Hurricane Arthur and Several Tornadoes

The weather is much calmer than the previous week for the Eastern United States. This time last week Arthur was strengthening into a hurricane and a cool front was moving through the Ohio Valley with the promise of delightful weather for the holiday weekend. Recently the return of warm conditions gave way to severe weather across Northern Ohio and into the Northeast. Several tornadoes touched down and many areas experienced damaging winds. The weather pattern is calming down for the time being as a trough is beginning to set-up over the Eastern US. Before that gets establish the temperatures will warm as the weekend approaches before the next system moves through early next week.

Hurricane Arthur made landfall on Eastern North Carolina late on July 3, 2014 as category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 100 mph. This was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the US since Hurricane Ike in 2008. The system moved through quickly by the next morning and brushed extreme Eastern Massachusetts with tropical storm conditions. No lives were lost and damage at this time appears to be minimal.

Severe weather including two (2) tornadoes in Medina county affected the area yesterday.  All the tornadoes were weak with damage mostly limited to downed trees and roof damage.

A weak tornado also touched down in Mahoning County doing minimal damage.

Currently Northern Ohio is experiencing tranquil conditions with high temperatures in the upper 70’s. Similar conditions will last across the area through Friday.

On Saturday a warm front will move through the area bringing a return to warm conditions with temperatures in the middle 80’s and a chance of thunderstorms. 

Warm conditions and the threat for thunderstorms will continue through Monday when a strong cool front moves through.

Next week is shaping up to be a very cool one for the region. A strong ridge will build over the West Coast and that will allow a deep trough to form over the Great Lakes region. Once the front moves through on Monday, temperatures next week will be around ten (10) degrees below normal