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Furnace Creek, a small town on the edge of Death Valley, California has been long regarded as the hottest place on earth as most summers here record the highest temperature on earth. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the much disputed 134F reading set in 1913 at Greenland Ranch still remains the world record today. […]
It’s been a record fast start to the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season and we have just seen the 1st US hurricane landfall of the year. Hurricane Hanna rapidly strengthened from borderline Cat 1 to near Cat 2 / 90 mph storm as it made landfall on Padre Island at 5pm ET on Saturday 25 July […]
The strongest and most widespread heatwave to impact an area from California to the Mid-South since 2011/2012 has shattered countless long standing heat records. Several towns and cities have reached new July levels and even all-time. With near 600dm ridge core’s parked over New Mexico, the heat is focused over the Desert Southwest. While hot […]
We have an unusual upper air setup currently over eastern North America with a cutoff low anchored over the Appalachian Mountains with a circling ridge transporting intense Plains heat into northern New England. Quebec and the Maritimes. Note the ridge circling the cutoff low over Eastern North America. So, while it’s mid to upper 90s […]
It’s been a cool June thus far for the Pacific Northwest and Northeast but for the Central states, summer is in full swing. June 2m temp anomaly across the US so far. While unseasonable cold and warmth don’t mix well, there has been dramatic weather and contrasts as a result. https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/1270456934580314114 https://twitter.com/WLKYJohnBelski/status/1270353331207180288 https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/1270351672515031047 https://twitter.com/breakingweather/status/1269144494043267072 With […]
Following one of the coldest opening 10 days of May in history, the Northeast US is about to skip from March to May within 72 hours. May temp anomaly so far. 90s could may it to Richmond, VA and 80s to Philadelphia and even Trenton, NJ by Friday. New York could see 80s Saturday. Then […]
While it couldn’t make an appearance during winter, it’s taken till nearly mid May for the tropospheric polar vortex to come crashing south. A final stratospheric warming event combined with stratosphere to troposphere coupling and significant height rises into Alaska led to one of the strongest May Arctic Outbreak’s on record. One of 2 pieces […]
With the MJO lingering in the west/central Pacific warm phases, this forced a strong and sustained polar vortex, which resulted in the 6th warmest winter on record for the US. This enhanced the mid latitude subtropical ridge and forced the lowering of heights across the high latitudes, hence the strong polar vortex which bottled polar […]
Based on all the current parameters and model projection, the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely to be busy one. However, let’s keep in mind that although 9 out of 10 factors can align perfectly, it just takes one factor to significantly suppress development or intensification in a seemingly perfect environment, e.g Saharan dust, wind […]
Old man winter decided to not show for the winter of 2019-20 not just over the USA but the majority of the hemisphere. Now that we’re well into spring when heat, storms and even hurricanes become the focus, winter decided to arrive, albeit 2 months late. With a shift in the big tropical drivers, the […]
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