Reed Timmer and the Tornado in Palo Duro Canyon, TX June 2, 2024




Reed Timmer and the Tornado in Palo Duro Canyon, TX June 2, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zPo3TwSl0E

I know it's Hot outside. But we can get through....

Overnight in DFW -- 4am Heat Index is 87F, Dewpoint 72F

DFW - 3AM 92F Heat Index, Dewpoint 75F

2am Heat Index

Chicago, other Midwest cities on alert for excessive heat - UPI.com

The National Weather Service on Monday issued an "excessive heat warning" in the Chicago area and other Midwestern cities including Des Moines, Iowa, the Twin Cities in Minnesota; Madison, Wis.; Omaha, Neb.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/08/26/midwest-weather-midwest-heat-warnings/8431724691760/

From Seth & Berm Peak Hurricane Helene Updates

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
https://www.weather.gov/mfl/saffirsimpson


The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed. This scale estimates potential property damage. Hurricanes reaching Category 3 and higher are considered major hurricanes because of their potential for significant loss of life and damage. Category 1 and 2 storms are still dangerous, however, and require preventative measures. In the western North Pacific, the term "super typhoon" is used for tropical cyclones with sustained winds exceeding 150 mph. Note that all winds are using the U.S. 1-minute average.

Category One Hurricane

Winds 74-95 mph (64-82 kt or 119-153 km/hr). Very dangerous winds will produce some damage: Well-constructed frame homes could have damage to roof, shingles, vinyl siding and gutters. Large branches of trees will snap and shallowly rooted trees may be toppled. Extensive damage to power lines and poles likely will result in power outages that could last a few to several days. Irene of 1999, Katrina of 2005, and several others were Category One hurricanes at landfall in South Florida.


Category Two Hurricane

Winds 96-110 mph (83-95 kt or 154-177 km/hr). Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage: Well-constructed frame homes could sustain major roof and siding damage. Many shallowly rooted trees will be snapped or uprooted and block numerous roads. Near-total power loss is expected with outages that could last from several days to weeks. Frances of 2004 was a Category Two when it hit just north of Palm Beach County, along with at least 10 other hurricanes which have struck South Florida since 1894.


Category Three Hurricane

Winds 111-129 mph (96-112 kt or 178-208 km/hr). Devastating damage will occur: Well-built framed homes may incur major damage or removal of roof decking and gable ends. Many trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking numerous roads. Electricity and water will be unavailable for several days to weeks after the storm passes. Unnamed hurricanes of 1909, 1910, 1929, 1933, 1945, and 1949 were all Category 3 storms when they struck South Florida, as were King of 1950, Betsy of 1965, Jeanne of 2004, and Irma of 2017.


Category Four Hurricane

Winds 130-156 mph (113-136 kt or 209-251 km/hr). Catastrophic damage will occur: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. The 1888, 1900, 1919, 1926 Great Miami, 1928 Lake Okeechobee/Palm Beach, 1947, Donna of 1960 made landfall in South Florida as Category Four hurricanes.


Category Five Hurricane

Winds 157 mph or higher (137 kt or higher or 252 km/hr or higher). Catastrophic damage will occur: A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. The Keys Hurricane of 1935 and Andrew of 1992 made landfall in South Florida as Category Five hurricanes.

https://apnews.com/article/la-nina-el-nino-snow-rain-winter-climate-1f45c017fb57d50a576eed6b4a1c9cc0



Meteorologist Greg Dee breaks down the NOAA Winter Outlook and what La Nina means for across the country and in Florida.

Houston and New Orleans airports closed Tuesday.

Wind Chills tonight...

May 1 and it is 27 degrees lol.

Sustainability• 15:18 • Modified at 15:23
'Drought may last the entire summer in the Netherlands'
Author : BNR Web Editors
The drought is spreading and our nature is starting to crack. In nature reserves, the risk of fire is increasing rapidly and agricultural land is at risk of becoming salinized. Moreover, significant rain still seems far away. 'The prospects are that this situation will continue for a long time and may extend over the entire summer', says meteorologist Reinout van den Born of weerverteller.nl.

The drought has been going on for quite some time now. According to Van den Born, the situation has already manifested itself during the winter. 'You can see that the active weather in Europe has moved all the way to the extreme edges, the north of Scandinavia on one side and the south of Europe on the other. In between, the atmosphere is very calm, and that is where high-pressure areas feel very much at home.'

