Weather Underground

Tropical Storm Emily is forecast to strengthen today as it approaches the Dominican Republic.
Emily is about 245 miles (394 kilometers) southeast of San Juan,Puerto Rico, traveling west at 16 miles per hour, according to an advisory issued by the U.S. National Hurricane Center at 5 a.m. in Miami. Tropical storm-force winds extend 70 miles from the core.
The storm has maximum sustained winds at near 40 miles per hour and its center will move across the northeastern Caribbean Sea today and approach the island of Hispaniola as early as tonight, according to the NHC. Data on Weather Underground Inc.’s website show Emily is projected to head toward Cuba, the Bahamas and possibly Florida.
“It could be impacting the Florida peninsula this weekend,” said Andy Mussoline, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. Florida is the world’s second-largest producer of oranges, behind Brazil.
A storm is named when its maximum winds reach 39 miles per hour, the threshold for it to be classified as a tropical storm.
Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and the islands of Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes and Marie Galante, Vieques and Culebra and the Dominican Republic.
Tropical storm watches were issued for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Haiti and the islands of St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and Antigua.
Category 1 Possible“Tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area in the Leeward Islands over the next few hours, in the U.S. Virgin Islands later this morning and in Haiti by Wednesday,” the center said. Mussoline said the system may grow into at least a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of at least 74 mph on the five-step Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
A Category 1 storm, the weakest type of hurricane, can shatter windows, tear off roofs and destroy older mobile homes, according to the hurricane center.
“As evidenced by the amount of time it took this system to consolidate around a single center, the environment is only marginally favorable for strengthening in the short term,” the hurricane center said in an earlier advisory.
In the eastern Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Eugene grew into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum winds of 90 mph, according to the center. Eugene is forecast to take a track moving to the west-northwest, which will keep it away from land for the rest of the week.
Eugene, the fifth hurricane to form in the eastern Pacific this year, is 445 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, according to the center.
An area of disturbed weather has also formed near the Gulf of Tehuantepec that has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next two days, the center said in a tropical weather outlook.

Noaa Weather

Rain from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily began falling Tuesday in Puerto Rico as the system moved on a track that would take it to the island of Hispaniola within 48 hours and possibly to Florida by the end of the week.
With the storm stalling south of Puerto Rico, most government offices closed and people cleared water and other emergency supplies from store shelves. The showers and wind gusts were sporadic and there were no reports of major flooding or injuries.
The storm was expected to bring up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain in Puerto Rico, enough to trigger floods and mudslides to an island that is already saturated from months of heavy rain.
The storm was moving on a northwestern track that forecasters said would reach Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, by Wednesday. Both countries, but especially Haiti, are prone to devastating floods.

Civil defense officials and the military in the Dominican Republic have already begun moving people out of high-risk zones ahead of the storm.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said the storm was about 270 miles (435 kilometers) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico at 11 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT). It had been meandering, but the forecasters said they expected it to resume its westward path at about 12 mph (19 kph) later in the day.
A wind gust of 49 mph (80 kmh) was reported on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. A tropical storm watch was in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Houston Weather

Will Houston (and the rest of Texas, for that matter) beat the famed "Curse Of The Dry Star State"? While I am not certain about the advance of Tropical Storm Don, which has had more hiccups and false development than any storm since Marco (2008), there are some hopeful signs that this feature could organize further and make an approach a bit closer to the Bayou City than current NHC forecasts would seem to indicate.
The two big knocks against an important rainfall event from Don are the upper level weakness to its northeast (siphoning off moisture) and the lack of enthusiasm shown by the various numerical models for either strengthening or a northward track adjustment. Still, the expansion of the vast heat ridge complex gives us hope that outflow issues will be resolved, enough to allow for strengthening in the remaining time over the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico. But given the fast forward speed, and rising 500MB heights, intensification may be offset by a track through South Texas late Friday into Saturday morning. In other words, I am not very excited about rainfall chances from Don reaching into Houston.

