At least 16 people have died after torrential rains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh caused flooding and landslides.
At least seven people, including four children, were killed in a cloudburst in a village in the Solan district on Sunday, according to a New Delhi Television (NDTV) report.
Another nine died after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in Shimla city that swept away a temple in Shimla’s Summer Hill, according to the Indian Express daily.
The affected areas witnessed incessant rains for about 55 hours that wreaked havoc in several districts in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh.
Several parts of the state had received as much as 273 mm (10.75 inches) of rain in 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department said.
Rescue operations underway
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited the landslide-affected area in Shimla. He urged people to stay inside their homes and to avoid areas prone to landslides.
In a video tweeted by him, he offered condolences and said that relief workers and local administration are clearing the debris and searching for survivors trapped under it.
Police officials told Press Trust of India (PTI) that some 15 to 20 people are feared to be trapped under the rubble in Shimla city.
In Solan district, six people were rescued but three have been missing, officials said, according to NDTV.
The administration has issued orders to close schools and colleges and more than 700 roads in the region.
More rain expected in Himachal Pradesh
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued red alerts for heavy rainfall in several districts of Himachal Pradesh and another hilly Indian state Uttarakhand.
According to the meteorological department, new Western Disturbances are to be blamed for the heavy rainfall.
As per IMD’s forecast, very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places in the district of Chamba, Kangra, Hamirpur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Kullu, and Sirmaur.
The state experiences disaster every monsoon season. This year, it has reported a loss of 257 lives and damage to property amounting to billions of dollars.
Experts say extreme weather has become more frequent in recent years as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers in the Himalayan state.
mfa/rt (AP, AFP, Reuters)


Recently, one of the most hot-debated topics is global warming and the carbon-neutral policies that a number of multinational companies have put in place to contain this phenomenon.
We discussed this with Davide Buccheri, a capital markets expert, with experience in renewable energy investments.
“Going carbon neutral is a great idea - if we really want to die very badly. Anyone with some understanding of the issue knows this really well. The problem is that most people don’t understand what global warming actually is and therefore accept and praise these companies, without paying too much attention to them.”
“In simple terms” Buccheri explains “global warming is caused by an imbalance between the energy Earth absorbs from the sun and that which it radiates back to space. As Earth doesn’t radiate sufficient energy now, temperatures go up. It’s a basic principle of physics.”
“What has happened since the start of the industrial revolution is that carbon particles in the atmosphere increased from 280 to 400 parts. The issue is that carbon is not the only thing we emit when producing energy. There are also a lot of aerosols and sulphites. These have a tendency to cool the atmosphere.”
“The difference between carbon and aerosols is that the former is very stable, whereas the latter aren’t and tend to get expelled from the atmosphere in a matter of weeks. This means that if we all went carbon neutral today, we’d still have 400 parts of carbon, but no more aerosols. The net result would be an increase in global warming - almost double the current amount.”
Davide Buccheri then concludes with a word of advice: “if you want to help the environment, you need to convince governments to invest more in renewable energy. Reducing CO2 emissions can be only useful in the short term and even detrimental in the long run. That is, unless some proper policies to reabsorb carbon from the atmosphere are put in place.


How to achieve clean INDOOR AIR when outdoor air is so polluted (...and we are NOT talking about air purifiers!). This is a BIG question for most urban earthlings across the globe.
While most of us know about outdoor air pollution, not many are aware that it's the quality of 'Indoor air' that really matters to most since on an average an urban earthling spends 90% of life in enclosed environments.
While indoor air quality is related to outdoor air yet there are MANY more aspects of indoor air that impact HUMAN HEALTH and COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE - more than particulate matter ( P.M 2.5)
Sharing a recently presented a paper on this topic at the International Conference for Innovative technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development ( ITCSD2020).
Sharing the paper link herewith ...


A 70-year-old man sitting in his truck as strong winds blew through Talledega County, Alabama, was killed Friday when a tree fell onto the vehicle. Since this time, it has grown dramatically due to the construction of U.S. Route 75, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and the development of nearby Dallas and Plano. , Allen High School offers advanced academic coursework through AP and IB courses. Four minutes later, at 5:35 a.m., another Tornado Warning was issued for Huckabay. The storms brought 60 mph wind gusts to northeastern Tarrant County moving toward Southlake. A 43-year-old man in Lauderdale County and a man in Huntsville also were killed by falling trees Friday, local authorities said. AP course enrollment is 53%.. Jeff Leach is the state representative for District 67 and Candy Noble is the state representative for District 89. The preferred version suggested by an audio engineer at George Blood, L.P. is the equalized version recorded with the 3.3 mil truncated conical stylus, and has been copied to have the more friendly filename. A tornado was spotted in North Texas on the Johnson/Hill County line at Highway 171 and County Road 1105 about 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 3, 2021. It is also roughly 30 miles northeast of Dallas Love Field Airport. In Texas, winds brought down trees, ripped the roof off a grocery store in Little Elm, north of Dallas, and overturned four 18-wheelers along. The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for parts of eastern Palo Pinto County and western Parker County until 7:30 a.m. and for parts of Wise and Denton counties until 7:45 a.m . The city of Allen possesses one sole library located in Downtown Allen: Allen Public Library. The storm system was turning toward New England, where a mix of snow, sleet and rain was expected to start Friday night and last into Saturday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm warning. An EF-1 with max winds of 90 mph was confirmed near Wolfe City in northern Hunt County. Sirens will sound for three minutes initially, and then intermittently throughout the warning period as needed. AUSTIN, Texas Multiple tornadoes were confirmed in Central Texas as severe weather rolled through the area Monday evening, including Round Rock and Elgin. In North Richland Hills, the NWS said an EF-1 tornado with max winds of 90 mph left a track 1.5 miles long. An attention tone may be issued to draw attention to the warning system before a public address announcement is made. In 2019, 96% of adults living in Allen had at least high school degree and 55% had at least a bachelor's degree.. Though the sirens are placed strategically throughout the city, they are designed to warn people who are outdoors. 