Thursday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Thursday, 11 August 2005

This Online Daily Weather Summary contains Historical Weather Events for this date. The latest weather information on the Online Weather Studies homepage will continue to be updated. We are suggesting that persons looking for an alternative national weather summary might try:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/front.htm (USA Today)
or
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/fcstsummary.html (The Weather Channel)

A NIGHTTIME SHOW -- The annual Perseid meteor shower should peak in the predawn hours of tomorrow morning. The Perseids, which are associated with the some bits of Comet Swift-Tuttle, are noted for being fast and bright, and often leave persistent trains. Typically, the Perseids are usually very active for several days before and after the peaks, often producing 30 to 60 meteors per hour. Since the moon is waxing crescent, moonlight should not interfere with viewing the Perseids this year. If the skies are clear in your area, go to a region that has few lights and look up and to the northeast during the early morning hours.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 11 August

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

The "Dog Days" officially come to an end on this date, having begun the third day in July. Superstition has it that dogs tend to become mad during that time of the year. (The Weather Channel)
...1940...A major hurricane struck Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC causing the worst inland flooding since 1607. (David Ludlum)
...1944...The temperature at Burlington, VT soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...Clouds and moisture from Hurricane Allen provided a brief break from the torrid Texas heat wave, with daily highs mostly in the 70s to lower 90s. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...A record high temperature was set at Miami, FL with 96 degrees then a heavy thunderstorm drops the temperature to 70 degrees, a record low for the same date. (Intellicast)
...1987...An early evening thunderstorm in Wyoming produced hail up to two inches in diameter from Alva to Hulett. Snowplows had to be used to clear Highway 24 south of Hulett, where hail formed drifts two feet deep. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Moisture from what remained of Tropical Storm Beryl resulted in torrential rains across eastern Texas. Twelve and a half inches of rain deluged Enterprise, TX, which was more than the amount received there during the previous eight months. Philadelphia, PA reported a record forty-four days of 90-degree weather for the year. Baltimore, MD and Newark, NJ reported a record fourteen straight days of 90-degree heat. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record came to a climax in southern California after four days. Thunderstorms deluged Benton, CA with six inches of rain two days in a row, and the flooding that resulted caused more than a million dollars damage to homes and highways. Thunderstorms around Yellowstone Park, WY produced four inches of rain in twenty minutes resulting in fifteen mudslides. Thunderstorms over Long Island, NY drenched Suffolk County with 8 to 10 inches of rain. Twenty-three cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. It was, for some cities, the fourth straight morning of record low temperatures. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...A severe thunderstorm spawned a high elevation F3 tornado in the Ashley National Forest, 20 miles north of Roosevelt, UT. The tornado touched down three times along a 17-mile path and was up to one-half mile wide. One thousand acres of trees were snapped or uprooted. The highest elevation damage was at 10,800 feet. (Intellicast)

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