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Red Orbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story news from March 26, 2012: The severe weather was not as active on Monday. There was a few severe thunderstorms that did move through the Northern Plains overnight. Heavy mountain snows found their way through the Northern Sierra Nevada’s and also the Southern portion of the Cascades as the next frontal system began to push onshore. Other big news of the day was the record heat that continues to push its way northward. Big Story news...
RedOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story news from March 22, 2012: Three tornadoes where confirmed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The first tornado was rated as an EF-0 by the National Weather Service with winds near 70mph this storm did cause structural damage and tree damage around the Long Beach, MS area. The second storm was rated and EF-1 and occurred just north of Gulfport, MS with winds near 90mph. This storm also caused a mobile home to be thrown over and many trees...
According to QuickMedical, the January 2012 snow storm that hit the Pacific Northwest was one of the worst in several decades. Yet through it all, QuickMedical managed to stay open and service their customers. Issaquah, WA (PRWEB) January 27, 2012 January in the Seattle area brought below normal temperatures, cloudy skies, rain, snow, freezing rain and high winds after what was a relatively mild December. “The snow storm in late January forced us to pull together all our resources to...
Snows are finally winding down in New England today, Dec. 27, as a powerful low pressure system brought blizzard conditions from northern New Jersey to Maine over Christmas weekend. The GOES-13 satellite captured an image of the low's center off the Massachusetts coast and saw the snowfall left behind.The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13 captured the visible image. GOES satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NASA's...
Australian citizens used to summer temperatures in the mid-80s this time of the year have been surprised by gusty winds and nearly a foot worth of Christmastime snows.According to early morning AFP reports, residents in the eastern states of New South Wales and Victoria received four inches of snowfall. However, Bonnie Malkin of the Telegraph states that the snowfall is actually as much as 11 inches in some areas of New South Wales, and that temperatures in some areas have dipped to 39.2...
Drivers Again Urged to Avoid Unnecessary Travel or Allow Extra Time HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the second time in less than a week, PennDOT crews are preparing to deal with another massive snowstorm that will impact much of Pennsylvania. Motorists are urged to avoid unnecessary travel after the storm hits on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10, and those who must travel should expect delays. "I want to applaud those motorists who heeded our warnings last week and stayed off the...
PEORIA, Ill., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- With winter storm warnings and advisories issued for tonight and tomorrow in significant portions of the Ameren Illinois Utilities service territory, the utilities are advising customers to ready themselves for the possibility of power outages due to ice in the southern third of the state. "Safety is our priority every day of the year, but it takes on added significance when severe weather strikes," said Ron Pate, Ameren Illinois Utilities vice...
PEORIA, Ill., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,400 Ameren Illinois Utilities field personnel are at work to restore electrical service by late evening to about 15,000 customers without lights in the wake of yesterday's ice storm, but high winds forecasted for tonight and tomorrow threaten to slow the service restoration effort and even cause new outages. "Our primary concern is that power lines and trees still heavily coated with ice and today's colder temperatures mean little...
Calm weather is expected, allowing cities to mop up after deadly storms pushed through the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, forecasters said. High pressure building over the country this week should result in the calm conditions over most of the United States, AccuWeather.com reported. Spotty showers and thunderstorms were expected in the South. In the Midwest, however, communities were still staggered Tuesday after weekend storms belted the region, leaving 17 dead and more than 2...
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The area in red in the above image has been experiencing winter weather which is quite rare to the region; also at this time many places are still seeing rain and snow. From the South African Weather Service, they are forecasting for the Eastern Cape “Very Cold with snow heavy at times.” The majority of the regions in red in the image are going to see more rain and snow today, and some places may see heavy snowfall. Looking at forecast models of the region they will continue to see...
Event #1: Record Heat An island off the coast of Georgia hit a high temp of 75F, which is good enough to break their previous record. A second record setting temperature was recorded in Southern Texas as the temp hit 78F in the region. This warm air was associated with the strong southerly flow that was moving through the region yesterday. The third area to look at occurred out in Western Arizona; the location hit 78F along the slopes of the Southern Rockies as the region saw high pressure...
The cold front that moved through the Northeast on Saturday providing much needed relief from the heat has stalled across the Southern Mid-Atlantic. This has created a boundary that triggered widespread showers and storms from the Virginia and Delaware coastline all the way back to Missouri. Some of the embedded storms did manage to reach severe limits, with the main risk being damaging winds. A little over 100 damaging wind reports were documented by the SPC. Unfortunately, the rain was...
The brief reprieve we saw this week in terms of temperatures has run its course as warmer temperatures will be reinforcing itself into the picture for the latter part of this week and weekend. Wednesday brought many 4th of July festivities and celebrations, as well as temperatures that closed into triple digits for places like Chicago in the mid-west. The 4th of July also featured fireworks in the way of thunderstorms in North Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota, continuing the assault of...
What makes a Nor’easter so special to the world of weather? Is it because of the massive region that is impacted or is it because of the strength of the storm? Both of these statements are true. Nor’easters are most common in the late fall through early spring. They form when conditions are favorable for their development. Most typically what happens is, an area of Low pressure will form in the southern plains and move eastward. As you can see from our April storm the system started...