9:40 PM on Mar 1, 2023 CST. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. Assembled inside our master bedroom, (in the air conditioning!) web pages NO WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES IN EFFECT AT 6:39AM, LIVE: 1.5 million without power amid severe storms, wintry weather, At least 10 dead following multistate severe weather outbreak, Cold storm will bring more heavy snow to California, Final full moon of winter rises Tuesday night, 5 things to know about the spring weather forecast in the US, Astronomy news: SpaceX rocket blazes through Florida night sky, New crew blasts off to International Space Station, 7 injured when Lufthansa flight experiences 'significant turbulence'. Massive winter storm to unload heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast. , Appointments to City of Allen boards, commissions, and committees are typically two-year staggered terms, though some are three-year appointments.. Emergency: 911Non-Emergency Dispatch: 214.509.4321Main Phone: 214.509.4400EmailFax: 214.509.4410, Home | Accessibility | Privacy & Terms | Employee Self Service | Employee Portal. In 2019, 96% of adults living in Allen had at least high school degree and 55% had at least a bachelor's degree. I opened the front door to look out and saw it coming. Reports from trained weather-spotters or public safety officers. The weather service said some areas could see blizzard conditions with snowfall approaching 3 inches (8 centimeters) per hour. A tenth tornado touched down on the west side of Allen during Sunday's outbreak, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday. Additional tornado damage was observed on Larkin Lane in Rowlett, elsewhere in the Pleasant Valley area of Sachse, and on Elm Grove Lane in Wylie. An EF-0 was confirmed in Cooke County near Callisburg. People who are inside may not hear them, as air conditioning, thunder, wind, rain and other conditions can . jakej The storm barreled Friday afternoon into the Detroit area, quickly covering streets and roads beneath a layer of snow. She recently moved back to D-FW, which she calls home. Allen also boasts the Allen Community Ice Rink, Ford Pool, The Courses at Watters Creek, and Allen Senior Recreation Center. See the details and snow map. I have been slow getting you photos of my Defender shelter/safe room self-install. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport closed Friday evening because of rapidly deteriorating weather conditions. In Grapevine, two EF-1 tornado tracks were confirmed -- a longer track through most of Grapevine with 110 mph winds and a separate short track over Grapevine Mills Mall with 100 mph winds. The tornado was. Risk Level: Very High Yearly Avg. Heavy rain was also reported in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, causing flooding in both states.  The railroad allowed sale of crops across the country before they rotted, causing a shift from the previous cattle-based agriculture. At 7:21 a.m., a Tornado Warning was issued for Slidell in Wise County and at 7:32 a.m. a Tornado Warning was issued in Cooke and Grayson counties including Gainesville, Preston and Sherwood Shores. Brandi is a freelancer covering all things Frisco and Allen. The City of Allen has informed its residents that a tornado watch has been issued for the area until 10 p.m. tonight. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. If a storm is approaching, go indoors or take shelter in a hard-topped vehicle. All rights reserved, 3 Children Killed, 2 Wounded in Ellis County Home; 1 in Custody: Sheriff, Actor Tom Sizemore, of Saving Private Ryan,' Dies at 61. Emergency: 911Non-Emergency Dispatch: 214.509.4321Main Phone: 214.509.4400EmailFax: 214.509.4410, Home | Accessibility | Privacy & Terms | Employee Self Service | Employee Portal, When a severe thunderstorm warning is issued, take shelter indoors immediately. The Allen area was previously home to the Caddo, Comanche, and other indigenous peoples. The sirens can be used to make public address announcements with or without any combination of sounds or tones. These shopping complexes attract many visitors to Allen, Texas on a daily basis. A tornado watch issued for Allen has expired early. Allen ISD serves almost all of Allen. Theres a chance of coastal flooding in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and the storm could bring as much as 18 inches (45 centimeters) of snow to parts of New Hampshire and Maine. In 2008, an EF-1 tornado touched down in Allen, damaging approximately 50 homes. In the fall of 2006, new 9th grade high school students in the Lovejoy ISD boundaries began attending the newly opened Lovejoy High School. The celebration boasts a large assortment of food trucks/stalls, sports drills, music concerts, a car show, bounce houses, and a large fireworks display - regarded as one of the largest in Texas. A large storm system spouting heavy winds and possible tornados in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky damaged homes and buildings, downed trees, left thousands without power and was blamed for the deaths of two people Friday as it marched eastward, threatening heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast. LIVE #Texas Weather Coverage: Severe Thunderstorm and #Tornado Warnings are kicking off in North/Central Texas. Though the sirens are placed strategically throughout the city, they are designed to warn people who are outdoors. Allen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb of Dallas. It got really crazy.. From snow to 100-degree heat, we've got you covered. In southwest Arkansas, Betty Andrews told KSLA-TV that she and her husband took shelter in the bathroom of their mobile home while a tornado moved through. The information is available for public use, free of charge, on the, Emergency app from the American Red Cross, KnoWhat2Do: Tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail, Tornado warnings from the National Weather Service naming Allen in the path, Television news, AM-FM radio or an online news source.  Among the more recent developments is the Shaddock Park neighborhood. In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.9% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 40.7% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 2.8% who were 65 years of age or older. