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Rains and Thunderstorms Due To LPA in Puerto Princesa
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A Low Pressure Area (LPA) was seen at 165 km South of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan at 4:00 AM today, based on PAG-ASA Weather Forecast.
Northern and Central Luzon will be affected by Northeast Monsoon
Eastern Visayas, Bicol, Quezon Province, Aurora and Palawan will experience cloudy skies with moderate to occassionally heavy rains, as well as thunderstorms that may cause flashfloods and landslides.
Isolated thunderstorms and cloudy skies with light to moderate rains is expected all over CARAGA, Visayas, and the rest of MIMAROPA region.
Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Cagayan Valley, and the rest of Central Luzon will experience cloudy skies with light rains.
While partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains will prevail over the rest of Luzon.
The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with thunderstorms or isolated rainshowers.
Moderate to rough coastal waters will prevail over Luzon and Visayas, also moderate to strong winds from the Northeast will be experienced in these areas. In other places, light to moderate winds from Southeast to East are expected.
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More humid air will come into the borderland today, which will increase rain chances later this evening.
Today, we will see a south flow that will bring in increased moisture.
This means we will keep a slight chance of rain in the forecast for this evening and tonight.
Although storm chances will not be likely in El Paso and Las Cruces, isolated to scattered storms will stay to the eastern portions of the borderland.
As for our temperatures today we will continue to stay about average.
El Paso has a forecast high of 91°, which is 4° above our average high of 87°.
We will keep a slight rain chances in the forecast tomorrow evening and night as well.
More moisture will come in over the weekend, which means our rain and storm chances will increase.
Heavy rainfall looks to be the biggest storm threat throughout the weekend.
Temperatures will stay in the 90s and above average throughout the rest of the week.
Rain chances will stay in the forecast throughout the first part of next week as well.
We look to be back in the 80s by next week as well.
The first official day of Fall is only 4 days away!
Stay updated with the latest conditions with your Weather Authority team on air and online.


Sunny with temperatures steady or falling to near 78F. Winds S at 15 to 20 mph. Hourly Details
Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms possible. High 86F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
A few passing clouds. Low 77F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.


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Today's High was 61°F at 11:45am when conditions were
Rain / Thunder
Rain... perhaps a rumble of thunder overnight. Low 51F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
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A small city in northwest India scored 51 degrees Celsius on 19th may 2016 afternoon, and broke the country's record for all-time hottest temperature.
• The previous record, 50.6 degrees Celsius, was set in 1886.
• The record was broken in Phalodi, which is just 125 miles away from the city that, up until this afternoon, claimed fame as the hottest location in India - Pachpadra.
• April and May tend to be the hottest months in northwest India, and this year has been exceptionally so.
• Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian at Weather Underground, posited that April's heat wave was the most intense ever observed in Southeast Asia.
• In India it lasted for weeks - but the heat never truly dissipated, dragging on into May. Hundreds of people have died from heat-related illness.
• Northern India and Nepal have been battling their worst wildfires in years. Officials have on occasion banned daytime cooking in an attempt to prevent accidental fires that killed nearly 100 people in late April.
• The India Meteorological Department issued a "severe heat wave warning" for a huge swath of the country on Thursday, which will continue through Saturday.
• The department expects temperatures will remain above average through at least May 27.
• A similar period of extreme heat killed over 2,500 people in 2015.


Southwest monsoon hits Maharashtra, likely to reach Mumbai next week
Mumbai city news: The rains are expected to hit Mumbai by June 13, three days later than normalmumbai Updated: Jun 09, 2017 13:35 IST
The southwest monsoon made its way into the state on Thursday.
The regional weather bureau had predicted the entry on Wednesday. It is expected to hit Mumbai by June 13, three days later than normal.
According to an official statement by the weather bureau on Thursday, the southwest monsoon has entered parts of the central Arabian Sea, coastal Karnataka, Goa and Konkan.
“The monsoon pulse is currently over Vengurla in Sindhudurg district, north of Goa. As things stand today, there is rapid advancement and will probably reach Mumbai by June 13-14,” said Dr KJ Ramesh, director general, meteorology, India Meteorological Department (IMD). “There is rapid advancement even on the east coast because there is a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. This will help the monsoon cover Odisha and Chhattisgarh by June 14.”
Meanwhile, Mumbai recorded good overnight rainfall. Between 8.30 am Wednesday and 8.30am Thursday, the weather station at Santacruz, representative of the suburbs, recorded 12.4mm rain while the Colaba weather station, representative of south Mumbai, saw 28mm rain. The weather bureau predicted light to moderate rain over the next 24 hours from Thursday over both, the suburbs and south Mumbai.
Between Wednesday and Thursday, the maximum rainfall in the state was recorded at Vasai at 10cm, followed by Murud in Raigad district, Rahata in Ahmednagar district, Parola in Jalgaon district, all recording 7cm rain. Locations like Dahanu, Harnai and Jalgaon, recorded 5cm rain, while Panvel, Uran, Matheran, Jawahar and Rahuri recorded 4cm rain.
Last year, the southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai 10 days late by June 20. “Every monsoon and its advancement, is different. This year, however, owing to heating over the central peninsular, there is more availability of moisture, which is allowing the speedy advancement of the monsoon currents,” said Dr Ramesh.
IMD officials said the southwest monsoon is likely to cover the entire central peninsular by next week. “We have issued a warning for fishermen along the Maharashtra coast not to venture into the sea owing to strong winds that are getting further intensified by the advancing southwest monsoon,” said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, head, weather forecasting services, IMD.
First Published: Jun 09, 2017 09:27 IST


Take the weather with me:
Mostly sunny with temperatures falling into the mid 60s. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming cloudy after midnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 53F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
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Board committee hears sustainability update
In a Board of Visitors committee meeting Wednesday afternoon, University Architect David Neuman presented strategies to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from the University’s 2009 levels.
The University is expected to emit 396,000 tons of greenhouse gases annually by 2025 if emissions continue at current levels. Neuman’s strategy would cut that number by 136,000 tons.
The University’s sustainability efforts, which began in the 1990s, have saved the University $6.7 billion in electrical costs. “Twenty percent of our carbon footprint has been avoided through our conservation efforts over the years,” Neuman said.
Strategies for reducing greenhouse gases include cutting combined heat and power by 25 percent, but 32 percent of the future cuts were labeled “To Be Decided.” “That’s just as it says — we don’t know where it’s coming from,” Neuman said. “It’s got to come from one of the other areas.”
More than half of the University’s greenhouse gas emissions are from electricity, and 32 percent are a result of heating systems.
Neuman’s presentation was the first update on sustainability to the Board since June 2011.
“Energy conservation [is] our biggest success story right now,” he said.


