Thursday, July 31, 2014

National Temperature and Rainfall Extremes for July 31,2014 from accuweather.com

As of 11:30PM,EDT/8:30PM,PDT




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Dallas: Temperatures to Climb into Next Week

By Michael Kuhne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
July 31,2014; 10:22PM,EDT
 
 
Days of sunshine and mild weather will remain in the Dallas area into next week.
"Friday will be another unusually cool day across the Dallas area, but it will stay dry," AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Andy Mussoline said.
Temperatures will near 85 F with sunshine throughout the day before clouds roll into the area overnight. Overnight lows will sink down to the high 60s.

"A high pressure system will stay across the area heading into the upcoming weekend," he said.
Sunshine and temperatures nearing 90 F will persist throughout Saturday and Sunday.
"The high pressure system will keep dry weather around into the weekend, but it will turn increasingly warmer each day," Mussoline said.
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A full day of sunshine will return on Monday as temperatures continue to climb into the 90s as the week moves forward.
Temperatures will soar to the 95 F mark by Wednesday.

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Chicago: Showers, Thunderstorms to Linger into Next Week

By Michael Kuhne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
July 31,2014; 10:07PM,EDT
 
 
Clouds and the chance for thunderstorms will continue to linger in the Chicago area into the weekend.
On Friday and Saturday, temperatures will hover in the low 80s, with a chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon hours.
"A weak disturbance will slowly cross the region Friday and Saturday, sparking a passing shower or thunderstorm in the area, mainly during each afternoon and evening," AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Andy Mussoline said.

Sunday will offer a break in the stormy weather, making for a sunny and pleasant day for those without outdoor plans.
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Temperatures will remain in the low 80s with overnight lows in the low 60s.
"A high pressure system will briefly provide a dry day across the area on Sunday, but some wet weather could move back into the area early next week," Mussoline said.
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By Monday, the day will feature intervals of clouds and sunshine with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm throughout the day. Highs will near 85 F, with overnight lows in the mid-60s.
Thunderstorms will remain into Tuesday and Wednesday.
By Wednesday, temperatures will slide back with a chance for afternoon storms.

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Midwest, East: Cool Weather to Fade, Summer Heat to Arrive in August

By , Expert Senior Meteorologist
July 31,2014; 1:17PM,EDT
 
 
While persistent waves of cool weather have some people in the Midwest and East saying that 2014 is the year without a summer, a forecast pattern change during August could have people thinking otherwise.
A shift in the jet stream is forecast during the middle of August that will lead to longer-lasting warm weather over much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation and less extreme heat over the Northwest.

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The jet stream is a river of high-speed air, high above the ground that guides storm systems and air masses along.
According to AccuWeather Long Range Expert Paul Pastelok, "We expect the jet stream to flatten out over the West and retreat northward over the Central and Eastern states."
A break in the cool pattern is forecast next week for the Midwest and East, but the long-lasting warmth will hold off until mid-August.
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"The jet stream will split apart prior to fully flattening out and will allow some warmth to build from the Tennessee and Ohio valleys to the East during the middle of next week."
Only brief, limited cooling is likely for parts of the Central and Eastern states later next week.
During the middle of the month, an area of warm air and generally fair weather is forecast to build westward from the Atlantic. This system is known as the Bermuda High.

"It is possible that during the period from around Aug. 14 to Aug. 24 areas in the Midwest, Texas and the Northeast will have their warmest weather of the summer," Pastelok said.
The upcoming pattern is good news for kids and adults hoping for warmer swimming weather. Area lake and ocean water temperatures typically peak during August.
However, the surge in warmth will also mean an uptick in cooling costs. In portions of the Midwest, the weather during July has allowed some people to use 30 to 40 percent less energy to cool their homes and businesses.
Students heading back to schools without air conditioning during the second half of August could struggle with the warmth.
The pattern shift may be most dramatic for those over the Central states, where the cool conditions thus far this summer have been the most extreme.

Pastelok still feels that prior and ongoing wet weather in the South will limit the uptick in daytime temperatures.
"In the South, while daytime highs may not be that extreme during the middle and latter part of August, nighttime lows are likely to be significantly higher than average."
In the Southwest, no significant change in temperature is forecast. However, some cooling is possible on a local basis from day to day as monsoon thunderstorms ignite.
The warmer-than-average conditions are forecast to last into the first week or so of September over much of the Central and Eastern states before another pattern change may take place.