What we must concern ourselves with is heat, high relative humidity, and poor air quality. The vast subtropical high will be strong, and encompassing Texas from now through at least August 13 (I am not kidding). Once any vestiges of Don are out of the way (possibly as early as Saturday afternoon), the potential for significant rainfall will decrease as temperatures start to rise. The profound stability of the air mass is going to allow allergens and other particulates to meld with emissions and produce a photochemical smog. Yes,a two-week stretch of hard-to-breath, fetid air with little chance for a cleaning out from thunderstorms.

New York Weather

By the time the clock struck 10 a.m. Friday morning, the temperature in Central Park had already hit 93 degrees.
At 12:45, the temperature was 102 degrees, breaking the record of 101 degrees for July 22 in New York, set in 1957. And in Newark, the noon temperature reached 104, soaring past the previous record of 101, which was also set in 1957.
According to the National Weather Service, it felt like 116 degrees in New York.
To those out in the streets, it felt more like being licked by a big, swampy monster.
“It’s a steam bath,” said Joseph Goldstein, 67, as he sat on a Manhattan street in the morning across from his broken-down cab. “In all my years in New York, I’ve never seen it get this hot this early.”
Making matters worse, a fire had shut down one of the city’s largest sewage treatment plants, rendering some waters around New York unfit for recreational use, including swimming.
The record-breaking heat wave that began in the central United States earlier in the week had pushed east by Thursday, sending the temperature to 97 in New York City.
“One could say, ‘Oh, it’s summer, its late July, it’s hot,’ ” said Christopher Vaccaro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. “But this is different.”

According to Mr. Vaccaro, this heat wave is exceptional not only for its strength, but also for its breadth and duration. More than 1,400 record-high temperatures have been broken or tied around the country in July alone, Mr. Vaccaro said, and that number was expected to rise on Friday as 132 million people across the country were living under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory.
In New York City, as the mercury crept higher, Consolidated Edison’s consumers were on pace to set an all-time mark for power consumption. That record, 13,141 megawatts, was set in the late afternoon of Aug. 2, 2006, and was never broken throughout the sweltering summer of 2010. But on Friday morning, the load was running about 200 megawatts above the hourly totals from that 2006 date.
At 10 a.m. on Friday, for example, Con Ed’s customers were using 12,336 megawatts, compared with 12,003 at 10 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2006. John Miksad, Con Ed’s senior vice president for electric operations, said he expected a new record for demand would be set by the end of the week and that the company should have the capacity to handle that without any significant failures in its distribution system.
At 11 a.m., the biggest problem Con Ed faced was in one neighborhood in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, where about 500 customers had lost power, said Bob McGee, a spokesman for the utility.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on his weekly radio appearance, said New Yorkers should turn up their thermostats to 79 degrees to conserve power and while that might be too warm for some, “not having electricity would be a lot more uncomfortable.”
City officials announced that cooling centers would be open daily through the heat wave. The Department of Environmental Protection also turned fire hydrants around the city into drinking-water fountains. And Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered the Parks Department to offer extended hours at swimming facilities at state parks.
Meanwhile, hundreds of city employees and contractors, some from out of state, were working Friday to repair the badly damaged sewage treatment plant in Harlem that has discharged millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers. The broiling heat had set across most of the Eastern Seaboard, from Georgia all the way up to Maine. The temperature in Washington, D.C. — which was 91 degrees at 10 p.m. Thursday night, with a heat index of 111— was forecast to hit 103. Even Portland, Me., which usually enjoys a pleasant 79 degrees in July was expected to hit 100 on Friday.
“It’s just going to be miserable,” said Mr. Vaccaro of the National Weather Service. “And, frankly, really unhealthy.”

Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble is a very well known word game where two to four players form words with individual letters on a simple 15-by-15 grid board, you have to try and make words up with the tiles you get and try and score the most points. Playing scrabble is very addictive, but making up words can be quite hard and this is where the Scrabble word finder and helper app for Android comes into play.
Scrabble Helper is a free application for Android devices and will help players get the best playable words for your letters, this anagram tool is very easy to use where users can add up to 10 rack letters or even 4 Board Letters to build off, you can even use blank letters.