Extreme Weather Summer Scorecard – How Did You Fare?
Remember when summertime meant living was easy? Summer used to be the season of backyard barbecues, trips to the beach, and vegetable gardens full of fresh produce. Those things aren’t gone, but these days summer seems more likely to be about dealing with heat waves, Category 5 hurricanes, and wildfires.
It’s not just your imagination that things are getting worse. The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Danger Season Tracker reported that this summer, 96% of Americans lived through at least one extreme weather alert from the National Weather Service. Only a handful of counties in the United States went all summer without receiving a warning.
How did your county fare this year?
Danger Season Report
If you are one of the nearly 855,000 people who live in San Francisco County, Alaska’s Aleutians East Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Kodiak Island Borough, or Norton City, Virginia, congratulations on a pleasant summer. Even though San Francisco has been rated the most climate-vulnerable city in the country, they had no extreme heat, flood, fire, or storm warnings between May 1 and August 29 in 2023.
But if you live in any of the United States’ remaining 3,224 counties and territories, you are among the 96% of Americans who faced at least one extreme weather warning this summer. The two counties with the most warnings were in Arizona – Coconino County with 146 alerts and Mojave County with 145. Together they faced heat waves, floods, and wildfires. Although these warnings include wildfire danger, they do not include associated air quality warnings resulting from wildfire smoke. In June alone, up to one third of Americans experienced hazardous air quality from wildfires. If air quality advisories had been included in UCS report, San Francisco would have been eliminated from the list of weather winners. Wildfire smoke resulted in hazardous air quality in San Francisco during the summer. That would have left only 39,500 Americans whose summer was never impacted by extreme weather in 2023.
The Danger Season Tracker is updated daily and does not show historical data. But you can find your county’s extreme weather summer score using Heatmap’s interactive graphic.
Climate change is making summer begin earlier and last longer. First and last frost dates have been shifting, and one study predicts that by 2100, summer weather could last for six months while winter will have shrunk to only two. Wildfire season in the Western states is already two months longer than it was in the 1970s.
Weather disasters are also getting bigger. Since 1980, the average number of billion-dollar disasters after adjusting for inflation had been 8.1 per year, but during the past five years the average more than doubled to 18. By mid-September 2023, the nation eclipsed the record for the greatest number of billion-dollar natural disasters in a single year.
The increase is alarming. At summer’s end, 24 billion-dollar disasters had struck ther U.S., including a drought, floods, 20 severe storms – including both a tropical cyclone and a winter storm – and one wildfire that caused a billion dollars in damages. These disasters took the lives of 373 people. Two events, Tropical Storm Hilary and hailstorms in Texas, had occurred too recently for total cost calculations but were likely to be added to the list.
What to Do
Scientists used to say that individual weather events could not be directly attributed to climate change. But that is no longer true. A study indicated that the temperatures reached during Portland’s 2021 heat dome were virtually impossible to account for without anthropogenic climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded that climate change was a factor in 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2022. The most important things that any of us can do to prevent weather-related disasters are to shrink our carbon footprint and advocate for meaningful federal climate legislation.
But we can and should also work to prevent damage from climate change-induced disasters. Adapting to climate change means learning about the risks specific to your region and working to create community climate resilience.
When you are moving, consider the climate risks – such as sea level rise, inland flooding and drought – in your new community. Homebuyers should also consider a home’s current source of electricity or suitability for solar power and look for disaster-resilient construction.


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Clear with temperatures steady near the upper teens. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Sunny skies. Cold. High 29F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Mostly clear. Cold. Low 18F. Winds light and variable.
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The Beach Forecast
Monday 03/30 0%
Sunshine and clouds mixed. High near 55F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday 03/31 20%
A mix of clouds and sun in the morning followed by cloudy skies during the afternoon. High 57F. SSW winds at 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday 04/01 0%
A mainly sunny sky. High around 50F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.


San Antonio Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
Sunny, with a high near 63. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Mostly clear, with a low around 38. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.


Clive: Four of them.
Emily: It's windy in fall.
Lochlan: Flowers bloom after winter from spring.
Moshe: Plants go down when it's winter, when the snow comes.
Lochlan: Spring and summer.
Clive: Spring can't decide if it will be a rainy day or sunny day.
Lochlan: In winter, bears go to hibernate. Fall is also whacky and can't decide if it will rain or be sunny.
Lochlan: The last day of fall.
While the rain took a break, we quickly left our classroom activities behind and took a walk to observe fall weather in action.
The children observed gray clouds moving fast in the sky, the wind in action and felt cold air on their cheeks.


Sunny today, mid-60s this afternoon
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Plan on a wonderful Wednesday with lots of sunshine, light wind and comfortable afternoon highs in the 60s. Lows tonight won’t be quite as cool as the past few with upper 30s to lower 40s likely. Plan on another quiet day tomorrow and as winds turn to the south, we should be a little warmer with highs well into the 60s. Some showers may develop to our west on Friday morning and if they can survive the dry air battle, we may have a few of them entering our area Friday afternoon into the evening. Whatever happens to occur looks isolated and light. This weekend, a chance of scattered storms remains in place, however, it’s important to remember that scattered means exactly that. Not everyone will receive rain this weekend. We’ll keep monitoring the trends and should be able to pin down favored times and locations as we get closer.
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Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching the mid 70s. Winds light and variable. Hourly Details
Partly cloudy skies. High around 85F. S winds shifting to W at 10 to 15 mph.
Mostly clear skies early then becoming mostly cloudy later at night. Low 69F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.


ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: Energy derived from nontraditional sources (e.g., compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind).
BOREHOLE: Any exploratory hole drilled into the Earth or ice to gather geophysical data. Climate researchers often take ice core samples, a type of borehole, to predict atmospheric composition in earlier years.
CARBON CYCLE: All parts (reservoirs) and fluxes of carbon. The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon interconnected by pathways of exchange.
EMISSIONS FACTOR: A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity.
Greenhouse Gas: (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere.
INDIRECT EMISSIONS: Indirect emissions from a building, home or business are those emissions of greenhouse gases that occur as a result of the generation of electricity used in that building.
METRIC TON: Common international measurement for the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions. A metric ton is equal to 2205 lbs or 1.1 short tons.
MOUNT PINATUBO: A volcano in the Philippine Islands that erupted in 1991. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo ejected enough particulate and sulfate aerosol matter into the atmosphere to block some of the incoming solar radiation from reaching Earth’s atmosphere.
NATURAL GAS: Underground deposits of gases consisting of 50 to 90 percent methane (CH4) and small amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbon compounds such as propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10).
PARTICULATE MATTER: (PM) Very small pieces of solid or liquid matter such as particles of soot, dust, fumes, mists or aerosols.
SENSITIVITY: The degree to which a system is affected, either adversely or beneficially, by climate variability or change.
SINK: Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere.
Thermal Expansion: The increase in volume (and decrease in density) that results from warming water. A warming of the ocean leads to an expansion of the ocean volume, which leads to an increase in sea level.
WASTEWATER: Water that has been used and contains dissolved or suspended waste materials.
Terms and definitions provided here were abstracted from a glossary of terms and definitions published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov).