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Japan, South Korea Face Tropical Floods, Typhoon Risk

By , Senior Meteorologist
July 31,2014; 1:03PM,EDT
 
 
While tropical downpours bring the threat of flooding through this weekend to Japan and South Korea, the danger of a typhoon looms for next week.
The immediate concern to these nations is a tropical low spinning in the South China Sea.
Later next week, a new danger will come via Tropical Storm Halong which is spinning westward away from Guam and is on track to become the next typhoon in the western Pacific basin.
The tropical low spinning in the South China Sea has already been classified as Tropical Storm Nakri by the Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan's government source for meteorological information. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (headed by the United States) has yet to follow suit as the low remains disorganized.

Regardless of its classification, the slow-moving low will cause periods of tropical downpours to spread from the Ryukyu Islands up to Japan's islands of Kyushu, Shikoku and western Honshu and to South Korea through the start of the weekend. Additional rain will continue to stream over most of this area into Sunday.
Flooding and mudslides are a serious concern, especially across southwestern Japan and southern South Korea where several days of downpours will push rain totals through Sunday past 150 mm (6 inches).
Some areas may get the additional rain on Monday, prolonging the flood and mudslide danger.
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Any flooding problems in Seoul, where rainfall totals should be on the order of 50 to 100 mm (2 to 4 inches), would likely be localized. Tokyo, meanwhile, will escape the low's downpours.
While the greatest threat from this low will by far be flooding and mudslides, gusty winds between 65 and 80 kph (40 to 50 mph) will whip the northern Ryukyu Islands, the southern coast of South Korea and the southern and eastern coast of Kyushu.
Shanghai, China, will experience some of the outer fringes of the low through the start of the weekend. Downpours and gusty winds are possible with rainfall amounts expected to be between 25 and 75 mm (1 and 3 inches).

While that low will fail to approach typhoon status, Tropical Storm Halong is on track to become the western Pacific basin's next typhoon.
Halong is currently tracking westward away from Guam after AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Eric Leister reported that it dumped more than 10 inches of rain and kicked up a 53-mph wind gust on the island.
Disruptive wind shear (strong winds above the surface that can shred tropical systems apart) will work against Halong's attempts to become a typhoon through the weekend.
If Halong is not a typhoon by Sunday, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Adam Douty expects the system to definitely reach that status next week as it tracks northwestward and the wind shear lessens.
AccuWeather.com meteorologists will be monitoring the potential for Halong to strengthen rapidly prior to reaching land later next week.
While the current path of Halong puts the northern Ryukyu Islands and southern Japan at greatest risk of a direct landfall with heavy rain and damaging winds, all residents of Japan, the Korean Peninsula and northeastern China should closely monitor the future typhoon for potential dangers and any adjustments to the forecast track.
"Given that southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands will see heavy rainfall during the next few days, the approach of this second tropical system could spell trouble in the way of major flooding in these areas," Douty warned.

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Sharknado 2: Three Actual Weather Events Nearly as Wild

July 31,2014; 1:02PM,EDT
 
 
 
"Sharknado 2: The Second One" premiered July 30, 2014, on the SyFy Channel to great social media fanfare.
The film entertained viewers with wild and nonsensical weather that spawns tornadoes that pick up large amounts of ferocious sharks. These sharks not only can survive in the vortex, but they also retain the ability to attack civilians, fueled by revenge and not physics.
A great white shark. (Credit: Flickr/Grant Peters)
While campy disaster films aren't known for their scientific integrity, the film makes some interesting inaccuracies.
But "Sharknado" fans who live in fear of a shark-filled tornado can rest easy, the idea still remains completely implausible.
However, the weather has been known to cause several head-scratching events, ranging from seemingly apocalyptic to downright bizarre.
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Animals Raining from the Sky
Many popular colloquiums suggest animals pouring from the sky - from cats and dogs all the way to men. Thankfully, these remain in the same realm of possibility as a sharknado.
However, there have been at least four documented instances of frogs raining from the sky. The most recent occurrence was in 2005, in Odzaci, Serbia.
A firenado is spawned on a field in Chillicothe, Mo., the week of May 7, 2014. (Photo/Janae Copelin)
Whirling Vortexes of Fire
Firenadoes, also known as fire devils, are created when strong winds whip an active fire to create a vortex.
"The heat of the fire rising through the air allows the vortex to strengthen and create the firenado," AccuWeather Meteorologist Eric Leister said. "The firenado can then suck more brush and debris into itself and fuel the fire further."
This phenomenon can be extremely dangerous, with some reporting to be able to launch embers miles away.
Ana Filipa Scarpa captured this photo of a bugnado comprised of red locusts on March 9, 2014, near Leziria Grande at Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. (Photo/NASA/Ana Filipa Scarpa).
Bugnadoes Darken Skies
While not a weather event, when an ominous vortex of bugs appear to darken skies, the name seems only fitting.
In March of 2014, residents of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, witnessed a swarm of red locusts formed into a "bugnado."
AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Bob Smerbeck said after the event that the tornadolike appearance was likely due to a combination of wind and thermal uplift from the sun creating warmth on the ground.
While the film's star, Tara Reid, insists a sharknado could happen, the only real menace to society it presents are out-of-control Twitter hashtags.
However, fans of the film can watch out for many of the rare but conceivable weather phenomenon that happen around the world.

