08.03.10
Posted in Tropical Weather, Weather News at 11:05 am by Rebekah
Tropical Storm Colin formed out over the Atlantic this morning, but is not expected to become a hurricane and is unlikely to pose any threat to land, aside from possibly a few of the Leeward Islands.
Colin is a new addition to the Atlantic storms name list, as Charley was retired following the 2004 hurricane season.
- National Hurricane Center forecast track for Tropical Storm Colin.
Infrared satellite image (Colin is located at the red tropical storm symbol), with forecast track and wind shear in knots (higher wind shear is not conducive to tropical cyclone development). Courtesy of UW-CIMSS. Click to enlarge.
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08.02.10
Posted in Non-US Weather, Weather News at 8:17 am by Rebekah
As a follow-up to this past week’s posts on the heat wave in western Russia, here is a plot of the temperature anomaly for July 29th, Moscow’s hottest day on record.
Note that the average temperature for Moscow on this day was 10 to 12 °C (18 to 22 °F) higher than the climatological average temperature for July 29th.
Although temperatures have since cooled down a few degrees, Russia is still under a massive ridge. This ridge will continue to build through at least the end of this week, when temperatures in Moscow could reach 100 °F or greater (possibly breaking the new record yet again).
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