9/4/2013 Daily Update: Kicking Out the Humidity & Storms; Earthquakes Shake Canada, Japan, Alaska; Toraji Hits Japan

Good morning everyone!

After a couple days of stormy weather, today is going to be fantastic with sunny skies and lower humidity.

TODAY: Sunny with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Comfortable with lower humidity. Winds from the NW to W at 5 to 10 mph.

TONIGHT: Clouds increasing and a small chance of a shower into the morning hours. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds from the W at 5 mph.

TOMORROW: Chance of showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy to start, sunny by the afternoon. Cooler too with highs only reaching the lower 70s. Winds from the NW at 5 to 15 mph.

Looking ahead... mainly comfortable weather with through the weekend with temperatures in the 70s.

ATLANTIC TROPICS

• Invest 97L has crossed the Antilles and development is currently being hindered due to close proximity to land though upper-level winds are favorable. NHC is forecasting a 40% chance of developing in the next 48 hours. I agree.
• A tropical wave in the Yucatan has a small chance of developing. NHC: 20% chance in the next 48 hours.
• An error from the last daily update - it's the wave behind current one that the GFS forms into a tropical cyclone and potential hurricane around September 11th, the date of the latest forming hurricane. We'll have to see how this shapes up.

Quiet Atlantic so far...

NATIONAL WEATHER

• Storms have cleared and warmer for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
• Spotty thunderstorms forecasted for the Southeast and the Gulf Coast
• Very warm and dry in the Midwest and South
• Strong to severe thunderstorms may be in store for the interior Pacific Northwest into the northern Intermountain region

WORLD WEATHER

• Tropical Storm Toraji has spawned tornadoes and has made landfall in southern Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan, as a minimal tropical storm. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/more-flooding-possible-in-japa/17325032
• An area of interest off the southwest coast of Mexico have a 60% shot at developing in the next 48 hours.
• Cloudy and showery in Northeast Europe
• Storms over Southern Western Australia, isolated showers across southeastern quadrant of Australia

EARTHQUAKES

• A pretty active earthquake day yesterday with 3 magnitude 6-pointers or greater shaking 3 separate areas along the Ring of Fire.
• First, was a M6.0 earthquake near British Columbia, Canada and 4 hours later, a 5.9 aftershock: (Main earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jg6b#summary, Aftershock: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jgfh#summary)
• Then, a deep M6.5 earthquake shook off the coast of Southeast Japan in the Philippine Sea: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jgfc#summary
• Finally, a M6.5 earthquake struck the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, the same area of the M7.0 from 4 days ago. This was followed by a M6.2 earthquake. (First earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jgju#summary, Second earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000jguz#summary)
• We shall see if this uptick continues or if it was just a short blip of activity.,.

SPACE WEATHER

• Solar wind from a coronal hole expected to arrive to Earth on September 5-6
• Sunspot 1837 has managed to let out small C-class flares this morning. There is a 10% chance of an M-class flare today from that region. The other 3 sunspots on the Earth-facing side of the sun remains stable.

Sunspot 1837 is producing C-class flares and is
the only active region.