Have questions, comments, or a story to share? Email Erin Cassidy at cassidye@accuweather.com. Follow us @breakingweather, or on Facebook and Google+.

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New York City metro-area forecast for July 31-September 13,2014 from accuweather.com

Here's the 45-day weather forecast for the New York City metro-area for the period of the last day of July,all of August,and the first 13 days of September (July 31-September 13),2014 from accuweather.com







Today,July 31: July of 2014 ends turning a bit warmer than recent days with intervals of clouds and sunshine and a chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm possible and a high temperature in the upper 70's to lower and middle 80's.As of 1:45PM,EDT,it's 78 degrees and mostly cloudy,with 51% humidity,in White Plains,NY,and it's 80 degrees and mostly cloudy,with 51% humidity making it feel like it's 88 degrees,in New York City.

Tonight: Turning a bit warmer than recent nights with patchy clouds and a chance for a spotty evening thunderstorm possible and a low temperature dropping to the middle and upper 60's, overnight.

Tomorrow,August 1: August of 2014 begins turning warmer and more humid than recent days with a chance for a scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm possible and a high temperature in the lower and middle 80's,the very light,sultry,southeasterly winds and high humidity levels making it feel even hotter,like it's in the upper 80's to lower 90's,at times.

Tomorrow night: Remaining cloudy,rainy,seasonably warm,and stormy with a scattered evening thunderstorm followed by occasional late-night rain and a thunderstorm possible and a low temperature dropping to the middle and upper 60's,once again,overnight.

Saturday,August 2: Not as warm,with considerable cloudiness and a chance for some morning rain and thunderstorms and a high temperature in the upper 70's to lower 80's.Remaining seasonably warm with considerable cloudiness and a low temperature dropping,for the third straight night,down to the middle and upper 60's,overnight.

Sunday,August 3: Remaining mostly cloudy,warm,and humid with a chance for a couple more showers and storms and a high temperature of around 80 degrees.Remaining cloudy,rainy,and warm with a chance for a couple of rain showers continuing and a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,overnight.

Monday,August 4: Turning warmer and more humid as it turns very warm with times of clouds and sun and a chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm possible and a high temperature in the middle 80's,the very light,sultry,northwesterly winds and high humidity levels making it feel even hotter,like it's in the upper 80's to lower and middle 90's,at times.Becoming clear,but remaining warm with a low temperature dropping to around 70 degrees,overnight.

Tuesday,August 5: Becoming partly sunny,but remaining very warm for very early August with a high temperature of 85-90 degrees.Becoming mainly clear,but remaining warm,with a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,overnight.

Wednesday,August 6: Remaining sunny and very warm with a high temperature in the middle and upper 80's.Remaining mainly clear and warm for early August with a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,once again,overnight.

Thursday,August 7: Becoming mostly cloudy,rainy,warm,and muggy with a little rain and a high temperature in the lower and middle 80's,the very light,nearly calm,sultry,northerly winds and high humidity levels making it feel much warmer,like it's in the upper 80's to lower 90's,at times.Remaining cloudy and rainy,but turning cooler than recent nights with a chance for a couple of evening rain showers followed by a little late-night rain possible and a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees,overnight.

Friday,August 8: Turning cooler than recent days with early clouds giving way to some sun and a high temperature of 80-85 degrees.Becoming partly cloudy and seasonably warm for mid-summer with a low temperature dropping to the middle and upper 60's,overnight.

Saturday,August 9: Remaining seasonably warm with some sun through high clouds and a high temperature of 80-85 degrees,once again.Remaining partly cloudy and warm with a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,overnight.

Sunday,August 10: Remaining seasonably warm with considerable cloudiness and a high temperature in the upper 70's to lower 80's.Remaining mostly cloudy,but not as warm as recent nights with a low temperature dropping to the lower and middle 60's,overnight.

Monday,August 11: Remaining mainly cloudy and rainy,but turning cooler than recent days with a chance for a couple of rain showers and a high temperature of just 70-75 degrees.Remaining cloudy,rainy,and stormy,but turning cooler than recent nights with considerable cloudiness and a chance for some evening rain,heavy at times,leading to flooding,followed by some late-night rain and thunderstorms and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,overnight.

Tuesday,August 12: Not as cool,with a chance for a couple of morning thunderstorms followed by a chance for a couple of afternoon rain showers and a high temperature in the middle and upper 70's.Remaining rather cool for early-to-mid August with patchy clouds and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,once again,overnight.

