Sunday, July 25, 2010

The NIGHT (10:30 PM EST) of July 24, 2010, this is the temperature map of the USA. It is HOT !

(Reuters) - Large swathes of the United States suffered another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with hot temperatures in the nation's capital and Southeast coastal areas giving way to thunderstorms later in the day.
Powerful thunderstorms stretched through the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia on the Atlantic Coast, Accuweather said.
There were numerous reports of damage from wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour across the mid-Atlantic, including in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Temperatures reached close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in some parts of the Carolinas and Virginia during the afternoon, but storms in the region sent the steamy temperatures plunging. In Wilmington, Delaware, the temperature dropped 17 degrees in 15 minutes.
In Milwaukee, where heavy rains shut the city's main airport on Thursday night, the body of a 19-year-old man who disappeared on Thursday evening as floodwaters peaked was recovered from a creek....

July 25, 2010
Greenview, California
Photographer states  ::  What started out as a great day transitioned into anything but by late afternoon. An anticipated thunder and lightning storm arrived in our area about 4:30PM. With the thunder and lightning came strong winds and unexpected golf ball sized hail. The outside temperature went from 100 degrees to down the 50’s in about half an hour. I’ve already heard of several wild fires being started in the area from this storm. On the plus side, the dust is settled.