Page 4 - Wind Pattern News Today

Near jamestown, over 7 inches of rain, unfortunately, yes, theres more rain in the region and in the forecast. theres a hint of good news, a little bit of a change in the wind pattern should actually help as we go through the weekend. yesterday we had a huge southerly flow pulling that moisture from the south. we were seeing it go up the rockies, enhancing the amount of rain we would get out of it. as we go through the weekend, the low shifts to the east. this is huge. youll see the winds start ...

Shifted dramatically just in this last hour, brooke. just an hour ago i was covered in white smoke. now you can see whats happening is were getting a different wind pattern. you can see the smoke pushing back on itself. this is the air quality that everyones living with now on the north end of this fire. and i want to point out over there and its a little difficult to see, but what youre seeing just over my left shoulder, that is active fire. and you can see the orange flames licking up every on...

Summer to clear the highways of all of the mud. the daneer is not over yet. flash flood warnings may continue into monday. more people are getting a break from the extreme heat and expecting rain. rick reichmuth with the forecast. hi, rick. >> hi, shannon. the rain across the west is the monsoon rain. we have a monsoon season in the u.s. like in india. just means a seasonal shift in the wind pattern and that is what happens around the four corners. happens in the afternoon. noon yesterday and yo...

Zones are somewhat arbitrary and become more arbitrary. you have a wind pattern that can shift and blow radiation further in one direction. thats the biggest concern. and i wish we were getting more information. >> unbelievable that were not getting more information. >> yeah. 20 times normal the level of radiation here in tokyo. thats what we heard a couple days ago. were here right now. we dont know what the radiation levels are here, you know, over the next several days or in the days past. th...

We are tracking the beaches. there are swimming advisories. i want to note the beaches are open. just because there is a swimming advisory doesnt mean you cant go there and support local businesses. that holds true for some of the beaches in louisiana. you can see which ones are open here. some have swimming advisories. finally mississippi. the gulf coast is under that heat advisory. it will feel like its 105 along gulfport and biloxi. you can see the beaches are open. we dont have swimming advi...

Two miners were trapped. but now weve just got breaking news in that one miner has been found alive, and crews are working to get him out. well have more on it. and the obama administration says the cost of cleaning up that giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico will fall on british petroleum. a white house spokesperson said the president and officials say is much worse than estimated before. nbc news environmental expert looks at an effort to clean up that spill which threatens to become a maj...

98,000 gallons of that disper dispersent. >> you warned us about this. the wind pattern would change if we didnt have the oil off the water in a few days it was going to change direction. thats why i tell people to listen to you. stay safe. this isnt like a hurricane, it doesnt matter if it doesnt get to populated areas because its going to hit wildlife, mammals, animal, shrimp, oysterses. you were talking about this earlier. remember when i was in hurricane gustav and i was on grand isle i was ...

Oil leaking at 5,000 barrels a day. and word now of a third leak under water. a bp spokesman says it could be 90 days before the spill is cleaned up. and oil could hit parts of the shoreline tomorrow. the massive cleanup effort could cost $1 billion. and so far crews have scooped up only 250,000 gallons of oil and water. nbcs chief environmental correspondent anne thompson breaks down what it takes to fight this spill. >> reporter: fighting a wind pattern that could bring the spill ashore by fri...

So were seeing clear conditions across much of europe. the wind pattern shifting a little bit, though, don, and were expecting to see some of this ash move over towards germany, into the netherlands by tuesday and wednesday so they could have additional problems then. >> jacqui, we talked about the space shuttle last night, its not going to be affected by this, we think, but it is scheduled to land tomorrow morning. still on track? >> yeah, tomorrow morning, 8:48. and its unusual decent, don by ...

News, but britain official as well as france officials tell us that they are not going to be opening those airports for tomorrow. the ash cloud, for the most part, really focused way up here. and that is over towards iceland. so were seeing clear conditions across much of europe. the wind pattern shifting a little bit, though, don, and were expecting to see some of this ash move over towards germany, into the netherlands by tuesday and wednesday, to so they could have additional problems then. >...