Seasonal Forecasts
A series of autumn-like storm systems crossing the Northern Tier is providing a large variety of weather across the country mid and late week. Ahead of these systema, southerly winds is driving summer heat and humidity across the South and East while it feels more like autumn behind the front over Montana and Dakotas as well as the Upper Midwest eventually with persistent rain […]
July 2015 opened record hot, this year it’s opposite… Opening 4 days of July 2015 Opening 4 days of July 2016 June 2016 opened warm, sunny and dry following a warm, dry May but the pattern flipped to unsettled around the 10th and has remained that way. The dullest, wettest and coolest was felt across central, eastern and particularly southeastern England […]
While the UK remains disappointed and stuck beneath an unsettled Atlantic flow, the heat is on further south with full blown heat wave conditions being felt over Spain. Yesterday’s satellite imagery revealed near peninsula wide clear sky. Yesterday AM temps started off VERY TOASTY indeed and this usually indicates a very hot day ahead. That was […]
It’s a hot, steamy, thundery July 4th weekend from Texas to Carolinas with plenty of hazy sunshine building daytime surface temps widely into the middle 90s while fresher air resides over the Northeast with a channel of heavy flooding rains running in between. PM thunderstorms will develop within this hot, humid Southern air mass today and Monday. Heatwave Begins With 110s on Plains […]
As expected even prior to the start, Wimbledon, like the French Open has experienced significant rain delays this year and therefore we have rare ‘middle Sunday’ tennis today. The last time this happened was back in 2004. Middle Sunday tennis has only occurred 4 times in the tournaments 130 year history. Looks like the weather is playing ball for this rare event. Wimbledon looks […]
A sharp west-east thermal boundary has low pressure now forming over western Kansas. With cool, dry air north and hot, humid air south, heavy, flooding rains will cause problems this weekend from Kansas east to the Mid-Atlantic. Heavy flooding rains enhanced by knife edge north-south thermal gradient. Sun PM temps Anomaly FEATURE IMAGE CREDIT: West Virginia Department of Transportation […]
UCAR Article The summer of 1816 was not like any summer people could remember. Snow fell in New England. Gloomy, cold rains fell throughout Europe. It was cold and stormy and dark – not at all like typical summer weather. Consequently, 1816 became known in Europe and North America as “The Year Without a Summer.” […]
On this day a year ago, the UK endured the hottest July day on record. A year later and some parts of Scotland may struggle to reach 11 or 12C with munro summits holding near freezing with snow in the air. This morning and we’re talking wind chill over high ground across Scotland. What A […]
The upcoming July 4th weekend looks fairly typical across the US with plenty of heat, humidity and a Plains low triggering widespread thunderstorm activity. After all it wouldn’t be July 4th weekend without ‘natural fireworks’ in the forecast… Due to the presence of a storm system centred over the west-central Plains, will enhance thunderstorm activity across the Mid-South and […]
The rest of this week and through the weekend will be dominated by a brisk, cool westerly air flow crossing Ireland and the UK with frequent showers piling in accompanied with longer spells of rain. There will be some sun but it’s limited. Plenty of rain to pile into particularly Scotland over the next 5 days. GFS […]
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