10/15/2013 Daily Update: Mostly Sunny Tuesday, Deadly 7.1 Philippines Earthquake, Wipha Aims for Tokyo

Good morning everyone!

Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. For today, mostly sunny conditions take hold with temps in the upper 60s.

TODAY: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Winds generally light.

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s. Winds are calm.

TOMORROW: A chance of showers in the afternoon otherwise mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 60s. Winds from the SE at 5 mph.

Showers become more steadier Wednesday night but it shouldn't last long with clearing taking place by Thursday morning.

ATLANTIC TROPICS

• Nothing interesting is going on...

NATIONAL WEATHER

• Dry in the Northeast, a few showers for the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas along a front
• Dry and rather comfortable in the Gulf and Southeast
• Downpours and some heavy rain crossing the Plains now moving toward the Great Lakes. The band of showers and storms extend down to Texas
• Chillier for the Rockies on the back-side of the system
• Pleasant for the Northwest

WORLD WEATHER

• Typhoon Nari made landfall in central Vietnam which caused major damage and claimed 5 lives after killing 13 in the Phillipines. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131015/typhoon-nari-kills-five-causes-major-damage-vietnam
• Wipha is about to impact eastern Japan near Tokyo.
• Octave brought heavy rain and gusty winds to Baja California. Weak impact as it was a minimal tropical storm.
• Priscilla, a few hundred miles south of Baja California, is turning west and should wander there with no impacts to land.
• Showers and storms for much of Europe with the low pressure in the English Channel
• Showers and storms for parts of northern Australia and showers for Victoria and Tasmania

Water vapor of Wipha headed for Tokyo (Credit: CIMSS)

EARTHQUAKES

• A 7.1 earthquake struck the Philippines yesterday evening with numerous aftershocks following. Latest numbers have placed the death toll to 93. Structures that stood for centuries were crumbled and many areas were without power. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000kdb4#summary http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57607496/philippines-earthquake-leaves-scores-dead/

SPACE WEATHER

• A CME produced by an M1-class solar flare Saturday hit Earth's magnetic field this morning. It was a weak impact but auroras could still be seen in the arctic regions.
• Sunspot 1865 continues to harbor energy for moderate to strong flares. 30% chance of M-class flares in the next 24 hours.

Sunspot 1865 is the primary active region.
(Credit: SpaceWeather.com)