A flood alert for the north-east has been issued by SEPA.
At least 12 people have been killed after storms lashed Sicily, causing torrential floods.
Remarkable dashcam footage shows the moment a school bus was washed away by powerful flooding in the US.
At least six people have died as flash floods hit southern Russia, paralysing road and train traffic across the Black Sea region and forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes, rescue officials said.
As many as 1.5 million properties in England will be in areas at significant risk of coastal flooding by the 2080s as sea levels rise, the Government’s climate advisers have warned.
Managers of a popular north-east cafe have expressed their joy after it reopened following a flood.
A firefighter has died and emergency services are responding to flooding caused by heavy rain in southern Spain, authorities said.
A man has died after a landslide as Storm Callum brought flooding and travel misery to the UK with torrential downpours on Saturday.
Storm Callum caused travel misery and flooding as the UK continued to be battered by torrential downpours on Saturday, the warmest October day in seven years.
Storm Callum has caused further disruption as the UK continued to be battered by heavy downpours on Saturday.
The family of a retired British couple who were killed in a flash flood on the tourist island of Majorca had been “looking forward to their latest adventure abroad”, their family said.
Tributes have been paid to two elderly Britons killed when the taxi they were travelling in got caught up in raging flash floods on Majorca.
Two elderly Britons killed when their taxi was swallowed by a raging flash flood on Majorca have been named locally as Anthony and Delia Green.
A community group which helps residents protect their homes from flooding is in need of more volunteers.
North Carolina is bracing itself for widespread, catastrophic inland flooding caused by tropical storm Florence.
A flood alert has been issued for the north-east.
SEPA have issued a flood warning for the north-east.
A warning for thunderstorms has been issued for large parts of the north-east tomorrow.
Flooding from rising sea levels could cost trillions of pounds per year by the end of the century, a study has found.
The Met Office has issued a warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms for parts of Scotland.
A north-east business owner has told how his parents-in-law became trapped in his shop following flash floods.
Firefighters have been called to help with flooding in the north-east.
A flood alert has been issued for the North-east.
Further torrential rain and thunderstorms are set to hit Northern Ireland and Scotland as the severe weather sweeps up across the UK.
Travellers face disruption during Friday’s morning rush hour after torrential rain and thunderstorms lashed parts of the country – with forecasters warning that more severe weather is on the way.
A north-east MSP has encouraged residents in flood-hit communities to take part in a consultation.
Work on a multi-million pound flood protection scheme in the north-east has been delayed due to the number of interested contractors.
A flood alert issued for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire is no longer in force. SEPA said the band of showers has moved offshore and away from the region.
Flood protection studies in two North-east towns could be approved by councillors next week.
An energy company has announced a £220,000 fund to help flood-hit communities improve their resilience to flooding.


Storms Drench Tennessee, Kentucky
Published 8:00 pm, Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Torrential rain that flooded roads and yards across Tennessee and Kentucky swept a city worker into a drainage pipe, killing him and another man who tried to save him.
As much as a half-foot of rain swamped parts of central Tennessee on Wednesday, damaging bridges and forcing schools to close.
In Kentucky, strong wind accompanying the deluge toppled trees and blew out the windows of a nursing home southeast of Owensboro in the western part of the state. At least two mudslides, one blocking a highway, were blamed on heavy rain in the eastern part of the state.
Severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings covered much of the eastern parts of both states Thursday, and another, weaker thunderstorm was moving toward the region.
In Cookeville, city worker Tommy Stewart, 20, was killed Wednesday as he tried to unclog a flooded drainage ditch and was swept into the pipe, fire department officials said. Shane Cooper, 26, stopped to help and was swept under as well.
Rescue workers had to use heavy equipment to dig up the pipe in a five-hour search for the bodies, Cookeville Fire Department spokesman Bruce Womack said. He estimated the pipe was about 2 feet across where the bodies had lodged.
Another city worker was rescued and treated for minor injuries, authorities said.
Near McMinnville, rescuers plucked two high school students from a river after their canoe capsized and floated away. The two, who clung to tree limbs for nearly two hours, were being treated for hypothermia.
In Knoxville, police responded to at least 50 car crashes and about 100 calls about vehicles stalled in high water or people trapped on flooded roads.
In Lawrence County, Tenn., near the Alabama line, the flooding damaged 40 roads and six bridges, said Kurt Pickering, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Flash flooding also was reported in northern Alabama.
Kentucky's McLean County, where the nursing home was damaged, had received 3 to 4 inches of rain by Thursday morning. Southwest of Louisville, wind gusts reached 60 mph.
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One man was able to swim to shore and another was clinging to the boat when help arrived.
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All beaches on Australia’s Gold Coast and Stradbroke Island were closed on January 3 due to dangerous surf caused by severe weather conditions from ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth.
This video, taken by Isabella Dobozy, shows a shipping container being swept up the beach at Currumbin by the waves. The ABC said a crane was called in to remove the container.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for abnormally high tides and dangerous surf on Monday.
In New South Wales, a woman died after being pulled from rough seas in Coffs Harbour, News.com.au reported. Credit: Isabella Dobozy via Storyful


Water Temperatures in the Gulf of Maine This fall felt more like summer. a little too much.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute announced Inlet water heat, adjacent to Maine and northern Massachusetts, was among the highest on record between September and November – very high. Last year was about 0.5 degrees warmer than 2012, previously holding the title of hottest fall. During the season until the end of October, sea surface temperatures remained above 60 degrees Celsius, about 6 degrees above normal.
“this year [in the Gulf] Cathy Mills, who runs the Integrated Systems Ecology Lab at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, said it was exceptionally hot considering how many days we were seeing heat wave conditions. “But I didn’t think about the aggregation of the impact that this year caused the hottest fall on record. . . . I was very surprised.”
The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 96% of the world’s oceans – rising at a rate of 0.09 degrees per year over the past four decades. Over the past 10 years, many of the increases may be linked to ocean heat waves.
An oceanic heat wave is a period of five or more days where the sea surface temperature is in the 90th percentile higher than the average. The Gulf experienced oceanic heat wave conditions for most of 2021, with only brief breaks in late March, April and July. Heat wave conditions returned in August and persisted through the rest of the year. The largest declining temperature anomaly occurred on 16 October when the daily temperature reached 6.3 °C above the long-term average (1982–2011).
Heat waves in the region initially caught the attention of researchers in 2012, when warmer than normal temperatures prevailed over the region for almost the entire year. Since 2012, the warm season has only increased, especially in the later part of the year. Mills said summer and fall in the Gulf are warming almost twice as fast as winter and spring.
Since 2008, the decline in sea surface temperatures has warmed by about 1.1 degrees every decade. The average fall temperature has not dropped below 57 degrees Celsius since 2010. The four warmest fall seasons have occurred in the past seven years.
Nevertheless, a drop in sea surface temperatures was recorded in 2021.
Mills said last fall’s extraordinary heat may be triggered by a change in the broad ocean circulation pattern, which has been present in the region over the past decade.
He informed that this area is at present at a stage where Gulf Stream, a strong ocean current from the Gulf of Mexico that brings warm water into the Gulf of Maine, is moving north. Mills said Maine is “getting more of that hot water spinoff.” As the Gulf Stream moves north, it also interrupts the flow of the Labrador Current, which brings cooler water from the Labrador Sea into the Gulf of Maine.
“You’re turning the dial on warm water, you’re turning the dial on cold water, and that’s really contributing to the massive warming pattern that we’re seeing in the Gulf of Maine,” he said. said.
On top of this ocean circulation pattern, the Gulf’s exceptional warmth – the second warmest on record – also kept temperatures elevated throughout the fall season. Warmer-than-normal atmospheric conditions also prevented sea surface temperatures from cooling.
“Our fall temperatures are sustained over a long period of time, and it’s being affected by how hot we get during the summer,” Mills said. “If you’re starting from a high point in the summer and your temperatures are cooling down more slowly, it makes these fall temperatures look a lot different from earlier temperatures.”
The change in temperature in the waters of the Gulf did not go unnoticed. Over the past year, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute received reports of unusual animals in the area – including blue crabs, black sea bass and a smooth hammerhead shark. Other offshore marine species, such as river herring and striped bass, also stick around for longer periods of time rather than migrate.
The lobster industries have also adjusted to changes in temperature and ocean heat waves. Mills said the 2012 heat wave brought a significant amount of lobsters closer to shore than usual, causing much disruption to typical practices.
“The industry has really adjusted to that, and we don’t see those types of situations really causing the same alarm and problems that they did in 2012,” Mills said. She said some fishing boats are stocked with equipment to cool or oxygenate the water on stressful, high-temperature days, especially during the summer.
As species in the region change, Mills said, fisheries will need to adapt and plan. New species coming from the south may provide new opportunities.
“We can draw on the Gulf of Maine experiences to provide insights that will hopefully enable other ocean regions to prepare for change and to adapt to that change,” she said. “We’re on the front edge of that, with a lot of things happening very quickly here.”