The app also features the ability to sort the results by score, length and even letter position so that you can find the best playable word. Other features include the application running in status bar for quick and easy access within games.
This is a FREE app and allows users a limit of 100 words returned, you can get Max 1 Blank & Max length 7 letter words returned, if you upgrade to the paid version there are no limits and also comes with advanced filtering options.
You can get the full version for 99p via the Android Market, which offers: No Ads, Enter up to 2 Blank tiles, Unlimited Word Lengths returned, Ability to include words which extend the Board letters, Advanced word filtering and Ability to also include words which don’t cross a Board Letter.
Try out the free version via the Android Market first, if you like it then decide to install the full unlock version of ‘Scrabble Helper’.

NCR

NCR

Anticipating heavy rains brought by tropical storm "Falcon" (Meari) on Friday, the Department of Education ordered Thursday night the suspension of classes in the elementary and high school levels in Metro Manila.

DepEd Metro Manila head Elena Ruiz said the decision to suspend classes was reached after consulting with the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

"Tinanong namin sa kanila ang estimated water volume ng rainfall in the next five hours. Heavy ang magiging downpour, kasama na rin ang nag-overflow ang river (kaya) pasyahan namin ideklara walang klase sa buong NCR sa lahat ng antas," Ruiz said in an interview on dzBB radio.

(We asked PAGASA about the estimated water volume in the next five hours. PAGASA expects heavy rainfall. This and the possible overflow of some rivers prompted us to declare the suspension of classes in Metro Manila on Friday.)

She said this includes both private and public schools.

The DepEd has jurisdiction over the preschool, elementary and high school levels.

Earlier, Marikina and Cainta cities also suspended classes in all levels on Friday.

Weather Forecast Kolkata

Weather Forecast Kolkata

Heavy rains today hit normal life in the metropolis with waterlogging in most parts of the city causing suspension of transport, even as a well-marked low pressure developed into a depression over the Bay of Bengal, officials said. The city recorded 25 mm rainfall since last night till 10 am today. College Street, Amherst Street, Burrabazar, Lake Road and part of the business suburb of BBD Bag was waterlogged.Rainwater seepage into the houses were reported from many places in the city lashed by intermittent heavy to very heavy rain since last night. Meanwhile, MeT officials said the depression was lying 80 km east of Kolkata and it might develop into a deep depression before passing over east of Bangladesh in the next 24 hours. The weatherman forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the entire Gangetic belt of West Bengal in the next 48 hours and asked the fishermen not to venture into the sea in the southern coastal belt of East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts as the sea would remain rough. Tourists in coastal sea resort of Digha have been asked not to move closer to the sea. The state government had yesterday formed a committee to oversee and strengthen the disaster management system in the state. The decision came after 45 fishing trawlers went missing in Kakdwip area yesterday due to bad weather. One fisherman was killed when a trawler capsized in the sea. The other trawlers were located later.

Weather Chicago

More than 59,000 ComEd customers are without power following overnight storms that dropped as much of five inches of rain and continue to delay area transit Thursday morning. A flash flood warning remains in place for much of the Chicago area.

At least two viaducts on the Far South Side have flooded and two manhole covers have burst, according to authorities.

As of 9:45 a.m. a viaduct on 95th Street between Cottage Grove and Stony Island Avenue is flooded. And in another Far South Side area, there is heavy flooding on Longwood Drive from 95th Street to 103rd in the city’s Beverly neighborhood.

City Water Dept. spokesman Tom LaPorte said as of 8 a.m. they¹ve received 16 calls of water in basements and 19 calls of water in the streets.

The flash flood warning covers Will and Kendall counties, as well as southern portions of Cook, DuPage and Kane counties until 11:30 a.m., according to the weather service. A flash flood warning means that flash flooding is either in progress, imminent or highly likely.

Slow-moving thunderstorms will continue across the area this morning, and runoff from excessive rainfall may cause local flooding, the weather service said.

Airlines at O¹Hare International Airport are reporting delays of about 45 minutes for flights in and out of the airport because of the weather, according to the city¹s Department of Aviation. Midway airport is reporting “a few” delays averaging 30 minutes.

