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Heat Expands Across Lower 48 As We Progress Through July

Written by on July 9, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
Heat Expands Across Lower 48 As We Progress Through July

There is signs that heat and humidity is building and expanding as we progress through July. The first heat wave of the summer showed up over the Southwest, it’s now over the Southeast and it’s likely to be heading for the nation’s 3rd drought region, the Northeast as we head into mid month. It’s been hot throughout the Southern […]

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US: Record Heat, Record Cold, Heavy Snow & Severe Weather All On The Same Chart!

Written by on July 9, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
US: Record Heat, Record Cold, Heavy Snow & Severe Weather All On The Same Chart!

The active northerly July storm track continues and when you’ve a summer and autumn air mass with Sep/Oct lows in between, you get severe weather… Yesterday’s storm reports. Today’s threat! It’s a steamy then stormy Friday up the East Coast. Storm triggers storms, possible severe weather tonight and tomorrow. The atmosphere get’s cleaned out in the storm’s […]

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Summer verses Winter Even In July… Snow For Rockies, 90s For East Coast

Written by on July 6, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
Summer verses Winter Even In July… Snow For Rockies, 90s For East Coast

As pointed out in recent days, we have a very active storm track for July crossing the Northern United States with a conga line of systems crossing the Pacific and entering the Pacific Northwest. The current system is crossing the N Plains and entering the Great Lakes bringing heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, the next […]

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Series Of Lows Provide Wide Variety Of Weather Across US

Written by on July 5, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
Series Of Lows Provide Wide Variety Of Weather Across US

A series of autumn-like storm systems crossing the Northern Tier is providing a large variety of weather across the country mid and late week. Ahead of these systema, southerly winds is driving summer heat and humidity across the South and East while it feels more like autumn behind the front over Montana and Dakotas as well as the Upper Midwest eventually with persistent rain […]

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First True Heat wave Of 2016 Spreads From Plains To East Coast This Week

Written by on July 3, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
First True Heat wave Of 2016 Spreads From Plains To East Coast This Week

It’s a hot, steamy, thundery July 4th weekend from Texas to Carolinas with plenty of hazy sunshine building daytime surface temps widely into the middle 90s while fresher air resides over the Northeast with a channel of heavy flooding rains running in between. PM thunderstorms will develop within this hot, humid Southern air mass today and Monday. Heatwave Begins With 110s on Plains […]

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Heavy Rains Run Between Northeast/Southeast Drought Area, Flash Flood Concerns Return To West Virginia

Written by on July 2, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
Heavy Rains Run Between Northeast/Southeast Drought Area, Flash Flood Concerns Return To West Virginia

A sharp west-east thermal boundary has low pressure now forming over western Kansas. With cool, dry air north and hot, humid air south, heavy, flooding rains will cause problems this weekend from Kansas east to the Mid-Atlantic. Heavy flooding rains enhanced by knife edge north-south thermal gradient. Sun PM temps Anomaly FEATURE IMAGE CREDIT: West Virginia Department of Transportation […]

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A LOOK BACK: 1815 Mount Tambora and the Year Without a Summer

A LOOK BACK: 1815 Mount Tambora and the Year Without a Summer

UCAR Article The summer of 1816 was not like any summer people could remember. Snow fell in New England. Gloomy, cold rains fell throughout Europe. It was cold and stormy and dark – not at all like typical summer weather. Consequently, 1816 became known in Europe and North America as “The Year Without a Summer.” […]

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A Look At The July 4th Weekend

Written by on June 30, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
A Look At The July 4th Weekend

The upcoming July 4th weekend looks fairly typical across the US with plenty of heat, humidity and a Plains low triggering widespread thunderstorm activity. After all it wouldn’t be July 4th weekend without ‘natural fireworks’ in the forecast… Due to the presence of a storm system centred over the west-central Plains, will enhance thunderstorm activity across the Mid-South and […]

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Hot July From Tennessee Valley To New England On The Cards As Drought Worsens!

Written by on June 29, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
Hot July From Tennessee Valley To New England On The Cards As Drought Worsens!

We continue to watch the evolution of this pattern and model solutions as we enter July. The two areas I believe will turn very warm in July is the Southeast first then Northeast as 30 and 60 day negative rain anomalies take their toll. As shown in today’s video, I suspect the currently cool Great Lakes, […]

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US SHORT RANGE: Stormy & Steamy From Desert Southwest To New England

Written by on June 28, 2016 in Summer 2016, United States of America with 0 Comments
US SHORT RANGE: Stormy & Steamy From Desert Southwest To New England

It’s stormy and steamy in the Northeast today as a frontal system sweeps through while downright blistering Out West with potential monsoonal thunderstorms spreading out of Mexico into Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Infrared from last 24 hours. Today’s surface Moist air takes up the entire southern and eastern US stretching from Desert to New England. […]

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