Review of the agrometeorological situation of April 24, 2020
Difficult agrometeorological conditions are formed for soil cultivating, germination of grain and the emergence of seedlings of spring crops, the growth of grasses in connection with the deficit of precipitation. No more than 10-30% of precipitation of climate normal fell on most of the territory over the past period of April. There is a slight moistening of the upper10 cm soil layer of significant part of the country, especially in the southern part of the territory. According to the weather station Vasilevichi the topsoil is completely dried up. Conditions for sowing are better in areas where the top 10-centimeter layer of soil remains in a moderately wet state.
In the coming days expected short-term rains will moisten the topsoil, but not everywhere. Lack of soil moisture will remain on some areas due to the uneven spreading of precipitation.


The Environment Agency is not currently expecting any issues to arise from next week’s Super Blood Moon.
Skygazers across the east of England are getting ready to observe this spectacle.
At 2am on Monday, September 28, the Moon will be unusually close to the Earth and look bigger and brighter than usual it will be a Supermoon.
Within an hour, the Earth will cross between the Sun and the Moon in a total lunar eclipse. Then, at about 4.30am, the Moon will be fully visible again and it should have a red glow from the Earth’s shadow.
It will be the first time in 30 years that there will be a Supermoon and a total lunar eclipse on the same night.
High tides are expected on Monday. The Environment Agency says it will be monitoring the forecasts and will issue warnings if necessary.


|Occurred : 8/11/2013 21:50 (Entered as : 08/11/13 21:50)
Reported: 8/11/2013 9:15:02 PM 21:15
Location: Bozeman, MT
|2 lights, passing by each other, then 1 changed direction
2 objects high in the night sky - about the same brightness and size as I've seen satellites or planes at a very high altitude. One object was heading approximately 140-150 degrees (SE), the other at about 210-225 degrees (SW). The 225 degree object passed behind the path of the first, seemingly within a small distance away from the first. A short time after passing the other object, about 10 seconds or less, the 225 degree object changed direction and headed in approximately a 180-195 degree direction. The first object continued on its trajectory and they both continued in the direction they were until I could no longer see them due to either cloud cover or their distance from me.
About a minute after those 2 objects disappeared from my sight I saw a falling object at about 90 degrees from my location, likely part of the meteor shower expected tonight. It was dim then very bright, then gone. This object fell like a ‘falling star’, burning up on impact with the atmosphere.


Using two ESA spacecraft, planetary scientists are watching the atmospheres of Mars and Venus being stripped away into space. The simultaneous observations by Mars Express and Venus Express give scientists the data they need to investigate the evolution of the two planets’ atmospheres.
Scientists call this work comparative planetology. Mars Express and Venus Express are so good at it because they carry very similar science instruments. In the case of the Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA), they are virtually identical. This allows scientists to make direct comparisons between the two planets.
The new results probe directly into the magnetic regions behind the planets, which are the predominant channels through which electrically charged particles escape. They also present the first detection of whole atoms escaping from the atmosphere of Venus, and show that the rate of escape rose by ten times on Mars when a solar storm struck in December 2006.
By observing the current rates of loss of the two atmospheres, planetary scientists hope that they will be able to turn back the clock and understand what they were like in the past. “These results give us the potential to measure the evolution of planetary climates,” says David Brain, Supporting Investigator for plasma physics for Venus Express and Co-Investigator for ASPERA on Mars and Venus Express at the University of California, Berkeley.
At Earth, the solar wind does not directly interact with the atmosphere. It is diverted by Earth’s natural cloak of magnetism. Neither Mars nor Venus have appreciable magnetic fields generated inside the planet, so each planet’s atmosphere suffers the full impact of the solar wind.
Interestingly, this full-on interaction does create a weak magnetic field that drapes itself around each planet and stretches out behind the night-side in a long tail. Venus’s atmosphere is thick and dense, whereas that of Mars is light and tenuous. Despite the differences, the magnetometer instruments have discovered that the structure of the magnetic fields of both planets are alike.
“This is because the density of the ionosphere at 250 km altitude is surprisingly similar,” says Tielong Zhang, Principal Investigator for the Venus Express magnetometer instrument at Institut fuer Weltraumforschung (IWF), Oesterreiche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria. The ionosphere is the surrounding shell of electrically charged particles created by the impact of sunlight on the planet’s upper atmosphere.
The proximity of Venus to the Sun does create an important difference, however. The solar wind thins out as it moves through space so the closer to the Sun it is encountered, the more concentrated is its force. This creates a stronger magnetic field, making the escaping atmospheric particles move collectively like a fluid.
At Mars, the weaker field means that the escaping particles act as individuals. “This is a fundamental difference between the two planets,” says Stas Barabash, ASPERA Principal Investigator on both Mars Express and Venus Express, Swedish Institute of Space Physics.
Another illuminating difference between Mars and Venus is that Mars displays strong small-scale magnetic fields locked into the crust of the planet. In some regions, these pockets protect the atmosphere, in others they actually help funnel the atmosphere into space.
The complexity of the different processes revealed at Venus and Mars means that planetary scientists do not yet have the full picture. “There will be many more results to come,” says Barabash.
There is a lot to do because there are many different mechanisms that may cause the atmospheric particles to escape. Untangling it all will take time. “The longer the spacecraft work together, the longer we can watch and see what really happens,” says Brain.


The Leonid meteor shower occurs each year in November and peaks toward the middle of the month. The Leonids are bright meteors, can also be colorful, and are considered to be some of the fastest meteors out there, according to NASA.
They’re also known for periodic storms every 33 years or so, which can result in hundreds to thousands of meteors seen per hour on Earth — depending on the location of the viewer.
No storm is predicted for 2021, but stargazers can still see plenty of meteors during the activity period of Nov. 6-10. The shower will peak early in the morning on Nov. 17, according to EarthSky, which offers night sky and science news.
Leonids are also known for their fireballs, which are larger explosions of light and color that can persist longer than an average meteor streak, as well as "earthgrazers," which are meteors that streak close to the horizon and are known for their long and colorful tails, NASA says.
FILE - Leonids meteor streaks across the sky over Gudul district of Ankara, Turkey on Nov. 17, 2020. (Photo by Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
How many Leonid meteors will be visible in 2021?
Skywatchers can expect to see anywhere from 10 to 15 meteors an hour at the peak of the Leonid meteor shower, according to EarthSky. And that is under ideal conditions, which includes a rural location and a moon that’s absent in the sky.
"In 2021, we have to deal with a waxing gibbous moon, which will make it hard to see fainter meteors. The best time to look is just before dawn (on Nov. 17) after the moon has set," the website states.
Where to watch the 2021 Leonid meteor shower and other viewing tips
The Leonids are best viewed starting at about midnight local time and in an area away from city or street lights — preferably in the country or other rural setting, NASA says.
"Come prepared for winter temperatures with a sleeping bag, blanket or lawn chair. Orient yourself with your feet towards east, lie flat on your back, and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible. In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors," the space agency recommends.
"Be patient — the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to catch a glimpse," it adds.
EarthSky has a page dedicated to finding the best places on Earth to stargaze. You can also determine meteor shower activity by location here.
Where do the Leonid meteors come from?
Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids, NASA explains online. The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to create the Leonids come from the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
When comets come around the sun, such as the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle does once every 33 years, the dust they emit gradually spreads into a dusty trail around their orbits.
Every year, the Earth passes through these trails of debris — which allows the bits to collide with our atmosphere where they disintegrate to create fiery streaks in the sky.
The Leonid shower is famous for producing meteor storms, according to EarthSky. Its parent comet Tempel-Tuttle releases fresh material every time it approaches the sun every 33 years, prompting the periodic storms.
The 1833 Leonid meteor storm produced more than 100,000 meteors an hour, EarthSky said.
Other celestial events in November 2021
November will also come with a partial lunar eclipse, which is the second partial eclipse of 2021 and will be the longest such event within a stretch of 1,000 years.
"The next time Earth will see a partial lunar eclipse as lengthy as this month’s will be on February 8, 2669," EarthSky wrote.
Observers in North America, Alaska, eastern Australia, New Zealand and Japan will be able to see the entire partial lunar eclipse. It will peak at its maximum early on Nov. 19 in North America, starting at 2:19 a.m. ET and ending at 5:47 a.m. ET.
Earlier this month, stargazers were treated to another event in which the distant blue planet Uranus reached its closest point to Earth. The planet reached a point in its orbit known as "opposition," meaning that it was opposite the sun from the vantage point of Earth.
As a result, Uranus became possible to see with the naked eye — though it was likely quite faint.
"Although Uranus is not considered a visible planet, at opposition it is bright enough to be visible for someone with excellent eyesight under very dark skies and ideal conditions," NASA said in a statement last month.
This story was reported from Cincinnati.


