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New Eruption in AK
supposedly, ash has been reported rising to 50,000 ft.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381321,00.html
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Pretty much no warning there. No warning for the volcano in Chile. I wouldn't feel comfortable if I lived anywhere near Hood or Rainier. Chances are those people will get no warning as well.
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dont forget yellowstone. |
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My house is 49.6 miles west of Hood. 
It sure is pretty when you can see it.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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Well when it blows, I hope for your sake it blows east.
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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well, I'm gonna move to Anchorage in about a year so I think I'll escape Hood's wrath (Hood's last eruption was in the 1700s or 1800s I think).
I'll just have to worry about all the volcanoes (and earthquakes) over in Alaska. 
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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This is from my deck. The Mountains been pretty lately. |
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Which mountain is that?
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Rainier |
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http://news.aol.com/story/_a...-erupts/20080713095609990001
just a better article than the first one with a bit more info. |
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by the way, these past two eruptions that have been caldera volcanoes...unlike hood or rainier. so caldera types r the kind i would worry about concerning surprise eruptions. |
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This is really interesting.
"Alaska Supervolcano Erupting?"
http://www.iceagenow.com/Alaska_Supervolcano_Erupting.htm
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The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the six-mile-wide caldera has several vents erupting simultaneously.
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Meanwhile, Anchorage is not really having a summer, so far, even by their standards. And the rainy season starts in August and doesn't end till early October which is when the snow comes in. 
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1240 PM AKDT THU JUL 24 2008
...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET YESTERDAY...
THE LACK OF SUMMER CONTINUES IN ANCHORAGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND LAKE ROAD IN ANCHORAGE RECORDED A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD AND COOL
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1954. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE ON JULY 23 SHOULD NORMALLY REACH 66 DEGREES. THE
COLDEST RECORDED JULY HIGH IN ANCHORAGE WAS 50 DEGREES SET ON THE
27TH IN 1971.
INTERESTING CLIMATE FACTS FOR JULY 1 THROUGH JULY 23:
ACTUAL NORMAL DEVIATION
MAX TEMPERATURE 61.6 65.3 -3.7
MIN TEMPERATURE 49.4 51.4 -1.9
AVG TEMPERATURE 55.5 58.5 -2.7
PRECIPITATION 2.22" 1.14" +1.08"
THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 18 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THE LAST DAY OF NO MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION WAS ON JULY 12. NORMALLY THERE ARE 12 DAYS OF
PRECIPITATION THAT OCCUR DURING THE MONTH OF JULY.
OFFICIAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN ANCHORAGE SINCE 1917.
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Source: http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/pubfcst.php?fcst=NOAK48PAFC
July Stats: http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/cli...climmo=7&climyr=2008
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Oh and the first snow has fallen on the Chugach mountains (overlooking ANC)...which usually signals the end of summer.
The snow usually falls above (only) 5,000 feet.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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thats pretty awesome. i wonder how much longer the arctic ice melt will last. |
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1st and 2nd cycle years....
| Quote: | THE LACK OF SUMMER CONTINUES IN ANCHORAGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND LAKE ROAD IN ANCHORAGE RECORDED A MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD AND COOL
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1954. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE ON JULY 23 SHOULD NORMALLY REACH 66 DEGREES. THE
COLDEST RECORDED JULY HIGH IN ANCHORAGE WAS 50 DEGREES SET ON THE
27TH IN 1971.
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Funny the years I am using for my forecast base are 1989,1971, and 1953, still thinking there is a pattern there??? |
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Lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...fMRhIdGc&feature=related
Lots of wet snow that storm.
"The rain it raineth every day, and every night also -- week in and week out, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, there is nothing but rain, rain, rain, 'The windows of heaven are opened up.' Pluvius, grieved at some earth-giving wrong, weeps as if he never would dry up." - Overland Press (Olympia, WA), December 1861 |
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arctic ice beginning to make a comeback. you can see it getting thicker near the north pole. its only a matter of time before it starts expanding south.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/CT/animate.arctic.some.0.html |
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Yes it does. The GFS computer model had A good part of CAnda below freezing in a few weeks |
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GFS = good for shit.
I trust that model as far as I can throw it.... |
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LOL. Yup. That pretty much sums up GFS.
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ok, so there have now been 3 eruptions lately in alaska...good sized ones.
i know that the troposphere is thinner up in the higher latitudes. does anyone know what the altitude of the tropopause is at the latitude of the volcanoes that r erupting? |
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