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with Turnover: 400.0, Rolloff: -12.0. The roof of an apartment building in the suburb of Hurst was blown away, resident Michael Roberts told KDFW-TV.  The town was established by the Houston and Texas Central Railway and named in 1872 for Ebenezer Allen, a state politician and railroad promoter. An EF-2 tornado brought winds up to 125 mph along a track from Blue Ridge in Collin County to Leonard in Fannin County. Redirecting 1% sales tax for DART membership would require scrapping funding for the Allen Economic Development Corporation and the Allen Community Development Corporation.. The sirens will sound a steady tone for three (3) minutes. At 8:11 a.m. Tornado Warnings were issued in Fort Worth, Arlington and North Richland Hills. As the storm moved northeast toward Collin. Tornado Safe Room Storm Shelters that are 100% FEMA Compliant, EF-5 Rated, and NSSA verified. Severe storms began pushing into the Metroplex at about 7:30 a.m., with the first Tornado Warning in Tarrant County being issued at 7:35 a.m. for Keller, Saginaw and Azle. Eagle Stadium opened on August 31, 2012, at a cost of $60 million and seats 18,000 people. It was originally in place until 10 p.m. Thursday. The most recent local tornado disaster occurred December 26, 2015, in Rowlett and . The median home value was $251,405. Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 revolutions per minute. 59,620 of the population is currently registered to vote.. All of the tornadoes were spawned from the same parent storm but all lifted and reformed causing discontinuous damage. Contents 1 History Video reports later showed a tornado crossing Texas 114 near Texas 26. People who are inside may not hear them, as air conditioning, thunder, wind, rain and other conditions can drown out the sound. Allen operates 26 outdoor warning sirens that sound during severe weather events, including large hail, heavy winds and tornado warnings. Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana on Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights into and out of the Dallas-area. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Allen, like the rest of Collin County, was solidly Republican throughout the early 2000s, but it has shifted significantly towards the Democratic Party in recent elections, culminating in Democrat Joe Biden's narrow victory in the city in 2020. 10 a.m.: Meteorologist Donald Jones has confirmed that a potentially large and dangerous tornado is moving through northern Orange County and into Western Calcasieu Parish.  In 2019, an EF-0 tornado touched down in west Allen.. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. All modes of severe weather are possible including large hail, gusty wind and tornadoes. The median age was 35.8 years. Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana as a powerful storm system that dumped heavy snow in California moved eastward Thursday, knocking out power to more than 150,000 customers and. Now, the event draws in around 100,000 people annually and is considered to be the largest event in Allen. The third, an EF1, touched down in nearby Marion Sansom Park and caused damage to trees. If you hear a siren, you should take shelter immediately. NWS survey crews found EF-1 tornado damage on Hickox Road (Rowlett) near the President George Bush Turnpike and on Eastview Drive (Sachse). Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. Those indoors may not hear, depending on insulation or TV volume.  On February 22, 1878, a gang led by Sam Bass committed in Allen what is said to be Texas's first train robbery.. The first Tornado Warning of the day was issued in Jacksboro and Vinyard at 5:09 a.m. as severe thunderstorms moved northeast across North Texas Tuesday morning. At 8:48 a.m. a Tornado Warning was issued for Tarrant and Denton counties that included Grapevine, Flower Mound and Lewisville. Three people were killed by falling trees in Alabama as severe weather swept through the state. The first, an EF-0, touched down near the air traffic control tower at 8:10 a.m. A minute later another EF-0 touched down near an aircraft hanger and continued toward the food court. Siren testingThe City of Allen tests outdoor warning sirens at noon on the first Wednesday of every month. Allen is bisected by U.S. Highway 75 and bordered to the west by Texas State Highway 121. Initial damage near I-35E and Walnut Hill. Allen Texas tornado siren test WITH AdamSiren Adventures #4 (5-5-21) EAA 238 subscribers Subscribe 33K views 1 year ago Here is my 4th video of the Allen tornado sirens. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. This originally occurred on March 2, 2023 at 6:18PM. Elsewhere in the Midwest, Minnesota and Wisconsin expected areas of freezing fog with less than a quarter mile of visibility into the weekend, the weather service said. It wasnt the same story in California, where the weather system slammed the state earlier in the week with as much as 10 feet (3 meters) of snow. At 5:31 a.m., a Tornado Warning was issued in Palo Pinto County for Mineral Wells and Cool as the storms pushed east. The city also has a 79,000-square-foot convention center (Watters Creek Convention Center) owned and operated by Marriott Hotels. If Allen is experiencing severe weather on a regularly-scheduled date for siren testing, please assume the siren is weather-related and seek shelter immediately. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. Allen, TX - Our prize winning tornado shelters give safety and security from life-threatening storms and tornadoes with above ground and underground tornado shelter alternatives in Allen. (Ethan Rogers) From 1880 through June 19, the three counties are neck and neck in their tornado counts: Johnson . 2011. Of the confirmed tornadoes, six occurred across Tarrant County in areas around Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, North Richland Hills and in Grapevine where five people were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening. At the beginning of the video I start talking about AdamSiren Adventures and start saying what location of the siren I am at in the beginning of the video, but if you dont want to listen to the talking at the beginning of the video and just get to the moment when the sirens start sounding, you can skip to 1:43 in the video so you can just go ahead and listen to the sirens sound. Additional damage found near Audelia and Buckingham roads in Richardson. Don't wait until storms arrive to prepare for severe weather! , A multi-purpose arena, the 7,500-seat Credit Union of Texas Event Center, was completed in November 2009. If you live in North Texas long enough, you will come to know someone who has been devastated by a tornado. There were a total of 12 confirmed tornadoes, including one violent tornado that was rated an EF-4 with estimated winds to 180mph that devastated the communities of Garland and Rowlett as it crossed Interstate 30.