By BBN Staff: The National Meteorological Service of Belize is predicting mostly sunny skies today and partly cloudy skies tonight with little or no rainfall.
Winds will be blowing from the East-Southeast at 10-20 knots and the sea state will be moderate.
High temperatures today are expected around 86 degrees Fahrenheit along the coast; 92 degrees Fahrenheit inland and a comfortable 75 degrees Fahrenheit up at the exposed areas of the Mountain Pine Ridge and along the Maya Mountains in the south.
A high tide is expected tonight at 11:02 and a low tide this evening at 5:03.
The sun will set at 6:05 this evening.
The extended forecast into tomorrow night is for continuing mainly fair, warm and mostly dry weather conditions to prevail.
Here is a four day outlook for this Easter Weekend.
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A few weeks ago virtually every seasonal hurricane forecaster adjusted its projections downward for the Atlantic hurricane season. The primary reasons cited were that Atlantic waters were relatively cool and an El Nino was expected to develop.
Updated at 7:21 pm on August 22nd. Hurricane warning has been posted for the big island of Hawaii and hurricane watches have now been issued for the other Hawaiian islands and wind speeds have increased to 160 mph. It is now a Category 5 hurricane.
Hurricane Lane, at the time of writing, is a category 5 storm, and it is also very close to the Hawaiian islands.
We are approaching the latter part of August, which typically means that we are entering the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.
The historic wildfires in the western part of the United States are causing an array of problems ranging from the fires themselves to degraded air quality. Closer to the fires, lives and property are being destroyed while smoke is being detected as far east as New York.
Weather-related hazards such as flooding, hurricanes and storm surge are a constant challenge on the Georgia Coast.
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most spectacular and plentiful natural shows in the sky. With up to 50-100 meters per hour, according to NASA, sky watchers are usually in for a treat. This year the Perseid meteor shower peaks from August 12th (around 4 pm EDT) to August 13th (4 am EDT…
It is a part of our daily lives now. Fake news and pictures on the Internet. It is baffling to me why someone would want to share information that is factually incorrect, but the lure of "likes," "shares," and "retweets" is addictive I suppose.
Does anyone else remember The Flintstones cartoon? I may be dating myself, but one of the characters that always stuck in my mind was "Grand Poobah." He was the leader of a secret club that Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone were members of.


President Trump approved a disaster declaration for Florida on Sunday, clearing the way for more support as Hurricane Irma slammed the state with powerful winds and storm surges.
The declaration authorizes the use of federal funds for the counties of Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Pinellas and Sarasota.
"Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster," the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a news release.
Hurricane Irma weakened to a Category 2 storm Sunday as it made its way across land, up the coast of southwest Florida.
The storm made its second landfall at Marco Island, near Naples, bearing blinding rains and sustained winds of 115 mph, gusting to 130 mph. Later, the National Hurricane Center reported that sustained winds had ebbed to 110 mph as the eye of the storm passed over Naples.
Still, the storm was likely to maintain hurricane strength at least through Monday, despite “significant weakening" over land, the center said.
Hurricane Irma made a second ferocious landfall near Naples on Sunday after inundating the low-lying Florida Keys, sending floodwaters surging into downtown Miami and menacing millions in Florida’s Gulf Coast cities where some had initially sought shelter from the storm.
As the fierce Category 3 storm tracked its way up Florida’s west coast, water was sucked from part of Tampa Bay, exposing a muddy expanse that would normally be underwater — a frightening portent of flooding to come when that water, and more, comes rushing back.
The cities bracketing the bay — Tampa and St. Petersburg, with a population of some 3 million people between them — were forecast to be clobbered later Sunday by sustained hurricane-force winds.
In St. Petersburg, Fla., poised to take a possible direct hit from Hurricane Irma, officials were bracing for the onslaught expected late Sunday.
The St. Petersburg police chief announced in a statement that a curfew would begin at 5 p.m., and Mayor Rick Kriseman warned that first responders would not be able to respond to emergency calls once winds reach more than 40 mph. Those services would "return when conditions are safe," Kriseman told the Los Angeles Times by phone. "All residents need to be off the roads and taking shelter."
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri's staff was busy relocating 1,000 inmates from the county jail.


The chase yesterday took me to Squaw Valley where over 57 inches of blower pow (Cold storm) was awaiting my first KT 22 chair! The sky went bluebird by noon when KT began to spin. I would rank that 1st run as one of my best ever in CA and certainly, the Squaw locals were stoked. Miles Clark from Snowbrains drove for 3 days from Sandpoint Idaho to get there after hitting an animal (Goodbye radiator), and 2 speeding tickets later. It took him 3 days to get there for about the 9th chair on KT.
Utah is getting pounded! Cold air and NW flow kicked in last night for the Cottonwoods with up to 2 feet being reported as of 5 AM Wednesday. Little Cottonwood grabbed 19 inches of blower overnight. Big Cottonwood has 14 (Solitude). The Canyons side of Park City has over 14 inches and would be an excellent choice this morning. Little Cottonwood Canyon is remaining closed all day!
Snow will continue through the day favoring the NW slopes (Little Cottonwood, Canyons, Powder Mountain). The heaviest snow will be in LCC, with another 7-10 inches on Wednesday. Snow tapers tonight. Alta may remain on interlodge all day. Today will be epic in most of Utah, with your best runs at resorts outside the congested Cottonwoods. Check out Park City (Canyons side is deeper), or perhaps travel south to Sundance near Provo (10 inches).
Right Now! Snowbird
In Colorado, the storm performed as forecasted with the highest amounts in the San Juan mountains including Aspen (8-10 inches). Wolf Creek reported 11 inches. Telluride (Wildcard pick) grabbed 4-6 with radar echoes showing decent snowfall at post time. One surprise was Beaver Creek who appear to have seen some decent amounts last night. Steamboat was on our forecast yesterday benefitting from SW winds and West winds (8 overnight). Winds are going to shift to the NW late AM or early PM Wednesday. This should increase snowfall for the northern and central mountains. I am somewhat bullish that Vail, Copper, and areas along I-70 grab 4-8 inches (Higher amounts over Vail Pass). Summit will be on the lower end of that forecast with a possible surprise for Breckenridge (Often overperforms with NW flow).
Below: Park City Utah-m Canyons side is deep!
The extended forecast still looks on track for a decent storm for the Cascades (favoring southern or central WA and all of Oregon) this weekend. The Sierra gets a teaser late this week with another good storm for the weekend!


Anne Arundel County residents could be in for another messy commute Wednesday as a winter weather system passes through the region.
National Weather Service forecasters say snow could move into the area after 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Snow and sleet are likely throughout the morning, forecasters said, and may impact the morning rush hour. New accumulation of less than a half inch is expected.
The Maryland State Highway Administration is pre-treating major roads and interstates with salt. As pavement temperatures are expected to be well below freezing overnight, precipitation is likely to freeze on untreated road surfaces, making any travel dangerous, the SHA said.
"While roads were generally in good condition earlier this week, a difference of only one or two degrees is the difference between wet roads and hazardous icy roads," said SHA Administrator Melinda B. Peters.
The agency is urging travelers who can't delay their morning commute to drive slowly. The SHA also encourages the use of public transportation Wednesday and urges caution while walking to and from transit stations as slippery conditions are expected.
High temperatures Wednesday are expected to reach 31 degrees.
Anne Arundel County schools spokesman Bob Mosier said the school system is doing what it normally does in anticipation of winter weather: monitoring forecasts, talking with other agencies and school districts, and assessing conditions in the county.
"We will have people monitoring road and school lot conditions and make a decision after we have all of that data," Mosier said. "At this time, we plan to open schools on a normal schedule. Should that change parents and employees will be notified through our normal means."
The system comes more than a week after snow blanketed the area, causing treacherous driving conditions and more than 150 crashes on county roads.
Another storm dropped pockets of freezing rain on the county Sunday night into Monday morning.


