Summer 2015
Katesbridge is a small hamlet in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Shannaghan,[1] just off the main route from Castlewellan to Banbridge, and 7km north of Rathfriland. The River Bann flows by the hamlet. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 135 people. It lies within the Banbridge District. […]
We’re now into summer’s second half and there appears to be some pretty significant flips on the way. Since the heavy rains have eased in the last couple of weeks across Texas and Oklahoma and with very high evaporation rates at this time of year, soils are drying out and by doing so, along with […]
This very unsettled and unseasonable weather for mid-July ain’t going anywhere fast I’m afraid. After a very wet and windy night across Northern Ireland and Scotland with significant flooding in areas, today will be showery with a continued stiff breeze. We had a terrific lightning display overnight across parts of Southeast and Northwest England as well as […]
Persistent heavy rains, thunderstorms and of course wet ground as a result has led to an unusually cool open to July for Chicago and surrounding Midwest locales. In fact July 2015’s opening 8 days has been coolest in 31 years with 3 highs no better than 67 degrees. That’s the ‘average’ for May 5 and October […]
This latest northward warm surge from Iberia through France into the southern UK comes and goes almost immediately. Triggered and brought to an abrupt end by an unusually deep approaching Atlantic low which arrives tonight. Latest visible satellite imagery shows the low gathering and approaching Ireland while out ahead, cloudless skies and SSE winds push heat and humidity north up through France into […]
The main weather system on the US maps these days is probably the Lower Mississippi Valley to Southeast ridge because it’s this that’s helping start the Southwest monsoon season and it’s this that’s also contributing to the severe thunderstorms firing on the Northern Plains into the Lower Midwest today. The position of the ridge is […]
Today Marks Summer 2015’s Half Way Point And Atlantic Is Very Much Driving Europe’s Summer (& Year)!
Today marks the mid way point of summer 2015 and it’s very apparent that the ocean and it’s cold and warm anomalies are reflecting the land temperature and precipitation distribution anomalies this year. Where surrounding waters are cold and the ground is wet, it’s cool overall and where waters are warm and ground is dry, it’s warmer than normal, […]
The tropical Pacific continues to cook with the latest system, Dolores off Mexico’s west coast expected to become a yet another major storm. Luckily for Mexico, it looks to have indirect impacts. Meanwhile, we’ve recently had a surprise pop over the Gulf stream off the East Coast US, Tropical Storm Claudette has formed and thankfully for […]
The jet stream doesn’t typically warrant much mention during the warm season as it’s a weaker feature that is often or should be to our north. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] However this week the transatlantic jet strengthens and buckles and by doing so, it develops an usually deep little low for mid July by late week. On a positive note, it […]
With the exceptions of the Pacific Northwest, it’s been a rather cool first half to July with even areas which saw a record warm June, cooler than normal. The core of cool with large area of 4 below normal is centred pretty much where the wettest ground is. July opens coolest in 31 years for Chicago […]
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