Summer 2015
Over the weekend, temperatures climbed to new heights for June across eastern Washington with even one contender for a new state June record. Walla Walla hit 113 degrees Sunday which if verified, would set a new state record for June in Washington. A high of 104 in Spokane was the warmest here since all the way back to Aug 1961. […]
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED THROUGHOUT TODAY The heat and humidity builds throughout the UK today and you’ll have noticed the increasingly muggy feel as the rise in water vapour adds to the uncomfortable feel of the air. It’s not the temperature but humidity that makes it unpleasant and even hard to breathe if bad enough. […]
Well it’s looking like a great week of weather for tennis and Wimbledon’s opening week with heat building into the upper 20s/low 30s as early as tomorrow. No change to the temperature forecast I’ve had for several days now. I fully agree with the numbers the BBC have for the Mon-Thu period. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The […]
A high of 124 degrees was reached at Death Valley, CA Saturday which made for the hottest of the year for the United States. Meanwhile, blistering triple digits weren’t solely confined to the deserts of the Southwest but extended all the way to eastern Washington where temps reached an impressive 111 degrees at Pasco, an all-time June record […]
There’s no question, this week will be the warmest of the year and possibly in years throughout Western Europe as very hot air continues to build over the Spanish plateau. The influence of the low out over the Atlantic while eventually lift the blow torch conditions over Iberia northward through France and eventually covering the UK by Tuesday/Wednesday. Exactly […]
We’ve quite the contrasts across the country today with flooding rain and 60s over Pennsylvania and western New York (70s in DC, Philly & NYC) while it’s in the 90s for Seattle and Portland, 105-110 east of the Cascades. Current view from Greensburg, PA Monroe, MI Nashville, TN Las Vegas, NV [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] ECMWF surface chart shows […]
Just a short written post today as I’m on the road and due to a tooth extraction this morning, I won’t have a US video I’m afraid. Hope to have one tomorrow though! As your well aware, things are about to get darn hot throughout the Pacific Northwest this weekend with widespread heat records expected […]
The first appreciable surge of heat is heading UK bound next week as typically strong upper level high pressure migrates north from Morocco and Algeria into Spain and up over France, eventually reaching all of the UK by mid to later next week. GFS 500mb perspective. See how heights build northwards through next week. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Watch […]
The Pacific Northwest is gearing up for a potentially historic spell of hot weather this weekend on into next week while it’s the opposite for the Southeast as a result! It’s not just the Southeast but the Northeast will see a day or two at 15-20 below normal with highs in the upper 60s/low 70s, rare for […]
In the last 24 hours, there’s been an interesting shift in the models for next week. For several days, the models took the core of the heat into south-central Europe, however, the latest runs take the heat north further west and this signifies a very different outcome for the UK and Ireland next week. After […]

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