Update at 10 a.m. — More than 2,000 Dominion customers are still without power in Arlington.
Update at 11 p.m. — The number of Dominion customers still in the dark is down modestly, to 7,378. A company spokeswoman said “the storms left a lot damage” and “crews will work thru the night as quickly & safely as possible.” More than 20,000 customers are without power throughout Northern Virginia.
Meanwhile, a transformer explosion was recently reported in the Barcroft neighborhood, likely complicating restoration efforts.
— Jake Frederick (@JakeFrederick16) May 23, 2022
Update at 8:40 p.m. — There are 8,295 Dominion customers without power in Arlington, according to the utility company. Outages have been reported in the East Falls Church, Madison Manor, Columbia Forest, Claremont, Douglas Park, Green Valley, Long Branch Creek and Aurora Highlands neighborhoods, among others.
Fairfax Co has 9,284 outages.
Northern Va: 25,461 customer outages.
We are in full storm-response with extra @DominionEnergy crews on the job.
— Peggy Fox (@PeggyDomEnergy) May 23, 2022
Update at 7:25 p.m. — A Flood Warning has been issued as well.
718 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022
…FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT MONDAY…
* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE…Portions of DC, central Maryland and northern Virginia, including the following counties: District of Columbia. In central Maryland, Montgomery and Prince Georges. In northern Virginia, Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, and Fairfax.
* WHEN…Until 115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 716 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen.
– Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area.
– Some locations that will experience flooding include… Arlington… Alexandria… Bethesda… Reston… Annandale… Springfield… College Park… Fairfax… Langley Park… Beltsville… Vienna… Falls Church… Huntington… Coral Hills… Bladensburg… Mantua… Pimmit Hills… Mclean… Rosslyn… American Legion Bridge…
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Update at 7:10 p.m. — Get ready for round two. Arlington is under another Severe Thunderstorm Warning, this time until 8 p.m.
From the National Weather Service:
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
704 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning…
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 703 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Damascus to 13 miles north of Mineral, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Measured gust to 58 mph at Dulles Airport.
IMPACT…Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles.
* Locations impacted include… Arlington, Alexandria, Stafford, Columbia, Germantown, Centreville, Dale City, Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Reston, Leesburg, Annandale, Olney, Springfield, College Park, Fredericksburg, South Riding, Fort Washington and Herndon.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
The earlier storm packed hail, strong winds and flooding downpours in parts of Arlington.
Reagan National Airport clocked a wind gust to 59 mph not long after this. https://t.co/MqXMthvnqQ
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 22, 2022
The hail you speak of pic.twitter.com/S3dQIO6tv4
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— Robert Gonzalez (@RobertG2001) May 22, 2022
VA: #Arlington I-66 Eastbound after US-29/Washington Blvd (#69) two left lanes get by at the flooding. Listen live to WTOP's latest traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 8s. https://t.co/aESgy6FEFU #vatraffic pic.twitter.com/e2EAJOnehA
— WTOP Traffic (@WTOPtraffic) May 22, 2022
It cleared out quickly, but this is the ususal I-395N pond across from the Pentagon that appears during heavy rains. Moving well now. @ARLnowDOTcom @VaDOTNOVA @capitalweather @dougkammerer @hhowardWTOP #weather #traffic #vatraffic #395cam #statcam pic.twitter.com/3gBRZjHA0y
— Dave Statter (@STATter911) May 22, 2022
It got us pic.twitter.com/vdOY8V98am
— Jim Gay (@saturnflyer) May 23, 2022
Update at 5:15 p.m. — Arlington is now under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC, Arlington VA and Silver Spring MD until 6:00 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/H0nZp5jKW9
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) May 22, 2022
Earlier: Arlington — along with D.C. and much of the region — is now under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
The watch is in effect until 9 p.m.
Forecasters say strong storms packing hail, damaging winds and downpours are possible late Sunday afternoon and into the evening.
More from the National Weather Service:
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of MD, VA, WV and DC until 9 PM EDT. pic.twitter.com/Z1BOAwprGH
— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) May 22, 2022
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**Special Report** as we monitor the Vermont State Police frequencies it appears that no vehicles that crash will be removed from the highway during the storm due to visibility, the operators of the vehicles will be transported to a safe location when the snow stops, then they'll coordinate removal of vehicles especially those well off the road. FWC1
"If you're not an emergency worker or driving a plow truck or if this isn't an essential trip, this is a great night to stay home and watch Channel 3 News,” said Erik Filkorn from VTrans.
Most of the North Country is under a *WINTER STORM WARNING* until 8 PM Wednesday, but the National Weather Service has upgraded that to a *BLIZZARD WARNING* for... the Champlain Valley and much of northern NY until 11 AM Wednesday. A *BLIZZARD WARNING* means that winds will be sustained at 35 mph or more for at least 3 straight hours. That will cause considerable blowing and drifting snow, creating whiteout conditions with little or no visibility.
The last time there was a *BLIZZARD WARNING* for the Champlain Valley was for the Valentine's Day Storm of 2007.
Travel will become extremely difficult by the afternoon and is not advised.
Stay safe, everyone! -Gary


More than 450 fires have scorched parts of Louisiana amid weeks of record-breaking heat and severe drought conditions. The Tiger Island Fire, the largest wildfire in the state’s history, tore through Beauregard Parish in the southwestern part of the state and grew from an estimated 15,000 acres to over 33,000 acres between Friday and Sunday, according to local news reports. The fire is currently only 50 percent contained.
The Louisiana blazes have been blamed for two deaths.
The area burned in Beauregard Parish, both from the Tiger Island Fire and the Longville Fire, has now surpassed 50,000 acres. As the Tiger Island Fire raged Thursday, all 1,200 residents of Merryville in Beauregard Parish were forced to evacuate their homes. The fires ravaged an estimated 20 structures.
“Wildfires this many and of this intensity are unprecedented,” Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Department, told The Washington Post. Louisiana, one of the wettest states in the country, averages 771 wildfires a year, according to 10-year average data from the department. The state has averaged 21 wildfires per day over the past several weeks, Strain said.
“With this kind of heat, the low humidity and the lack of rainfall, this is probably the driest conditions, the most drought-prone conditions we’ve had in a generation,” Strain said.
Temperatures over the weekend broke all-time records in multiple areas across the state. New Orleans International Airport soared to 105 degrees Sunday, its highest temperature ever observed. Also on Sunday, the Agriculture and Forestry Department recorded 14 wildfires in less than 10 minutes because of lightning strikes.
As fires have burned to the north and west of New Orleans, smoke plumes have entered the city at times, reducing air quality. The smoke cast a haze over the city Sunday and into Monday but was expected to disperse some because of winds and the chance of rain showers.
“The fields are just so dry, so the grass is really dry and the bushes are really dry. Everything ignites a lot easier when we’re in this kind of drought,” said Danielle Manning, lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service forecast office in New Orleans.
Manning said that this summer is the hottest on record for the southern part of the state and that Baton Rouge is on track to exceed its three-month average temperature for the summer by nearly 3 degrees.
Nearly 77 percent of the state is experiencing severe drought conditions, which are affecting 4.2 million residents, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Beauregard Parish and the surrounding area, which borders Texas, is experiencing exceptional drought conditions — the most extreme category.
“Our state has never been this hot and dry and we have never had this many fires,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) wrote on Twitter.
An elderly woman died Sunday after a debris pile caused a brush fire that spread to a shed in St. Tammany Parish, which is just north of New Orleans, the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal confirmed. A statewide burn ban has been in effect since Aug. 7 because of the increased fire danger.
Earlier this month, a man died in Franklinton, which is in Washington Parish, to the north of St. Tammany Parish, the Office of State Fire Marshal said, after his home and surrounding property caught on fire.


Unlike many astronomical phenomena, meteors are best seen with the unaided eye rather than through a telescope or binoculars and are perfectly safe to watch, so be prepared to sleep outside on August 12th, the annual maximum of the Perseid meteor shower.
In doing so, you will be joining your ancestors, who have viewed what are also called "The Tears of St. Lawrence"(1) for some 2,000 years.
Meteors are the result of small particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and in the case of the Perseid shower these come from the tail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which was last in the vicinity of the Earth in 1992. To the eye, the meteors appear to originate from a ‘radiant’ in the constellation of Perseus, hence the name Perseid.
At its peak and in a clear, dark sky up to 80 ‘shooting stars’ or meteors from the Perseid meteor shower may be visible each hour.
Although the Perseids peak on August 12th, the shower can be seen on either side of that date and it is worth taking a look the evening before as well as on the morning of August 13th.
To see the meteor shower, look towards the north-eastern sky from 0400 onwards. In clear weather and away from the light pollution of major cities, it should be possible to see a meteor at least every few minutes, with most appearing as brief streaks of light.
The waxing gibbous Moon will be in the evening sky but will have set by morning so its light will not interfere with the view after that time.
(1) Laurentius is said to have been martyred by the Romans in 258 A.D. on an outdoor stove and King Philip II, when he wasn't marrying the crazy Queen of England, losing an entire Armada and ruining the Spanish economy, built his monastery place, the "Escorial," on the plan of that martydom to celebrate Laurentius. Because the feast day was August 10th and the shower happens annually around that time, the 'tears' designation was formed.


