It is a mild morning but rain showers are nearby and about to arrive from the west. Temperatures should not stray too much from this morning's readings... we're currently in the mid 50s, even reaching 60 in spots. Winds won't be too bad...could gust past 30 mph at times but nothing we can't handle. What's driving the warm air up is the southerly wind from the counter-clockwise drive of a low situated in Quebec. Once the low exits and the attending cold front passes, we're back to the cool side for Friday.
- The big headline story is Super Typhoon Haiyan set to impact the Philippines. It truly fits the definition of a monster storm... winds clocking at 175 mph, gusting over 200 mph! Wow. It is a disaster waiting to happen... one can only hope it won't be as bad as it seems like India last month, for example.
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| One word: Yikes... (Credit: CIMSS) |
- U.S. - rain in the Northeast and warm; cooler air moving into the Plains; the Northwest is contending with a gusty coastal storm with rain and snow
- Europe - Rainy weather continues for Western Europe, though less widespread than previous days
- Australia - A severe storm struck Auckland, New Zealand. Rain entering Southeast Australia which is good news for areas stricken by bushfires there. Relief is on the way.
- There were no earthquakes rated at or above M6 since the last update yesterday.
- The Kp Index rose to 4 this morning from a brief solar wind and density uptick. Large sunspot 1890 is becoming more directly-facing Earth and the possibility of M-class flares today is 45%, X-class flares at 10%.
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| Sunspot 1890 harbors energy for an M- or X-class flare (Credit: SpaceWeather.com) |
- NOTE: Planning on making a table listing every town or city and their totals for the SNE Snowfall Contest. This will make viewing data more easily accessible and readable, and also makes it easier to see how well a certain location is doing among other locales. And I hear a storm is brewing for next week?.....
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