16th July - Today's News: Woman Killed by Dutch Tornado
Tornadoes continue to make the news, both here and in Europe. In Worcestershire (on the other side of the county from me) there was a willow tree uprooted as village hit by mini tornado - sounds like it probably was a tornado though straight line winds can't be ruled out. The Birmingham Post mentions a dog being lifted into the air as tornado rips through Worcestershire village.
More tragically, in the Netherlands, one dead as tornado hits Dutch campsite.
St Swithin's Day was wet and very windy across much of the British Isles with boats battered in storm hitting Gwynedd and Angelsey. There was a wind turbine on Portland blown over by gales and a man injured, cars crushed, houses damaged and power cut as storms hit Plymouth. So, do we face 40 days of rain after St Swithin's Day? Highly unlikely, but the folk myth has it's origins in the fact that around mid July the weather can often set in with a pattern that lasts for much of the rest of the summer. So that may well mean it's going to continue unsettled with only brief spells of 'BBQ weather', mainly in the SE (which was the sunniest area yesterday).
Across the Channel though there's bikinis in Moscow: Europe wilts in heat wave
And for the globe as a whole, first half of 2010 sets temperature record for January-June The full report from NOAA can be read here.
Flood situation grim in Punjab's Mansa district
Flood-hit southern China braces for Typhoon Conson
At Laredo, in Texas, 22,000 trucks at border stopped by flooding
Dangerously hot weather continues in Oklahoma
There was a sigh of relief as snow storm hits Australian ski fields - although some parts of Australia have had cold weather, snow in the hills has been scarce so far this winter.
Although there's not been a repeat of 2007's rare snowfall in Buenos Aires, there is frigid temperatures, snow in Argentina.
Global warming slows coral growth in Red Sea
Research in Europe suggests heat wave impact differs between countries
New theory on why mountains crumble - and nothing to do with prefering custard to cream, either! Actually I like both - and I do make a very good apple crumble, though I say so myself! Not tried making one out of mountains though ....
Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean - however some areas, such as around the Seychelles, are actually experiencing a sea level drop. Some of this is down to shifts in the positioning of warm and cold pools of water - warm water expands and thus the sea level is higher. Changes in wind patterns - which may be caused by AGW - also affect regional sea levels and again contribute to the observed changes. The good news for the Maldives is that so far any sea level rise there is negligable.
More tragically, in the Netherlands, one dead as tornado hits Dutch campsite.
St Swithin's Day was wet and very windy across much of the British Isles with boats battered in storm hitting Gwynedd and Angelsey. There was a wind turbine on Portland blown over by gales and a man injured, cars crushed, houses damaged and power cut as storms hit Plymouth. So, do we face 40 days of rain after St Swithin's Day? Highly unlikely, but the folk myth has it's origins in the fact that around mid July the weather can often set in with a pattern that lasts for much of the rest of the summer. So that may well mean it's going to continue unsettled with only brief spells of 'BBQ weather', mainly in the SE (which was the sunniest area yesterday).
Across the Channel though there's bikinis in Moscow: Europe wilts in heat wave
And for the globe as a whole, first half of 2010 sets temperature record for January-June The full report from NOAA can be read here.
Flood situation grim in Punjab's Mansa district
Flood-hit southern China braces for Typhoon Conson
At Laredo, in Texas, 22,000 trucks at border stopped by flooding
Dangerously hot weather continues in Oklahoma
There was a sigh of relief as snow storm hits Australian ski fields - although some parts of Australia have had cold weather, snow in the hills has been scarce so far this winter.
Although there's not been a repeat of 2007's rare snowfall in Buenos Aires, there is frigid temperatures, snow in Argentina.
Global warming slows coral growth in Red Sea
Research in Europe suggests heat wave impact differs between countries
New theory on why mountains crumble - and nothing to do with prefering custard to cream, either! Actually I like both - and I do make a very good apple crumble, though I say so myself! Not tried making one out of mountains though ....
Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean - however some areas, such as around the Seychelles, are actually experiencing a sea level drop. Some of this is down to shifts in the positioning of warm and cold pools of water - warm water expands and thus the sea level is higher. Changes in wind patterns - which may be caused by AGW - also affect regional sea levels and again contribute to the observed changes. The good news for the Maldives is that so far any sea level rise there is negligable.
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