Hurricanes Helene and Isaac are currently in the Atlantic Ocean and following the trail of Florence, which is about to make landfall on the east coast of the United States.
They are then expected to track northwards towards our shores although their exact path is not known.
Met Eireann’s John Eagleton told the Irish Mirror that, while they are monitoring the progress of both, even if they do arrive in the the UK and Ireland, they are unlikely to bring hurricane-force winds.
Meanwhile, the national forecaster yesterday revealed its list of storm names for 2018 to 2019 .
The next severe weather will be named Storm Ali to reflect our “diversity”.
This is the fourth year the government weather services of Britain and Ireland have combined to name disruptive systems.
But this is the first time officials have added names to improve race relations.
A Met Office spokesman said: “This season’s names have been compiled from a list submitted by the public... selecting names that reflect the nations, culture and diversity.”
The list of 21 includes Storm Idris which may be a nod to actor Idris Elba.
Three-day UK weather forecast
Today (Wednesday) : Cloud and patchy rain or drizzle will affect southern England this morning but tend to slowly clear through the afternoon. It will be a generally fine day with sunny spells elsewhere, albeit with blustery showers for north-west England, west Scotland and Northern Ireland. Feeling cooler.
Tonight (Wednesday night) : Cloud and patchy rain will clear south-east England this evening. It will be fine elsewhere for much of England and Wales with plenty of late sunshine. Northern areas will be breezy, with more cloud and showers or longer spells of rain across western Scotland and Northern Ireland through the night.
UK Outlook (Thursday and Friday) : Tomorrow will be a generally fine day across much of England and Wales after a chilly start. Western Scotland and Northern Ireland will have showers or longer spells of rain. Friday will be unsettled and breezy across northern and western areas with a lot of cloud and further outbreaks of rain.


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Portland, ME-- Highlight Changed Discussion --
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FXUS61 KGYX 190946 AAA
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Gray ME
546 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2016
Expect a warm day today with clearing skies as high pressure
builds in from the west. This area of high pressure moves into the
maritimes on Thursday as low pressure developing over the Ohio
Valley tracks northeast toward northern New England by Friday.
This will bring a period of wet weather from late Thursday into
Saturday. A cold front pushes through from the west on Saturday
bringing colder weather but a return to dry conditions for the
latter part of the weekend into early next week.
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
-- Changed Discussion --Cold front along with any surface convergence along the boundary
was almost offshore around 6 am this morning. QPF amounts have
been very light. There is still some light rain mainly over the
Augusta/Wiscasset/Rockland environs. Adjusted PoPs based on radar
and current timing. Also adjusted temperatures and dew point
temperatures based on latest mesoanalysis.
A cold front was moving through central New England this morning,
albeit slowly. A warm front snaked through portions of Maine and
New Hampshire with readings in the 70s noted over northern MA.
This warmth will continue to spread this morning and have kept the
non-nocturnal curve in place. To the northeast a cooler wedge of
air including dense fog and drizzle was eroding from the southwest
as mixing increases ahead of the warm front. Underneath the
inversion temperatures are in the 50s and 60s and will continue to
slowly tick upwards overnight.
Rain showers will come to an end this morning as the frontal
boundaries are swept offshore. The coastal plain will clear out
quickly with sunny skies expected. Over the higher terrain some
upslope clouds will linger. Temperatures will vary from the lower
60s north to near 80s near Nashua and Manchester where the
downslope component of the winds will be enhanced.
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.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/...
Despite clear skies tonight we will not fully realize our
radiational cooling potential everywhere. Where winds do decrease
enough, temperatures will drop into the 30s. The mid to upper 40s
will be much more likely across the forecast area however.
Cloud cover returns Thursday as another warm front lifts into the
northeastern states. This will spread rain cross the region and
will likely bring some measurable precipitation to many areas.
Highs will be slightly cooler due with readings generally in the
upper 50s to lower 60s.
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A progressive digging upper trough will move across the Ohio
Valley and Great Lakes region will allow showers to become
widespread Thursday night. The upper trough will continue to
develop over the eastern Great Lakes Friday becoming vertically
stacked and spawning surface cyclogenesis across the St Lawrence
and then a redevelopment along the New England coast late Friday.
A broad area of rain is expected for Friday. The upper trough
will continue to develop as it becomes negatively tilted and then
becomes a closed low by Friday night. As the system develops,
models are indicating a strong southeast flow will develop to its
east and will likely pick up some tropical moisture from a system
off the southeast coast of the U.S. This may bring some soaking
rains to the area late Friday into early Saturday. Modes in some
disagreement with the EURO being the wettest model.
Models indicate the closed upper low is expected to move slowly north
and east into the maritimes Saturday and Sunday allowing some
lingering showers mainly in the mountains due to the unstable
cyclonic flow. In southern areas generally dry conditions expected
for the weekend. Much cooler temperatures will arrive behind the
system Saturday into early next week.
.AVIATION /10Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Short Term...A mixed bag of VFR to LIFR conditions are prevailing
this morning- mainly in ceilings that will last a few more hours
until a cold front pushes offshore taking much of the moisture
with it. All terminals will see VFR shortly after sunrise today,
which will persist through Wed night. Somewhat gusty westerly
winds are om tap for this afternoon.
Long Term...Conditions become IFR Thursday night as an onshore
flow persists in bringing in low level moisture. More substantial
rainfall is possible on Friday and Friday night as low pressure
moves through the area, likely keeping conditions IFR to lifr. A
cold front pushes east through the area Saturday morning, allowing
clearing conditions to VFR over southern areas while in the
mountains and foothills MVFR conditions in scattered showers will
persist through much of the weekend.
Short Term...SCA has been extended through noon for a few gusts
to 25 kts as well as seas around 5-6 ft. After daybreak the higher
seas will be confined from Cape Elizabeth eastward. We will near
SCA conditions again on Thursday.
Long Term...East to southeasterly wind flow ahead of low pressure
moving through northern New England should stay near or below
advisory levels, but the onshore nature of the wind will allow
wave heights to build to over 5 FT. A cold front pushes east
across the waters Saturday morning, with a west to northwesterly
flow behind it which will likely gust above 25 KT at times.
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MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until noon EDT today for ANZ150>152-154.
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There was a lot of weather to talk about in September, particularly in the tropics. I’m happy to report, however, that we were able to keep our touch for forecasting across the country. Forecasts for Bellingham were pretty unified across the board, and the verified weather at the end of September was a carbon copy from one day to another, but I can claim that Victoria-Weather was able to secure the victory all by ourselves, even if it was by the narrowest of margins.
Actuals: September 29th, High 74, Low 48
September 30th, High 74, Low 48


