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  1. NWS Wakefield boffins expect another typical early fall (Sep, Oct, Nov) fall day. A meteorological stoppage is holding Canadian cold air to our north. This ridge is likely to move on early next week per Ryan Hall.

    Anyway, our weather hazard map is clear except for beach hazards and small craft cautions.

    Outside the area, thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are expected from the Texas panhandle to the Ohio River Valley. The heat remains on in the heart of Texas.

    #VAwx #NCwx #severeweather

  2. #RyanHall #SevereWeather

    From Ryan Hall Y’all on FB: The break is coming. Here is how far south it gets.

    Chicago, Minneapolis and the Northeast are already out of the 90s.

    Kansas City drops out Friday. Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Saturday.

    Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and Dallas are still 90 or hotter on Sunday.

    For the South, this is not the week.

  3. #RyanHall #SevereWeather

    From Ryan Hall Y’all on FB: The break is coming. Here is how far south it gets.

    Chicago, Minneapolis and the Northeast are already out of the 90s.

    Kansas City drops out Friday. Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Saturday.

    Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and Dallas are still 90 or hotter on Sunday.

    For the South, this is not the week.

  4. #RyanHall #SevereWeather

    From Ryan Hall Y’all on FB: The break is coming. Here is how far south it gets.

    Chicago, Minneapolis and the Northeast are already out of the 90s.

    Kansas City drops out Friday. Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Saturday.

    Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and Dallas are still 90 or hotter on Sunday.

    For the South, this is not the week.

  5. #RyanHall #SevereWeather

    From Ryan Hall Y’all on FB: The break is coming. Here is how far south it gets.

    Chicago, Minneapolis and the Northeast are already out of the 90s.

    Kansas City drops out Friday. Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Saturday.

    Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and Dallas are still 90 or hotter on Sunday.

    For the South, this is not the week.

  6. #RyanHall #SevereWeather

    From Ryan Hall Y’all on FB: The break is coming. Here is how far south it gets.

    Chicago, Minneapolis and the Northeast are already out of the 90s.

    Kansas City drops out Friday. Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Saturday.

    Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta and Dallas are still 90 or hotter on Sunday.

    For the South, this is not the week.

  7. Good thing I have NO PLANS to go to the beach any time soon... Ugh! 🤢

    Taking a dip #LaborDay weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline

    By PATRICK WHITTLE and MINGSON LAU
    Updated 10:15 AM EDT, August 30, 2025

    OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — "Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.

    "Beaches from #CrystalRiverFL, to #OgunquitME, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea.

    "There have been closures this week at some of the country’s most popular beach destinations, including Keyes Memorial Beach in the #CapeCod village of Hyannis in Barnstable, Massachusetts; Benjamin’s Beach on #LongIsland in Bay Shore, New York; and a portion of the Imperial Beach shoreline near #SanDiego. Even on the pristine, white sand beaches of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Department of Health is warning of a high bacteria count at #KahaluuBeachPark on the #BigIsland.

    "It’s a longstanding and widespread problem. Nearly two-thirds of beaches tested nationwide in 2024 experienced at least one day in which indicators of fecal contamination reached potentially unsafe levels, conservation group Environment America said in a report issued this summer.
    "The group reviewed beaches on the coasts and #GreatLakes and found that 84% of #GulfCoast beaches exceeded the standard at least once. The number was 79% for #WestCoast beaches, 54% for #EastCoast beaches and 71% for #GreatLakes beaches.

    "The report also said more than 450 beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least 25 percent of the days tested. A key reason is outdated water and #SewerSystems that allows contamination from #sewage to reach the places where people swim, said John Rumpler, clean water director and senior attorney with #EnvironmentAmerica.

    " 'These beaches are a treasure for families across New England and across the country. They are a shared resource,' said Rumpler, who is based in Boston. 'We need to make the investment to make sure that literally our own #HumanWaste doesn’t wind up in the places where we are swimming.'

    "Other factors have also played a role in contaminating beaches, including increasingly #SevereWeather that overwhelms sewage systems, and suburban sprawl that paves over natural areas and reduces the #ecosystem’s ability to absorb #stormwater, Rumpler said."

    apnews.com/article/beaches-lab

    #OceansAreLife #WaterIsLife #WaterContamination #Sewage #Pollution #HumanWaste

  8. The first #SevereWeather warnings of the day are going up along the Kansas/Missouri state line. The next 48 hours are going to be rough for many people in the US.

    I made a small web app that can cross-reference your phone's GPS location with these weather alerts so you know for sure if you need to take shelter. It's free/libre and available at wx4.me.

    If you or your loved ones are at risk this weekend, send them a link and boost for visibility!

    #Weather #WxMastodon #FediWx

  9. #SevereStorms with nocturnal #tornado risk to blitz over a dozen states

    Millions of people in the central and eastern #UnitedStates are bracing not only for severe storms and tornadoes but also weather whiplash with #temperatures plummeting as much as 60 degrees in less than 24 hours.

