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Well I think we can all pretty much agree on where August is going when it comes to the average Plains temps! The intense heat focused right over the heart of the tinderbox ain’t going nowhere during August, in fact we may even see it equally as hot during this final meteorological month of summer 2012 as what […]
While the cauldron of heat continues it’s relentless grip over the Midwest today, thunderstorms are firing along the jet stream which flows across the Great Lakes down towards the Mid-Atlantic. Strong, multicluster thunderstorms are currently pushing southeast through New York state and eastern Pennsylvania into New Jersey where a serious cluster of slow moving storms is causing […]
In this post I shall take a look at the El Nino, it’s role and importance of strength and position over the equatorial Pacific. The role of sea surface temperatures over the North Atlantic and the overall Pacific and Atlantic’s influence on the atmosphere, the behavior of the current winter season down in the southern hemisphere and […]
Hot weather will dominate the upcoming workweek with the focus centred over the Plains. Through this week the 100s will spread west over the Great Basin allowing Denver to see yet more 100s as well as Salt Lake City, Reno and Boise as the week progresses. By late week, the ECMWF shows heights really […]
Following chilly afternoons up in New York City where rain, cloud and Atlantic breezes held temperatures in the low 60s a couple of days ago, yesterday it was the Baltimore-Washington area which got in on some impressive late July chill. What’s striking is how warm this month has been across the region with 13 days over 95 […]
I alluded on my Facebook page yesterday morning about the potential for all-time records falling from North Kansas to North Dakota over the next 7 days with even a state record threatened. This can only happen when the conditions are perfect and I believe they are as we have an historic drought and with exceptionally […]
Well it’s a very different day throughout the Northeast today compared the a couple of days ago when New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington surpassed the century mark. Today it’s all about temps in the chilly 60s, cloud and rain thanks to the presence of low pressure. Heavy rain has been falling throughout the […]
While temperatures peg back across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic following yet another 100-degree day from DC to New York yesterday, the core of the heat shifts back west and will punish the very heart of the drought region. From this afternoon through to early next week, expect highs well into the 100s with some, perhaps many from […]
As you can see from the latest upper charts off the ECMWF, below, the hot air quickly leaves the Northeast following the passing of the cold front which brought quite the lightning show to the Big Cities. The heat core returns to where it wants to stay and hold. It’s home this summer mid point […]
[error] DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ADVANCING UPON THE BIG CITIES OF THE NORTHEAST WITH LOTS OF HEAT/HUMIDITY TO FUEL DAMAGING WIND, FLOODING RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HAIL, EVEN TORNADOES [/error] While yesterday was hot, today is hottest of the year for much of the Northeast from Philly to Boston. Philadelphia has topped 100° for a second time this summer while DC’s […]
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