The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin is drought-free according to the U.S. Drought Monitor (as of December 8, 2020). View the latest weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map.
Our next briefing is on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 1pm ET.
ACF Climate Conditions and Outlooks
- Florida and the Southeast in the midst of a sharp warming trend over the last 5+ years, especially with nighttime temperatures.
- Record heat in Fall of 2020 and year-to-date for much of Florida, coastal Carolinas
- Abnormally dry conditions persist over eastern Georgia, other patches developing over south Alabama and north Florida
- Some dryness over the middle and lower ACF at 30-60 days, most of the basin above normal at 90 days
- Active pattern to bring more rainfall to the lower ACF in the next couple of days, lesser amounts to the north
- ”La Niña Advisory” now issued by NOAA, 100% chance of continuing through winter
- CPC seasonal forecast favors above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall
- Drought could develop in late winter/spring as the La Niña winter plays out
- Alabama Office of Water Resources states no reported water availability issues, no changes to AL Drought Declaration since 9/1/2020, areas of below normal precipitation since 10/1/2020 in southern 1/3 of AL.
Real-Time Streamflow & Forecasts
- Real-time streamflow in the ACF basin are currently in the high to below normal range.
- The ACF basin is currently ranked as normal flow for the 7-day average streamflow.
- 28-day average streamflow for the Chattahoochee River are currently in the above normal range.
- 28-day average streamflow for the Flint River are currently in the normal to above normal range.
- Real-time groundwater levels across the ACF basin range from much above normal to much below normal, with most stations ranked in the normal range.
- SERFC 10-day streamflow forecast - no large flow events expected
- SERFC 1 month streamflow forecast - near normal
- SERFC 3 month streamflow forecast - near normal
ACF Basin Reservoir Conditions
- Inflows into the projects are normal/above normal.
- Lanier, West Point, and W.F. George are transitioning to winter guide curve elevations, projects are operating slightly above winter pool elevations
- The ACF system conservation storage is in Zone 1 and is forecasted to stay in Zone 1 for the next few weeks.
Lawn and Garden Moisture Index
7-Day Rainfall Totals
30-Day Rainfall Departures
NOAA Seasonal Outlook (Dec - Feb)
Flint River at Albany
28-Day Average Streamflows
Real-Time Groundwater Conditions
ACF Reservoir Conditions: December 4, 2020
1-Month & 3-Month Mean Daily Streamflow Forecasts
David Zierden, FSU
Tom Littlepage, ADECA OWR
Paul Ankcorn, USGS
Troy Ephriam, USACE-Mobile District
Jeff Dobur, SERFC
Summary Prepared By:
Rachel McGuire, Auburn University
General Drought Information:
Drought Impact Reporter:
Southeast Climate Perspectives Map:
General Climate and El Niño Information:
Streamflow Monitoring & Forecasting:
The Complete Set of Briefing Slides From the ACF River Basin Drought Webinar:
Additional Information from the Southeast River Forecast Center:


Dear Golden Eagles,
I am certain that most of you have checked the forecast for Virginia Beach for the period of our Reunion, but just as a reminder I have listed the local forecst for the next few days. We should see rain and thunder on Wednesday and early
on Thursday, but Friday-Sunday promise cool but fair weather.
Weds: Rain/ Thunder 72/66
Thurs: Rain/ Thunder 75/ 65
Fri: Partly cloudy 66/ 54
Sat: Partly cloudy 66/ 55
Sun: Partly cloudy 68/55
Travel safely. I look forward to welcoming all to Virginia Beach.


Updated Thursday 3:35 p.m.
Working on a half inch in the rain gauge today as the first rain in over a week brings the return of Puddle City.
The steady rains are done, but showers remain in the forecast for a while as a big area of low pressure swirls offshore.
For tonight, expect scattered showers to continue with a risk of a thunderstorm along the coast. Lows will be chilly - getting own into the mid-upper 30s.
Friday is still looking pretty active as the low nudges closer to the coast and spreads not only showers, but cold, unstable air our way. That will allow the showers to build and gain some potency, perhaps graduating into heavy showers with some thunderstorms and small hail. In between the showers, the sun should peek out so it'll certainly be one of those "if you don't like the weather, wait 20 minutes" kind of days. Temperatures will max out in the mid-upper 40s, but it'll be quite chilly near 40 inside and just after those passing showers.
Showers continue Friday night into Saturday although thunderstorms should taper off in the hours after sunset. On the other hand, temperatures will drop into the mid 30s or so meaning any showers around Saturday morning still have the chance to mix in with some wet snow, especially above a few hundred feet. No accumulations expected, aside from a brief dusting on grassy surfaces (road temperatures well above freezing) and once showers pass, temperatures will rebound quickly. Official highs should reach the mid-upper 40s by the end of the day.
As for moisture, showers will be decreasing through the day, rain or wet snow, as the low moves well off to our south with sunbreaks way more dominant than showers by afternoon. The air will remain weakly unstable so a rogue afternoon shower can't be ruled out -- especially near the mountains -- but looking dry in general.
Sunday and Monday will remain mostly dry as high pressure begins to build well offshore. However, that ridge won't be providing too much protection and there is a very weak system expected into southern B.C. that could toss a few light showers our way either day, especially closer to the border. So again we can't promise 100% dry days but pretty low chances of showers. Highs will rebound a bit into the low 50s.
The ridge nudges closer toward the middle of the week which will do a better job of making skies sunny and warming us up a bit more. Highs should warm into the upper 50s and low 60s by the end of the week.
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Today's Record Temperatures


