Rainfall Brings Cool Weather...Sort Of

Yesterday's cooling temperature and rainfall put an end to the heat wave that we experienced here in New York. Although the temperature has cooled off from the weekend, it is still pretty warm outside. Today's temperature measures as 87 degrees, but feels like 93 degrees Fahrenheit. Yesterday's rainfall has caused a cool breeze today, which has made today feel much cooler than it has been feeling for the past three days.

The skies are clear today.

The only clouds that are visible are cirrus and small stratocumulus clouds.

Good Beach Weather

Although temperatures were over 100 degrees all around New York City, the weather was great in Long Island on Friday July 22nd. A few friends and I went to a beach in the outskirts of Long Island and there was a definite drop in temperature. The local temperature at the beach was 96 degrees, but it felt much cooler since we all came from Queens, where it was 104 degrees Fahrenheit. 

The picture above shows a combination of cirrus and stratocumulus clouds.

This picture shows a single stratocumulus cloud in the sky when we had first arrived at the beach.

 Towards the end of the day, more stratocumulus clouds began appearing.

The video above shows stratocumulus clouds blending together to cover the Sun to provide shade.

Cooling Off in New York

It is currently 71 degrees Fahrenheit in Queens, New York. After a weekend of blistering heat, a cool day with winds and rain was definitely needed. Temperatures reached as high as 104 degrees, and with the humidity it felt like 124 degrees over the weekend. Hopefully with the rain and winds, temperatures will return to normal for the summer here in New York.

 The clouds shown in the picture are stratiform clouds.

Midnight Twilight

Between the events of Summer Solstice and September Equinox, the countries in Northern Europe experience almost twenty-four hours of sunlight. While my brother was in Europe, he took pictures of the skyline around midnight. As it is shown, the midnight experienced in Northern Europe is similar to the sunset that we are familiar with here in the United States.

 These two pictures were taken in Copenhagen, Denmark. The average temperature at nighttime in Copenhagen ranges from 52 degrees to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The clouds in the first picture are stratus clouds, while the clouds in the second picture are cirrus clouds.

Trip to Europe

My brother has recently returned from studying abroad this summer. He had visited various cities in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. Some of the more notable towns he visited this summer were Helsinki, Stockholm, and Copenhagen, respectively.

These two pictures were taken in Helsinki, Finland. The temperature during the summer in Helsinki ranges from 60 degrees to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The clouds shown in the first picture are altocumulus clouds, while the clouds shown in the second picture are stratus clouds.

The following two pictures were taken in Stockholm, Sweden.

 The average temperature of Stockholm, Sweden ranges from 60 degrees to 75 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer months. The two pictures show trees that belong to the boreal forests of Northern Europe. Stockholm is considered to be one of the richest cities in Europe, in terms of plant life, during the summer months.

The following two pictures were taken in Copenhagen, Denmark.

 The average temperature in Copenhagen ranges from 65 degrees to 78 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer. The clouds shown in the first picture are stratocumulus clouds, while the clouds shown in the second picture are cumulus clouds.

Catastophic Tornado in Oklahoma

The video above shows a tornado forming in Oklahoma that occurred on May 24th of this year. The tornado was a part of a series of tornadoes that occurred in the late afternoon on that Tuesday. There were four deaths and three children were critically injured due to the tornado. The video shows how quickly the tornado formed and the destruction it caused along its path. Winds were estimated to range between 55 miles-per-hour and 75 miles-per-hour while also including hail the size of baseballs. As seen in the video, the tornado features dense cumulonimbus clouds which are evident as the tornado forms. The temperature was recorded to be 68 degrees, which was the 55th coolest on redcord for May in Oklahoma.

Hurricane in New York?

This past Friday, on June 17th, New York City was hit with a heavy amount of rain fall that occurred at two separate times. The first storm hit the five boroughs between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Many main roads and side streets were flooded, causing a great deal of traffic in the hours to come. The temperature dropped from 78 degrees throughout the early afternoon to 57 degrees during the thunderstorm.

 

The second storm on that Friday evening did not last as long as the first storm, but was equally as damaging. The second storm only lasted approximately thirty minutes nearly one hour after the original storm, but it continued to flood the streets of New York City. The heavy rainfall caused slight damage to roads in the city, namely in Queens and Brooklyn. The picture below depicts cumulus clouds, which are typically associated with thunderstorms.