Page 681 - Wind Direction News Today

Several factors. we have a wind that particularly develops this time of year. it is called the northwesterly wind. helps bring in a very dry, hot air mass for, for the northern parts of india. then on top of that, we have -- the humid air that settled in from the bay of bengal. so both of these helping, create two different types of heat. but the bottom line is, it is so hot that we get an area of low pressure that develops across the subcontinent. over the cooler waters, we have an area of high...

Warned here where the temperatures could easily feel like 100 to 125 fahrenheit. but you see what the folks in new delhi are doing. officials going around with some trucks filled with water helping people get water across this region to help with the extreme conditions ahead of this. the monsoons is one of the most important forecasts in the world. very much advanced when it comes to getting this is forecasts lined up. the word monsoon" comes from a arabic world meaning a shift in the wind direc...

Then when we fast forward about 48 hours, and we had shes sheen sightings. the oil sheen sightings, that is that thin layer of oil coating the top portion of the ocean. its about as thick as a layer of paint on a wall. for several miles outside of that original 9 1/2-square mile oil spill region that was noticed on wednesday. again, just to put this in perspective, outside of santa barbara. however, the wind direction is in a general northeasterly direction. roughly at 10 to 15 knots over this a...

>> well i mean thats what the death penalty really is about at the end of the day, is giving some sense of closure or satisfaction to victims families. >> ideally. >> but that satisfaction is a function of time too. you want your life to move on preserve your memories of your loved ones a certain way. this is not a moral argument theyre making. its a practical one. >> will impact a little bit with our legal analyst coming up next hour of course. right now lets talk about weather. we have situa...

Now, they may not be able to do that. depends on how strong the winds are. but you try to touch down with the damaged wing if you will gear up in the air and depending on the wind direction, that can be tricky. so well wait and see. this is something that pilots think about a lot. this is not that uncommon. usually theres a very good outcome. we have seen accidents though, where pilots get distracted and focus on troubleshooting and things dont land dont end up well. but thats very rare. in this...

That is going to continue. we will have flooding issues down in the south and east. then the storm system is going to get cranked up. this is going to be a low that will come up from the colorados, head up to the midwest. essentially. we will be on the eastern side of it here. across the eastern united states. on the eastern side of the low. that means a wet scenario. keep in mind. area of low pressure right, basics are. on the eastern side of it. wind from the south. a warm wind direction. on t...

Wildfire so much, dom any. is now 30% contained with crews working near triple-digit temperatures. to get the flames under control, the so-called monticello fire broke out friday. officials are concerned now about a potential change in wind direction. and theyre keeping evacuation orders in place for dozens of home. a pinched electrical cord being blamed for a high-rise fire that left firefighter dead. our top story as we go across america. new york. investigators say 40-year-old lieutenant ...

Now switching that wind direction from kind of a northerly to more of a westerly direction as we get on the back side of the system and now the rain, thats one of the big things here. the rain is really coming down hard. still getting pretty good gusts here and there, like 0 to 50-mile-per-hour gusts is what im hearing. hard to say the exact numbers because of the observation of areas are right next to us. the best we can tell you right now. whats even working its so windy out here. one of the b...

Miles per hour. what you have to consider is you have the storm itself. that has those winds whipping around about 100 miles per hour, but you have the motion of the storm thats real picked up now about 20 miles per hour to the northeast. you have to add those two together to really get the combination of some of these winds. can you actually see some of these really strong gusts. trying to keep my hat on, almost knocking me over. not sure how much you can see behind me but theres a huge drop-of...

Make sure that we are careful and to stay away from the surge when it comes up. >> ellen, quickly. storm surges, we will see this now that it is arthur is moving out of north carolina. when can they feel more comfortable about not worrying about storm surges? >> well, let me add one thing to what anton was saying is that one of the dangers are storm surge its not just when the water is coming in. its when the water is going out. so the storm, you know, you get storm surge, the hurricane itself m...