Thursday: South to southeasterly 10/15 knots. Seas: to 0.7 metres. Isolated showers increasing in the evening. Friday: South to southeasterly 10/15 knots, possibly reaching 15/20 knots at times in the evening. Seas: to 1.0 metres. Rain areas. Outlook Saturday: South to southwesterly 10/15 knots, reaching 15/20 knots at times during the morning. Outlook Sunday: Southwest 10/15 knots.Issued Thu 15:06 EST
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Southern Idaho Weather Forecast
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ERIC BRILL – EVENING UPDATE Thursday, September 16th, 2021
A red flag warning has been issued for all of Southern Idaho. Parts of the region are expected to have the warning expire on Thursday evening, but I have a feeling that a new red flag warning will be put into place until Saturday evening (which is the case for Gooding, Cassia and Twin Falls counties). While that does sound rather confusing as to who is within what, the big thing to really get out of this is that dry weather conditions and strong winds will allow any fire that is started to spread rather quickly through the weekend. Try to avoid starting any fires if you are able to, as you don’t want to be the person known to start a grassfire or wildfire!
Thursday was breezy and cooler around Southern Idaho, but warmer and not as breezy of weather conditions are expected for Friday, until some bigger changes arrive.
There really aren’t many (if any!) issues pertaining to the weather on Friday! Sunny skies, slightly above average temperatures and 5-15 mph winds are within the forecast. A little bit more smoke may return throughout the day, but it should not be bad at all.
For Saturday, expect stronger winds to return to Southern Idaho, as sustained winds will likely be in the 15-30 mph range. Temperatures will be a little bit warmer for Saturday compared to that of Friday, so there won’t be a drastic cool-down with the weather on Saturday. The winds truly are the biggest issue for the day, as partly cloudy skies are expected.
A cold front is going to move through Southern Idaho on Sunday, which will result in quite a temperature drop when it moves through. There is still a little bit of disagreement as to what part of the day the cold front will move through Southern Idaho, but it now appears to be a late morning/early afternoon general time frame. Stronger winds will continue to be apart of the weather as well, as sustained winds will still likely be in the 15-30 mph range. There will be some showers to go along with this cold front as well, but as that cold front moves further to the southeast, it will lose some of the moisture within it. Nonetheless, the showers should help out the drought situation a little bit and the possibility is there that some snow will fall in the higher elevation locations. The lowest that rain/snow line looks to drop to is around 7,000 feet overnight Sunday into Monday. This means parts of the South Hills, Albion Mountains and mountains around the Wood River Valley could see some accumulating snow during this time frame. Of course, it isn’t like it will stick around forever, but the possibility is there for those areas to get snow. Be aware of this if you plan on driving through Galena Summit late Sunday into early Monday.
Temperatures will likely stay below 60° for many southern Idaho towns and cities on Monday. As you can imagine, overnight lows will be seasonably chilly as well, with Tuesday morning having the coldest temperatures. I anticipate a lot of Southern Idaho to fall into the 30s for those overnight lows on Tuesday morning. Within parts of the Mini-Cassia Region and Wood River Valley as well as the Northern Magic Valley, overnight lows very well could fall into the 31-35° range. Monday morning and Wednesday morning will also be chilly starts to the day, but those given mornings should be 2-3° ‘warmer’ than Tuesday morning.
An area of high pressure looks to build in during the middle of next week and that should calm the weather down and warm it back up a bit. There may be another cold front by the Friday time frame, so continue to keep an eye on that as well.
You warm weather fans better enjoy Friday and Saturday (although the winds on Saturday aren’t ideal)! We are in for quite a roller coaster over the next 10 days!
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THURSDAY NIGHT (September 16, 2021)
MAGIC VALLEY: Clear skies. Low: 44. Winds: Southwest to South 5-10 mph. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Clear skies. Low: 39. Winds: Northeast 5-10 mph.
FRIDAY (September 17th)
MAGIC VALLEY: Sunny skies and warmer. High: 83. Winds: Northeast 5-15 mph. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Sunny skies. High: 75. Winds: Southeast to Southwest 5-10 mph.
MAGIC VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 58. Winds: South 5-20 mph. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 45. Winds: North 5-10 mph.
SATURDAY (September 18th)
MAGIC VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. It will be windy as well. High: 85. Low: 49. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. It will be windy as well. High: 77. Low: 44.
SUNDAY (September 19th)
MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and/or thunderstorms. It will be windy as well. High: 71. Low: 40. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and/or thunderstorms. It will be breezy as well. High: 63. Low: 35.
MONDAY (September 20th)
MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a slight chance of an AM shower or thunderstorm. It will be breezy as well. High: 59. Low: 38. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a slight chance of an AM shower or thunderstorm. High: 54. Low: 33.
TUESDAY (September 21st)
MAGIC VALLEY: Sunny skies. High: 65. Low: 41. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Sunny skies. High: 60. Low: 37.
WEDNESDAY (September 22nd)
MAGIC VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. High: 78. Low: 49. WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. High: 68. Low: 42.


Its largest lake is so dry that China is digging deep to water crops
As China’s largest freshwater lake has been reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to one of the main rice-growing regions from the country.
The dramatic decline of Poyang Lake in the landlocked southeastern province of Jiangxi had also cut off irrigation channels to nearby farmlands. The teams, using excavators to dig trenches, only work after dark due to the extreme heat of the day, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
A severe heat wave is wreaking havoc across much of southern China. High temperatures have sparked mountain fires that have forced the evacuation of 1,500 people in the southwest, and factories have been ordered to cut output as hydroelectric plants cut output amid drought conditions. Extreme heat and drought have withered crops and narrowed rivers, including the giant Yangtze, disrupting cargo traffic.
Fed by major rivers in China, Lake Poyang averages about 3,500 square kilometers (1,400 square miles) in peak season, but contracted to just 737 square kilometers (285 square miles) during the recent drought.
As determined by water level, the lake officially entered this year’s dry season on August 6, earlier than at any time since records began in 1951. Hydrological records prior to this date are incomplete, although it looks like the lake is at or around its lowest level. level in recent history.
In addition to providing water for agriculture and other uses, the lake is a major stopover for migratory birds heading south for the winter.
China is more accustomed to dealing with the opposite problem: seasonal rains that trigger landslides and floods every summer. Two years ago, villages and fields of rice, cotton, maize and beans around Poyang Lake were flooded after torrential rains.
This year, a wide swath of western and central China experienced days of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in heat waves that started earlier and lasted longer than usual.
The heat is likely linked to human-caused climate change, although scientists have yet to do the complex calculations and computer simulations to say for sure.
“The heat is certainly breaking records and is certainly aggravated by human-induced climate change,” said Maarten van Aalst, director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center in the Netherlands. “Drought is always a bit more complex.”
The “truly breathtaking temperatures scorching China” are linked to a blocked jet stream – the river of air that moves weather systems around the world – said Jennifer Francis, a climatologist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
She said an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure hovering over western Russia is responsible for heat waves in China and Europe this year. In the case of China, the high pressure prevents cool air masses and precipitation from entering the region.
“When hot, dry conditions stay locked in, the ground dries out and warms up more easily, further strengthening the overhead heating dome,” Francis said.
In the hard-hit city of Chongqing, some malls have been told to only open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to save energy. Residents sought respite in the cool air-raid shelters dating back to World War II.
This mirrors the situation in Europe and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, with high temperatures harming public health, food production and the environment.
Associated Press science writer Seth Borenstein in Washington, DC, contributed to this report.
For more on AP’s climate coverage, go to https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment


Swiss start-up Climeworks is working to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and recycle it into a resource. Their ambitious goal is to have zero net emissions of CO2 by using it to grow plants or make carbon-neutral fuel.
Burning fossil fuels to meet rising energy demand has pushed carbon dioxide emissions to a record high. Can innovation save us from global warming?
A range of technologies — loosely defined as 'geoengineering' — are being explored as responses to climate change. Yet their effectiveness, and whether they should be implemented at all, is debated among scientists.
The fires in Australia are a major factor in one of the biggest rises in atmospheric CO2 in 60 years, experts have said. Meanwhile, a team is trying to recover the bodies of three US firefighters killed in a plane crash.
Atmospheric levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide have hit a record high of more than 415 parts per million. The accelerated rise of man-made greenhouse gas emissions has scientists alarmed.
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It will come as no surprise to hear some parts of the country had their wettest summer in 62 years.
Grim figures from Met Eireann reveal the entire country was forced to endure higher than average rainfall and lower than normal temperatures this summer.
But things got a whole lot worse for one Irish county.
Malin Head in Co Donegal had its wettest summer in 19 years.
And just last month devastating floods brought the wettest summer day in 62 years on August 22.
Elsewhere, Newport in Co Mayo was drenched with 65 days of rain throughout June, July and August.
However, in Dublin the mercury did reach record levels on June 21 in Phoenix Park when it hit 28.6C- the highest June temperature since 1961.
Bizarrely, sunshine totals were above average for the season.
In fact, the sunniest summer day since 2004 was recorded at Cork Airport on June 18 with almost 16 hours of sunshine.
Met Éireann described summer 2017 as “varied and unsettled”.
Overall, seasonal mean temperatures were slightly below average.
The highest temperatures of the summer were reported between June 18 to 21 and July 17 and 18.


