10,000 Years of Rising Sea Levels in 10 Seconds

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/if-gif-10000-years-sea-level-rise-doesnt-freak-you-out-nothing-will/5751/

Communities along the New Jersey coast are already trying to restore beaches even as they slowly subside, hauling in sand from elsewhere. Horton suggests that that task – and the cost of executing it – will only grow bigger from now on based on what we now know about the historic trajectory of sea-level rise.
"The problem that we have is that people are unwilling to accept climate change, and we should just accept it," he says. "We have the ability now to start to think about what the rates of rise in the future will be."

Deaths by lightning strike increasing

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/downers_grove_darien_westmont_woodridge/chi-woman-found-dead-in-park-in-downers-grove-20130531,0,4670130.story

"Dizon’s death was not yet reflected on in National Weather Service data, which tracks the number of fatalities caused by lightning strikes in the U.S. and its territories each year. To date, the agency has recorded five deaths by lightning this year, which is below the historical average of nine deaths through the first five months of the year.

But the next three months have proven to be the most deadly, with an average of 16 deaths in July and 12 deaths during June and August, according to the agency."

In a week that has produced hundreds of reports of severe weather and over 60 reports of tornadoes, the threat for more damaging storms will continue Thursday across the Plains and the Midwest.
The threat of severe storms will extend over a large area from North Texas northward into Wisconsin and Minnesota, including Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Wichita and Oklahoma City. The greatest threat for tornadoes will extend from northern Missouri southwestward into northeastern Oklahoma, including Kansas City, Springfield, Mo., and Tulsa, Okla.
By Thursday night, strong to severe storms will move eastward, potentially impacting Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Louis.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/severe-weather-threat-thursday/13563062

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Disrupts Weather Patterns

In fall and winter, when sea ice would normally insulate the ocean from frigid Arctic air temperatures, the small ice pack meant lots of heat could escape from the ocean into the atmosphere, the study found. The heating changed atmospheric circulation patterns in the Arctic, said lead study author Elizabeth Cassano, a climate scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) in Boulder, Colo. The results were published May 21 in the International Journal of Climatology.

http://weather.yahoo.com/arctic-sea-ice-melt-disrupts-weather-patterns-163457450.html

Charles Roberts

More severe weather to hit many parts of US after tornadoes, thunderstorms

By Alastair Jamieson and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News

Severe weather is set to batter many parts of the United States on Wednesday, forecasters warned, including parts of the Plains torn by twisters last week.

Violent storms brought heavy rain to the Chicago area Tuesday, and large tornadoes touched Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. One person fell victim to the bizarre weather after a fatal lightning strike in Florida.

New York City and western Long Island could be hit by heavy rain and high winds on Wednesday, the Weather Channel reported.

In the Plains, a severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak is expected stretching across a wide swath from South Dakota to central Texas. The threat of twisters was highest from south-central and southeast Nebraska to western Oklahoma.

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“The ingredients are coming together for a severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak in the Plains Wednesday,” said Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth.

Many parts of the Chicago metropolitan area were lashed by torrential rain, frequent lightning and high winds late Tuesday, NBCChicago.com reported.

On the west coast of Florida, a woman was killed by lightning strike while visiting Belleair Beach, police said. Phyllis Kalinowski, 50, from Brandon, Fla., was sightseeing with her friend Dawn Ryskoskis, 45, at 6 p.m. when she was caught in the storm and died of injuries consistent with a lightning strike, according to a statement from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

In Chicago, a White Sox vs. Cubs game was canceled because of the rain and tornado warnings were issued for Grundy County and Will County in Illinois. There were also fears of flash flooding.

At least one home was destroyed and other buildings were damaged by a tornado in Nemaha County, north Kansas, late Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, while in Ottawa County a large tornado was reported around 5:30 p.m. local time in the area of Culver and Bennington, about 15 miles north of Salina, according to the Weather Channel.

charles roberts

Severe Weather Outbreak: Latest Information

Published: May 30, 2013, 6:12 AM EDT weather.com

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Through Saturday, severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall will target parts of the Plains and Midwest, before shifting into the Northeast Sunday. As the weather turns stormy, scroll to our live Severe Weather Ticker below for the latest tornado warnings, expert analysis and storm photos.

(VIDEO/PHOTOS: Huge Tornado Caught on Camera)

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Sunday's Outlook

On Thursday, while morning storms will bring a threat of heavy rainfall, additional severe storms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and tornadoes will flare up later in the afternoon and evening from central and eastern Oklahoma and far north Texas into Iowa and eastern Nebraska.  If thunderstorms can remain discrete, rather than in line segments, in Oklahoma and Kansas, the threat of tornadoes will be higher.

This includes Kansas City,  Tulsa, Okla.,Omaha, Neb. and Des Moines, Ia.  

The severe threat Friday may arise yet again in parts of Oklahoma and eastern Kansas, then shifting east into northern Arkansas, Missouri, eastern Iowa, Illinois, western Kentucky, Indiana, southern Michigan and western Ohio.  Large hail and tornadoes are once again a threat, particularly along the southern edge of this severe area from Oklahoma into the Ozarks. 

Saturday, the severe threat limps slowly east from southern Michigan to northeast Texas, with the severe threats shifting to a more damaging wind and large hail threat.  That said, a few tornadoes can't be ruled out Saturday.

Sunday, the Plains and Midwest finally get a break from the severe barrage, as the threat of damaging winds and hail shifts into the Northeast.  

In addition to the severe weather threat over the next few days, flash flooding and river floodingwill be a continued concern due to heavy rainfall in the Midwest.

(MORE: Midwest Flood Threat)