Seasonal Forecasts
There’s been no shortage of heat this summer and following a record hot June for the US, July started off tame with largely regionalised heat waves. However as the dryness expanding, so did the heat. Where dry, the heat has been running 2-4F above normal, particularly so in the Southeast and most recently the western […]
While June was dry in the Northwest (UK) and wet in the Southwest (Spain) and the heart of Europe (Germany), it was opposite in July with wet NW, dry SW but still relatively wet in central. 30-day precipitation anomaly Despite the recent heat surge, temps are below normal across Scandinavia, average to slightly below average over the UK and warmer […]
By: Jeff Masters , 3:01 AM GMT on July 22, 2016 It was a historic day in the annals of meteorology on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in the Middle East, where the temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait soared to an astonishing 54°C (129.2°F). If verified, this would be Earth’s hottest temperature ever reliably measured outside of […]
Published: Jul 20 2016 02:00 PM EDT By Jonathan Belles weather.com Sea surface temperatures so far this hurricane season have busted records in the Gulf of Mexico, running just under 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, and that could mean more fuel for tropical storms and hurricanes if the season becomes more active. Temperatures at the […]
It’s business as usual following the very short lived heat surge with thundery breakdown as the next Atlantic front ploughed into the warm, humid air. Did you notice the much fresher feel and consequential drop in temperature as a result last night? Atlantic air is back and with sunshine, it warms nicely but it’s less humid. The […]
Relentless rainfall into the early part of the warm season makes for rapid crop growth. A lot of water is contained within both crop and soil beneath and when a powerful upper ridge develops, so the heat draws water vapour into the atmosphere increasing humidity. The below radar estimated rainfall for July so far indicates […]
Brits may complain about the ‘heat’ here but for the folks of the Middle East and particularly Iraq they would laugh at our complaint and would find our daytime 30s quite cool even during the dark hours of night. In fact night time lows are barely going below 37C which of course was the new July UK […]
Hot yes, exceptional, certainly not and the widespread storms following the hottest day of the year is fairly typical when you’ve got a cold front bumping into a very warm, juicy air mass. The atmosphere is simply doing what it should be doing. Some of these storms may seem dramatic, especially over Scotland but simply because it’s been several years […]
Well what can I say, the majority of the Lower 48 is entering it’s first coast to coast heat wave since 2012 as a powerful, vertically stacked high pressure system spans coast to coast. How hot? Widespread upper 90s/low 100s for the Plains with a few 105-110s. How rare or unusual is this heat when looking back […]
It’s a balmy start to what could be a record challenging day. This morning’s visible satellite says it all! A beautiful clear sky Ireland and UK wide this morning, with exception of Scotland but this is breaking up. Yesterday saw France and Britain’s warmest day of 2016. We saw 27.3C at Mount Dillon yesterday, marking Ireland’s warmest day […]
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