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Thanksgiving will be chilly with occasional rain or drizzle. The most widespread rain will be in the morning, with mainly patchy drizzle in the afternoon.
The highest rain chances will be from DFW to the west, with lower chances to the east.
Temperatures will be steady in the 40s throughout the day with an east breeze of 5 to 10 mph.
Additional showers will be possible Friday and Friday night but there will be several dry hours during that time as well. A band of showers and storms will move across parts of North Texas early Saturday. After the rain passes, sunshine will return and the remainder of the weekend will be dry.
Temperatures will gradually warm into the 60s on Friday, and lower 70s on Saturday. Cooler air arrives for Sunday with highs in the upper 50s.


PM Wintry Mix
Cloudy early with a wintry mix expected to move in in the afternoon. High 34F. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precip 30%.
Periods of freezing drizzle in the evening will change to a wintry mix late. Low 27F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 30%.


MAUI BECOMES HAWAII'S SECOND
Nov. 29, 2004 — T he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service today recognized Maui County as “TsunamiReady.” NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The county also renewed its “StormReady” designation. The TsunamiReady and StormReady programs are voluntary preparedness programs that establish guidelines for communities to follow for readiness. Communities adopt requirements in the areas of communications, warning reception and dissemination, public outreach, awareness and administrative planning.
“StormReady and TsunamiReady encourage communities to take a new, proactive approach to improving public awareness and local response to hazardous situations,” said Nezette Rydell, warning coordination meteorologist at the NWS Forecast Office in Honolulu. “Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Alan Arakawa, the Maui County Civil Defense Agency, and others, Maui County has established the means to better protect the public from tsunamis and severe weather threats and we have furthered our agency’s mission to protect lives and property.”
During a ceremony held at the Mayor’s office in Wailuku, Rydell presented Mayor Arakawa with two special signs identifying the communities as StormReady and TsunamiReady.
“Maui becomes only the 13th community in the nation to receive the TsunamiReady designation and the first county in Hawaii to renew the StormReady designation,” said Rydell. StormReady started in 1999 with seven communities in the Tulsa, Okla., area. There are now more than 820 StormReady communities in 47 states, including Kauai County. The StormReady and TsunamiReady recognition will be in effect for three years when the communities will go through a recertification process.
“Every year, around 500 Americans lose their lives to severe weather and floods,” said Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), director of NOAA's National Weather Service. “More than 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes impact the United States annually, and hurricanes are a threat to the Gulf and East Coasts. Potentially deadly weather can impact every person in the country. While tsunamis are rare, they can be deadly. That’s why the National Weather Service developed the StormReady and TsunamiReady programs.”
To be recognized as StormReady or TsunamiReady, a community must:
- Establish a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center;
- Have more than one way to receive tsunami and severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public;
- Create a system that monitors weather conditions locally;
- Promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars;
- Develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.
“Maui County successfully met the readiness criteria and was approved by an advisory board made up of county emergency managers, representatives from the Hawaii State Civil Defense and the NWS,” said Rydell.
“Educating the public about tsunamis is one of our top priorities,” said Charles “Chip” McCreery, director of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach. “The TsunamiReady program will not only complement these efforts but will also help expedite county response when a tsunami warning is issued.”
“The StormReady and TsunamiReady programs helped us improve the warning services that the county provides,” said Arakawa. “Although Maui hasn’t suffered extreme hurricane damage like Kauai, we have had our share of other severe weather, especially flash floods. When future disasters occur, a StormReady or TsunamiReady community will be better prepared for its citizens.”
“Just like communities, families need to be storm ready or tsunami ready by having an action plan. Through the StormReady and TsunamiReady programs, the National Weather Service plans to educate every American about what to do during natural hazard events because it is ultimately each individual’s responsibility to protect him or herself. The best warnings in the world won't save you if you don't take action when threatened by severe weather or tsunamis,” Rydell added.
NOAA’s National Weather Service is the primary source of weather data, forecasts and warnings for the United States and its territories. NOAA’s National Weather Service operates the most advanced weather and flood warning and forecast system in the world, helping to protect lives and property and enhance the national economy.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation’s coastal and marine resources.
Delores Clark, National Weather Service: (808) 532-6411
Related Web sites:
NOAA’s National Weather Service Forecast Office Honolulu
Editor’s Note: Logos or the StormReady and TsunamiReady programs are available online: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/signs.htm


Fort Wayne, IN 46801
Snow likely. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs around 30. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow through midnight...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20. North winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
Partly cloudy in the morning...then cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 20s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Cloudy. Snow likely and chance of freezing drizzle through midnight...then chance of freezing drizzle and snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of snow 60 percent.
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A SKYWARN® Spotter training session will be held on Thursday April 3, 2014 from 7-10PM at the Petersham Center School located at 31 Spring Street in Petersham, MA.
SKYWARN® spotters are an important resource to the National Weather Service as they provide ground truth information in high impact weather events. These ground truth observations help aid in decisions in issuing watches, warnings and advisories. Not only will spotters learn how to observe the weather, they will also learn about valuable preparedness and safety tips. Trained spotters have been invaluable during weather events such as Post Tropical Storm Sandy, the February Blizzard of 2013, as well as during the Springfield Tornado. We are looking to attract as much interest as possible so we can expand our network and offer more extensive support to a greater area. Image below from www.obnoxiousbostonfan.com.
The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.
Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN® spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property.
Since the program started in the 1970s, the information provided by SKYWARN® spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.
SKYWARN® storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts have given communities the precious gift of time–seconds and minutes that can help save lives. For more information visit www.skywarn.org.


