Mostly sunny day with highs in the mid 50s. Winds should be fairly less active from the NW at 5 to 15 mph.
- A wild day in Western Europe with hurricane-force wind gusts striking the U.K. into France. The storm system is responsible for four deaths, including a 17-year old girl who died when a tree fell onto her home. Flooding and high winds caused travel delays, prompted road closures and forced flight cancellations in airports. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hurricane-force-winds-batter-britain-causing-flooding-travel-delays/article15113839/
- Hurricane Raymond in the Eastern Pacific is slowly moving north and drifting east but no landfalls expected.
- Tropical Cyclone One in the South Indian Ocean is weakening and perhaps hit a brick wall.
- The Northern Rockies are dealing with a blizzard. Heavy snow from Alberta, Canada down to Wyoming.
- A few severe storms possible in the Midwest
- Expecting rains and high winds start to subside gradually as the storm system moves out of Western Europe, tracking toward Northeast Europe.
- Most of Australia is under the influence of high pressure, showers and storms for New Zealand.
- There were no earthquakes rated at or above M6 yesterday or so far today.
- Another X-class flare erupted from the sun this morning. This marks the 3rd X-class flare in the last 4 days. The culprit for this one was Sunspot 1875, which is departing from the visible disk. It was measured on the low side of the X-class scale - an X1-flare. The sunspots on the left-side taking over also have the means to produce a large flare. A spike in wind speed signaling the arrival of a CME was detected last night but weak. So far, no direct hits, merely glancing blows. More glancing CME arrivals are possible. Keep an eye out on the sun.
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| Incoming sunspot 1882 have potential to produce a large flare, in addition to 1875 and 1877 (Credit: SpaceWeather.com) |
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