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.
Filter your table results
Looking for a specific location or record within your search results? Use the "Filter Results" option in the table to narrow down your search.
Let us know what you think!
Angela
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MOSCOW — A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shook southwestern Siberia on Sunday afternoon, the second to hit the area in two months. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, emergency officials said.
Residents of multistory apartment buildings said objects tumbled off of shelves, windows rattled and chandeliers swayed during the quake, the RIA Novosti news
The earthquake hit about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Kyzyl, the capital of the Russian republic of Tuva, which borders Mongolia.
A quake of similar strength hit the same spot in late December. That quake damaged dozens of buildings, including a bridge over the Yenisei River to Mongolia.
Sunday’s quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was centered 11.7 (7.3 miles) below the surface, was felt across a broad swath of southeastern Siberia.
“At the moment we have no information about any injuries or destroyed buildings,” said Stanislav Aivazov, an official with the emergency services in Siberia. “Our specialists are inspecting the situation in the region. “
Workers reported feeling the quake at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectic plant, the largest in Russia, located more than 300 kilometers (180 miles) from the quake’s epicenter.
The temblor also was felt in Krasnoyarsk, a large city about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away, emergency officials said.
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Yeah, this is for Friday/Saturday. Still looking like a huge outbreak.
Strong moisture return:
Decent instability and Lifted Indices:
Strong wind shear:
If this strong wind shear is what we can expect for the rest of the season, I'd be a little concerned. The only reason we've not had huge outbreaks so far this year is because instability has been a little limited and forcing has been off to the north of where the Severe Weather is expected. Both of these will be resolved as we head into next month..
I was just looking at the same thing. This does not bode well at all for the active severe weather months. Even in my area at the end of the storm I could get in on some damaging wind action with the squall line that this system will create.
Here are a couple of the most significant tornadoes so far this year.
Ellensboro, NC EF2
Fordyce/DeWitt, AR EF2
Clay/Center Point, AL EF3
Woah, talk about a green sky in the second one.
Only limiting factor looks to be the lack of CAPE...
Could be a power flash illuminating the tornado. There were several reports of power flashed as the tornado neared DeWitt.
There is sufficient CAPE to allow Severe Thunderstorms across the Ohio Valley.
I was just looking at some of the NAM soundings, and I'd be a little concerned living in Arkansas. It shows 488 m2/s2 of Effective Storm Relative Helicity, MLCAPE up to 1000 j/kg, and LCL heights of 500 m. What this means is that the main storm mode would be supercellular, and we would be looking at a major tornado outbreak.
Thankfully it is a Day 3 sounding though, and not a Day 1...plenty of time to change, I hope.
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
506 AM HST SUN FEB 26 2012
HIC007-261645-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120226T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000 Z.OO/
KAUAI HI-
506 AM HST SUN FEB 26 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN
KAUAI COUNTY UNTIL 645 AM HST...
RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
KAUAI AT ABOUT 20 MPH...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN FORMING TO THE SOUTH.
GAGES SHOW RIVERS CONTINUING TO RISE ACROSS THE ISLAND...WITH THE
HANALEI RIVER GAGE SHOWING 8.1 FEET AT 5 AM HST...WHICH IS ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF KAUAI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
IN STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.
DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
&&
RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP
TERRAIN.
THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 645 AM HST IF FLASH
FLOODING PERSISTS.
LAT...LON 2230 15987 2229 15915 2175 15928 2185 15984
$$
They just had snow and sleet the other day.
If I can ask all of you one short thing, please pray for her.
This weekend has been good but hard.
Yesterday one of my aunts I never knew passed away.
Yesterday was my brother's birthday party.
Today my parents are/were supposed to come over today for my brother's birthday party at home.
So if I can ask you all one thing
I am going to ask you to pray for her.
She is in the hospital as of now and I really need these prayers for my great-grandma.
She might be old but she can recover from this troubling time with your prayers and consideration.
Thank you all for your very kind and sympathetic wishes and prayers.
~Ryan (articuno)
:-)
For entertainment purposes, April 27, 2011 had an STP value of 32. It broke the scale...and beyond.
...CENTRAL PLAINS...
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED AND LOW-TOPPED TSTMS...PERHAPS WITH
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES...ARE POSSIBLE MIDDAY INTO LATE AFTERNOON INVOF
KS/NEB BORDER...IN ZONE OF STG DEEP-LAYER ASCENT. STG COOLING
ALOFT...AND NARROW CORRIDOR OF FAVORABLE SFC THETAE AIDED BY
DIABATIC HEATING...SHOULD WEAKEN CINH AND SUPPORT CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT NEAR FRONTAL ZONE. MLCAPE NEAR 500 J/KG IS
POSSIBLE...WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL SHEAR NEAR BOUNDARY. THREAT
APPEARS TOO CONDITIONAL AND MESOSCALE IN NATURE FOR CATEGORICAL
OUTLOOK ATTM.
..EDWARDS.. 02/26/2012
For those posters and lurkers still at the stage of deciphering lingo, SPC acronym page.
Also, you'll find some good info on many levels at the SPC FAQ page.
Lot of good info at Jeff Haby's site.
You might want to try his Haby hints page.
And, here's a good explanation of Low-topped supercells. Surface dew points in the low to mid 50's (oF) in a narrow band along the warm front east of the surface low may suggest enough moisture combined with the cold air aloft and heating pushing in from a cloud-free "slot" behind the Pacific front/dryline to generate CAPE over a localized area for mini-supercells/low-topped storms near the surface "focus" or boundary intersection. Don't let unimpressive total CAPE amounts mislead in such cases!
Right now, there is a lot of "should," "could" and "perhaps" in Tuesday's severe weather outlook.
:)
Keep your eye on the bouncing ball.
(Best wishes for your great-grandma, Articuno.)
Thank you. :)
I'm very sorry to hear this Ryan. Best wishes.
Hope she gets better and best wishes on a full & speedy recovery.
Should start about 2 and go for some 2 hours
They won't race, it's pouring down rain.
You can see the surface low being sheared by the jet stream and the ULL to the east of it ahead of that surface feature. That's a really cool sat image too.
Geoengineering is just cloud seeding on a large scale. To say that cloud whitening over an area the size of France won't have any effect on large scale weather patterns is ludicrous. You're not going to see any peer reviewed science on this subject for a while because it's being done by private industry outside of territorial waters.
I'd venture to say tornado outbreak with the strongly-sheared environment and supercellular storm mode.
What's the timeframe looking like for this? Late afternoon/evening?
Should start late afternoon Tuesday, yes.
Only on the high mountains correct?
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1215 PM EST SUN FEB 26 2012
AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054 -058-059-064-141-
144-147-262000-
COASTAL VOLUSIA-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-SEMINOLE-
SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 20 NM-
1215 PM EST SUN FEB 26 2012
.NOW...
INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FROM METRO
ORLANDO AND PORT CANAVERAL NORTHWARD. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY IN
THESE AREAS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 60S. AREAS TO THE
SOUTH WILL ALSO HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT PASSING LIGHT RAIN WILL
BE MORE SPOTTY IN COVERAGE...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. IT
WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE EAST COAST.
&&
ADDITIONAL DETAILS...INCLUDING GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/BLOG.PHP
$$
52
Enjoy your "Daytona" Sunday.
"Bill France weather" faces a challenge from Mother Nature today as a blob of moisture from the Gulf could soak Central Florida and the track this afternoon. Rain chances are listed at 70 percent. A heavy sprinkle would put the 500 in a holding pattern. The 3,400-pound stock cars race on slick tires. They are not built for bad weather.
What are the New Age people going to come up with to replace 2012 when this end of the world thing passes over?
It's only overcast with intermittent drops.
excuse me? they are scheduled to start at 1:30.
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