Metra commuters are also being impacted by the rainy conditions. Heritage Corridor train No. 918, scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 8:10 a.m., is running 15 to 17 minutes late because of the weather, according to the Metra website. Train No. 2101 on the Milwaukee North line is 23 to 25 minutes late because of signal and weather conditions, and will terminate at Deerfield, where commuters will transfer to another train to continue on to Lake Forest.

State Police report that standing water on I-57 near Halsted on the South Side is snarling traffic, as is a weather-related crash on I-57 near Route 30, an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper said.

The rollover crash, which is thought to be weather-related, happened about 6:10 a.m. near south suburban Matteson and injured an unknown number of people, the trooper said. Further details were not immediately known.

About 59,000 ComEd customers remain without power as of 6 a.m., spokesman Bennie Currie said. That includes 10,800 people in Chicago, 7,700 in the northern suburbs, 9,400 in the western suburbs and 30,000 people in the southern suburbs, he said.

More than 290 ComEd crews are out repairing downed power lines, and there is currently no estimate of how long repairs will take, he said.

Minor flooding is already occurring at the Kankakee River at Shelby, Ind., which at nearly 10 feet is one foot above flood stage, according to the weather service. A flood warning there affected Lake and Newton counties in northwest Indiana, is in effect until Saturday night. The minor flooding is forecast to impact some county and local roads.

Three to six foot tall waves and northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph could also create a moderate risk of rip currents Thursday morning through Friday morning along the Lake Michigan coastline, according to the weather service, which urged beach-goers to obey lifeguards and posted signs.

However, Thursday’s temperatures will bring some much-needed relief from this week’s near-record heat. The high will reach just 63 degrees and there will be a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. The low will dip to 54 with a 69 percent chance of storms, the weather service said.

“You’ll probably head to work with it being in the 60s and by the time you leave on Thursday, we’ll reach the upper 50s, especially downtown and warmer inland,” National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Bardou said.

Those storms may be severe with damaging winds and large hail possible Thursday afternoon, just south of I-80. There’s also a chance of severe thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening.

The weekend should be sunny, with a high of 74 degrees on Saturday and 70 degrees on Sunday.

Weather Forecast

A Dense Fog Advisory will be in effect for Newport and Washington County, from 11PM Saturday night until 9AM Sunday morning. Visibilities may be only a quarter of a mile or less in this area. So, please be careful if you must drive during this time.
After several days of seeing gray, the skies opened yesterday afternoon, and we saw blue skies and sunshine for the first time. A weak high pressure ridge will provide us with some sunshine for tomorrow. However, with a sea breeze today, temperatures will be much cooler, with highs only in the upper 50’s.  Patchy fog will return once again this evening, with an isolated shower or two. The showers are due to a weak cold front in Northern New England, which will move southward. Heavier shower activity will move through Monday evening. On Tuesday, a warm front from the Ohio River Valley will move into New England. Our highs on Tuesday will be the warmest of the year so far, as highs will reach the middle to possibly upper 70’s. However, the front will move slowly south, becoming a back door cold front. We will see some showers from the front on Wednesday. By Thursday, a weak high pressure ridge will try to build in from the north. The beginning of the extended weekend will start off cloudy, but we are expecting some sunshine by Saturday.
Early morning: Partly to mostly cloudy, with dense fog along the coast. We will see a low of 49.
Today: Patchy fog burns off by late-morning. Partly to mostly cloudy skies are expected, and cooler, with a high of 59. Winds will be from the southeast at 7-10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with an isolated shower possible. Patchy fog will return again, especially along the coast. I’m forecasting a low of 48, with south-southeast winds at 4-7 mph.
Monday: Cloudy, with isolated showers by the morning, and a high of 64.
Monday night: Cloudy, with scattered showers and patchy fog, and a low of 57.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, much warmer, with steady showers/thunderstorms possible by the afternoon, and a high of 76.
Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy, with partial clearing during the overnight, and a low of 57.
Extended Forecast:
Wednesday: Cloudy, cooler, with showers/light rain in the afternoon. Highs 69-73, lows 51-55.
Thursday: Partly sunny, possible isolated showers in the evening. Highs 71-75, lows 53-57.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, isolated showers. Highs 70-74, lows 55-58.
Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs 68-72, lows 54-57.