Wednesday,August 13: Turning partly sunny and much warmer than recent days,as it turns unseasonably very warm to hot for mid-to-late summer with a high temperature of 85-90 degrees.Turning warmer than recent nights with a chance for a couple of evening thunderstorms followed by scattered late-night thunderstorms possible and a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,overnight.

Thursday,August 14: Remaining partly sunny and unseasonably hot with a chance for a rain shower and a near record high temperature in the upper 80's to lower 90's.Remaining partly cloudy,warm, and muggy with a low temperature dropping to the upper 60's to lower and middle 70's,overnight.

Friday,August 15: Remaining mostly cloudy and unseasonably hot for mid-August with a high temperature of around 90 degrees.Remaining mostly cloudy and warm with a low temperature dropping to the middle 60's,overnight.

Saturday,August 16: Turning sunny and much cooler than recent days with a high temperature of 75-80 degrees.Becoming clear and cooler than recent nights with a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees,overnight.

Sunday,August 17: Turning mostly sunny and warmer with a high temperature of 80-85 degrees.Remaining warm with increasing cloudiness and a low temperature dropping to 65-70 degrees,overnight.

Monday,August 18: Turning cloudy,rainy,warm,and humid with morning rain followed by a couple of afternoon showers and storms and a high temperature in the upper 70's to lower and middle 80's.Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,and stormy,but turning cooler than recent nights with evening showers and storms followed by spotty late-night showers and storms and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower and middle 60's,overnight.

Tuesday,August 19: Turning cooler than recent days with ample sunshine and a high temperature in the middle and upper 70's.Remaining clear and rather cool for late August and late summer with a low temperature dropping to around 60 degrees,overnight.

Wednesday,August 20: Remaining rather cool for late August despite ample sunshine,with a high temperature only in the middle 70's,once again.Remaining clear and cool with a low temperature dropping to 55-60 degrees,overnight.

Thursday,August 21: Remaining seasonably warm if a bit cool for late August,with abundant sunshine and a high temperature,for the third straight day,in the middle and upper 70's.Remaining clear and comfortable with a low temperature dropping to around 60 degrees,overnight.

Friday,August 22: Remaining seasonably warm with brilliant sunshine and a high temperature of 75-80 degrees.Remaining clear to partly cloudy and seasonably mild to warm for late summer with a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,overnight.

Saturday,August 23: Remaining mostly sunny and seasonably warm with a high temperature in the middle and upper 70's.Remaining clear and cool with a low temperature dropping to 55-60 degrees, overnight.

Sunday,August 24: Remaining sunny and seasonably,comfortably warm,with a high temperature in the middle and upper 70's,once again.Remaining clear and cool with a low temperature dropping to 55-60 degrees,once again,overnight.

Monday,August 25: Becoming partly sunny,but remaining seasonably warm with a high temperature of 75-80 degrees.Becoming partly cloudy and warmer than recent nights with a low temperature in the lower and middle 60's,overnight.

Tuesday,August 26: Turning cloudy,rainy,raw,and cool with a scattered rain shower possible and a high temperature in the middle 70's.Remaining cloudy,rainy,and warm with a chance for a couple of rain showers and a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees,overnight.

Wednesday,August 27: Becoming cloudy,rainy,windy,raw,dank,and cool with more rain showers possible and a high temperature in the lower and middle 70's.Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,and warm with a chance for a couple of rain showers and a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees, once again,overnight.

Thursday,August 28: Turning a bit warmer and drier than recent days with ample sunshine and a high temperature of 75-80 degrees.Becoming clear,but remaining warm with a low temperature dropping to the lower and middle 60's,overnight.

Friday,August 29: Turning warmer than recent days with partial sunshine a chance for a couple of showers and a thunderstorm possible and a high temperature in the upper 70's to lower and middle 80's.Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,stormy,and a bit cooler than recent nights with a chance for a couple of evening showers and a thunderstorms and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,overnight.

Saturday,August 30: Turning cloudy,rainy,and cooler than recent days with periods of rain and a high temperature in the lower and middle 70's.Remaining cloudy and rainy,but turning unseasonably cool for very late summer and the end of August with more rain possible and a low temperature dropping to the middle 50's,the blustery,biting,northerly winds,which could gust past 20-mph,at times making it feel downright chilly for the end of August,like it's only in the middle and upper 40's,at times, overnight.

Sunday,August 31: August of 2014 ends remaining cloudy,rainy,raw,and cool with considerable cloudiness and a bit of rain and a high temperature of 70-75 degrees.Remaining mainly cloudy,raw, and cool with a low temperature dropping to the middle 50's,once again,overnight.