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These high pressure areas always come from the Iceland and Greenland region, according to the meteorologist, but also from the Azores high, the semi-permanent high pressure area above the Atlantic Ocean. 'They dive in between and it stays dry here.'

Long dry period
The past two years were very wet, which means that there is still a lot of water under the dry top layer of the soil, according to Van den Born. In that sense, there is no reason to panic yet. 'But the prospects are that this situation will continue for a long time and possibly extend over the entire summer. Then you are talking about a long dry period. We have seen in other dry years that in that case a wet history does not help either.'

According to the meteorologist, the dry area in Europe is expanding further and further, it extends over Germany and Poland all the way to the west of Russia and Ukraine, and south to the Alpine region. This has consequences for what the rivers bring into our country. 'The supply of the Rhine comes from the Alps, where only 30 percent of the normal amount of precipitation fell last winter', according to Van den Born. 'You see that rivers are very low, at the bottom of their bandwidth for this time of year. In that sense, it is good that water boards have already decided to retain water, to get through that period as well as possible.'

Hot summer
With the ongoing drought, the risk of wildfires is also increasing significantly; in March, things went wrong a few times. The drought will quickly intensify again in the coming period, according to Van den Born, after it rained mainly in the east of the country in recent weeks. 'Mainly due to the combination of evaporation and a lot of sunshine, and the fact that nature needs a lot of water.'

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According to Van den Born, the seasonal models show without exception that the dry period will continue throughout the summer, with very dry conditions and high temperatures in July and August in particular. Drought also fuels heat. 'Then you might go back to 40 degrees during a heat wave in the Netherlands too. The only uncertainty is the month of June, then it might be a bit more changeable. But we'll have to wait and see.'

Sustainability• May 8, 5:15 PM • Modified on May 8, 7:58 PM
'We are heading for the warmest summer ever'
Author : BNR Web Editors
Global warming continues to exceed the critical one and a half degrees and the past month was one of the warmest ever, calculated the European climate agency Copernicus. According to Reinout van den Born of weerverteller.nl we are heading for the warmest summer ever. 'Of the last 22 months, 21 have actually been the warmest ever or almost the warmest ever. We have also remained above that 1.5 degrees for the entire period.'

Meteorologists warn that the coming summer in the Netherlands could be the warmest ever. The current record dates from 1976. That year saw a heat wave that lasted 17 days in De Bilt. The year also had a very dry summer. At the end of the summer, the precipitation deficit had increased to 300 millimeters or more in many places. The growing season of 1976 is recorded as the driest ever measured. This year, Europe is also warning of drought in the coming months. 'Of the last 22 months, 21 have actually been the warmest ever or almost the warmest ever. We also stayed above 1.5 degrees during that entire period.'

Various causes
According to Van den Born, this has several causes, such as the fact that there is less cloud cover on earth than previously thought. 'This results in extra sunshine. But the seas are also much warmer than we thought. This in turn has to do with a change in the fuel used in shipping. It was desulphurised a few years ago, which means that there is also much less cloud cover at sea and the sun can heat the seawater much more easily than before.'

'There is a huge area, including the Netherlands, where there has been almost no rain in recent months, that situation has been going on for a very long time, and it seems to be going on for a very long time. That drought is now intensifying', says Van den Born. 'It seems to be going on all summer long. It is very similar to the summer of 1976, that was an incredibly warm summer.'

Last month was the second warmest April globally since records began, Copernicus reports. According to Samantha Burgess, Strategic Lead for Climate at ECMWF, it is a continuation of a long series of months with temperatures of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. 'Continued climate monitoring is an essential tool to understand and respond to the ongoing changes in our climate system.'

The average temperature over European land in April 2025 was 9.4 degrees Celsius, more than 1.0 degrees higher than the average from April 1991 to 2020. This makes it the sixth warmest April for Europe. Across Europe, temperatures were predominantly above average, with the largest temperature deviations in Eastern Europe, Western Russia, Kazakhstan and Norway. Parts of Turkey, eastern Bulgaria and Romania and Crimea were colder than normal.

Above and below average
Outside Europe, April temperatures were most above average in the Russian Far East and much of west-central Asia. They were also above average in most of North America, part of Australia, and on the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. Temperatures were most below average in southern South America, in eastern Canada in the Great Lakes region and over Hudson Bay, in northeastern Greenland, and Spitsbergen.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission, publishes monthly climate bulletins on observed changes in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables. Most of the reported findings are based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset, based on billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations.