For those on the roads or flying the friendly skies. Have a safe trip and a return home safely during the Labor Day weekend. Here is the weather for Wednesday, 3 September 2014. Follow up as the day progresses at the following and watch warning boxes will be flagged as the weather maps are updated. Areas marked in blue are severe thunderstorm watch / warning areas, Areas marked in red are tornado watch / warning areas. Included today is a topic on RIP CURRENTS in which during various weather conditions they can occur without warning. Flags and notices are normally posted in the areas as well as general public announcements via the media. Dont forget to view the super moon to take place on 9 September making it three in a row. We had one that took place on 12 July and 10 August. The current sky event is the return of Sirius in the southeastern sky in the northern hemisphere (east in the Equatorial and east northeast to east in the southern hemisphere) just before dawn in the constellation of Canis Major. In early Egyptian times it marked the floods on the Nile River as well as giving us the term Dog Days of Summer. Have two planets in the evening. The orange color planet Mars to the right of the Moon, and the planet Saturn in the constellation of Libra is now becoming lower in the southwest and should be lost in the twilight as the month progresses. Do not confuse Mars with Arcturus which is nearly overhead or in the south Antares in the constellation of Scorpio. Two morning planets bright Venus and Jupiter have experienced a large separation low near the horizon just before sunrise. Jupiter will be rising earlier each day and Venus will recede or retrograde and later this year will appear in the evening. NOAA Storm Prediction Center: spc.noaa.gov Intellicast Weather: intellicast NOAA Hurricane Center: nhc.noaa.gov. NOAA Aviation Weather Center: aviationweather.noaa.gov Solar Activity and space weather: spaceweather Also at: spaceweatherlive Have the National weather, current surface forecast, 12, 24 and 36 hour forecast maps, Alaska, Hawaii-Pacific, high level weather Pacific Atlantic, Polar and the America maps with the supplement. Yes it is snowing in Alaska. Also a map of the smoke from the forest fires. One can see this from the air with a brown haze when looking out the window. Even noted the hazed sunset last night on my way into the house. Convective outlook showing showers, thunderstorms, and severe weather. thunderstorm outlooks for 1200/NOON, 1600/4PM and 2000/8PM EDT. Fire weather which included red flag watch/warning and fire weather watch/warning, fire hot spots. Severe weather which includes hail, tornadic, and high winds. Severe thunderstorms and tornado watch/warnings are flagged as the day progresses. Tropical Storm Dolly in the western area of the Gulf of Mexico has cells up to 50,000 (coded 500) feet. Tropical Storm Norbert in the eastern portion of the Pacific just west of Mexico with cells around 50,000 (coded 500) feet. National Radar Summary as of 0700 / 700AM EDT, National Radar Summary and Cadillac MI Radar Sector. Possible waterspouts can be expected along the Atlantic Coast Line from the Carolinas south into Florida and a good chance along the Gulf Coast westward into Louisiana into eastern Texas as well as in extreme southern Txas with the effects of Tropical Storm Dolly. Extreme New England, Maritimes and the Saint Lawrence Valley has some showers, thunderstorms, and a possible severe weather cell/s around 35,000 to 40,000 (coded 350 to 400) feet.. Have a developing line of showers, thunderstorms and severe weather from West Virginia and Virginia southwest into Louisiana with cells 30,000 to 45,000 (coded 300 to 450) feet. Expecting some thunderstorm watch/warning boxes marked in blue and or, tornado watch/warning boxes marked in red as the day progresses and the maps will be updated as the weather moves eastward. Eastern Lake Superior has showers with no radar returns on the cell heights. Have a developed area of thunderstorms and severe weather from the Dakotas and Minnesota south into Kansas and Missouri with cells 40,000 to 55,000 (coded 450 to 550) feet. Expecting some thunderstorm watch/warning boxes marked in blue and or, tornado watch/warning boxes marked in red as the day progresses and the maps will be updated. Pacific Northwest eastward into Montana and north from British Columbia eastward into the Prairies has showers and thunderstorms with cells 20,000 to 30,000 (coded 200 to 300) feet. Cadillac MI Radar Sector has showers in the eastern Lake Superior area with no returns on the cell heights. Have a safe day!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:59:56 +0000
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