New product allows you to explore record-setting extreme weather
We've launched a new extreme weather product this week: Record Extremes. Recent, globally record-setting years have demanded a product that combines U.S. and international record extremes into one, easy to use interface. The Record Extremes page will give you the option to see U.S. and international records on a map and table. You can select any combination of record types at once, which, combined with the map, provides a interesting visual way to investigate record-setting events. The product uses data from three sources: (1) NOAA's National Climate Data Center, (2) Wunderground's U.S. records, and (3) Wunderground's International records.
The NCDC records begin in 1850 and include official NOAA record extreme events for ASOS and COOP weather stations in all 50 U.S. states as well as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Islands. In this database you can find records for maximum high temps, minimum high temps, maximum low temps, minimum high temps, snow, and precipitation on daily, monthly, and all-time scales.
The Wunderground extremes were compiled by our weather historian Christopher C. Burt. Chris monitors 300 stations across the U.S. for Record Extremes in maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, and snow events. Most of these U.S. records go back to the end of the 19th century, though the oldest site in this database is Charleston, SC, where precipitation records started in 1737! Internationally, Chris monitors 150 countries worldwide for all-time record high temperatures and all-time record low temperatures. If you're interested in diving deeper into extreme weather in the U.S. and abroad, Chris's book Extreme Weather is an excellent resource.
Figure 1. All-time snow records broken during the Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011. These records were found by selecting NCDC as the source, a start date of 2011-01-31, an end date of 2011-02-02, "maximum snowfall," and "all-time."
We built the Record Extremes product to make it easy to find specific records you're looking for, or just browse the records in general.
Check records that were set on a specific date
You can check on records that were set yesterday, for example, by setting the calendar to yesterday's date, and selecting all the record variables and types that you're interested in.
Explore all records set in a certain time range
2011 was a record-setting year for the U.S., and most of the records were high maximum temp and high minimum temps. To see all of these warm records that were set last year, select "NCDC" as the source, 2011-01-01 as the start date and 2011-12-31 as the end date. Select Maximum High Temp and Maximum Low Temp in weather variables, and select all-time in the record type.
View current standing international records in the Wunderground database
Select either the Wunderground International records, and instead of choosing a date range, select "Show current standing records." This will bring up all standing records in the database for whatever record variable and type you select. Whereas we've collected every record ever set or broken from NCDC, the Wunderground records are always the current, standing record, whenever it was set. As you move your map around the globe, you'll see each country's all-time maximum high temp and all-time maximum low temp.
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THIS COLLISION POINTS LOOK REALLY BAD....GAME FOR ROTATION....THIS COULD GET REALLY REALLY UGLY!
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0153
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0949 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN AL...GA...WCNTRL SC
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 35...
VALID 241549Z - 241645Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 35 CONTINUES.
A NARROW ZONE OF STRONGER BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING...ROUGHLY 50-75MI
WIDE...HAS DEVELOPED FROM THE WRN FL PANHANDLE...NEWD INTO CNTRL GA
BENEATH BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER. LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STEEPENING
ALONG THIS CORRIDOR THOUGH LOWER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW HAS VEERED
SOMEWHAT. THIS HEATING WILL LIKELY TRANSLATE INTO A MORE UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR INTENSE UPDRAFTS.
LATEST TRENDS SUGGEST CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN
INTENSITY ALONG THE SURGING COLD FRONT AS IT CATCHES UP TO THE
PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION OVER AL. ENHANCED CONVERGENCE COULD EASILY
ENCOURAGE STRENGTHENING AND THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AFOREMENTIONED CORRIDOR OF
STRONGER HEATING. IT/S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR HOW THE BAND OF
SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE FL
PANHANDLE WILL EVOLVE. LATEST THINKING IS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE
MORE CONCENTRATED/INTENSE ALONG THE SURGING COLD FRONT.
..DARROW.. 02/24/2012
HWOTBW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
535 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-242245 -
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSB OROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
535 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE NATURE COAST. STORMS COULD PUSH INTO PARTS OF
LEVY COUNTY DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE WIND
GUSTS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS.
...DENSE FOG/SMOKE IMPACT...
DENSE AREAS OF FOG WILL LINGER OF THE REGION THIS
MORNING...INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LOCALIZED PATCHES
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE. EXPECTED FOG TO
LIFT INLAND AFTER SUNSET WITH SEA FOG DISSIPATING DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL VEER MORE NORTHERLY BY
TOMORROW AND BECOME OFF SHORE BY SUNDAY. WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TOMORROW. SEAS WILL
RESPONSE BY INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 6 TO 8 FEET
OFF SHORE. WINDS AND SEAS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
$$
BARRON
so far so good for us, tonight might get interesting huh
THIS LOOKS REALLY ROUGH FOR THE SOUTH TODAY!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1046 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST...
.DEEP LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER LAKE ST. CLAIR AT LATE MORNING. SNOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW CONTINUES TO FALL OVER NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. THE PERSISTENT BAND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS COLLAPSED
SOUTHEASTWARD CLOSER TO THE LAKE HURON AND SAGINAW BAY COASTS. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WAS FALLING FROM STANDISH TO HALE TO GREENBUSH...WITH
HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS BAND WILL REMAIN QUASI-
STATIONARY OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. HOWEVER...THIS BAND WAS
NARROWING AND IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
LIGHT SNOW REMAINING THEREAFTER. SNOW FALL ACCUMULATION RATES WILL
DECREASE.