    By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

    Published Feb 26, 2024 12:07 PM EST | Updated Feb 26, 2024 3:32 PM EST

    "A powerful cold front will mark an end to surging June-like warmth from the Mississippi Valley to the Appalachians at the cost of potentially violent storms that will roar through more than a dozen states from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.

    "The upcoming severe weather eruption, which may affect as many as 50 million people, has been on AccuWeather's radar for at least a week due to a potent storm the team has been tracking since it began its journey well out over the Pacific Ocean. As that storm interacts with a strong jet stream, surging Gulf of Mexico moisture and an increasing temperature difference between unusual warmth and February cold, natural fireworks in the form of powerful thunderstorms will unfold.

    "'The first thunderstorms will erupt along the edge of advancing warm air from mid- to late afternoon on Tuesday from northern Illinois and Indiana to southern Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as northwestern Ohio,' AccuWeather Meteorologist Alyssa Glenny said. These storms will become severe toward the end of the day.

    "Next, thunderstorms will explode southwestward along the advancing cold front, extending from northern Illinois to Arkansas Tuesday evening. The front and the severe weather it packs will move across the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys during the overnight hours on Tuesday.

    "All modes of #SevereWeather are anticipated with the severe weather. Some of the storms will pack damaging #wind gusts, large #hail and torrential #downpours capable of leading to flash flooding. However, the potential for multiple #tornadoes is also a serious concern with the upcoming severe weather threat.

    "'The greatest threat of tornadoes may occur along and in between interstates 70 and 80 in the Midwest, beginning in Illinois and western Indiana late in the day Tuesday and expanding eastward from there Tuesday night,' AccuWeather StormWarning Meteorologist Joseph Bauer said.

    "The Tuesday evening and night tornado threat includes the massive #Chicago and SaintLouis metro areas and the cities of #Indianapolis, #SouthBend and #FortWayne, Indiana; #ToledoOhio and #LimaOhio; and #SpringfieldIllinois and #PeoriaIllinois.

    "Should the severe thunderstorms organize into a single solid line on Tuesday night, the risk of damaging wind gusts may broaden, but the risk of highly dangerous tornadoes may lower. While a line of storms may form, it may be fragmented and individual discreet thunderstorms, which are most capable of producing tornadoes, may proceed the line.

    "AccuWeather meteorologists urge people in the path of the storms to pay attention to severe weather bulletins, including signing up for alerts that may precede the messages when sleeping at night, such as the AccuWeather App.

    "The risk of severe thunderstorms, including a few tornadoes, will carry over into Wednesday as the cold front advances to the east and south toward the central and southern #Appalachians. On Wednesday, the severe weather threat will extend from southern #NewYork state to the northern parts of #Mississippi, #Alabama and #Georgia.

    "The potential for storms capable of causing property damage and localized power outages on Wednesday will include #NewYorkCity, #Philadephia, #WashingtonDC., #Charlotte and part of the #Atlanta metro area.

    "As the powerful cold front presses on toward the mid-Atlantic coast, storms will bring brief downpours and strong wind gusts, as opposed to a tornado threat. In some cases, the squally storms may occur without thunder and lightning by the time the storms reach the coast, Bauer said.
    Powerful cold front to mark as much as 60-degree temperature crash

    "One of the reasons for the severe weather will be the rapid exchange of warm and cold air. Temperatures more typical of May and early June will precede the cold front, including unusual warmth at night into Tuesday in the Central states and into Wednesday along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

    "Widespread highs in the 60s and 70s across the north and the 70s and 80s across the south are in store ahead of the front. Nighttime lows will be in the 40s and 50s across the north and the 50s and 60s across the south for the first part of this week.

    "Temperatures will range from 15-30 degrees Fahrenheit above the historical average in many areas but may reach 40 degrees in some places through Tuesday in the central states and from Tuesday to Wednesday along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

    "In the wake of the front, from Tuesday to Wednesday night, temperatures will crash 40 degrees over a broad area in a matter of hours.

    "'For example, at Kansas City, Missouri, temperatures may drop about 60 degrees in 18 hours, which could set a record,' AccuWeather Meteorologist and Social Media Producer Jesse Ferrell stated. The existing record is 56 degrees, set on Jan. 15, 1953.

    "In some cases, such as parts of the central Plains, the Upper Midwest, the Appalachians and New England, the blast of cold air will be so rapid as to catch up with the lingering moisture in the wake of the front. This temperature plunge will lead to pockets of accumulating# snow and/or a rapid #freezeup where moisture and slush can freeze into sheets of ice within an hour.

    "The #FlashFreeze will spread eastward across the Upper #Midwest Tuesday night and from the central #Appalachians to #NewEngland Wednesday evening and night.

    "In most cases along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts, gusty winds will dry off roads and sidewalks Wednesday night, but there may be a few exceptions, and caution is advised."

    accuweather.com/en/severe-weat

    #ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis