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Hurricane Irma now a Category 5 with sustained winds of 175 mph!

Hurricane Irma now a Category 5 with sustained winds of 175 mph!

THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT TODAY Tuesday PM UPDATE: Hurricane Irma becomes first Atlantic Category 5 of 2017 and strongest since Felix 10 years ago. https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905037369627222016 https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/905042432286277632 https://twitter.com/AndyHazelton/status/905036680457064448 Tuesday AM…. Clear of the dry air from a few days ago, Irma is free and continues to strengthen into a monster. Currently down to 937mb, Irma is packing […]

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San Francisco Bay records hottest day in history at 106F

Written by on September 3, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
San Francisco Bay records hottest day in history at 106F

Strong hair drier winds blowing from Sacramento Valley over the coastal range and through the gap towards the Pacific rewrote weather history of the Bay Area and surrounding region Friday, Saturday. An astonishing high of 106 degrees was recorded in Downtown San Francisco Friday surpassing the city’s all-time record high of 103 set in June 2000. Records date all the way back […]

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US says goodbye Harvey and hello Fall, Chilly 10 days ahead in East! Watching Irma

US says goodbye Harvey and hello Fall, Chilly 10 days ahead in East! Watching Irma

Amazingly, we’ve been talking about Harvey for a solid week now and he’s finally lifting and fading but not without flooding parts of the TN/OH valleys. While Harvey finally begins to leave the playing field, down comes one of two waves of Canadian chill which will certainly bring a taste of fall to the East. […]

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HARVEY JUST KEEPS ON GOING: Catastrophic flood shifts E to Beaumont, TX with 26.03″ within 24 hrs

HARVEY JUST KEEPS ON GOING: Catastrophic flood shifts E to Beaumont, TX with 26.03″ within 24 hrs

Tropical Storm Harvey made a 3rd and final landfall today with max winds of 45 mph, this time in Cameron, Louisiana but not before hammering the Beaumont and Port Arthur, TX area with potentially the greatest rainfall rates of all, even surpassing that of Houston. BREAKING: #Tropical Storm #Harvey2017 made landfall near Cameron, LA. Major […]

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US Lower 48 sets new record for most rain within a single Tropical Cyclone

US Lower 48 sets new record for most rain within a single Tropical Cyclone

With Harvey drifting back out over the Gulf and positioned SW of the Greater Houston area, the intense and persistent rains reignited and eventually the 1978 Amelia record of 48 inches fell within the last few hours. The record for total rainfall from a tropical system has been BROKEN! Mary's Creek at Winding Road recorded […]

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Harvey became 1st Texas Category 4 since 1961 and now drowning Houston, literally!

Harvey became 1st Texas Category 4 since 1961 and now drowning Houston, literally!

Nearly 72 hours after Hurricane Harvey came ashore as America’s strongest hurricane since 2004, the system continues to bring utter misery to Texans. Harvey’s wind with gusts in excess of 130 mph has caused significant damage in a focused area around Rockport, Port Lavaca and Port Aransas where the eyewall came ashore at 10pm Thursday […]

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Daylight reveals true destruction on TX coast by Category 4 Harvey but worst still ahead!

Daylight reveals true destruction on TX coast by Category 4 Harvey but worst still ahead!

THIS POST SHALL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF HURRICANE HARVEY AND IT’S IMPACTS ON TEXAS. Saturday evening BST At 10pm CT Friday Hurricane Harvey came ashore as a Category 4 storm generating wind gusts of 132 mph. Scenes of severe damage continue to stream in around Rockport, Port Aransas and Port Lavaca where the […]

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Texas prepares for potentially devastating Harvey & end to 12-year major hurricane drought

Texas prepares for potentially devastating Harvey & end to 12-year major hurricane drought

Just a couple of days ago Harvey had faded to near nothing over the Caribbean and now we’re watching the same system rapidly organise into what could be a major hurricane and America’s first since Wilma of 2005. Pretty much all models point to Harvey coming ashore near Corpus Christi, TX late tomorrow evening / […]

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THU 24 AUG: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK (HARVEY UPDATE)

THU 24 AUG: VOGAN’S US OUTLOOK (HARVEY UPDATE)

United States September Outlook (Brief look back at Summer 2017)

Written by on August 23, 2017 in Summer 2017, United States of America with 0 Comments
United States September Outlook (Brief look back at Summer 2017)

We’re fast approaching the end of meteorological summer 2017 and below are some of the key talking points which will be remembered. Certainly to the east of the Rockies, heat wasn’t a big story but more rain and through the second half of summer, the cool, especially for the central US. Like last year, the […]

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