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The temperature is sitting at 101° and may be on the way to 104° before the normal 5pm peak. Today marks the first 100s for the Peachtree City since the blistering August 2007 heatwave. Highs during that hot spell maxed out at 104°, just 1° shy of the all-time record. This time around they may push that […]
Well there’s no point in me telling you it’s darn HOT from the Plains to East Coast as you well know. Amazing at just how sweltering these readings are. This will be a heatwave remembered for a long time. It started last weekend when we saw Colorado tie the state all-time record high at 114°, […]
While looking at the ECMWF run for tonight, the heat wave with 95+F temps from Denver to DC looks to last through Monday of next week with little breakdown in the powerful upper ridge which covers all but the West Coast. The Mid-Atlantic and southern Northeast will return to the heat following a few cool […]
The intensity of the upper ridge over the Rockies and Plains in the last 4 or 5 days has been mighty impressive. The ECMWF had this heat wave on the table since the start of last week and by looking at this model day after day, I knew we could see some impressive numbers and […]
Following a significant ‘jump’ across firelines and breaks, the Waldo Canyon wildfire exploded yesterday as extreme heat and a huge tinderbox harnessed the perfect conditions for this inferno to spead fast rapidly, catching all off guard. While heat and dry weather supports the perfect conditions, it was powerful 65 mph winds which helped drive this fire […]
The ridge over the Plains states is incredible as today would mark a 4th consecutive day above 100 in Denver following a tie of the all-time record of 105 yesterday. Today could level that again and I guess there is a small chance we could even see a new all-time high for the Mile High […]
Much of North Florida is ultimately a disaster zone with the focus on hardest hit Wakulla County where a Civil Emergency has been declared. A massive amount of rain fallen over the past 24 hours across the Panhandle. As you can see from the graphic below provided by the Tallahassee NWS showing rainfall totals from […]
Unfortunately, since my update back during yesterday afternoon there is litte change in Debby except she is down by 5 mph. Max sustained winds remain at 45 mph, pressure is 993mb and she is stalled. Now we know the wind aspect isn’t the main feature but it’s the persistency in piling up of the water with […]
It’s been a rough morning throughout the Northeast following the passing of a sharp cold front which produced severe thunderstorms. The effects are still being felt at the major hubs as I write this. That front marks the introduction to much cooler, fresher air which will be drawn down all the way from the Canadian […]
Well, Debby has weakened from a 60 to 50 mph storm and is looking rather unimpressive due to the amount of dry air working into the storm as well as the strong shear which is displacing ther bulk of her convection well off to the east. In fact the majority of the convection is actually […]
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