Weather & Earth Science News

Having not dropped below 11.1c in my garden all month - the highest Aug min I've recorded - it all changed last night with the temp falling to 5.9c this monring, my 3rd coldest August night and the coldest since 2003.   Elsewhere in the country, cold night breaks August records in places .   Should still end a warmer than normal month though.   Rain over the past couple of days means my August rainfall is almost spot on average.  However across the country this Summer the wettest summer in 100 years (the third wettest summer on record in Wales ) - I've not checked my records yet by 2007 was much wetter here, and I think 2009 as well.  And some places saw more heavy rain yesterday and in Cumbria landslide derails train as forecasters warn more bad weather is on the way .   Tornadoes aren't unusual in Britain, even in summer (whatever the media may suggest) and this week an alleged freak mini tornado in New Forest tosses conservatory r...

Hurricane Issac makes landfall in Louisiana Isaac slams into southeast Lousiana; tests New Orleans post-Katrina flood controls Whilst in Asia, Typhoon Bolaven:  North Korea reports storm damage At Egremont in Cumbria, house turned into real life dolls house by flood waters While in Scotland, snow joke: first snow of the year predicted before the close of August .   I think they mean the first snow of autumn.    And there was quite a bit of snow on the Cairngorms in August last year ......  As Tom Jones would say, it's not unusual!   Very silly picture too.   But it is a comic. Spark triggered by twi boulders' collision starts a Utah wildfire Famed Italian botanic garden devastated by tornado Record temperatures and wildfires in Eastern Russia - as seen by NASA Traffic woes rain on Delhi Six dead in weekend flooding in Senegal's capital Arctic becoming a "giant slushie" says scientist ...

No question on the main weather news story this week:  Issac bears down on Gulf Coast as hurricane warning issued and Obama declares Louisiana emergency .   The Daily Mail, as usual, has plenty of pictures as Tropical Storm Isaac threatens to turn into hurricane and devastate city on seventh anniversary of Katrina - though they've dropped the fake supercell image they used in an earlier story.   And a look here at how tropical storm Issac matches up against Hurricane Katrina Over the weekend, Typhoon Bolaven heads to S Korea after lashing Okinawa with today, Chinese fishermen killed as typhoon hits South Korea Flooding in Myanmar forces thousands to flee Niger floods cause widespread devastation Stockholm enjoys six summer days in 2012 - compared with 28 days when the temperature reached at least 25c in 2011.  Russia helps douse Bosnian forest fires whilsyt yet another fire in Madrid countryside approaching control Arctic ice re...

Tropical Storm Issac nears Haiti , whilst south Florida issued with severe weather warning as tropical storm Issac set to batter coast Powerful typhoon heads towards Okinawa after smaller storm soaks Taiwan Apparently a 'month's rain due on Saturday' - though I'm not quite sure where?   Haiti?   There could be some heavy slow moving showers about though which may give 10-15mm in places.   August is normally one of the wettest months of the year in England, simply because heavy, slow moving, thundery showers often occur at this time of year.   I note that someone from the MetO is quoted as suggesting up 50mm (sitill less than a month's rain) but I don't know where he gets that from.  Latest NAE suggests the highest totals today will be around 20mm over the Lake District whilst GFS has lower totals there but around 18mm for parts of East Anglia (to be fair, the story is from yesterday, but nonetheless such high totals have never been ...

Over 2 inches of rain fell on Wednesday morning in the Shetlands,  causing widespread problems as landslides hit parts of central Mainland and Uradale with one family lucky to survive peatslide .  Shetland is not cover by UK weather radar. Thanks to the weather. 'wonky' fruit and veg is back .   It all tastes just the same!  Hopefully folk will buy it and we'll stop wasting so much of our food. In the US, southwest flooding prompts dramatic Arizona rescue; search resumes for missing Nevada teen Air crews make dent in massive Calif. wildfire Haiti, Dominican Republic await Tropical Storm Issac Large tree snaps off during wild Adelaide storm, damaging 10 cars at shopping centre whilst earlier this week, Sydney records warmest August day on record Balkans hit by extreme drought   as NASA satellite captures intense smoke from Chios wildfire in the Aegean.  Meanwhile, Rome zoo cools anilmals with iced food during heatwave . Lin...

Town evacuated amid Idaho's worst fire season on record whilst authorities say wildfire destroys 50 buildings outside Northern California community Wildfire burns 30 square miles in Spain with a state of emergency called in town in Bosnia's northeast as Balkans heatwave fuels wildfires and Greek secret service called in to investigate wildfires, as island of Chios burns for 4th day . Meanwhile, heatwave breaks all-time Czech temperature record (more details on other temps around the country here ) and after a record hot June and July, five-day heatwave forecast from Thursday in Greece In contrast, here in Britain, after more thunderstorms yesterday (which all missed Evesham, obviously) firefighters rescue marrooned driver as flash floods hit St Helens and  parts of Greater Manchester on flood alert as forecasters predict bank holiday washout  - there's been an unfortunately trend of all the bank holidays this year coinciding with cooler unsettled spells of w...

It's the Aegean's turn to be hit now as wildfire sweeps across Greek island of Chios Meanwhile, in the US, huge wildfire burns to edge of 3 small towns in Calif.; lightning sparks blazes across West and in Canada, more lightning storms stoke wildfires throughout B.C. Season's heaviest rain halts Delhi Torrential rains cause numerous woes in northwest Alaska Shanghai 'most vulnerable to flood risk' of all the world's major cities Arctic sea ice set to hit record low 'Soap bubble' clouds appear over Antarctica BBC burnt over climate change claim UK will be as hot as Madeira - though of course, most newspapers have made similar misleading claims themselves, falsely implying them to be the firm convictions of science.  So don;t get too cocky Telegraph! Could we use cloud brightening to control global warming? Geoengineers propose and experiment - I guess it's a lot safer than spraying sulphur aerosols into the str...