Summer 2016
The warmth and dryness of May and early June may well be a distant memory but this time 40 years ago Britain was in the midst of the hottest, driest summer on record. Here’s a look back. Article from Daily Mail last July Think we’re having a heatwave? Last week was Arctic compared to the […]
It’s stormy and steamy in the Northeast today as a frontal system sweeps through while downright blistering Out West with potential monsoonal thunderstorms spreading out of Mexico into Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Infrared from last 24 hours. Today’s surface Moist air takes up the entire southern and eastern US stretching from Desert to New England. […]
Last July opened with the hottest July day in UK weather history with Heathrow setting a new benchmark of 36.7C surpassing that of Northolt’s 36.5C set back in 2006. Up here in Scotland, Aviemore and Kinloss topped a Med-like 29C. This was the scene from Loch Morlich overlooking the Cairngorms on a hot July 1st last year. Note […]
With the southward shift in jet stream this week thanks to cool Canadian high pressure sinking down over the Great Lakes, a swath of heavy thunderstorms are set to fire each of the next several afternoons from Texas through the Southeast up into the Mid-Atlantic. Upper energy will be enhanced by very warm, moisture rich […]
A new week but nothing new on the weather with a parade of fronts set to cause play issues at Wimbledon. Cool, often wet with spells of wind summarises the week ahead. Yesterday’s highs and lows across Europe. Note the mid 30s by day in east Poland and mid 20s by night on the Greek and Turkish coasts! […]
Last week saw all-time record heat in the Southwest. This week and it’s getting hot once again. GFS forecasted highs However, while the heat rebuilds, a cap will be in place as it looks like we’ve the first taste of the 2016 Southwest monsoon on the way. Moisture streaming WNW out of the Gulf across Mexico will […]
Exactly 2 weeks after our last trip to Sutherland and summiting my 9-10th munro, Conival and Ben More Assynt, we’re back on the overnight road again. As usual, Petr and I meet at his house and this time we set off at 10.30pm Saturday June 18, 2016 along the M80 with the wild beauty of Torridon in our sights. After […]
ARTICLE FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM Nearly two dozen people have died in West Virginia as a result of extreme flooding that inundated portions of the state on Thursday. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management reported at midday Saturday that the official fatalities reported from the West Virginia Medical Examiner remains at 23, “contrary […]
The incredible instability created by a clash of air masses looks to ease into next week as fresher air off the Atlantic takes over. FEATURE IMAGE CREDIT: NDTV [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Unfortunately this less unstable air comes with low pressure and though less humid, wetter, windier spells shall be frequent. Like we saw all too often with this […]
Powerful thunderstorms brought severe weather and flash flooding across the Mid-Atlantic yesterday causing historic floods in West Virginia. Another significant system will push into south-central Canada this weekend , dropping temps over the N Plains while temporarily lifting them into the East. Highs will widely climb into the mid and upper 90s from Texas to […]
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