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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Monday had clear skies early, then partly cloudy, fair-weather clouds and comfortable light breezes and slowly dropping dew points for a good start to the workweek. Temperatures held in the upper 60s in the early […]
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Cathie Ursu wrote a new post on the site Mid Michigan Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Yesterday was a perfect day although a little on the cool side. At least it was dry, however there is rain in the forecast for tomorrow once again. I’m hoping that it totally misses us. Rain is a pain when on […]
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Harry Hayfield wrote a new post on the site The Weather of Wales (and other parts of the United Kingdom) 8 years, 2 months ago
The Misadventures of Gobbledegook the Turkey
Dictionary.com defines “Gobbledygook” as:
language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.And it is my belief that […]
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Over in the US a heat wave is defined by three straight days of excessive heat, usually considered to be 90 F (32 C) or greater. With global warming causing hotter summers the past several years, this threshold had less meaning, and should be extended to 5 straight days, IMHO. In DC, the normal average high in July is now about 89 F, so we can “normally” be in a heat wave almost more often than not. I pull for high temps of 80 F or less, and also cloudy days to help keep the temperature down. Some of the TV forecasters here locally in the DC area are calling for the next 10 days or longer possibly to have max temps of 90 or greater. I sure hope they are wrong. And more often than not, when the temp reaches 90 the dew point temp is often at 70 or more most of the time. We can get nighttime min air temps well up in the 70s (35 C) and occasionally at or a bit above 80 which is totally miserable. Often the dew point can be a good indicator of how low/high the overnight min will be. Ray tells me that the dew point temp at 3 PM can oftentimes help predict what the overnight min temps will be. Fronts, clouds, winds can put the “kabosh” on these predictions, however. Thanks for posting about these fires! We sure have our share of fires over much of the US, and “dry lightning” out west can really cause a major outbreak. Cheerio, Kevin
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As I said in my post the current British definition is so complicated it might as well not exist. My personal feelings are that a heatwave should be defined as “at least 48 hours where the maximum temperature is 20% higher than average during the day”. For instance, the average temperature in the UK at this time of year is a maximum of 18°C (64°F) and a minimum of 8°C (48°F). Under my suggestion as soon as the daytime highs reach 22°C (72°F) a sliding scale of heatwave alerts is triggered. Level 1: 22°C – 25°C, Level 2: 25°C – 29°C, Level 3: 29°C – 32°C, Level 4: 32°C or more. Each level has a response based on local circumstances, so for instance a Level 1 alert would see care services speak to older people about how to keep cool where as a Level 4 alert would see that area of the country essentially shut down.
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Here is Monday – June 25, 2018`s – Historical Climate Summary !
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.89″ at 3 a.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 30.09″ at 11 a.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 59% at 2 p.m […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Sunday started out somewhat cloudy, but not foggy like yesterday, though still muggy. We had a muggy, warmer PM with late afternoon storm cloud buildups that finally led to a light shower between 1945-2000 (0.01″) […]
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Here is Sunday – June 24, 2018`s – Historical Climate Summary !
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.86″ at 12 a.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 29.99″ at 9 a.m., 1 p.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 61% at 1, 6 […]
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Cathie Ursu wrote a new post on the site Mid Michigan Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
We got here on Thursday and have been so busy that I haven’t had time to blog. The first day was nice but we had mostly rain yesterday and this morning. Highs today won’t even reach 70°, but with the sun, it d […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Saturday started out in the very early AM with clouds and light showers (0.08″ daily total, most fell between 0055-0210), then around sunrise very damp with light-moderate fog and mild, evolving into a partly […]
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Harry Hayfield wrote a new post on the site The Weather of Wales (and other parts of the United Kingdom) 8 years, 2 months ago
The more observant of you will have noticed that the British weather of late has been lacking in action. Indeed, aside from storm Hector (as the Irish called it) since about the beginning of May it’s been so […]
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Thanks for your excellent post, Harry on your recent (lack of significant) weather and that you will be using your new thermometer for charting upcoming daily variations (or lack thereof) in your climate. It will be interesting to see how well your new thermometer performs. Have you been able to find a hook or nail to hang the thermometer from? I gave Ray your email – he is also limited in funds and space at his apartment so he has a real appreciation of that. I didn’t talk to him on Saturday. Our wet patterns at the same time of your Omega block dryness of May and June (so far) are logical – we were on the other side of the Omega block with warm, moist air coming in on SE winds off the ocean. Late this week upcoming it looks like a mini-heat wave to finish out the month of June, with high temps into the mid 90s (around 35° C) by the end of the week. Ray’s and my friend Marty has been reporting temps increasingly more frequently in metric units. Other units of measurement will be changing over later. I am at a stage where I still have to convert, I cannot “think” metric if you know what I mean.
Thanks again and have a great rest of the weekend!
Kevin
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Here is Saturday – June 23, 2018`s – Historical Climate Summary !
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.77″ at 3 a.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 29.87″ at 1 p.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 59% at 5 p.m. […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Friday was a cloudy, cooler, wet day with persistent light showers (0.22″) off and on most of the day. Temperatures held mostly in the 60s all day after initial low 70s in the very early AM. Overnight into […]
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Here is Friday – June 22, 2018`s – Historical Climate Summary !
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.75″ at 3 a.m., 6 p.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 29.80″ at 11:59 p.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 55% at 3 […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
On May 27, 2018, training thunderstorms severely affected the Ellicott City area with torrential downpours over a short period of time, causing the historic downtown area to flood severely. Main Street turned into […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Spreadsheet data file for May 2018:
2018-05-Rockville-2.8-WNW
MAY 2018 MONTHLY SUMMARY ROCKVILLE 2.8 WNW MARYLAND
By Kevin Shaw, Observer in ChargeMay 2018 featured significantly above normal rainfall […]
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Thursday was mostly cloudy, a tad cooler but still muggy, with a light AM shower between 1040 and 1105 (0.05″). Temperatures held mostly in the 70s all day. Overnight into Friday skies were cloudy, with temps only […]
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.75″ at 5 p.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 29.92″ at 12 a.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 59% at 3 p.m.
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Kevin Shaw wrote a new post on the site West Rockville MD Weather 8 years, 2 months ago
Wednesday was partly cloudy, cooler and drier in the AM, but clouded over in the afternoon and light rain (daily total 0.31″) moved in during the evening (1935-2135), with a modest rain rate of 0.47″/hour @ 1957. […]
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William Brantley wrote a new post on the site Jackson, TN's Climate Summary 8 years, 2 months ago
Lowest Barometric Pressure : 29.89″ at 6, 7 p.m.
Highest Barometric Pressure : 30.00″ at 9, 11 a.m.Lowest Relative Humidity : 69% at 12 p.m.
Highest Relative Humidity : 100% at 11 p.m.Lowest Dew Point […]
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl's Weather Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
This is going to be real quick, but after a decent thunderstorm near The Dalles on Saturday and a big storm with outflow winds, for the Portland Metro on Sunday – today we’re going to have another good shot at […]
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl Bonner's Weather Blog 8 years, 2 months ago
This is going to be real quick, but after a decent thunderstorm near The Dalles on Saturday and a big storm with outflow winds, for the Portland Metro on Sunday – today we’re going to have another good shot at […]
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