Just a tiny counterbalance to our BoM exaggerated heat wave stories. BBC says – N America weather: Polar vortex brings record temperatures – this map from USAToday National weather – click on National. Temperatures in Fahrenheit of course – 32F=0C
This masterly map of global winds shows the northerly’s cooling North America and the Atlantic winds warming the eastern seaboard and Florida. And what a spectacular North Atlantic cyclone keeping moist Atlantic air flow over the UK. U.S. and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover – click for latest maps
I saw that Atlantic storm yesterday, it shows up quite spectacularly in that wind map.
BoM forecasts of up to 50C were being touted on ‘their’ ABC this morning for the Pilbara. It’s just weather, and a regular occurrence at Marble Bar and Telfer, but they can’t seem to help wanting to scare up a storm so to speak. Worth keeping a look-out.
Tom – I just checked forecasts for districts 1 to 7 incl for today and out to Friday by clicking on this BoM map – no sign of the number 50 that I noticed –
www.bom.gov.au/wa/forecasts/map.shtml?ref=hdr
so maybe ABC people are taking it on themselves to embellish the numbers a bit. Or maybe they are being fed that idea from who-knows-where. As I said on the Brisbane post – TV weather ladies were spouting the “big five oh” repeatedly around a week ago.
Today, Onslow airport was 48.6C, Mardie next door slightly cooler.
BBC piece relayed by ABC this morning “records are being broken as the big freeze… temperatures this low haven’t been experienced for 20 years”.
I am curious about their definition of a “record”.
Seattle gets “rare lowland snow” –
Storm brings snow, rain to Pacific Northwest
seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022875272_apxwesternweather.html