The weather across Corsica was beautiful for the start of the Tour de France Saturday, as expected, on the Island of Corsica.
The French Island of Corsica is a popular holiday retreat for some Europeans due to its generally pleasant weather.
Stage one featured a mixture of clouds and sunshine across Corsica, with temperatures approaching the 80 degree mark near the coast.
Stage one, won by Marcel Kittel of team Argos-Shimano, was relatively flat and toured almost the entire eastern shore of the island.
Sunday's stage two however, will cross over the mountainous center of the island. While the overall elevation of the islands center cannot hold a candle to the Alps and Pyrenees to be tackled later in the tour, the prominence of the mountains will still provide a significant challenge.
The weather however may play a role in the second half of the stage, on the descent from the mountains to the city of Ajaccio. The stage may finish with the sea breeze at full strength. While winds will be generally light during the morning hours, by the time the riders reach the coast the sea breeze could be directly into their faces. Teams that tactically consider this may be at an advantage on Sunday.
In the long range, the forecast looks pleasant again on Monday for the last stage in Corsica. Following that the tour will move to the mainland of France. While a few thunderstorms will be possible, especially once the tour reaches the mountains, the remainder of the time looks largely dry.
Thumbnail Caption: Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish, second right, rides in the pack along the coast line of the Mediterranean Sea during the first stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 213 kilometers (133 miles) with start in Porto Vecchio and finish in Bastia, Corsica island, France, Saturday June 29, 2013.(AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
The threat of severe weather will shift east into Tuesday night with storms set to erupt from South Dakota to Texas.
More heavy rains and flooding problems in southern Brazil, northern Argentina and eastern Paraguay into Wednesday.
Fall air will erase the record warmth that has been gripping the Northeast, while chilly air is set to charge into the Midwest by week's end.
Temperatures will seem like they are on a roller coaster ride in the Detroit area as we head into the month of October.
Locally damaging thunderstorms may travel across a thousand-mile stretch as a new storm system pushes across the Central states Wednesday through Friday.
Unusually high water temperatures throughout the North Pacific Ocean have brought sightings of uncommon species to the area as well as concerns from researchers about how it could affect native species.
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30" of rain in September.
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Heavy snow; Hatley, P.Q. received 10 inches. Kelkenny, NH had 6 inches.
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Strong Santa Ana winds create fire disaster in interior parts of county (September 25 to 30); 500,000 acres burned.


- Tornado destroys homes in weather-battered western Louisiana
- Morning storms, possible tornadoes cause damage in Houston area
- Morning storms, tornadoes cause damage in Houston area, Southeast Texas
- Nor'easter brings hurricane-force wind, causes power outages
- Nor'easter has New England bracing for floods, power outages
In what has turned out to become a recurring theme across the Triangle, several teams have decided to move up their football games a day early because of the threat of severe weather.
Storms are expected to make their way across the area, with winds topping out between 35-45 miles per hour. There is a 70 percent chance of rain on Friday.
Here is a list of games that have already been rescheduled to Thursday across the area:
Southern Nash @ Franklinton, 7 pm
Southeast Raleigh @ Sanderson, 7 pm
Northern Nash @ Rocky Mount, 7 pm
Athens Drive @ Riverside, 7 pm
Rolesville @ Corinth Holders, 7 pm
Cary @ Jordan, 7 pm
Lee County @ Southern Lee, 7 pm


The shortest day and the longest night when the sun stands still. Winter Solstice is today, Thursday, December 21st 2017. The night will last 14 hours and 27 minutes. And then days will start to grow longer,one minute per day until June 21st.
Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere when the Earth North axis is at the longest distance to the sun.
The phenomenon has to do with the elliptical orbit of the Earth and the sun’s elevation in the sky is the lowest.
The phenomenon of Winter Solstice lasts only a moment. The moment the the North Pole is tilted furthest from the sun as the Earth continues on its orbit.
The solstice doesn’t always occur on 21 December. Sometimes it nudges into the early hours of 22 December. Also the hour of day also varies. Last year’s arrived at 17:11. Next year’s will at 04:38.”
An interesting note, is that while days get longer, the mornings get darker!
“It would seem logical that after the shortest day has elapsed the mornings would start getting lighter earlier, but this isn’t what happens – the mornings continue darkening until early in the new year.”
Primary reason for this “dark mornings” is that the solar days do not last exactly 24 hours as our clocks “claim”.
“In fact, it is 24 hours only four times a year, and never in December,” explains astronomer Stephen Hurley, who runs a popular science blog called The Science Geek. “It is at its shortest around 23 hours 59 minutes and 30 seconds, in early September, and at its longest around 24 hours 30 seconds in December.”
The sun therefore in effect lags behind the clock for part of the year, then speeds ahead of it for another.
Astrologers warn that the Dec 21st Winter Solstice will be the most AWFUL day of 2017, thanks to a rare cosmic occurrence that hasn’t happened in 350 years
- December 21, the Winter Solstice, is predicted to be the worst day of 2017
- For the first time since 1664, the Sun moves into Capricorn, hours after Saturn makes the same exact shift, causing the sun and Saturn to actually line up
- Astrologers advise the people avoid making any important decisions or taking drastic actions as they may result in bad consequences for 2018
PS I’ll follow astrologers’ advise and do not take any important decision or any drastic action other than tun on heating a bit earlier as it is damn cold today.


OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Heavy rain will overspread the Ottawa County area early Sunday morning and will persist into Monday morning.
According to a press release from the Ottawa County Emergency Management, most locations are forecasted to see one or two inches of rain. Three inches of rain is possible before the system winds down.
The National Weather Service said there was a chance of thunderstorms from roughly 8 a.m. Sunday through 8 a.m. on Monday. Main threats will be lightning and heavy rain.
A small threat of severe thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening from 2 to 10 p.m. Threats from strongest storms include hail towards 1 inch and wind gusts over 50 mph.
A Northerly push of winds down Lake Michigan will result in lakeshore flooding, the NWS advised. Water pushing through the piers will result in flooding along connecting rivers and lakes such as Lake Macatawa in Holland, the Kalamazoo River at Saugatuck and the Black River at South Haven. Mainstem rivers, like the Grand, may see considerable rises through much of next week.
Homeowners in low-lying areas should take steps now to protect your home such as placing sandbags around your home or wells. Be prepared for water over roads in low spots.
Never drive your car through a flooded road or area. Turn Around, Don’t Drown.
For more information, visit the Ottawa County Emergency Management Facebook page.
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Tornadoes and very strong winds peel the roofs from homes in the Deep South and heaped snow and ice on the Midwest.
Golf-ball and baseball-sized hail pelted parts of Georgia and the Carolinas late Thursday and early Friday.
Three people were killed.
Isaac was downgraded to a tropical depression on Thursday and is moving into the central United States.
It left little damage in New Orleans, where stronger barriers were installed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but leaving large areas of the region flooded.
A report says that seven tornadoes have spun off from Isaac in Mississippi and Alabama.
A tornado that touched down in Gulfport, Mississippi had caused significant destruction to homes.
Now, there is a potential failure of Lake Tangipahoa Dam in Mississippi’s Percy Quin State Park.
Authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in nearby communities in Louisiana and Mississippi as a protective measure if the dam burst flooded the areas.
The Category 1 Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans exactly seven years after New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
So far the new barriers built to protect the city after the 2005 Katrina disaster has not been breached.
Anyway a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans has been breached on Wednesday.
Emergency management officials in low-lying Plaquemines Parish reported the over topping of an 8-foot (2.4-meter) high levee between the Braithwaite and White Ditch districts southeast of New Orleans.
There are reports of people on their roofs and attics and 12 to 14 foot of water in their homes.
The greatest concern is an expected storm surge of between 6 and 12 feet off the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts, 4 to 8 feet along the Alabama coast and 2 to 4 feet on the Florida Panhandle.
Storm surge is when hurricane winds raise sea levels off the coast, causing flooding on land.
Farther south, water was pushed over a rural levee and flooded some homes.
Beach front roads were under water, and more than a half-million people had lost power in Louisiana.
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PhD: Clean air for all? Air pollution, deprivation and health
Location: School of Geography, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, University of Nottingham
I completed my undergraduate degree in Environmental Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University, it was here I developed a particular interest in Public Health and deprivation, my research project focused on tuberculosis infection in migrant populations.
After graduating, I spent a year working in a Local Authority in the Environmental Health team, part of my time here I spent working on my professional portfolio to achieve registration with the Environmental Health Registration Board. I soon developed a keen interest for air pollution and its effects on human health. My role involved measuring air pollution, in particular Nitrogen Dioxide, implementing air quality action plans to ensure statutory pollution levels were not exceeded and reporting to Defra on behalf of the Council.
PM2.5 is associated with early mortality and can exacerbate lung and heart conditions. Working with Nottingham City Council, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants and Medical Researchers at the University of Nottingham, this PhD involves exploring the spatial and temporal distribution of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) across the City of Nottingham using available monitoring data and modelling air pollution via ADMS Urban. This data will be combined with general practice reports of cardiovascular disease and deprivation indices to investigate links between air pollution and health in more and less deprived parts of the City. The project will also look at the impacts of changing transport policy on future air pollution levels, reducing PM2.5 pollution could help to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.


