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SPECIAL UPDATE: TS Debby Weaken’s But Severe Thunderstorm Risk, Further Flooding Remains (Includes Video Update!!)

SPECIAL UPDATE: TS Debby Weaken’s But Severe Thunderstorm Risk, Further Flooding Remains (Includes Video Update!!)

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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Tropical Storm Debby Is Hammering Florida With Wind, Heavy Rains, Big Swells, Track Now For FL Landfall!

Tropical Storm Debby Is Hammering Florida With Wind, Heavy Rains, Big Swells, Track Now For FL Landfall!

[warning] NEW RUN OF ECMWF NOW HAS DEBBY MAKING LANDFALL OR STALLING JUST OFF PANAMA CITY, FL [/warning] Well it appears that Tropical Storm Debby might well just make a landfall between Appalachicola and Cross City, FL sometime tomorrow evening as it’s northeastward track continues and gets ever closer to the NW Florida coast. I can’t see this […]

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Temps Have Soared To 109° at Lamar, CO, 103° at Denver, 100° at Salt Lake City

Temps Have Soared To 109° at Lamar, CO, 103° at Denver, 100° at Salt Lake City

Here are the current temps this afternoon for the West and Central Plains.. fgfg

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We Could See Several All-Time June Records Fall Over The Next 7 Days!

We Could See Several All-Time June Records Fall Over The Next 7 Days!

The intensity of the ridge now building from the S Plains to the central Rockies looks strong enough to support all-time record highs over the next 7 days. Houston, TX, Denver, CO, Wichita, KS, Glasgow, MT and countless locales in between may exceed 105 degrees with some perhaps eyeing 110. The number of days at or above 100, the increasingly warm nights and […]

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Monster Western Ridge Supports 2-5 Days Above 100 In Denver, NYC/NE Stuck In 70s (Includes Video!)

Monster Western Ridge Supports 2-5 Days Above 100 In Denver, NYC/NE Stuck In 70s (Includes Video!)

Severe thunderstorms have swept the big cities and the heat is done! It was another hot early afternoon before the storm bearing front arrived following a sultry overnight which saw lows no cooler than 79 in Boston, 80 at LaGuardia Airport, NY, 79 in Philadelphia and 82 in DC. If the temp doesn’t fall below […]

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Wild Western Ridge, Eastern Trough & Tropical System Next Week!

Wild Western Ridge, Eastern Trough & Tropical System Next Week!

While temps are currently taking a run at 100° this afternoon from Boston down to DC, this short lived heat spurt will be done by the time the cold front sweeps through later tomorrow afternoon What’s impressing me with this mini heat wave is the rapid rise and eventual fall of these temperatures. Remember it was only […]

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3pm Temps now 93° at Boston, 97° at Newark, 97° at DC, 96° in Philadelphia, 95° at LaGuardia Still Rising!

3pm Temps now 93° at Boston, 97° at Newark, 97° at DC, 96° in Philadelphia, 95° at LaGuardia Still Rising!

As expected, as we progress through the afternoon hours, temperatures continue rising as the hot air continues to build in across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from the Midwest. With dew points into the low 70s for many, real feel temps are at or above 100°, especially over the Mid-Atlantic where there are heat indexes of 115° in parts […]

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Big Cities Of Northeast Push 100° Today and Tomorrow But Relief Comes Friday

Big Cities Of Northeast Push 100° Today and Tomorrow But Relief Comes Friday

Following highs only in the 70s yesterday, today is going to be a shock to the system throughout the Northeast as temperatures soar well into the 90s. Factor in high dew points and it’s gonna feel between 98-105 today from Washington DC to Boston.The heat core which has be migrating east throughout the past several […]

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Chicago Pushes Upper 90s Today, I-95 Corridor’s Turn Tomorrow & Thursday (Includes Video!)

Chicago Pushes Upper 90s Today, I-95 Corridor’s Turn Tomorrow & Thursday (Includes Video!)

While 109 degrees was hot in McCook, Neb yesterday, Death Valley, CA topped out at 121 degrees making this both the hottest high of the season for the site as well as for the nation. Denver topped out at 100 degrees, the hottest June 18th on record. Amazingly, while 100s blistered the Plains from Texas […]

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Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

Heat Becomes Big Story Across USA In The Week Ahead (Includes Video!)

The upcoming work week will be dominated by headline grabbing heat and humidity as temps soar into the 110s in Phoenix, 105-110 in Vegas and even the Red Bluff, Redding areas of the northern Sac Valley. Temps will soar into the upper 90s in both Salt Lake and Denver today while we likely see the first of several 120s in Death Valley.There […]

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