Monday,September 1: Labor Day 2014 will be remaining a bit cool for the unofficial end of summer with intervals of clouds and sunshine,and a high temperature of just 70-75 degrees,once again.Not as cool as recent nights with considerable cloudiness and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,overnight.

Tuesday,September 2: Remaining a bit cool for the beginning of September and the end of summer with low clouds and a high temperature,for the third straight day,of just 70-75 degrees.Remaining seasonably mild to warm for the end of summer with low clouds,then perhaps some clearing and a low temperature dropping to the upper 50's to lower 60's,once again,overnight.

Wednesday,September 3: Remaining unseasonably cool for the beginning of September,with times of clouds and sun and a high temperature,for the fourth straight day,of just 70-75 degrees.Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,and seasonably mild to warm with a chance for a rain shower and a low temperature dropping,for the third straight night,down to the upper 50's to lower 60's,overnight.

Thursday,September 4: Remaining cloudy,rainy,raw,dank,and dreary,with a chance for more rain showers and a high temperature,for the fifth straight day,of just 70-75 degrees.Remaining cloudy and rainy,but turning warmer than recent nights with a chance for a couple of evening rain showers and a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees,overnight.

Friday,September 5: Turning warmer than recent days with clouds giving way to some sun and a high temperature of around 80 degrees.Becoming mainly clear,but remaining warm for very early September,with a low temperature dropping to 60-65 degrees,once again,overnight.

Saturday,September 6: Remaining partly sunny,warm,and rainy,with a chance for a couple of scattered afternoon rain showers and a high temperature of around 80 degrees,once again.Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,and stormy,but turning unseasonably cool for early September with a chance for a couple showers and storms and a low temperature in the lower and middle 50's,the blustery,biting, westerly winds,which could gust up to 25-mph,at times,making it feel downright chilly for the end of summer,like it's only in the middle and upper 40's,at times,overnight.

Sunday,September 7: Turning cooler than recent days with variable cloudiness and a chance for a scattered rain shower,and a high temperature of just 70-75 degrees.Becoming mainly clear,but remaining unseasonably cool for early September,with a low temperature dropping to 50-55 degrees, the blustery,biting,northeasterly winds,which could gust up to 20-mph,at times,making it feel downright chilly for the end of summer,like it's only in the middle 40's,at times,overnight.

Monday,September 8: Remaining mostly cloudy,rainy,raw,and unseasonably cool for early September with a bit of rain,and a high temperature only in the upper 60's to lower 70's.Remaining cloudy,rainy, raw,and unseasonably cool to downright chilly for early September,with a chance for rain showers and a near record low temperature dropping to the upper 40's to lower 50's,the blustery,biting, northeasterly winds,which could gust up to 25-mph,at times,making it feel unseasonably cold for early September,and the end of summer,like it's in the upper 30's to lower 40's,at times,overnight.

Tuesday,September 9: Remaining unseasonably cool for early September with plenty of clouds and a bit of rain possible and a high temperature only around 70 degrees.Becoming clear,but remaining unseasonably cool to chilly with a low temperature dropping to 50-55 degrees,overnight.

Wednesday,September 10: Becoming mostly sunny,but remaining unseasonably cool for the end of summer with a high temperature only in the upper 60's to lower 70's.Remaining mainly clear,raw,and cool with a low temperature dropping to 50-55 degrees,once again,overnight.

Thursday,September 11: The 13-year anniversary of the 9/11-terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,will be remaining rather cool for the end of summer with a mix of sun and some clouds and a high temperature only in the upper 60's to lower and middle 70's,once again. Remaining clear and unseasonably cool for early September with a low temperature dropping,for the third straight night,down to 50-55 degrees,overnight.

Friday,September 12: Remaining unseasonably cool despite brilliant sunshine,with a high temperature,for the third straight day,only in the upper 60's to lower and middle 70's.Becoming clear to partly cloudy and a bit warmer than recent nights with a low temperature dropping to the middle and upper 50's,overnight.

Saturday,September 13: Remaining sunny,but turning warmer as it turns seasonably warm for the end of summer,and early-to-mid September with a high temperature in the lower and middle 70's.Becoming clear and seasonably mild for the last nights of summer with a low temperature dropping to 55-60 degrees,overnight.

Sea Level Rise Driving 'Nuisance Flooding' Higher in Coastal Cities Across U.S.

