Climate and extreme weather report - 11 May, 2019

Oroville Dam IMPORTANT UPDATES - Spillway still closed with projected heavy 

precipitation 5-10-19

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/03/seas-rise-indonesia-is-moving-its-capital-city-other-cities-should-take-note/?fbclid=IwAR1Agi0ezBbeknbbpvMCkQSB0r1-fzohrwUGA4dG0yoewKCNjepv5EceZDs&utm_term=.91f19325fcc3

Record high temperatures are in the forecast for Friday in the northwest for even more cities within the region. A building ridge of high pressure is going to allow for the heat to also build and temperatures to climb. Especially along the Pacific coast line, temperatures are looking to reach upwards of 20 degrees above average.

http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/record-heat-is-building-in-the-northwest/?fbclid=IwAR2_n4cZjUhJZq1eAmWUrp9rEKd74wOBZ0SM_3ghDv7ym63t9edA_39C414

Golfball-size hail, floods and stranded drivers. This is what May in Houston is looking like.

More thunderstorms and showers hammered Houston early Saturday morning and were expected to last through midday, the National Weather Service said. There was a high risk of excessive rain in southern Louisiana and Mississippi through Saturday night.

With more heavy rain, there's potential for flash flooding in areas where the ground is already wet, according to the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center. There was a moderate risk of excessive flooding for southeastern Texas and parts of Louisiana on Saturday, the center said.

The Upper Texas Coast and the Gulf Coast of western Louisiana has received "tremendous rainfall" in the past week, "300-600% of normal rainfall in that time frame," the center said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/11/us/houston-weather-saturday-wxc/index.html?no-st=1557627450

https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/112647975/scientists-plan-to-refreeze-polar-ice-caps?cid=app-iPad&fbclid=IwAR3UguTkFruOk_abR9PH2kYeNUilxPbFE5Ykzp5--dlHHc9sR2NRjcr-nzg

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674e33636a4e33457a6333566d54/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2ksXCRFVdmQPqvNU2LkGs7Be4wDu0Agdmth81ch2my_uWBeqeO0F5jMjQ

This summer, millions of families will flock to national parks like Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Yellowstone to enjoy the great outdoors and have their kids breathe in some fresh country air.

The only problem: A whopping 96 percent of national parks in the U.S. are plagued by “significant air pollution,” according to a new study by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). In fact, 33 of America’s most-visited national parks are as polluted as our 20 largest cities, the report said.

https://grist.org/article/air-pollution-in-many-national-parks-is-as-bad-as-los-angeles/?fbclid=IwAR2yix6-rbuvliT8mCcxqHLq__Yyx1u1H4trApTlVct4llHd8jf_XpFjKpg

https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/society/article/79-forest-fires-reported-in-uttarakhand-in-last-24-hours/415943

In the current brutal winter climate, the intense heat we experienced in Canada in summer 2018 seems like a distant memory by now.

However, these heat waves were totally unprecedented and killed more people than the 1998 ice storm.

Not only that, the west part of Canadian experience the grim effects of long-term heat with blazing and uncontrollable wildfires which seem to carry on for days and weeks at a time. The entire province of B.C. was forced into an official state of emergency, it got that bad.

That said, recent reports by The Weather Network and National Geographic have shown that a global trend toward rising heat is not stopping any time soon.

According to The Weather Network, 2019 could be "the hottest year in human history." 

This applies not just to Canada, but the entire world.

https://www.mtlblog.com/news/canada/the-hottest-year-in-human-history-expected-to-hit-canada-in-2019?fbclid=IwAR3hBUh9y_IOi-R3c-pKV5LAswibGHUyiyR23gHjtymh8zgnjc50bM-xTho

https://weather.com/news/news/2019-04-08-russian-glacier-moving-much-faster?fbclid=IwAR35OVCxVjpqO4IwxNCa9eplkn8_VpSdtC3LgENN-PadmsULBTboOjTlECA

• The outlet glacier on the Vavilov Ice Cap used to move about 60 feet a day.
• After 2013, it accelerated to about 60 feet a day.
• This may signal a change in how fast global warming is affecting glaciers in cold, dry areas.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Gray-whales-starving-washing-up-dead-in-13837032.php?fbclid=IwAR3nnT4UEEQ21rhqy41k4cIyiLz-tBUj_Zr6tZjyZci3tth2-Dr7lpb83BI

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