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Heat Wave Continues – When Will It End? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Summers are a funny thing: It’s too hot! It’s too cold! We’re in a drought! Will it ever stop raining? Summers are seasons of extremes for most places, and I always try to make the best of it. M...
Dangerous Heat Spike Upper Midwest (Yosemite “Rim” Fire One of California’s Largest on Record) 26 Aug 2013 | 03:51 pm
Heat Storm This is what climate change looks like. Did a warmer, wetter atmosphere trigger this record-setting, late-season heat wave? No. It would have warmed up either way. But there’s growing evid...
Tropical Heatwave Hits the Midwest; Flash Flooding Risks in the Southwest 25 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Click here for video: http://youtu.be/y2he3gF5uSM?t=45s “We’re having a heatwave . . . a tropical heatwave . . .” Temperatures today across the Midwest are creeping into dangerous territory — the h...
Excessive Heat Warning: High Risk of Heat-Related Ailments Into Tuesday 25 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Extra Crispy “Hey Ethel – Paul is off his meds again! He’s hyping a warm front. Doesn’t he know it gets hot here in the summer?” Well played. I’d agree, if we were looking at 90F. But 100F, with a d...
“Holy Heatwave, Batman!” 25 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
Across the midwest, from late July to Mid August, it seemed as though Summer had checked out, and Autumn had moved in early. But then as the end of Meteorological Summer (August 31) approaches, a sud...
Dangerous Heat Wave Brewing Central USA (why a “Category 6″ hurricane isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds) 24 Aug 2013 | 04:13 pm
“…Some of the human-induced changes are occurring 100 times faster than they occur in nature,” Trenberth says. “And this is one of the things that worries me more than climate change itself. It’s actu...
Rapid Growth with Rim Fire, What’s in Store for the Remainder of Hurricane Season 23 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
Rapid Growth Reported with the Rim Fire From the Sacramento Bee: “The Rim Fire in Tuolumne County has devoured 105,620 acres west of Yosemite National Park. As of Friday morning, the 6-day-old wildf...
Late August or Mid-July? (heat wave spreads east next week – why California doesn’t see hurricanes) 23 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
The 4th of Labor Day My dusty, faded Snap On Tools Calendar on the wall insists that it’s late August – Labor Day coming up. Then why do the maps for next week look like the 4th of July? Histor...
Drought Update: Big Improvement For Some Since 2012 22 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 Summer continues across the nation with temperatures well into the 80s and 90s for the central part of the country. We are getting indications that after a brief cool down...
Dog Days of Late August (341 consecutive months of global temperatures warmer than 20th century average) 22 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
2013: 6th warmest year on record, globally, to date.Source: NOAA. 341 July was the 341st consecutive month with global temperatures warmer than the 20th century average. Late August Heat Wave ...
