Water Vapor Animation for August 8 2005

Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in the Central Appalachians; Severe Weather in the Mid-South; Hot Weather in Southern California

Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >

Water Vapor Satellite Loop from 345 pm est to 700 pm est August 8th, 2005

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Note the cyclonic spin aloft over northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. This shortwave trough provided sufficient upward forcing for unstable surface parcels to freely convect across northern Indiana.