MIZ030-034>036-041-042-242100-
/O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T2100Z/
ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...HOUGHTON LAKE...
WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
1046 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HAZARD TYPE: HEAVY SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO AND IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES.
* HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG A LINE FROM NESTER TOWNSHIP TO
WEST BRANCH...TO ROSE CITY...TO HARRISVILLE...DOWN TO THE LAKE
HURON COASTLINE.
* SNOWFALL RATES: ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THE
HEAVIEST SNOW BAND.
* TIMING: THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
END BY MID-AFTERNOON.
I wish it was easier for me to post some images here. I have all different layers of the atmosphere in wind and Humidity.
Shouldn't you have the batteries in it already?
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0154
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1010 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...SC...SRN NC
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 35...
VALID 241610Z - 241715Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 35 CONTINUES.
NEWD EXTENSION OF PRE-FRONTAL TSTM BAND IS EXPANDING ACROSS SC
TOWARD SRN NC. ALONG THIS BAND INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE INTENSIFYING
WITHIN STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO A FEW
NE-SW LINE SEGMENTS HAVE EVOLVED AND THESE SEGMENTS MAY BECOME MORE
EFFICIENT WIND PRODUCERS IF THEY CAN MAINTAIN A MORE PERPENDICULAR
ORIENTATION TO MEAN FLOW. GIVEN THEIR FAST MOVEMENT THE LEADING
ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EAST OF WW35 INTO PORTIONS OF SERN SC/NC WITHIN
THE HOUR. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS REGION FOR A POSSIBLE WW.
..DARROW.. 02/24/2012
ATTN...WFO...MHX...RAH...ILM...CHS...CAE...
LAT...LON 34238175 34787925 34867746 33717772 33128150 34238175
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES MAINLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT
REGION OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN
MARYLAND AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARD MESSAGE /NPWLWX/ FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND WEST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT.
ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ALLEGHENY FRONT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA SATURDAY.
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EAST OF THE ALLEGHENY
HIGHLANDS MAY POSE AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES
SATURDAY.
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE
ALLEGHENY FRONT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
...Increased fire danger from 9 am EST this morning through this
evening...
Southwest winds will increase to between 20 and 30 mph today
across western North Carolina...with gusts possibly as high as 40
to 50 mph at times during the afternoon hours and early evening
hours. Although showers and thunderstorms will be possible through
the day...rainfall amounts are not expected to be heavy enough in
most locations to significantly wet fuels and brush. In
addition...relative humidity values will likely fall into the
upper 20s late this afternoon as a cold front moves east of the
region.
The very windy and relatively dry conditions will greatly
increase fire danger. Postpone any burning plans since fires can
quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
Expires:242200 gmt
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Adjusting
model soundings for expected afternoon temperatures/dewpoints
yields surface cape values between 1500 and 2000 j/kg and lifted
indices between -4 and -6. The instability in combination with
strong dynamic forcing seen in middle/upper level qg forcing and
divergence aloft from the right rear quadrant of a 180+ knot h25 jet
should yield good shower/thunderstorm coverage this
afternoon...and will keep likely probability of precipitation going all locales. Severe
weather continues to look likely given 850 mb winds increasing to
between 45 and 55 knots and 700 mb winds increasing to between 60 and
70 knots this afternoon. As a result will continue to mention
severe weather with damaging winds possible in the forecast.
Although damaging winds appear to be the primary threat...the
strong forcing for ascent will also support a threat for large
hail and the strongly sheared environment will also support a
potential for isolated tornadoes. Will update the hazardous
weather outlook accordingly. The most probable time frame for
severe weather is expected between 1 PM and 7 PM. Update will be
sent shortly.
That article is a good read.
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its plugged into the wall, when a serious storm system comes i unplug and put battries in
Houston, we have a problem
Spookieeeee
From a distance is the best way to observe. Unless you want your world turned upside down.
i learned that last spring lol.
I bet the NC outer banks learned that in August of 2011, too.
I wasn't going for upside down just shaken... This is why I love weather, you can never be sure what is next.
Yeah, Some people wish for a tornado or a hurricane but when they get it,,, they wished they never wished in the 1st place.
Goodnight and stay safe.
night!!!
276
WUUS52 KTAE 241645
SVRTAE
ALC069-FLC063-GAC099-201-253-241715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0032.120224T1645Z-120224T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1045 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST/1215 PM EST/
* AT 1043 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARIANNA MUNICIPAL A/P...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHIPOLA TERRACE...GREENWOOD...GRANGEBURG...MALONE...BASCOM ...TWO
EGG...LOVEDALE...BUENA VISTA...CROSBY...LUCY...HORNSVILLE...
CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...HAYNES...SAFFOLD...STEAM MILL...RIVERTURN...
JAKIN...HOWARDS MILL...DESSER...LITTLE HOPE...LELA AND
DONALDSONVILLE A/P
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LAT...LON 3120 8501 3088 8478 3077 8537 3087 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 249DEG 38KT 3088 8524
Same happened on the northshore... It gets your heart going and then you feel that drop of rain and its over...
Night... Ive been through at least 7 Storms in 13 years... can't wait for the next one.
That my friends is a VERY fast jetstream... if you look at the bottom you can see the next low that will come tomorrow night, At least to my area
Viewing: 451 - 501
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