Terrifying dashcam footage captures yesterday's treacherous driving conditions after rain and hailstorms battered the region .
Selina Callender and Jamie Robins captured the footage on their dashcam while driving through Connah's Quay .
The road had surface water on it but the car is soon hit by waves of water as another car passes.
They were driving behind a Volkswagen when its engine cut out because the water is so high.
Selina made her way through the flooding before kindhearted Jamie walked back to help the stranded driver by pushing his car through the water. Meanwhile Selina blocked off the road with her car so no one else had the same trouble.
After all the heavy rain, the region is now set to be hit by snow with the Met Office also issuing weather warnings for ice and flooding.
A Met Office forecast for Wales said: “After an icy, bright start showery rain will move in from the west through the morning. There will be heavy outbursts with the risk of thunder and it will fall as snow over high ground.”
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A team of Chinese researchers says a period of global cooling could be on the way, but the consequences will be serious. Photo: Xinhua
A new study has found winters in northern China have been warming since 4,000BC – regardless of human activity – but the mainland scientists behind the research warn there is no room for complacency or inaction on climate change, with the prospect of a sudden global cooling also posing a danger.
The study found that winds from Arctic Siberia have been growing weaker, the conifer tree line has been retreating north, and there has been a steady rise in biodiversity in a general warming trend that continues today. It appears to have little to do with the increase in greenhouse gases which began with the industrial revolution, according to the researchers.
Lead scientist Dr Wu Jing, from the Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the study had found no evidence of human influence on northern China’s warming winters.
“Driving forces include the sun, the atmosphere, and its interaction with the ocean,” Wu said. “We have detected no evidence of human influence. But that doesn’t mean we can just relax and do nothing.”
Moon Lake, a small volcanic lake hidden in the deep forest of China’s Greater Khingan Mountain Range, where a team of scientists spent more than a decade studying the secrets hidden in its sediments. Photo: Baidu
Wu and her colleagues are concerned that, as societies grow more used to the concept of global warming, people will develop a misplaced confidence in our ability to control climate change. Nature, they warned, may trick us and might catch us totally unprepared – causing chaos, panic, famine and even wars as the global climate system is disrupted.
There are already alarming signs, according to their paper, which has been accepted for publication by the online Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Wu and her colleagues spent more than a dozen years studying sediments under Moon Lake, a small volcanic lake hidden in the deep forests of the Greater Khingan Mountain Range in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They found that winter warming over the past 6,000 years had not been a smooth ride, with ups and downs occurring about every 500 years.
Their findings confirmed an earlier study by a separate team of Chinese scientists, published by online journal Scientific Reports in 2014, which first detected the 500-year cyclical pattern of China’s summer monsoons and linked it to solar activity.
The 2014 research, which drew on 5,000 years’ worth of data, suggested the current warm phase of the cycle could terminate over the next several decades, ushering in a 250-year cool phase, potentially leading to a partial slowdown in man-made global warming.
Wu said the latest study, with 10,000 years’ worth of new data, not only helped to draw a more complete picture of the 500-year cycle, but also revealed a previously unknown mechanism behind the phenomenon, which suggested the impact of the sun on the Earth’s climate may be greater than previously thought.
According to Wu, the variation in solar activity alone was usually not strong enough to induce the rapid changes in vegetation the research team recorded in the sediment cores of Moon Lake. Instead, the scientists found the warming impact was amplified by a massive, random interaction between surface seawater and the atmosphere in the Pacific Ocean known as the El Nino-Southern Oscillation.
As a result of the research findings, Wu said she was now more worried about cooling than warming.
“A sharp drop of temperature will benefit nobody. The biggest problem is, we know it will come, but we don’t know exactly when.”
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As the plains of Northern India reeled under the much-documented heat this week, the higher elevations of Kashmir were receiving super-rare June snow, with the lower regions inundated with heavy rains.
The unexpected June snowfall was received at the Sonamarg resort in central Kashmir, over its adjoining higher reaches and also in Drass, Kargil, Zanskar, towns in the Ladakh division, and in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim.
The nation’s weather department deemed the snowfall a “rare” meteorological event.
“I have never witnessed snow in summer. For me it was a miracle of watching snow in June when the heat wave is continuing in northern parts of the India,’’ said Rajesh Kumar, a tourist from Rajasthan.
Jalal Jeelani, an environmentalist and renowned film maker on environmental issues said this was no cause for celebration: “For us it is a warning and sign of the global warming. The snowfall is dangerous to our horticulture and agriculture sector. We should ponder why this is happening in our region.’’
That’s right, snowfall is now a sign of global warming, too.
There’s no illogic off limits.
And while higher elevations received rare (?warm?) snow, plains of the Valley saw heavy rainfall overnight which triggered flash floods in several areas and also sharply increased the level of water bodies.
The catchments of south and north Kashmir received more than 2 inches (50 mm) of rain in the past 24 hours, according to the area’s Irrigation and Flood Control department.
“50 mm plus rainfall in a catchment results in a flood-like situation in the tributary. The people residing along the tributaries in south and north Kashmir are advised to remain alert and not go too close to these tributaries,” the department warned.
The sun is continuing it’s relative shutdown, as it enters it’s next Grand Solar Minimum cycle:
The cold times are returning.
Courtesy of electroverse.net
We are now enduring the coldest millennium in 10,000 years
Nonetheless, Climate alarmists promoting their views have converted the slight and truly beneficial warming at the end of the 20th century to a Modern high point “Great Man-made Global Warming Catastrophe”.
According to ice core records, the last millennium 1000AD – 2000AD has been the coldest millennium of our current Holocene interglacial. This point is more fully illustrated with ice core records on a millennial basis back to the Eemian period here: – Ed Hoskins


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A searing heat wave spreading across Europe that is already breaking all-time records is threatening to hamper repair efforts at the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral, where the chief architect warned Wednesday portions of the vaulted ceilings may collapse.
Belgium measured its highest temperature since records were first kept in 1833 on Wednesday, with a recording of 102.3 Fahrenheit in Kleine Brogel. The Royal Meteorological Institute said that it was "the highest ever Belgian temperature."
Paris and other parts of France could see temperatures exceeding 104 Fahrenheit on Thursday along with Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Paris is likely to break its all-time hottest record mark of 104.7 Fahrenheit, according to weather officials.
The heat is putting pressure on authorities to help protect the vulnerable, but it is also raising alarm for those working repairing the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral.
The cathedral’s chief architect, Philippe Villeneuve, told reporters Wednesday he is afraid the heat wave could leave the vaulted ceilings at risk of collapse.
Villeneuve said the stone walls are still saturated with water sprayed by firefighters during the April 15 blaze, and that they could dry too fast amid the record temperatures expected in Paris this week. He said so far the masonry is stable but the structure remains fragile.
“What I fear is that the joints or the masonry, as they dry, lose their coherence, their cohesion, and their structural qualities and that all of sudden, the vault gives way," he said.
Dozens of sensors dotted around the 12th-century monument have shown no indication that it's deteriorating, but Villeneuve said the vaulted ceiling “could very well” collapse, according to Reuters. While experts have had access to the bell towers and other parts of the cathedral, Villeneuve said they have not been able to access the ceiling from above or below.
“I am very worried about the heat wave,” he said.
Specialists are still working to stabilize the cathedral's structure before reconstruction work begins. French authorities activated a heat wave alert plan, classing it as an Orange alert, the second-highest level of warning, France 24 reported.
Forecasters in the U.K meanwhile warned Thursday could also be the hottest day ever recorded, with temperatures likely to reach 102 Fahrenheit somewhere in southern and eastern England.
The current all-time record is 101.2 Fahrenheit logged in Faversham in August 2013, according to Sky News.
Authorities are urging people to stay out of the sun, drink plenty of water and check on older people living alone. Companies are also being advised to allow workers flexible start times to avoid the rush hour, relaxing dress codes, and keeping buildings cool.
Across London, authorities started handing out water and sunscreen to homeless people and opened day centers for them to rest and shower. In the Lewisham district of the British capital, garbage collectors will start working as early as 5 a.m. in the morning to beat the heat.
The second heat wave this summer is expected to be a relatively short event fueled by hot dry air from northern Africa, but authorities are taking precautions to protect vulnerable residents. Air conditioning is not common at homes, offices, schools or hospitals in European cities.
The weather is also aggravating droughts since it hasn't rained much in many parts of Europe this summer. The combination of heat, wind and possible lightning from thunderstorms also increases the risk of wildfires.
In the Netherlands, local authorities have taken an unusual precaution — with trucks scattering salt on the roads like they usually do in the winter. The salt spreaders are usually used to prevent ice forming on Dutch roads in the cold, but Arnhem municipality started using them to cool off asphalt that is baking.
The city says in a statement that the salt "attracts moisture from the air and cools the asphalt." It also prevents asphalt from becoming sticky.
The heat wave will end in a few days. On the weekend, temperatures are expected to fall. However, quite often the end of a heat wave brings storms, including lightning and heavy flooding.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Ethiopia Weather and Climate
Weather in Ethiopia is influenced by the immediate topographical region. Ethiopia climate zones lie between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer with 3 different climatic zones.
Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa, at 2,400m is situated on the foothills of Mount Entoto and has a favorable climate all year round. The best time to travel to Addis is between the months of October through to June.
Traditionally rainy seasons are experienced from June through to mid October, thus you should avoid Ethiopia Safaris during this period. This leaves the remaining part of the year with favorable climatic conditions for Ethiopian Holidays where temperature remains moderate.
Ethiopian highlands generally exhibit cooler climatic conditions whereas, the lowlands experience hot and humid climate with temperature variations much greater. The heat in the deserts and Red Sea Coastal areas can soar to extreme highs. Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression is the hottest place on the surface of Earth.


