11/2/2013 Daily Update: Mild November Day, East Coast Partial Solar Eclipse Tomorrow Morning, OK Earthquake Swarm

Good afternoon everyone!

After a wild, windy day yesterday, we are awarded with a mild, November day with plenty of sunshine. A cold front along a trough pushes through tonight with a slight of showers but moisture should be scarce. Much cooler for Sunday.

TODAY: Partly sunny with highs in the lower to mid 60s. Winds from the NW at 5 to 10 mph.

TONIGHT: A slight chance of showers, perhaps a few snow showers in higher elevations. Otherwise mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 30s. Winds from the N at 5 to 10 mph.

TOMORROW: Much cooler. Partly sunny with highs in the mid 40s. Breezy, with winds from the N at 5 to 15 mph, with gusts near 30 mph possible.

A Gentle Reminder: Daylight Saving Time ends on November 3rd at 2:00 AM. Turn your clocks back 1 hour before heading to bed tonight.

SNE SNOWFALL CONTEST UPDATE

• It's been a typical first half of autumn with no accumulations from any stations so far. A few towns saw snow flurries early this week but it didn't amount to much.

NATIONAL WEATHER

• A few showers crossing the Northeast today
• Dry and comfortable for the Southeast, a few showers/storms for Florida
• High bringing fair weather in the middle portion of the country
• A coastal storm is impacting the Northwest bringing strong gusts and heavy rain.

WORLD WEATHER

• Typhoon Krosa is heading straight for Vietnam, though weakening in the process.
• No stopping the rain in the U.K. Western Europe is getting drenched by another system.
• A few showers for southern parts of Australia, another in northern Western Australia

EARTHQUAKES

• Oklahoma is experiencing an earthquake swarm this morning. Four earthquakes registered M2.5 or greater. Strongest was a M3.7 near Edmond.
• There were no earthquakes rated at or above M6 yesterday or so far today.

This morning's Oklahoma earthquake swarm (Credit: USGS)

SPACE WEATHER

• A partial solar eclipse will unfold at sunrise tomorrow morning for much of the East Coast as far west as eastern Ohio down to Georgia. Look to the east between 6:30 to 7:00am EST. A piece of the sun will be missing. However, clouds may hinder viewing in the Northeast so it's all dependent on the skies. There's hope though that clouds may clear just enough for viewing.
• This eclipse is a rare and special type, a hybrid solar eclipse... it starts out partial before becoming a total solar eclipse along a narrow path. Only about 5% of eclipses are hybrids in over 10,000 documented eclipses spanning 5,000+ years. The greatest totality will be seen primarily in Africa during the afternoon hours local time. Below is a map showing the eclipse can be seen and links for additional info: http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/get-ready-hybrid-solar-eclipse-on-november-3 http://www.universetoday.com/105651/rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse-on-november-3-2013-how-to-see-it/
• Sunspot 1884 produced a M6-class solar flare yesterday. No CME was detected from it though. A few far-side blasts were observed, on the other side of the sun away from Earth's view. Despite recent surge of flaring, no geomagnetic storms have been observed. These Earth-facing spots are the ones to watch today.

1884 has energy for an M-flare (Credit:
SpaceWeather.com)

Map of the eclipse from earthsky.org via skyandtelescope.com