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Good morning! An image from my archives. I loved this tree and the ever changing #sky around it. #weather #rainbows #photography
European cities short on shade as heat waves hit, urban mapping reveals https://phys.org/news/2026-06-european-cities-short-urban-reveals.html
For a nerd-level dive into the current state of El Niño outlooks, this post from @hausfath is quite informative. #weather #Climate
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-strongest-el-nino-ever
My #weather forecast has been basically crazy for months, maybe a year. It changes dramatically, suddenly, throughout the day, and going up to a week ahead, forget it. I really can't plan well when it comes to watering the flowers & garden. If I think we're getting rain and don't water, the forecast is wrong. If I think it'll be dry and I water, later a thunderstorm will drop an inch.
May I be Your! First to wish You! and Your! Salvia Splendens Feels of! 38C today? And, Like, 45C in! tomorrow’s aft?
Define to Me! what! the f Feels, Like so that—which—I wish to You! I may?
#FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoCoverage #France #Weather #Meteo #FediMeteo
It is over 110.2 °F or 43.4°C degrees right now in faaaar Northeastern Montana, near the Canadian border. Relative humidity is at 7 percent and winds are gusting at 27 km/hr or 17 mph. These ingredients coalesce into a major wildfire risk.
It's 80.3 °F or 26.9 °C right now on the Arctic Sea, Gwichin land on what some maps call the "Northern Territories" of Canada.
North Pole is barely at freezing.
by Ci Davis

The 34.4 Celsius temperature recorded on 26
th
June at the Weston Park weather station was the highest June temperature recorded in Yorkshire. This surpassed one set in Huddersfield in 1941 by 1.3 degrees – a number so significant as to raise important questions about climate, climate change, and preparation for the future.
Some people suggest heatwaves, where normal temperatures are exceeded for three or more consecutive days (Met Office), are a ‘normal’ feature of the weather. They may describe ‘short-term’ hotter conditions as ‘natural’ phenomena and reject attempts to understand the recent weather with respect to climate, or certainly climate change, that I will show to intensify these events.
General view of low water levels in Woodhead Reservoir, Derbyshire, following the driest spring in England since 1893. The reservoir supplies water to Greater Manchester. June 15 2025. Credit: Alastair Johnstone-Hack / Climate Visuals
The current heatwaves, which are predicted to be repeated in July and August, offer an important opportunity to discuss the differences between weather, climate, climate change and preparation for the future.
Weather can be described as short-term atmospheric fluctuations and explains day-to-day phenomena such as rain, wind, or sunshine. In Britain, we value our variable and somewhat unpredictable weather, but we should not let that distract us from understanding what is happening to our climate.
Climate is the long-term weather trends, the average pattern in a region over a period of many years or decades. Weather and climate describe similar things (heat, cold, rain), but they underline very important differences; think of being in a bad mood compared to being depressed. When the climate trend is towards higher temperatures, there are important consequences for how people and the environment can flourish in an area.
Adaptation is the response to rising temperatures or increased rainfall, which is why there has been a debate in Sheffield as to whether schools should be closed or if students should attend in their PE kits rather than uniforms. If the trend is continuing upwards, then such simple measures will be inadequate and more significant steps will have to be considered, such as the provision of air-conditioning to all schools and workplaces. Therefore, changes in climate have considerable financial impacts as well as social costs, such as the large number of heat-related deaths across Europe this summer.
The global climate is changing; for the past three years, it has been around 1.5 degrees higher than pre-industrial times, and this makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. Last week’s heatwave makes clear the need to rapidly reduce atmospheric pollution while preparing our city for considerably more heating.
#Adaptation #climate #climateChange #environment #globalWarming #heatRelatedDeaths #MetOffice #SchoolUniform #sustainability #Weather #WestonParkHeat dome roasts eastern US ahead of holiday weekend https://phys.org/news/2026-07-dome-roasts-eastern-holiday-weekend.html
#UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
#TGIF
We're both tired. On my way home, I drove through pea-sized hail briefly. Some on and off rain, making it muggy.
Have a good evening and a great weekend, everyone.
#dog #dogs #DogsOfMastodon #AdoptDontShop #rescuedog #photography #FujiFilm #mobilephotography #flowers #rose #weather #clouds #sky #street
Good Morning,
Coffee first, after shower... #coffeechain #coffee
Today it is cold ... #weather #Africa #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #goodmorning #GoodMorningAfrica
#Weather the NOAA weather radio in the iOS App Store, developer, Christopher Coudriet, is a much improved app. i've had this app for a long time to listen to NOAA weather radio stations. Many of the links didn't work, and I was getting more disillusioned with it. The latest update brings a new feature. The app now offers synthesized Weather for stations that they don't necessarily have live feeds for. When you pick a state to browse its stations, the categories are live stations and synthesized weather stations. In the synthesized weather category, some stations that are included are stations that border on the state you are viewing. For example, Virginia has Beckley West Virginia's synthesized station. The synthesized weather gives you complete forecast and current conditions, but doesn't offer temperatures in the surrounding areas as the live weather stations do.
I don't know what this application cost, but to get the synthesized weather forecasts, I paid $9.95.
I certainly haven't checked every live link, but the ones I checked appeared to have much more reliable connections.
If you have this app on your phone and you haven't used it in a while, I strongly recommend you take another look at it. And if it suits your fancy, I think paying for the synthesize stations is a real plus.
Disappointed to see that the shops are STILL out of fans. Even Jeff's tat store.
Surely everyone panic bought fans during one of the previous two heatwaves this year? Leaving new stock to cover those who still, quite desperately, need to panic buy some more fans?
Please?
Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/07/big-oil-companies-profiting-fossil-fuel-global-climate-change
#environment #weather #heat #heatwave #heatwaves #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #oil
Tornadoes and storms in central China kill at least 11 people https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/tornadoes-and-storms-in-central-china-kill-at-least-11-people/
“ by DOYLE RICE, USA TODAY
Updated 11:03 am EDT Jul. 8, 2026 : A major update to an influential hurricane forecast says the 2026 hurricane season could be among the calmest in recent memory, thanks to the influence of a powerful El Niño.
Meteorologists from Colorado State University on July 8 said they now expect four fewer storms than initially forecast in the April Atlantic hurricane season outlook. “ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/07/08/powerful-el-nino-rewrites-major-hurricane-forecast/90783718007/ #ElNino #weather
Portugal braces for high temperatures in new heat wave https://phys.org/news/2026-07-portugal-braces-high-temperatures.html
#Portugal #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave
After the deadly and destructive storms over the weekend - >7" of rain in some places - it's 25F cooler this week than last.
Next week is going to be even worse than last week
#France #globalHeating #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange #weather #Environment #DoSomething