By Terrell Johnson Published: July 31,2014, 11:25AM,EDT weather.com
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Many of the nation's coastal cities have seen big increases in recent years in what's known as "nuisance flooding," or flooding caused not by storms but by sea level rise, according to a new report issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Nuisance flooding has been on the rise on all three U.S. coasts since the 1960s, the report adds, shooting up by between 300 and 925 percent during that time.
Eight of the top 10 cities lie along the East Coast, where the problems nuisance flooding causes - forcing road closures, damaging urban infrastructure such as water and sewer systems, and overwhelming cities' storm drains – are becoming costlier and more destructive.
In many cities, it no longer takes a strong storm or a hurricane to cause flooding, said Dr. William Sweet, an oceanographer at NOAA and the report's lead author, in a press release announcing the study.
"Flooding now occurs with high tides in many locations due to climate-related sea level rise, land subsidence and the loss of natural barriers," he added. "The effects of rising sea levels along most of the continental U.S. coastline are only going to become more noticeable and much more severe in the coming decades, probably more so than any other climate-change related factor."
You can read the full report, "Sea Level Rise and Nuisance Flood Frequency Changes around the U.S." at NOAA's website, or see the list below of the cities where nuisance flooding has increased the most.

10 U.S. Cities Where Nuisance Flooding Increased the Most


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#10: Norfolk, Virginia

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 1.7
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 7.3
  • Percent increase: 325%

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#9: San Francisco, California

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 2.0
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 9.3
  • Percent increase: 364%
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Water overflows at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., during its annual Cherry Blossom Festival.

#8: Washington, D.C.

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 6.3
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 29.7
  • Percent increase: 373%
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Flooding on a Charleston, S.C., street.

#7: Charleston, South Carolina

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 4.6
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 23.3
  • Percent increase: 409%

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#6: Port Isabel, Texas

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 2.1
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 13.9
  • Percent increase: 547%
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The Sandy Hook lighthouse in front of the New York City skyline at sunset.

#5: Sandy Hook, New Jersey

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 3.3
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 23.9
  • Percent increase: 626%
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Street flooding near the University of Pennsylvania campus.

#4: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 1.6
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 12.0
  • Percent increase: 650%

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#3: Atlantic City, New Jersey

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 3.1
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 24.6
  • Percent increase: 682%
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A Baltimore street floods after a rainy fall day in 2010.

#2: Baltimore, Maryland

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 1.3
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 13.1
  • Percent increase: 922%

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#1: Annapolis, Maryland

  • Average nuisance level flood days (1957-1963): 1.3
  • Average nuisance level flood days (2007-2013): 13.1
  • Percent increase: 925%

Annapolis Sees Huge Jump in Nuisance Flooding

Annapolis Sees Huge Jump in Nuisance Flooding
Shown here during a king tide flood in 2012, Annapolis, Maryland, saw the nation's biggest increase in nuisance flooding from a recent NOAA study. (Amy McGovern/flickr)

Los Angeles Toddler Dies After Getting Trapped in Hot Car

By Sean Breslin Published: July 31,2014, 8:23AM,EDT weather.com
For the 19th time this year, a young child has died after getting trapped in a hot car, police say.
A 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Police said the boy was playing in the yard of his family's home when he climbed into a car and couldn't get out.
The boy's parents and 14-year-old brother were napping inside the house at around noon when the boy wandered outside, according to NBC Los Angeles. Some three hours later, the father went outside and found his son going into cardiac arrest; He immediately called 911, NBC Los Angeles reported.
(MORE: Interactive Map of Hot-Car Deaths in 2014)
The child was rushed to the hospital and was initially listed in grave condition, but he was later pronounced dead. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the boy got locked inside the baking car.
No arrests have been made in what officers are calling a tragic accident, ABC7.com reports.
The high temperature Wednesday in Sylmar was 95 degrees, and temperatures are expected to rise into the 90s each of the next few days. In temperatures that high, cars can heat up to dangerous levels in a matter of minutes, endangering the life of any child or pet trapped inside the vehicle.
This was the third hot-car death in California this year, which ties the state with Texas and Georgia for most in the nation.
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California's Worsening Drought

California's Worsening Drought
Laura Whitney points to letter from the city of Glendora at her home in Glendora, Calif., Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Blue Sea Creatures Wash Up on Beaches in California, Oregon

By Eric Zerkel Published: July 31,2014, 11:18AM,EDT weather.com


 