Sections of Gloucester’s Back Shore Atlantic Road washed into the sea and wave-tossed boulders left stranded up on the bordering lawns.
Rockport’s Motif No. 1 -- since rebuilt -- washed into the harbor.
The Pavilion of Ipswich’s Pavilion Beach was thrown up onto the adjoining causeway and smashed to splinters -- today the beach remains empty.
Route 128 closed with snow-covered, stranded cars lined up bumper to bumper.
The Blizzard of ‘78 left indelible images and 40 years later, we still measure all other storms against it -- any new storm, spinning its way up the coast, will have to combine a similar, complex meteorological and geographical package to match or exceed the ‘78 storm.
Today, the coast faces conditions that cut both ways.
Modern, more flexible coastal construction -- with basements that allow for flooding or houses built on pilings that allow for storm surge to pass through -- or buildings the Blizzard of ‘78 or other severe storms have already wiped out, would lessen the damage from any tempest that would combine ‘78's destructive elements.
At the same time, the coastal areas have far more construction than they did in 1978 and higher sea levels of several inches and warmer oceans will help fuel any future storms.
“It’s just a matter of time before we get something like the Blizzard of ‘78 again,” said Wayne Castonguay, executive director of the Ipswich River Watershed Association, who helped author the just released “Great Marsh Coastal Adaptation Plan.”
The plan warns of warming oceans and rising seas -- Castonguay says the several-inch sea rise since 1978 already leaves the region more vulnerable to a storm like 1978 -- and predicts a likely sea level rise of 1 foot to 4 feet by 2,100 and up to 6.6 feet in a “worse case scenario.”
Sure, last month’s blizzard dumped 15 inches, but ‘78 dropped twice that. January’s storm finally beat ‘78’s flooding record, 15.16 feet to 15.1 feet, in Boston, but broke no records on the North Shore.
We’ve had big storms since ‘78. The “Perfect Storm” in 1991. December, 1992. The April Fools storm in 1997. February 2013. January 2015.
But on the North Shore, the Blizzard of ‘78 remains king.
The storm combined a geographical and meteorological mix to create the deadly and destructive page it wrote in history.
“The storm caused extensive inundation,” said Bob Thompson, head meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Taunton office. “Once you get outside Boston Harbor and get into more open coastline, the North and South shores, you have got to consider the wave action. It was really a combination of water level and wave action.”
The area’s geography left it vulnerable to the pounding from waves 86-mph steady northeast winds and 111 mph gusts threw against the shore -- the January storm’s steady winds topped out at about 60 mph.
Tidal timing, storm length, wind speed and what meteorologists call “the fetch,” or the distance the steady northeast wind, in this case, has to whip up waves over an unobstructed ocean all contributed to the storm’s power.
The Blizzard of ‘78 had a fetch of about 300 miles, what Thompson called a “significant fetch.”
The Perfect Storm’s fetch was almost 1,000 miles.
The fact is the region has dodged any number of storms that could have fully outdone the Blizzard of ‘78, if the timing had been different.
“The timing of the peak surge was just right for 1978,” Thompson said.
The Blizzard of 1978, for example, sustained four tidal cycles. This means the ocean never went completely out at low tide as it usually does. The sea just rose with each new high tide. The Jan. 4 storm, by comparison, lasted only one tidal cycle.
The January 2015 storm -- two feet to three feet of snow -- could have been much worse, despite its snow and flooding, because its peak surge coincided with low tide, not high tide.
“The surge at the time of high tide was 3-and-a-third feet,” Thompson said. “The highest surge was 4.78 feet, but that came at low tide. Had that come at high tide, that storm would have given us 15.3 of flooding in Boston, higher than ‘78 or Jan. 4. Had it occurred the week before, during an astronomical high tide, that storm would have been 16.8 feet. Things would have to turn out just right or just wrong to give us that kind of flooding.”
Similarly, if, say, Hurricane Sandy had come 200 miles farther north, it would have hit during an astronomical tide and brought 18 feet of flooding, Thompson said.
With just the flooding the Jan. 4 blizzard brought, the Aquarium T station went under water and the Newburyport T commuter line suffered flood damage that delayed trains for almost a week.
If sea-level rise and the Earth continues to warm at predicted levels -- “As warming temperatures fuel larger and more frequent storms, storm surge will combine with sea-level rise," says the coastal adaptation plan -- flooding damage as the Blizzard of ‘78 caused will become more common.
“The sea level has ticked up since ‘78,” Castonguay said. “Our vulnerability has also ticked up.”


EVERETT — It’s rained nearly half as much here in the past week as it did in the previous three months combined.
As of midday Monday, 2.28 inches of rain had fallen in January at Paine Field, nearly all of it coming on or after Jan. 7. For October, November and December, the total was 5.48 inches — about 7 inches less than the average of 12.68, according to figures from the National Weather Service.
Early-January rainfall is already well above the total December figure of 1.61.
And the first mudslides of the wet season came Sunday evening. Two mudslides forced cancellation of Sounder commuter trains on Monday. Last year, by contrast, 170 trips were cancelled in the fall and winter months by mudslides.
This week’s slides occurred in Everett and Mukilteo, according to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The railroad places a precautionary 48-hour moratorium on passenger rail trips once a slide is cleared.
Also during the past week’s rains, the weather service issued only its second flood watch of the fall and winter months for Snohomish County waters.
The dry autumn brought the best of many worlds to the county. It kept flooding and mudslides at bay and provided mostly clear roads for drivers.
Meanwhile, in the mountains, it didn’t hurt business much at the Stevens Pass ski area, an official there said, and the low overall precipitation was not expected to diminish summer water supply, which depends on the snowpack that accumulates in winter.
Mark Murphy, emergency program manager for Snohomish County, said the reprieve from flooding has been welcome.
“We’ll keep an eye on things,” he said.
On the roads, the autumn saw more frost and ice than usual in rural areas, but otherwise dry weather made for good driving conditions, county public works director Steve Thomsen said.
“Not only has it been a relief because we haven’t had any high-water, over-the-road events, we haven’t had to do as much snow and ice work out there,” he said.
For some ski areas in the state, the relative drought has translated into tough economic times, but not at Stevens Pass, said Chris Danforth, vice president for sales and marketing.
The snowpack was lower than average, but as of last Thursday it was still 43 inches near the lodge and 64 inches in the upper reaches. By Monday it was up to 63 and 83, respectively.
Visitors are down about 8 percent from last year, but it could be worse.
“We’re actually quite pleased,” Danforth said.
Stevens has drawn customers from other ski areas, he said. “We’ve kind of benefited from Snoqualmie’s misery, I hate to say.”
The lower rainfall did mean a slight drop in power production at the Jackson Hydroelectric Project, said Neil Neroutsos, a spokesman for the Snohomish County Public Utility District. The PUD runs Culmback Dam at Spada Lake and a powerhouse downstream. The project supplies about 5 percent of the electricity for Snohomish County and Camano Island.
Before last week, rainfall was about three-quarters of average so far for the year measured from July 1 to June 30, Neroutsos said. Annual precipitation at Spada Lake is 163 inches per year, he said.
Most of the county gets its water through Spada Lake and Lake Chaplain. The city of Everett runs a treatment plant at Lake Chaplain and supplies water to most of the county.
“We typically see more precipitation in the spring and are not concerned about water supply,” said Meghan Pembroke, spokeswoman for the city of Everett.
The National Climate Prediction Center forecasts average precipitation and below-average temperatures for the Pacific Northwest through March.
Winter’s not over, Murphy cautioned.
“We’ll just see what happens,” he said. “Mother Nature’s going to exercise that vote she gets.”
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NEW YORK — A stunning video shows a lightning bolt striking the Empire State Building during a storm passing through New York City.
A frame of the video shared by journalist Henrik Moltke shows the bolt striking near the top of the skyscraper Monday.
Moltke says he saw the storm approaching from his office window and captured the strike by balancing his phone against the glass. He says he "was just lucky."
Lightning strikes on the Empire State Building aren't unusual. The building's website says the structure serves as a lightning rod for the surrounding area and is hit by lightning 23 times a year on average.
Heavy rains and high winds knocked down trees and powerlines in the New York City area Monday evening.