The year's No. 11 typhoon "Xuanlannuo" has weakened from a super typhoon level to a strong typhoon level at 5 o'clock in the morning today (September 2), and its center is located in the south-easterly direction of Zhujiajian Island, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. On the ocean east of Taiwan, 990 kilometers away, it is 21.4 degrees north latitude and 125.4 degrees east longitude. The maximum wind force near the center is 15 (50 m/s), the lowest pressure in the center is 935 hPa, and the radius of the seventh-level wind circle is 240~280 kilometers. The tenth-level wind circle has a radius of 120 kilometers, and the twelve-level wind circle has a radius of 60 kilometers.
It is expected that "Xuan Lan Nuo" will stagnate or revolve in the ocean east of Taiwan, and its intensity will weaken; it will turn to move northward from the 3rd, and move into the East China Sea at night on the 3rd. Approaching the coast, it will turn to the northeast in the coastal waters of Zhejiang around the evening of the 4th, and tend to the coast from the southern part of the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Honshu Island.
From 08:00 on September 2 to 08:00 on September 3, there will be strong winds of magnitude 6-8 and gusts of magnitude 9-10 along the southeastern coast of my country. Among them, the winds on the ocean east of Taiwan will be of magnitude 9-12 and gusts of magnitude 11-15." The wind force on the sea near the center of Xuan Lan Nuo is 13-15, and the gust can reach 16-17. There will be moderate to heavy rain in parts of eastern Zhejiang and northern Taiwan Island, among which there will be heavy rain or heavy rain (50-110 mm) in the northern part of Taiwan Island.
Water operations in relevant waters and passing ships should return to the port to take shelter from the wind, strengthen port facilities, and prevent ships from running away from anchor, grounding and collision.
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ABC4 Chief Meteorologist Dan Pope's Pinpoint Weather
It won't be as hot as it was yesterday, but still warm with mid 90s expected even with more clouds from leftover storms. More scattered storms possible today with some dry thunderstorms and high fire danger too.
It won't be quite as hot, but numerous scattered showers and thunderstorms will fire up across the state again today.
ABC4 Weather Forecaster Alana Brophy's Pinpoint Forecast
It's still very hot today, but as temperatures go down, the humidity goes up as the rain chances also increase.
Very hot again along the Wasatch Front today before rain chances move back into the forecast by the end of the week.
Dan Pope Chief Meteorologist KTVX/KUCW-TV Pinpoint Weather
ABC4 Weather Forecaster Adam Carroll's Pinpoint Forecast
Staying hot today and tomorrow before an early onset of the monsoon flow brings chances of showers and thunderstorms to Utah.
Look for the heat to make a return to the Wasatch Front today and tomorrow before an early onset of the monsoon sets in by the middle to end of the week.


Crepuscular Rays are streaks of sunbeams radiating through clouds in the sky. They are just beautiful. The name crepuscular means "resembling twilight". Crepuscular Rays are usually observed at sunrise and sunset, when the light is dimmer.
Crepuscular rays appear to beam outward from the sun, like spokes on a wheel, and are formed by haze or dust particles that scatter the sunlight. Mountains or clouds are usually responsible for the shadows that separate the rays. The light rays are actually parallel, but appear to converge to the sun because of perspective, the same effect that makes parallel railroad tracks appear to meet in the distance.
This spectacular example of Crepuscular Rays was taken on July 30 2005 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, by Keith Edwards from the University of Dundee in Scotland.
Photo Credit : Keith Edwards 2005


Skywarn (formed in the early 1970s) is the National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. Skywarn volunteers support their local community and government by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather reports. These reports, when integrated with modern NWS technology, are used to inform communities of approaching severe weather. The focus of Skywarn (and of the NWS) is simple...to save lives and property.
More specifically, our Arkansas Skywarn organization operates under a memorandum of understanding with the NWS, the Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net (CAREN), and the Arkansas Weather Net, Inc. Spotters and net control operators of Arkansas Skywarn are licensed amateur radio operators. Our Skywarn nets are called up by the Severe Weather Forecaster on duty at the NWS, when severe weather approaches the area of responsibility of the North Little Rock office. This area is all of Arkansas with the exception of the NW, SW, SE, and NE corners, which are the responsibility of other adjacent NWS offices.
Arkansas Skywarn and CAREN appreciates the cooperation of Renee Fair and her staff at the NWS. Severe storm spotting and reporting with the NWS and Arkansas Skywarn has been in operation for some 28 years. We welcome any amateur radio operators who are interested in storm spotting, and encourage all Skywarn participants to take the Severe Storm Spotters' course offered by the NWS.
Skywarn Repeater Systems
The primary repeater system of the Arkansas Skywarn Weather Net is the W5DI wide coverage system. This repeater network is owned and maintained by the Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net (CAREN) Club. When the National Weather Service activates Skywarn, this repeater system is almost always linked up and placed in Skywarn mode. The Skywarn Net is indicated by a special courtesy tone, and a tail message every few minutes. These repeaters are controlled by a control operator from the Technical Committee of CAREN.
|W5DI Repeater System
|146.940(-)||Little Rock (Central Arkansas)|
|444.200(+)(114.8)||Little Rock (Central Arkansas)|
|147.315(+)(114.8)||Russell (Eastern Arkansas)|
|147.285(+)(114.8)||Clarksville (Western Arkansas)|
|147.270(+)(114.8)||Bismark (Western Arkansas)|
|145.370(-)(114.8)||Clinton (North Central)|
Arkansas Skywarn Officers
Danny Straessle - KE5WLR - (501) 228-4068
Our Personnel Coordinator has the task
of contacting and filling net control positions in the moment of crisis.