Millions of tiny blue sea creatures are washing up on beaches along the Pacific Northwest for the first time in years, igniting the curiosity of beach-goers from California to Oregon.
At first glance the creatures resemble something like a jellyfish, but according to Jim Watanabe, a lecturer at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, they're actually a much different invertebrate known as a velella velella.
"In terms of taxonomy, they are as different from jellyfish as mammals and birds would be among vertebrates," Watanabe told the San Francisco Chronicle
Unlike jellyfish, velellas float along the surface of the water and use a sail-like anatomy to catch shifting winds, blowing them about the ocean like a tiny blue catboat. The creatures float face down and use a dangling tentacle-like apparatus to snatch up and eat zooplankton and small fish, NBC Bay Area reports.
Normally, the velellas hangout just offshore, but as Watanabe notes, changes in wind patterns can push the critters onto beaches and out of the water.
That's certainly been the case this summer. Some tweets (see below) place the velella velella hoards as far north as British Columbia, Canada. Some of the earliest reports came in early July, when sightings of a blue mass first popped-up along beaches in Oregon, according to KING5.
"We saw probably this population about 40 to 50 kilometers offshore and they just covered the sea surface," NOAA Fisheries Biologist Curtis Roegner told Washington's KING5. "There were millions and millions of them as far as we could see. It was quite impressive."
Now, the velellas are showing up much further south, along beaches in California, for the first time in years.
"It's been eight years, plus or minus, that we've seen them," Monterey Bay Whale Watch marine biologist Nancy Black told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
But the creatures are there in great force now, with more and more blowing ashore each day. And while the sight of a clump of blue, alien-like creatures might strike fear into your heart, the velellas are very much dead without water and pose no threat to humans.
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#10: Mustique Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

#10: Mustique Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The tenth sexiest beach according to Travelzoo is on Mustique Island, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. (Thinkstock)

Scientists Explain Mystery of Moon's Lemon Shape

July 31,2014


 
The moon may look like a beautiful circle in the night sky, but scientists have long known that it’s actually shaped more like a lemon, with a bit of a bulge around its middle. Now, new research has solved the mystery of the bulge, finding that it formed from tidal effects early in the moon’s development.
Usually, this sort of bulge is an effect of rotation — like “a water balloon flattening out as you spin it,” Ian Garrick-Bethell, an author of the new study, told The New York Times. The Earth itself has just such a bulge. But the moon barely spins, certainly not enough to fully account for its shape. And at a distance of 238,000 miles, the gravitational pull of the Earth isn’t strong enough to explain it either.
The new research incorporated both of these effects, and looked at more subtle factors, including the moon’s gravity field and the huge craters leftover from meteor impacts, according to a release. But the big culprit is a phenomenon called tidal heating.
When the moon first formed more than 4 billion years ago, it started as a ball of molten rock with a thin crust floating on top. Tidal heating would have caused the crust at the poles to be thinner than the crust in regions aligned with the Earth, over time settling into the bulge shape we see now.
“Tides start to flex and pull on it,” Garrick-Bethell told the BBC. “And that’s easy to do because the crust is just floating there. It’s not attached to the rest of the moon.”
Although the lemon shape of the moon has been known for a long time — the “fossil bulge hypothesis” explaining its shape was first posited in 1898, according to the release — the moon’s history of being slammed with meteors and other objects have complicated efforts to map its topography, making the answer elusive until now.
“The craters are like gaps in the data," Garrick-Bethell said in the release. "We did a lot of work to estimate the uncertainties in the analysis that result from those gaps."
The research is published in the journal Nature.

93L Fighting Dry Air, But Could be a Tropical Depression

By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:47PM,GMT on July 31,2014




An area of disturbed weather located near 11°N, 52°W at 8 am EDT Thursday, about 650 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands (93L), has maintained a well-organized surface circulation and has now developed enough heavy thunderstorms to potentially be classified as a tropical depression later today. Visible satellite loops on Thursday morning showed that the surface circulation of 93L was exposed to view, with a modest clump of heavy thunderstorms on the south side. The storm was fighting moderate wind shear of about 15 knots, due to strong upper-level winds out of the north. These winds were driving dry air to the north of 93L into the circulation, keeping heavy thunderstorms from forming on the north side. An ASCAT pass at 9:11 pm EDT Wednesday night showed top surface winds near 35 mph, just below tropical storm-force. Water vapor satellite loops and the Saharan Air Layer analysis showed that a large amount of dry air lay to the north and west of 93L. Ocean temperatures were about 28°C, which is 2°C warmer than the typical 26°C threshold for development. An Air Force C-130 hurricane hunter aircraft will investigate 93L on Thursday afternoon, and the NOAA Gulfstream IV jet is scheduled to fly a dropsonde mission on Thursday afternoon around the storm.


Figure 1. Latest satellite image of 93L.