Amazing temperature extremes of the last century
Although it generally has a moderately warm climate, North Carolina’s location allows it to experience a tremendous variety of temperatures. Thermometer readings have occasionally fallen well below zero or surpassed 100 degrees. Let’s take a look at the highest and lowest records.
North Carolina’s Coldest Day Ever
The Tar Heel State reported its most frigid weather in history during January 1985. Mount Mitchell’s temperature dropped to -34 F on the 21st. The equipment that produced this reading was located in the vicinity of the Yancey County mountain’s summit.
Raleigh also experienced rather chilly conditions on January 21. The local airport’s weather station reported that its thermometer reading had dropped to -9 F. Raleigh’s second-coldest temperature was -2 degrees; observers recorded it 86 years earlier. The city’s nighttime lows normally hover around 30 F in January, according to Intellicast.
North Carolina’s Hottest Day Ever
North Carolina residents encountered much different weather in August 1983. Fayetteville’s temperature soared to 110 F on the 21st. During the same month, the state suffered a persistent drought. Thermometer readings exceeded 100 F for multiple days in numerous locations.
Although Asheville’s high elevation normally protects it from extreme heat, the city became unusually hot on August 21. It set a record high temperature when thermometers hit 100 F. Meanwhile, some parts of South Carolina reached 105 to 108 degrees.
Raleigh’s Highest Reading
This centrally located city has reported the same record high temperature on three different occasions. The airport’s thermometer recently measured 105 degrees during an exceptionally hot day in June 2012. It did the same during August 2007 and July 1952.
The 2012 heat wave had a significant impact on the local population. For example, it caused significant damage to Interstate 440. The pavement started to rapidly deteriorate during rush hour. Police had to stop traffic from entering the area, and major road repairs became necessary.
The weather usually remains significantly cooler in Raleigh. Residents typically encounter the hottest conditions during July, when the average high reaches 89 F. Intellicast statistics reveal that the city often becomes nearly as hot in June and August.
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Total lunar eclipses are not that uncommon, but they are perhaps the easiest night sky event to watch.
Here's a quick explanation of how an eclipse works: the Earth revolves around the sun, and the moon revolves around the Earth, and every so often they are lined up exactly in a row.
The Earth blocks the sun's direct light from reaching the moon, which causes the eclipse.
The moon first passes through the outer shadow of the Earth, called the penumbra, and you start to see a slight shading on the moon.
It's not until the moon enters the dark core of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra, that we start to see the partial, and then total eclipse, before the moon starts to emerge from the other side of the Earth's shadow.
In case you missed it, you can click on the video above for a time lapse of what the eclipse looked like Wednesday evening before some clouds moved in.
The next total lunar eclipse visible here in Michiana won't occur until December 2010, so if you haven't had a chance to check it out, you have until just after midnight.


One proposed side effect of geoengineering with stratospheric sulfate aerosols is sky whitening during the day and afterglows near sunset, as is seen after large volcanic eruptions. Sulfate aerosols in the stratosphere would increase diffuse light received at the surface, but with a non-uniform spectral distribution. We use a radiative transfer model to calculate spectral irradiance for idealized size distributions of sulfate aerosols. A 2% reduction in total irradiance, approximately enough to offset anthropogenic warming for a doubling of CO2 concentrations, brightens the sky (increase in diffuse light) by 3 to 5 times, depending on the aerosol size distribution. The relative increase is less when optically thin cirrus clouds are included in our simulations. Particles with small radii have little influence on the shape of the spectra. Particles of radius ~0.5 µm preferentially increase diffuse irradiance in red wavelengths, whereas large particles (~0.9 µm) preferentially increase diffuse irradiance in blue wavelengths. Spectra show little change in dominant wavelength, indicating little change in sky hue, but all particle size distributions show an increase in white light relative to clear sky conditions. Diffuse sky spectra in our simulations of geoengineering with stratospheric aerosols are similar to those of average conditions in urban areas today.
Carnegie Institution for Science – Using advanced models, Kravitz and Caldeira—along with Douglas MacMartin from the California Institute of Technology—examined changes to sky color and brightness from using sulfate-based aerosols in this way. They found that, depending on the size of the particles, the sky would whiten during the day and sunsets would have afterglows.
Their models predict that the sky would still be blue, but it would be a lighter shade than what most people are used to looking at now. The research team’s work shows that skies everywhere could look like those over urban areas in a world with this type of geoengineering taking place. In urban areas, the sky often looks hazy and white.
“These results give people one more thing to consider before deciding whether we really want to go down this road,” Kravitz said. “Although our study did not address the potential psychological impact of these changes to the sky, they are important to consider as well.”
There are several larger environmental implications to the group’s findings, too. Because plants grow more efficiently under diffuse light conditions such as this, global photosynthetic activity could increase, pulling more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. On the other hand, the effectiveness of solar power could be diminished, as less sunlight would reach solar-power generators.
“I hope that we never get to the point where people feel the need to spray aerosols in the sky to offset rampant global warming,” Caldeira said. “This is one study where I am not eager to have our predictions proven right by a global stratospheric aerosol layer in the real world.”
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While heavy and incessant rain has left communities from Rigaud to Rawdon in a state of alert Monday, municipalities downstream from Montreal have begun to feel the effects of a shower-drenched spring.
Rain showers and run-off from the spring thaw caused flooding in Quebec’s Mauricie region, forcing the evacuation of dozens of residences in Trois-Rives and in La Tuque, on the banks of the St-Maurice River. Several public roads have also been flooded and are impassable.
In La Tuque, Highway 25 has been flooded at two points. Rising water levels have made it necessary to place several other roads under surveillance, including Highway 155, which runs parallel to the St. Maurice River.
The heavily populated area of Baie-de-Shawinigan is also under flood watch.
Environment Canada predicts 30 to 40 millimetres of rain will fall in the Mauricie region between Monday and Wednesday, which could provoke the worst flooding the region has seen in 40 years.
Meanwhile, Hydro Méteo, which monitors flooding conditions across the province, reported early Monday that heavy rains would most immediately affect smaller rivers and streams in the province and that the most at-risk areas were the Outaouais, the Laurentians, Lanaudière and the Mauricie.
On Monday morning, 66 residents of a seniors residence in Maniwaki were forced to leave after the water levels of the nearby Désert river, a branch of the Outaouais, continued to rise. Some residents were picked up by relatives while others were relocated in other community centres.
Hydro Méteo also noted that the St-Charles river in the Quebec City area had surpassed its minor flooding level as had the Rivière Noire in Lanaudière. Closer to Montreal, the Lake of Two Mountains was also poised to contribute to minor flooding while the Mille Îles, Rivières des Prairies and the Outaouais were also found to be at higher levels.
On the South Shore, water levels on the Richelieu River have also risen and the waterway remains under surveillance at least until Tuesday.
Environment Canada is predicting 30 to 50 millimetres of rain will fall in the Montreal area on Monday.


Koh Samui Weather and Climate
Travel and Local Information Guide
Koh Samui has a tropical climate with three distinct seasons: dry, hot and rainy. Thailand is situated between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator (slightly closer to the latter), a geographical position making its climate warm and humid all year round. The humidity level is generally between 70 and 85 per cent, and the temperatures average around 28°C.
Located in the Gulf of Thailand, Koh Samui offers all that vacationers from northern countries could dream of regarding weather conditions. They are generally good year round, and the one thing you will rarely feel is cold. The optimum weather conditions can be enjoyed between December and August.
The Dry Season
The Dry Season in Samui runs roughly from December to February. With warm yet bearable temperatures, little rain, calm seas, and light winds. Many consider this the best time to come. For hotels and every tourist-related businesses, this is peak season.
The Hot Season
The hottest time of year is between March and April - a great time to visit if you can stand 30°C+ temperatures. Around late April/early May, there is normally a sudden – and, for the locals at least, welcome – increase in precipitation. Paradoxically, from June to August is also considered a mini-high season in Samui. The weather usually follows a pattern: strong daytime sunshine followed by late afternoon thunderstorms. It is indeed very agreeable.
The Rainy Season
September through to November sees the arrival of the monsoon and, therefore, the heaviest rainfall. Even at this time, it doesn’t fall every day and often only in short bursts. The weather can be unpredictable, with slightly rougher seas and winds. Although still great for a beach holiday (less people, lower hotel rates), this is not the best time to come for diving and snorkelling, as visibility is reduced by around 30 per cent.