Severe storms roll through NSWDrew Casper-Richardson, Saturday February 2, 2013 - 11:02 EDT
On Friday afternoon a low pressure trough crossed eastern New South Wales, bringing heavy rain, damaging wind and large hail.
A thick line of lightning stretched all the way from the state's South Coast into southern Queensland during yesterday afternoon. These storms and some early rain on Saturday morning brought widespread totals of over 50mm from Sydney up to the Mid North Coast. For some locations, such as Woolbrook in the North West Slopes and Plains, it was the highest total in a year. The storms brought bursts of heavy rain, with 16mm falling in just 10 minutes at Nobbys Head and 12mm in the same amount of time in Campbelltown.
Rain wasn't the only feature, with numerous reports of large hail, including Mount Victoria and around Orange. Damaging wind gusts also swept through the state's east as storms rolled through. In the Hunter, Murrurundi Gap withstood a gust of 102km/h.
The wind and rain brought rapid temperature drops, with Tamworth plummeting 8 degrees in just 14 minutes as a storm passed overhead.
Storms generally lost their intensity as they entered the Sydney Basin, with only 200 lightning strikes recorded. It was a very different story in the North West Slopes and Plains though. Within 200km of Gunnedah there were over 32 000 lighting strikes generated by the storms.
The trough has now moved off the NSW coast and has taken much of the storm activity with it. A low pressure system is developing off the Hunter coast and is continuing to send rain and gusty southerly winds ashore. Rain will be heaviest in and north of the Hunter, clearing from the south during the day.
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Parts of south-east Queensland have been hit with more than 200 millimetres of rain, stranding people in flash flooding and causing schools to remain closed on Friday.
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An evacuation order has been issued by the SES for areas around Murwillumbah, Condong and Tumbulgum, with further warnings in place for areas around Tweed Heads, as floodwaters threaten towns and properties in northern NSW.
A number of central Queensland coal mines operated by BHP Billiton and Glencore remain shut due to torrential rain as ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie continued to make its way through the state.


This November was the 10th coldest on record, according to the weather researchers at the West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris.
Lower than normal temperatures occurred for the second month. The mean temperature for November was 22.7°F, which is 7.2°F below average of 29.9°F. The high temperature for the month was 52°F on November 1st. The low temperature for the month was -1°F which occurred on two days, November 18th and 20th.
The highest temperature recorded in November at the WCROC was 76°F on November 1, 1999. The lowest temperature recorded historically was -27°F which occurred on November 28, 1891. Precipitation for the month totaled 0.86 inches, which is 0.11 inches below average. A total of 4.2 inches of snow fell.


Mainly cloudy with just occasional bright spells or glimpses of the sun likely. Frequent rainfall, especially on Saturday. With a high around 16 degrees it's mild. On Thursday a strong wind from the northeast.
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Partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies and rain overnight. Thunder possible. Low 66F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
Mostly cloudy. Periods of rain early. High 84F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Partly cloudy skies. Low 67F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Sun and clouds mixed with a slight chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon. High 84F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Mainly clear skies. Low 62F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunshine and clouds mixed. High near 85F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
Variable clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly overnight. Low 74F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Scattered thunderstorms. High 82F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Scattered thunderstorms in the evening. Cloudy skies overnight. Low 52F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 68F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.


Forecasters cancel warnings as Lee begins to dissipate over Maritime Canada
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada — kept weakening Sunday after officials withdrew warnings and predicted the storm would disappear early this week.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday morning that the post-tropical cyclone was about 135 miles west of Channel-Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. The top sustained wind speed was 45 mph with some higher gusts expected.
"Gradual weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Lee could dissipate on Tuesday," the U.S. hurricane center said.
The sky was sunny in Maine on Sunday morning. Gov. Janet Mills suspended a state of emergency. Less than 5% of electricity customers were still without power, down from 11% by midday Saturday during the height of the storm. In Canada, 14% of Nova Scotia had no electricity, down from 27% on Saturday, with smaller numbers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
The center discontinued a tropical storm warning for the coast of Maine late Saturday. It reported late Sunday morning that all tropical storm warnings for Canada were discontinued.
Storm surges were expected to subside on Sunday after being forecast as up to 3 feet on Saturday along coastal areas, the hurricane center said.
Fatality reported in Maine
A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, died Saturday after a large tree limb fell on his vehicle on U.S. Highway 1 during high winds. The limb brought down live power lines and utility workers had to cut power before removing the man, who died later at a hospital, Police Chief Brian Lunt said.
A driver suffered minor injuries Saturday, after a tree downed by Lee went through his windshield on Route 11 in Moro Plantation, Maine, according to Maine State Police. John Yoder, 23, of Apple Creek, Ohio, attempted to stop but couldn't avoid the tree. Yoder suffered minor cuts but the other five passengers in the van were not injured. Police blamed high winds for the downed tree.
The storm was tracked as moving around 22 mph and expected to proceed northeast, taking the weather system across the Canadian Maritimes. Rainfall was expected to be an additional 1 inch or less for portions of eastern Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the U.S. storm center said.
In Bar Harbor, Maine, the touristy gateway to Acadia National Park, a whale watch vessel broke free of its mooring and crashed ashore Saturday. Authorities worked to offload 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel to prevent it from spilling into the ocean.
Lee flooded coastal roads in Nova Scotia and took ferries out of service while fanning anxiety in a region still reeling from wildfires and severe flooding this summer. The province's largest airport, Halifax Stanfield International, canceled all flights.
"People are exhausted," said Pam Lovelace, a councilor in Halifax. "It's so much in such a small time period."
Hurricane-force winds extended as far as 140 miles from Lee's center, with tropical storm-force winds extending as far as 320 miles, enough to cover all of Maine and much of Maritime Canada.
The storm skirted some of the most waterlogged areas of Massachusetts that experienced severe flash flooding days earlier, when fast water washed out roads, caused sinkholes, damaged homes and flooded vehicles.
In eastern Maine, winds died down enough by late afternoon Saturday for utility workers to begin using bucket trucks to make repairs.
The entire region has experienced an especially wet summer, ranking second in the number of rainy days in Portland, Maine — and Lee's high winds toppled trees stressed by the rain-soaked ground in Maine, the nation's most heavily wooded state.
Cruise ships found refuge at berths in Portland, Maine, while lobstermen in Bar Harbor and elsewhere pulled traps from the water and hauled boats inland.
Billy Bob Faulkingham, House Republican leader of the Maine Legislature, and another lobsterman survived after their boat overturned while hauling traps ahead of the storm Friday, officials said.
The boat's emergency locator beacon alerted authorities and the pair clung to the hull until help arrived, said Winter Harbor Police Chief Danny Mitchell. The 42-foot boat sank.
"They're very lucky to be alive," Mitchell said.
Lee shared some characteristics with 2012's Superstorm Sandy. Both storms were once-strong hurricanes that became post-tropical cyclones — cyclonic storms that have lost most of their tropical characteristics — before landfall. But Sandy caused billions of dollars in damage and was blamed for dozens of deaths in New York and New Jersey.
Lee also was not anywhere near as severe as the remnants of Hurricane Fiona, which a year ago washed houses into the ocean in eastern Canada, knocked out power to most of two provinces and swept a woman into the sea.
Destructive hurricanes are relatively rare so far north. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 brought gusts as high as 186 mph and sustained winds of 121 mph at Massachusetts' Blue Hill Observatory. There have been no storms that powerful in recent years.
Separately, Tropical Storm Nigel was strengthening and expected to become a hurricane by Monday, the U.S. hurricane center said. It appeared to pose no threats to the U.S. or Canada. It was about 990 miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles and about 1,115 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and was moving north-northwest at 13 mph.
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|Dark clouds gather over Jagdeopath-Rukkanpura rail overbridge around 11am on Sunday. Picture by Ashok Sinha
Overcast skies and cool winds made the perfect romantic Sunday morning for residents in the run-up to the festive season even as Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor breezed through the city.
The temporary but much-needed spell of respite from last week’s sultry conditions would continue for another day or two. The rain gauge at the local Met office at Patna airport recorded 2.8mm rainfall till 8am.
The day was cloudy and dark with intermittent drizzle. Images from Kalpana I satellite showed convective clouds over Bihar in the morning.
Residents were ecstatic about the cool weather. “The weather over the past few weekends was sultry forcing me to stay indoors. But today (Sunday) it was so great that I decided to take my family to Vaishali. Everyone enjoyed a lot,” said Avinash Kumar of Anandpuri.
Sonali Singh, a college student, said: “I waited for hours outside the hotel where Ranbir was scheduled to arrive. Thanks to the pleasant weather standing out in the open was not treacherous and I finally caught a glimpse of Ranbir’s blue cap.”
Weather scientists attributed the dark clouds over Patna as a mesoscale phenomenon, a rare collection of an enormous mass of rain clouds. Hanging 400m-500m above the earth’s surface, the clouds extended across 50km-60km, qualifying for being termed as strato cumulonimbus clouds.
The afternoon monsoon bulletin of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi, forecast rain or thundershower at a few places over the state in the next 48 hours.
The local Met department, however, claimed that the rain would subside by Monday. “The clouds and precipitation are spread across the state and have been caused by a cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal. The weather system has caused good rainfall in Bengal and Jharkhand since Saturday,” said Ashish Sen, director, IMD, Patna.
Strato cumulonimbus clouds, which cause a drop in the mercury column, brought down the maximum temperature from 34.2ºC on Saturday to 25.2ºC on Sunday. The wind is expected to change from moist easterly to dry westerly in seven to eight days, as monsoon 2013 bids farewell to the state.
“The arrival of westerly winds would mark the advent of winter in Bihar,” said Sen.