Forecast for 93L
Moderate wind shear of 10 - 20 knots is expected to affect 93L for the next five days, according to the 12 UTC Thursday forecast from the SHIPS model. With the atmosphere around 93L now quite dry, the storm will have to work hard to insulate itself from disruptive dry air incursions. Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) will stay roughly constant at 28°C. The models agree that 93L will arrive in the northeast Lesser Antilles Islands on Friday evening, move over Puerto Rico on Saturday evening, and approach the Southeast Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands on Sunday evening. Our three reliable models for predicting tropical cyclone genesis, the GFS, European, and UKMET models, predicted in their 00Z Thursday runs that 93L would be no stronger than a 40 mph tropical storm as it passed through the islands, and then dissipate early next week near the Southeast Bahama Islands. The GFDL and HWRF models predicted in their 06Z Thursday runs that 93L would be a weak tropical storm as it passed through the islands, intensify some after passing over Puerto Rico on Saturday night, but turn to the north, missing the Bahamas. In their 8 am EDT Thursday Tropical Weather Outlook, NHC put the 2-day and 5-day odds of development at 70%. The Thursday morning runs of our top four models for predicting intensity, the LGEM, DSHIPS, GFDL, and HWRF models, predicted that 93L would have top sustained winds between 40 - 55 mph on Friday - Saturday as it affects the Lesser Antilles Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. I predict that 93L will continue to struggle with dry air as it passes through the islands on Friday and Saturday, with top sustained winds between 35 - 50 mph.

The GFS and European models continue to agree on the long-range fate of 93L. The great majority of the 20 members of the 00Z Thursday runs of the European and GFS ensemble models (which run at low resolution 20 times with slightly different initial conditions to show a range of possible outcomes) showed 93L taking a northwesterly track early next week in response to a strong trough of low pressure over the Eastern United States, then recurving to the north without hitting the mainland U.S. coast.

Jeff Masters

This Date in Weather History for July 31,2014 from weatherforyou.com

Weather History
For Thursday,July 31,2014
 
 
1976 - A stationary thunderstorm produced more than ten inches of rain which funneled into the narrow Thompson River Canyon of northeastern Colorado. A wall of water six to eight feet high wreaked a twenty-five mile path of destruction from Estes Park to Loveland killing 156 persons. The flash flood caught campers, and caused extensive structural and highway damage. Ten miles of U.S. Highway 34 were totally destroyed as the river was twenty feet higher than normal at times. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1986 - The temperature at Little Rock, AR, soared to 112 degrees to establish an all-time record high for that location. Morrilton, AR, hit 115 degrees, and daily highs for the month at that location averaged 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - The deadliest tornado in 75 years struck Edmonton, Alberta, killing 26 persons and injuring 200 others. The twister caused more than 75 million dollars damage along its nineteen mile path, leaving 400 families homeless. At the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, up to 200 of the 720 homes were flattened by the tornado. (The National Severe Storms Forecast Center)
1987 - Afternoon highs of 106 degrees at Aberdeen, SD, and 102 degrees at Ottumwa, IA, and Rapid City, SD, established records for the date. It marked the seventh straight day of 100 degree heat for Rapid City. Baltimore, MD, reported a record twenty-two days of 90 degree weather in July. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Lemmon, SD, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Beulah, ND. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Twenty-one cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Sioux City, IA, with a reading of 107 degrees. The reading of 105 degrees at Minneapolis, MN, was their hottest since 1936. Pierre and Chamberlain, SD, with highs of 108 degrees, were just one degree shy of the hot spot in the nation, Palm Springs, CA. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Overnight thunderstorms soaked eastern Kansas and western Missouri with heavy rain. Four and a half inches of rain was reported at Nevada, MO. Evening thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Covington. Six cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Williston, ND, with a reading of 105 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

Sharks, Bacteria: Which Do Beachgoers Fear the Most?

By Samantha-Rae Tuthill, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
July 31,2014; 9:05AM,EDT
 
 
Sharks may worry many beachgoers, but are actually a very small threat. (chargerv8/iStock/Thinkstock)
Warmer summer waters can bring an array of threats to the beaches. With more populations heading to the coast for vacation, more people are susceptible to inclement beach weather conditions. Temperature rises in the ocean can also bring an increase in sea creatures such as jellyfish and sharks, and allows for the growth of bacteria and the spread of infections.
We asked our fans to tell us in a poll which summertime beach threat caused them the most trepidation. Sharks took a significant lead, despite the fact that there is a greater risk of being injured or killed in a boating accident than being attacked by a shark. Rip currents, which are one of the most deadly aspects of the ocean, only took 20 percent of the votes.



Which Summer Beach Threat Worries You Most?

We asked AccuWeather fans which common summertime beach fear was most worrisome to them. Here are the results:
SharksRip currentsBacteria/infectionsJellyfishHurricanesTsunamisOther
However, despite the strong lead sharks took in the poll, they are not the most deadly aspect of summer at the beach, with only 0.5 deaths in the United States annually. Here are the average annual impacts in the U.S. for each:
0100200300400500600SharksRip currentsBacteria/infectionsJellyfishHurricanes


The most common beach threats mentioned by the "other" voters were sunburn and skin cancer.
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