Skywarn Net Controls
Our net control operators are required to attend the NWS Severe Storm Spotters' Certification Course before they are eligible to lead our nets. Along with spotter certification, they are trained regularly at the NWS in areas including traffic handling, net etiquette , repeater controls, NWS equipment familiarization, and acquaintance with NWS personnel. If you would like to become a net control, please contact one of the Skywarn Officers.
The National Weather Service has a specific list of reportable events which they request from spotters. Please note that rainfall amounts and wind speeds are no longer reportable criteria. It is important that reports are timely and accurate. Our reports are used to verify radar images, and to facilitate the forecasters in issuing warnings for counties in Arkansas. The following is a list of events the NWS has requested from us:
Funnel Cloud-(with direction of travel)
Hail-(dime size or larger)
Click for Printable Report Form
Amateur Radio Skywarn training nets are held on the second Tuesday night of each month on the W5DI repeater system, at 7:00 PM. The purpose of these nets is to test the Skywarn linked repeater system, and to train net control operators at the NWS. Also, training material is presented for all audiences. Topics are related to severe weather. Please check into the nets on your nearest Skywarn repeater.
The National Weather Service provides training for those interested in becoming a severe storm spotter. With successful completion, you will be a certified severe storm spotter. They normally run about 3 hours. Click on the NWS Skywarn page, and scroll down for the training schedule.


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Solar flares are classified under one of four categories NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun Top 5 solar flares of the year 2022 (as of June 28, 2022) Solar cycle Date Region Start This was the second confirmed X-Class flare in just weeks.. The Sun of our solar system is strongly snapping with X-Class solar flares as of Wednesday, March 30th, 2022, after having launched numerous C-Class and M-Class NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of
2022. The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on May 3, 2022, peaking at 9:25 a.m. An X1.5 class solar flare flashes in the middle of the sun on May 10, 2022. Cosmic Update 10 May 2022 By Dr. Schavi M. Ali. 2 min read NASA captures the Sun's first X-class flare of 2022 After setting up a spectacular display of the Northern Lights in our skies this week, the Sun X-Class Blast! Credit: NASA/SDO. Beneath that we have a collection of live imagery which can be used to pinpoint the location of a solar flare and see if there was a coronal mass ejection. An X1.3 class solar flare flashes in center of the Sun on Mar. M-class flares 3-4 May, 2022. X-Class solar flares, on the other hand, are deemed as the most dangerous, and can lead to world-wide The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peaking at 9:55 a.m. EDT. After setting up a spectacular display of the Northern Lights in our skies this week, the Sun blasted out its first powerful X-class flare of this year. Earth braces for solar storm, potential aurora displays The sun produced an X-class flare on March 20, 2022; this data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the extreme Solar flares can cause X Class Solar Flare, Biggest Sunspots, Disaster Science | S0 News Apr.17.2022 -- Suspicious0bservers This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the M-class flares are the second-highest type behind X-class flares, which can go all the way up to X20, representing an extreme solar flare event. Researchers at the center measure the intensities of The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on March 31, 2022, peaking at 2:35 p.m. EDT. In the early hours of Sunday, April 17th, 2022, the strongest of solar flares soared from the Sunan X.1! 2022 April 30 X-Class Solar Flare solar flare X-Class Solar Flare 2 months ago Charles Rotter From spaceweather.com The sun produced another X-class solar flare today. A powerful X-class solar flare as it NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image
Region 3004 is the most notable sunspot group 1. Last but not least we have a list detailing To the top right, a bright X1.3-class flare glares against the darker background of the solar surface. Anthony Watts. Whenever I feel like Ive got my body hooked up to an electrical circuit, frazzled or irritable for no reason, computer and tech going haywire, I check in to see if the sun has just had a massive 2 min read. January saw five M-class flares. MASSIVE X-2.2 Class Solar Flare Occurred Today, 4/20/2022: US Authorities Analyzing Impact April 20, 2022 A massive X-2.2 class solar flare struck Earth earlier today, According to a blog post by An X2.2 flare (R3-Strong Radio Blackout) occurred at 11:57pm EDT on 19 April, 2022 (20/0357 UTC). NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured imagery The explosive heat of a solar flare can't make it all the way to our globe, but electromagnetic radiation and energetic particles certainly can. Solar flares can temporarily alter the upper atmosphere creating disruptions with signal transmission from, say, a GPS satellite to Earth causing it to be off by many yards. Via SpaceWeather.com. Over the last day, the mega-sunspot has let off a pair of minor, C-class solar flares while pointing straight at Earth, but Astronomer Tony Phillips reports at Spaceweather.com that NASA classifies M-Class flares as capable of causing short radio blackouts. Solar flares present a key laboratory for its study in the corona above the filament located at that inversion line. Temporarily, the associated large-scale change of the coronal field, due to the expansion of that flux, may have played an additional The space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted the super hot stream of radiation as it was belched from our star on Wednesday. ET. 30, 2022. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an It has already produced an X1-class solar The source is active sunspot AR2975 the The solar flare happened at sunspot AR2838 at 10:29 a.m. The second strongest event was an X35-class solar flare on 4 November 2003." X-class flares are big; they are major events that can trigger radio blackouts around the whole world and long-lasting radiation storms in the upper atmosphere. M-class flares are medium-sized; they generally cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earths polar regions. On this page you will find an overview of the strongest solar flares of the year 2022 together with links to more information in our archive 1 APRIL 2022. This animated gif was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X Its been so energetically intense for week and months straight in 2022, and theres only about 2 or 3 hours in-between these energy onslaughts where we get brief reprieves before Another solar temper tantrum sends a strong X-class flare Last month, NASA captured an X-class solar flare that erupted from the sun and sent energy across the galaxy, Best Buy's Fourth of July sale 2022: 15 deals on TVs, X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE AND CME (UPDATED): Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected an X1.3-class solar flare (March 30 @ 1737 UT). 30, 2022. An X1.3 class solar flare flashes in center of the Sun on Mar. The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on April 16, 2022, peaking at 11:34 p.m. EST. One This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 It arrived This view of the Sun is specially filtered by SDO to capture high-intensity solar flare activity. Three of them have fallen into the second-most powerful flare category, M-class flares. ET on July 3, according to the US Space Weather Prediction Center. Top 50 solar flares of the year 2022. Powerful X-class flare filmed in the middle of January The flare erupted from a region just beyond the southwest limb of the Sun Radio The flare was classified as an X2.2. HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) The sun emitted what NASA called a significant solar flare last week. X-Class Solar Flare The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on March 30, 2022, peaking at 1:35 p.m. EST. Region 3004 produced an M5.7 flare (R2-Moderate Radio Blackout) at 4:59 am EDT (04/0859 UTC). Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earths atmosphere, causing a shortwave radio blackout around the Atlantic Ocean. Some days have seen multiple solar flares. X-class solar flare May 10, 2022. via NOAA. At 13:55 Universal Time (UT) or 8:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on Tuesday, May 10th, an X.1-Class solar The solar flare filmed above by NOAA caught the Coronal Mass Ejection being thrown millions of kilometres into space. X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED) : A big and very active sunspot complex emerged over the sun's northeastern limb yesterday.
The Sun emitted a strong X-class solar flare on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peaking at 9:55 a.m. EDT. let loose a solar flare on Thursday, and NASA's sun-observing Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the moment. And now, a pair of freshly released GIFs technically, one is just a zoomed-in vers The source is active sunspot AR2975 Updated: Apr 4, 2022 / 01:10 PM CDT. Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected an X1.3-class solar flare (March 30 @ 1737 UT). An active sunspot region on the Sun has been going hardcore: on 31 March at 17:27 UT, AR2975 erupted in the most powerful class of flare of which our Sun is The The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on March 30, 2022, peaking at 1:35 p.m. EST. To the top right, a bright X1.3-class flare glares against the darker background of the solar surface. The current solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, officially began in December 2019, and the next solar maximum, when the sun is experiencing peak activity, is predicted to occur in July 2025. X-class flares are the strongest category measured by scientists, and higher numbers following the X represent an increase in the power NASA s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly,


1. Why do we believe the Earth has an iron core?
A Samples from deep holes are iron rich.
BX-ray cameras show a dark, impenetrable mass at the planet's center.
C The properties of seismic waves match those expected of a region of iron.
DAstronomers have seen asteroid impacts sinking into the deep interior.
EVolcanoes erupt nearly pure iron.Astronomers have seen asteroid impacts sinking into the deep interior.
2. What might explain how the core formed?
AAsteroids hitting and penetrating.
BIron sinking to the core as the bulk of the Earth melted.
CThe magnetic field pulling it inward.
DEarthquakes shake the planet and the iron gradually "sifts" downward.
EThe silicon of the crust decays into iron at high temperatures.
3. Why is the core hot?
AFrom the steady decay of radioactive atoms in the rock.
BFrom heat left over from the planet's birth.
CFrom sunlight leaking into the interior over millions of years.
DAll of the above
EOnly A and B
4. What causes auroras?
ASunlight reflected off meteor dust high in the atmosphere.
B Micro-meteorites burning up as they sweep along the Earth's magnetic field.
C Particles from the Sun colliding with and exciting atoms in our upper atmosphere.
D Fluorescence by upper atmospheric hydrogen atoms.
E Waves in the magnetic field creating an upper atmospheric laser-like effect.
5. What causes the greenhouse effect ?
A Water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb visible sunlight and warms the atmosphere.
BOzone absorbs solar ultraviolet radiation and warms the atmosphere.
C Oxygen and nitrogen scatter sunlight which heats the atmosphere by its frictional passage.
D Water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb infrared radiation from the ground and reradiate the heat toward the surface.
E Flurocarbons absorb infrared radiation from the Sun and heat the surface.


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The North Texas Clean Air Coalition is a non-profit organization in the D/FW area that is dedicated to “encouraging voluntary efforts to improve air quality in North Texas through educating, engaging and recognizing the business community.” The Clean Air Coalition embraces the philosphy that businesses can earn a profit while reducing negative environmental impacts. The coalition’s beginnings were in response to local air quality challenges, especially ozone pollution.
In 1993, a number of local government entitites recognized the potential dangers and economic consequences the region could face if it failed to achieve clean air compliance. The North Texas Commission, the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments founded the North Texas Clean Air Coalition. Shortly after that, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority joined as members. Other leading business, transportation authorities, city and county entities have joined the effort since and all remain the regional leaders today. To date, the Clean Air Coalition has educated, engaged, or recognized the thousands of companies within the nine-county service area.
