A calm and cool autumn afternoon today with rich, blue skies. Temps will be in the mid 40s with a south wind at 5 to 10 mph. A few clouds move in for tonight, so it won't be as cold as last night, with a low in the lower 30s.
- A storm system is moving through the Midwest bringing snow to the Upper Plains, rain and storms in the southern edge of the low. Winter Weather Advisories are in place from Wisconsin to Nebraska.
- A tropical storm dropped a tornado in the Philippines. The storm has left but it is not over. The Philippines are on deck to take a hit from Typhoon Haiyan, who is strengthening and could become a super typhoon soon.
- A strange occurrence yesterday. A quarry blast triggered a 3.2 earthquake outside of Chicago. Items fell off shelves and one witness said "it felt like a bomb went off". The company has not comment on the event. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-11-04/news/chi-police-tremors-in-western-suburbs-from-quarry-blast-20131104_1_quarry-blast-hanson-material-service-u-s-geological-survey Earthquake info: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000ksfx#summary
- A 3.8 earthquake shook the OKC area. An earthquake swarm started in the last few days and they have been constantly hit by minor rumbles. The 3.8 was the strongest of them all. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000ksnp#summary
- Rain and storms continuing for Europe, spreading into the Mediterranean.
- NASA revealed in a conference that there could potentially be billions of Earth-like habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy, obtained from the latest Kepler data. The ingredients of life could be more abundant than we previously thought. More details: http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-kepler-results-usher-in-a-new-era-of-astronomy/#.UnkXhfnB3xp
- One of the largest sunspot in the solar cycle, Sunspot 1890, released a M2-flare this morning. This could be a sign to come for more flaring. 1890 has the complexity necessary for strong flares.
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| 1890 is large and has energy to release a strong flare. (Credit: SpaceWeather.com) |
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