Saturday, August 10, 2013

8/10/2013 Daily Update: Yesterday's Flooding Gone, Beautiful Weekend, CME Impacts Today/Tomorrow

Good morning everyone!

This is the first of many daily updates to come.

Heavy rain from yesterday prompted the NWS to issue Flash Flood Warnings for most of the region. More than 3" of rain fell causing street flooding to occur in the lower Pioneer Valley. Here's the map of rainfall totals from yesterday:


The good news is the cold front has finally cleared making for a gorgeous weekend for outdoor plans.

TODAY: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. A bit breezy with gusts from the NW over 20 mph.

TONIGHT: Clear with lows in the lower to mid 50s. NW winds diminishing and calming after midnight.

TOMORROW: Sunny with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Winds will be out of the W 5-10 mph.

NATIONAL WEATHER

Thunderstorms in the South and Southeast
Thunderstorms across the Mountain West and the upper Midwest
Thunderstorms in the Pacific Northwest

WORLD WEATHER

Tropical Storm Henriette in the Central Pacific is weakening and heading south of Hawaii.
Typhoon Utor in the Western Pacific is on path to make landfall in the Philippines as a strong/major typhoon after the weekend.
Thunderstorms in Central Europe, hot across southern parts
High pressure and mostly dry weather remains firm in Australia. Showers in Tasmania and Western Australia

EARTHQUAKES

No earthquakes at or above M6 yesterday or so far today. This makes it 15 days in a row without a earthquake greater or equal to M6.

SPACE WEATHER

One or two CMEs are expected to hit Earth's magnetic field today or tomorrow. Auroras are possible near the poles.
A large coronal hole is emerging over the sun's NE limb.

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