The NTCAC sponsors various events throughout the year designed to promote clean air initiatives for local businesses and municipalities. In addition, they recognize businesses that are implmenting practices that improve air quality through their Working For Clean Air awards.
For more information, visit their website at: www.workingforcleanair.org


In an article published by DW Akademie, a worrying prediction for the effect of NOx diesel emissions on public health has been made in light of the VW emissions scandal.
In 2015, a study found that illegal nitrogen oxide emissions were: “…linked to 38,000 premature deaths…” This figure was taken from a total of 107,600 NOx emission related deaths around the world.
From this figure, over 30% of NOx related deaths came from the EU, a large number with almost a quarter of these due to illegal levels of emitted NOx gases from diesel engine cars and vans – making this the highest of all regions globally.
Now, this data has been used to predict that, by 2040, the number of people dying: “…due to diesel nitrogen oxide could grow to more than 180,000.”
The data shows that: “The EU has the biggest problem with illegal and unregulated diesel NOx emissions”.
In a separate article published in the Guardian UK, a scientific study has revealed that the extent of the damage caused by the VW emissions scandal diesel vehicles fitted with the defeat device could be around 250K-1 Million tonnes of NOx released into the atmosphere every year when ‘judged against the 2016 model emissions standards’.
Under such comparisons, the ‘dieselgate’ vehicle emissions could: “… equate to all of the UK’s NOx emissions from all power stations, vehicles, industry and agriculture”.
The article goes on to explore what the wide-ranging implications on human health are: “[t]he fumes can cause inflammation of the airways and worsen breathing for anyone.” In addition, it warns that: “…NOx emissions can also react with other compounds to cause more serious respiratory conditions and aggravate heart problems. Long-term exposure to the pollution hastens death: research [has] linked high levels of NOx to 9,500 premature deaths annually in London alone.”
NOx emissions can also react to form other pollutants like ozone. This gas, while a benefit for life on the planet when it exists high up in the atmosphere, causes permanent lung tissue scarring when inhaled at ground level. According to the European Environmental Agency and the US Environmental Protection Agency, even when in its pure form, NOx can contribute to “acid rain and suffocating smog”.
The scientific community is only beginning to uncover the range of effects that NOx emissions are having on the environment. In 2013, neuroscientists at Southampton University discovered that NOx gases were responsible for blocking the receptors in honeybees. As these insects are vital to the pollination of crops, an industry worth an estimated 430 million pounds in the UK alone — the effect of NOx to prevent bees from recognising the required flora to produce honey as well as performing the role of powerful crop yield catalysts could have a dramatic outcome in other sectors of industry as well as the environment.


This coming Monday morning there is a solar eclipse, it isn’t a total eclipse of the sun, the last of those visible from the UK was in 1999, this is a partial eclipse. It starts 08:49, the point of maximum eclipse is a 10:01 and the moon leaves the solar disk at 11:18.
If you are lucky enough to be in the correct parts of Spain or North East Africa, then you’ll see around 95% of the sun vanish, those of us in the UK will have to be content with less. Here in London the best we’ll get is around 57%. Sky and telescope magazine has a useful chart showing just what you can expect to see depending on your location at the time of maximum eclipse.
If you do intend to watch the ellipse, weather permitting, please do not look at the sun either directly or though smoked glass or the like. There is very real risk of eye damage. Good information on suitable and unsuitable filters for viewing an eclipse are given by NASA.
Eclipses occur because of an interesting coincidence in astronomy, the Moon and Sun have very nearly the same apparent diameter as viewed from the Earth. This allows the moon to cover or partially cover the solar disk leaving the earth in shadow.
The orbit of the moon around the earth is elliptical, not exactly circular. Thus sometimes the moon is closer to the earth (perigee) and sometimes further from the earth (apogee) (note this isn’t the reason the moon sometimes looks large in the sky). So an eclipse occurring when the moon is at apogee occurs with the moon smaller than the sun as viewed from earth. This leads to a bright ring (annulus) of uncovered sun at the moment of maximum eclipse visible to viewers in the area of the antumbra shadow.
A total eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon is a perigee and hence appears larger in the sky. The moon’s apparent diameter is then large enough to cover the whole of the solar disk. Any viewers in the umbra part of the moon’s shadow will experience a total eclipse of the sun, while those in the in the penumbra part will see a partial eclipse of the sun.
The next total solar eclipse visible from the UK is in 2061, so book your holiday in Cornwall now….


Climate change. It’s a term repeatedly used in this day and age with the general consensus being it’s an issue that we must face together. However it’s understood by many that not enough is being done to prevent and stop it from happening. It has gotten to a point were if we don’t act now we may regret it for the rest of our lives.
What is climate change?
Firstly it’s important to note that the term ‘climate’ is misunderstood, usually being mixed with the word ‘weather’. Climate differs from weather in that climates are measured over a much longer period of time; whereas weather can simply be measured day by day or year by year. Different areas and regions have different climates and climate measures more than just temperature. In fact climate is a measure of: seasonal temperatures, rainfall averages and wind patterns.
Now the question arises. What is climate change exactly? Put simply, climate change refers to the alterations of the average weather in a place over many years. Generally climate change causes extreme weather, meaning that it may cause weather to be unpredictable. We have noticed that climate change causes a higher frequency of natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, wind storms and heavy rainfall. In effect it has also made it harder to grow crops in areas which rely on farming, as rainfall is unexpected and can’t be predicted. 1
Effect of climate change in polar environments
Warming global temperatures caused by climate change have meant ice sheets and glaciers are melting at an accelerated pace, causing sea levels to rise in different parts of the planet. Alongside the expansion of water due to a rise in global temperatures, an excess of water levels has begun to damage coastlines of a variety of islands and countries, due to increased flooding and erosion.
