written by on June 17, 2012 in North and South America, Rest of Europe with 0 Comments
The Onset Of El Nino And It’s Influence On North America & Europe

The drought in the UK is over while even France and down into Spain, drought conditions have eased considerably. In my summer forecast issued back on the 31 March I stated there would be two scenarios which would determine the type of summer season we would likely have here in the UK. One being that […]

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90s Return To I-95 South Of NYC This Weekend, Possible Mid-90s For NYC Late Next Week? (Includes Video)

90s Return To I-95 South Of NYC This Weekend, Possible Mid-90s For NYC Late Next Week? (Includes Video)

The ECMWF has plenty of summer heat across much of the country through next week with a return to 90s for the Mid-Atlantic by Monday. While the strong and expansive west-east ridge keeps things warm, the model also shows a continuation of the rather active Pacific track storm with more strong low dropping out of the Gulf […]

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Severe Weather Over The Plains

Severe Weather Over The Plains

A storm system working east along the International border has a cold front draped south over the Plains and as usual this is triggering thunderstorms which if they haven’t already, will turn severe as they run into increasingly hot and humid air out ahead. These surface temperatures in the map below greatly raise the lapse rate (measure of temperature difference with […]

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Carlotta Forms In Eastern Pacific, Takes Aim At Southwest Mexico As Hurricane (Includes Video)

Written by on June 14, 2012 in North and South America, Tropical with 0 Comments
Carlotta Forms In Eastern Pacific, Takes Aim At Southwest Mexico As Hurricane (Includes Video)

Yesterday we saw an area of disturbed weather to the west of Central America become a depression and now during the overnight hours, the depression has intensified into Tropical Storm Carlotta. This system is currently supporting 45 mph winds and moving NW at around 9 mph. With conducive conditions of both warm waters and a low sheared atmosphere as well […]

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Midwest Get Ready! Heat & Humidity Is Returning!

Midwest Get Ready! Heat & Humidity Is Returning!

While some glorious weather has invaded the Great Lakes and Midwest from Canada with dry air, low humidity and abundant sunshine, this allows the perfect combination of warm, very comfortable 70-degree days accompanied by cool, crisp nights in the 40s with even frost in the UP of Michigan. As we progress towards the later part of this week, this cool, Canadian […]

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2 Feet Of Rain Falls On Taiwan In 24-Hours, 3.5 feet In 3 Days Causing Flooding, Landslides

Written by on June 13, 2012 in Asia with 0 Comments
2 Feet Of Rain Falls On Taiwan In 24-Hours, 3.5 feet In 3 Days Causing Flooding, Landslides

An astonishing 25 inches or 2 feet of rain has fallen across southern parts of Taiwan within just 24-hours while 3.5 feet has come down in 3 days, this has of course caused major flooding and sadly death with It’s all caused by a stationary boundary stretching from Southeast China eastwards across southern Taiwan and out into the western Pacific. This […]

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Showers & Storms Dominate East Coast, MCC/Derecho Weakens En-Route To The Big Easy (Includes Video)

Showers & Storms Dominate East Coast, MCC/Derecho Weakens En-Route To The Big Easy (Includes Video)

Today will see plenty of active weather with Texas, the Lower Mississippi Valley and Eastern Seaboard all seeing thunderstorms today. The same mesoscale convective complex which had a derecho on it’s leading edge as it swept southeastwards yesterday producing over 300 wind damage reports across the Mississippi Valley will gradually weaken as it takes aim at New […]

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US Outlook For Next 48 Hours

US Outlook For Next 48 Hours

Following highs in the 90s from Minneapolis to DC, an eastbound cold front bringing showers and storms to the Mississippi Valley will continue pushing east over the next 36-48 hours. On it’s backside temps are falling 20-25 degrees from the previous 24 hours ago. While weekend highs soared well into the 90s across the Dakotas, their in the 70s […]

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