9/25/2013 Daily Update: Fine Wednesday, Major 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Pakistan - Forms a New Island!

Good morning everyone!

Like the last few days, it's going to be a fine one again. No worries for your Wednesday.

TODAY: Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Winds from the N at 5 mph.

TONIGHT: A few clouds move in, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds.

TOMORROW: Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Winds from the N at 5 mph.

A coastal storm comes near Southern New England around next Monday. So far, the models have been trending toward minimal to no impacts as the storm steers away from the region.

ATLANTIC TROPICS

• Watching the piece of energy over Florida that should organize off the SE coast in the next couple days. Whether it will be tropical in nature is yet to be determined.

NATIONAL WEATHER

• A treat for the Northeast with abundant sunshine and dry, seasonable weather
• Tropical downpours and storms continue for the Southeast especially Florida
• Very warm and dry in the South and Midwest
• Dry in the Southwest
• Showers in the Intermountain region, cooler air in the Northwest and West Coast

WORLD WEATHER

• Typhoon Pabuk in the Western Pacific is no danger to Japan. It is a Category 2 moving away from the nation.
• Showers in Northeast Europe
• Rain for Southeast Australia as the system skids south

EARTHQUAKES

• A major M7.7 earthquake shook Pakistan yesterday with a shallow depth of 20km. The earthquake has killed hundreds of people and destroyed mud houses there. Aftershocks have occurred, with the strongest in the 5-point range. What was incredible was that a new island formed from the earthquake in the Arabian Sea. Rarely does an earthquake make a dramatic change to the Earth's surface and there were people who witnessed the sight. Here is the picture of the island: (From: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/09/pakistans-earthquake-was-so-powerful-it-created-new-island/69813/) Earthquake Details: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jyiv#summary

A new island appeared off the Pakistan coastline following a
large 7.7 earthquake. Redraw the world maps everyone.

SPACE WEATHER

• The sun is on the quiet side in terms of solar flares but at least some signs of activity when a filament blasted away in the northeast quadrant sending a CME out to space. It is directed away from Earth.
• M-class flare chances stand at 5% in the next 24 hours.