Temperature In Delhi

The cold wave intensified in the northern region, killing at least eight deaths in the past 24 hours. The temperature of the night moved at least 23.6 degrees Celsius in the town of Leh Ladakh, in the Kargil region and the city also has a very cold night with a minimum temperature below 18.2 degrees Celsius.

    The cold wave has also in Gulmarg and Pahalgam in south Kashmir in northKashmir reinforced.

    Uttarakhand cold wave continued to sweep the night temperature below zero degrees Celsius at many places in the past 24 hours.
    Uttar Pradesh experienced, has strong decrease of temperature.

    The hills of Himachal Pradesh, had broke no respite from biting cold as the night it temperaturescontinued.
    Cold weather in the period intensified in Punjab and Haryana, even though the minimum temperature at which is set a few notches above normal.

    The Rajasthan government has all schools up to 8th the month closed because of the cold wave. However, the investigations will continue as usual. Mount Abu is the coldest state with minimum temperature less than 5.4 degrees Celsius.

Heathrow Airport Weather

Heavy snow and ice, thousands of travelers at Heathrow airport failed. Snow and Frost dipping night forced the cancellation of all flights arriving with only a few allowed to go.

    Sixty snow removal and many workers are employed to fight against the explosion before winter. BAA Heathrow has been accused of not properly manage the conditions of snow and ice at the airport, including insufficient investment in de-icing equipment.

    Tourists had to spend his first night in London, covered in a chaotic airport terminal makeshift beds of blankets on the floor of canceled flights. To remove over 30 tons of snow to make it safe for planes could be safely continued on the runway before the flight.

Weather Washington DC

Today (Thursday): clouds condense quickly this morning. The first fight flakes reach the ground and evaporate in dry air. However, snowfall was light in the late morning in most areas. The snow should continue for most of the afternoon. Road crews should be able to handle light activity, although in some places the ground is slippery and fresh, especially on untreated roads. Winds from the southwest exacerbate the problem. Highs should remain just below zero and that the accumulation of 1 cm to 2 in most of the region. heavy accumulations are reserved for good in the south of the city. Confidence: Medium-high
Tonight: Snow should be wrapped by the time night falls. Clear skies and temperatures decline is amplified by the snow. Lows dropped to the mid 20s to lower teens. Confidence: medium-high.
Tomorrow (Friday): The cold in the morning, giving way, as it retained enough clouds and the north-west wind in winter in our heads. Sun in the afternoon and temperatures shot win to mid-30's so much snow, Thursday is likely to disappear. Confidence: Medium-high
Tomorrow Night: The cold in the winter is always a question of the unification of. Clouds should increase slowly during the night and less snow on the ground readings should not fall faster. Low still expected to reach the average 20-year low. Confidence: Medium High.Saturday should see lots of clouds, but dry weather will probably prevail. The ingredients of a storm are only meeting in the southeastern U.S. Northeast winds up steam slowly during the day and to help offset rising temperatures. High temperatures should reach the low to mid-30 view of clouds and winds. There is a 20% chance of snow during the night when the storm begins to envelop the south soon. Region of low clouds in late morning 20s.Sunday above are thick and there is still a 20% chance of light rain. In the afternoon, the storm moved away from the coast and take the chance of snow. Coastal areas could see congestion when the storm begins. However, there is no such thing as the same time last year, when a new record is the snow from 15 "to the National Assembly. The constant increase in northerly winds during the day, the 30-year low center of feeling cold, dass Heaven must disappear in the night and in the night at least 20s.Monday young to mid-level partly sunny, but cooler. The readings usually about 10 degrees below normal, which is to become a bad recurring nightmare. Wind northwest at 15, 5 mph help "is not the situation. Search through the highs low to mid-30th