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Hottest April Day Ever
Even in Pakistan, no stranger to blistering heat, the temperature on Monday stood out: 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit or 50.2 degrees Celsius.
The reading came from Nawabshah, a city of 1.1 million people in southern Pakistan, and meteorologists say it is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded, anywhere in the world, in the month of April.
The World Meteorological Organization keeps global temperature records, but not by month, which means Monday in Nawabshah cannot be officially confirmed as the hottest April day. But experts on extreme temperatures say it probably is.
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Christopher C. Burt, the author of “Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book” and a contributor to Weather Underground, said that 122.4 degrees, or 50.2 degrees Celsius, appeared to be the hottest reliably measured April temperature “in modern records for any location on Earth.” Only one reading might challenge it: 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 51 degrees Celsius, recorded in Santa Rosa, Mexico, in April 2011. But Mr. Burt said that measurement was “questionable because the site was a regional observation site and not of first order.”
An official W.M.O. weather station near Santa Rosa recorded a lower temperature that day: 48.6 degrees Celsius, Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist who maintains a large database of global temperatures, wrote in an email forwarded by Mr. Burt.
Mr. Herrera said he was aware of only two other occasions on which temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius in April: once last year in Larkana, Pakistan, and once in 1998 in Aquismón, Mexico, although the measurement in Aquismón was also recorded at a regional site. On neither of those occasions did the temperature reach 50.2 degrees, as it did in Nawabshah on Monday.
A large area of high pressure over the Indian Ocean, known as a heat dome, is to blame. Another heat dome brought 113.9-degree temperatures to Nawabshah in March, setting a national record for that month. Several other countries in Asia also broke their heat records for March. And temperatures will only increase as spring turns to summer.
Intense, life-threatening heat waves have become more frequent as the climate has warmed, and Asia has been especially hard-hit. During a heat wave in April 2017, Pakistan set a record that lasted only until this Monday. One in June 2015 killed more than 1,000 people in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.
Wold wide, 17 of the 18 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, and the last four are the four warmest.
The highest temperature recognized by the World Meteorological Organization at any time of year is 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius), recorded in Death Valley in 1913, but the validity of that measurement has been questioned. Some prominent meteorologists, including Mr. Burt, believe that the highest reliably recorded temperature is 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius), reached in Death Valley in 2013 and Kuwait in 2016.


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Variable clouds with temperatures reaching the upper 40s. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.
Mostly cloudy skies this evening will become partly cloudy after midnight. Low 43F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Weather systems are changing more slowly during this time of the year, and when a high pressure system sits off the East Coast the result for us is gentle warm southerly breezes. The high pressure is named a Bermuda High due to its central location in the vicinity of the island nation, and the clockwise circulation brings warm air up the coastal plain. We are experiencing this now, and fortunately the fact that it happens on a weekend makes it more enjoyable still.
Once again, the jet stream is the reason for this tranquility. During summer months when the difference in temperature between the Polar regions and the mid latitudes is less than in winter, the jet stream changes from a more direct west to east flow and becomes a meandering wave. “Wave” may not be a term that you think about with air but just like the water waves, air is a fluid and behaves according to the same laws of physics. In this case, imagine the jet stream meandering far to the north and then far to the south as it progresses toward the east. The weather systems that are being pushed along by this wave appear to stay stationary overhead for a longer period of time than during winter’s speedy flow.
Sometimes the meandering flow can become disjointed – separated if you will – and a weather system will become isolated from the main jet stream. This is described as a “cutoff” because it is in fact cut off from the flow, and the jet separates to the north and south of it. That is the case for the upcoming week as the forecast models have a cutoff low pressure developing over the Great Lakes and moving our way. Clouds, rain and anything but summer delight for a while.
Enjoy the perfect summer conditions while they are with us and rest assured they will return sometime.


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Predicting the weather from the calls and behaviour of the red-throated diver.
The rain goose or red-throated diver used to be the weather-glass [i.e. barometer] in Shetland. Its cry could predict the weather. "Droughtowerall, droughtowerall, droughtowerall," predicted fine weather. "Waarweatherandwaarweet, waarweatheranwaarweet, waarweatheranwaarweet," meant it would change and become wet.
As well as these cries, the following verse reminded people how to predict the weather from the rain goose's behaviour:
When the rain goose gings tae tha hill,
Let aa man put doon his boats an fill.
When da rain goose gings tae da sea,
Let aa man pull up his boats an flee.