Stormy East; Cold To Hot Iraq
Severe thunderstorms could crop up this afternoon from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. This USAToday.com article has more info. Your city’s weather & webcams page will help keep you updated, along with the EarthWatch current watch/warning map and Weather.com thunderstorm forecast.
On to Iraq, where a NOAA satellite has captured “hot spots” near Baghdad: Image and story.
You’ve been waiting for it, and here it is: a 15-day Baghdad forecast! Actually, it’s been around for awhile, thanks to AccuWeather.com. Another cool page features a map of sand/dust storm potential over the next eight days. A quick check will show that in Baghdad, temperatures will dip into the 30s, but things could heat up quickly with highs reaching into the upper 80s by next week.
Weather Underground has a good Baghdad weather conditions page. Check out Iraq’s average highs and lows for this time of year, and look for many Middle East weather links in the WXnation National page.