What causes climate change?
Currently, it is believed that human activity is the largest cause of climate change. This is for example by burning fossil fuels (such as oil and coal). Burning such fuels causes the release of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. These gases end up staying in the earth’s atmosphere as they trap the sun’s rays. This rises the average temperature of the earth, also known as global warming.
Where does it all come from?
Did you know that 40% of US carbon dioxide emissions stem from electricity production, and 93% of this electricity production stem from burning coal? According to the EPA coal-fired power plants, municipal and medical waste incineration account for two-thirds of U.S. mercury emissions.2
EPA reports state that 33% of the US emissions come from the transportation of people and goods. 2
Farming on an industrial level and ranching releases a large amount of methane and CO2 into the atmosphere. Farming actually is a contribution to 40% of worldwide methane emissions and 20% of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. 2
Fertilisers for crops tend to be nitrogen rich. When used in plants these can become nitrogen oxides, which can trap heat up to 300 times more than carbon dioxide. 62% of nitrous oxides come from agricultural by-products. 2
Deforestation is the process of cutting down trees in order to build things, make paper and for fuel usage. This causes an increase of carbon dioxide emissions by:
- Releasing carbon dioxide during the deforestation process
- Decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide trees can take from the atmosphere as a part of their living process. 2
Garbage remains release methane and nitrous oxide gases, especially when decomposing. Approximately 18% of methane gas in our atmosphere comes from the disposal and treatment processes of waste. 2
Volcanoes expel large amounts of carbon dioxide whenever an eruption occurs. Volcanoes have an overall small effect on global warming, and contrary to a popular belief, an eruption causes short term global cooling as the ash released tends to reflect a lot of solar energy. 2
Climate change is natural – it was meant to happen, slowly, over hundreds of thousands of years. However these factors have caused an acceleration of climate change, at a much faster rate. Global warming is something that is slowly being taken seriously, as more and more people are realising what will happen in the future if we don’t take action now. Countries are putting many acts and plans into action: in the UK, for example, will no longer use coal to generate electricity from October 2024. They have also put into place clean air zones in many major cities, to promote more environmentally-friendly cars and promote people to use other means of transport which cause less damage to the environment. It is about time that we act together to prevent climate change from accelerating further, to save the planet we live in.
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Jan. 12 – Air pollution kills about 1,600 people in Ulaanbaatar every year, and is the cause of an additional 8,500 hospital admissions for lung and heart diseases, according to a joint study undertaken by the World Bank and the Mongolian Ministry of Nature.
According to the study, the concentration of dust particles in the air is 35 times the standard recommended by the World Health Organization (WTO). According to the new report released by the WTO in September 2011, Ulaanbaatar is the second most polluted city in the world and it is also the world’s coldest capital city.
Pollution concentrations are particularly high in the cold winter months in the ger (Mongolian traditional felted tents), where two-third of the population of modern Ulaanbaatar lives and where inhabitants rely on stoves to heat their homes. For about eight months of the year, heating is essential for the survival of residents. In these areas, which are mainly located upwind of the city, the only sources of heat are poor quality stoves or individual household boilers fueled by coal, wood and in some cases rubbish—varying from black tar dipped bricks to old car tires.
The study shows that pollution levels in some locations of Ulaanbaatar are so high that the study team is not aware of similar high monitored particulate matter (PM) values in any other city in the world. In order to bring concentrations in line with Mongolia’s air quality standards, emissions have to be reduced by more than 90 percent.
The most critical factors contributing to the high PM concentrations comes from the gers’ stoves followed by windblown dust (dust originates from the ger heating appliances, the desert, the dry ground conditions, and the ash ponds emanating from the power plants), combustion residues, road dust and the congested road traffic (it’s too cold to walk and many cars are of a substandard quality), the dry ground condition and industry.
A total of 13 flights were delayed or canceled last December due to heavy air pollution in Mongolia’s smog-filled capital, a 160 percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to statistics provided by Air China, whose flights were disrupted for six days in December.
Ulaanbaatar and its airport are located in a basin surrounded by mountains, so the smoke is blocked by the mountains and cannot dissipate. Wind is also very rare during winter time, which worsens air pollution.
In recent years, more and more people from rural areas have rushed into the capital seeking better lives, making the city increasingly crowded. According to experts’ estimations, Ulaanbaatar’s population increased from around 350,000 inhabitants in 1991 to around 1.2 million in 2011, and unfortunately the city’s infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the growth.


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NAMRIA hosted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) launching of the real-time Air Quality Monitoring System (AQMS) with European Union (EU) support at the NAMRIA Lecture Hall last 01 June 2017. The real-time Air Quality Monitoring System will monitor the air quality of the Metro Manila Airshed. The project is part of the SWITCH-Asia Programme by the EU, which promotes "Sustainable Consumption and Production” (SCP) for economic prosperity and help reduce poverty in Asia. It encourages sustainable growth with low environmental impact from industries and consumers.
In his welcome remarks, DENR Assistant Secretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Rommel R. Abesamis stated that the EU has been supporting the implementation of the Philippine Clean Air Act through the EU-funded SWITCH-Asia Programme. He thanked the EU-SWITCH Asia Policy Support Component (PSC) Philippines for providing technical assistance and expertise to support the generation of the real-time data on air quality for the Metro Manila Airshed. This is accomplished by developing methodologies, real-time data transmission approaches and software, and providing real-time data from the existing quality monitoring stations of DENR in strategic areas in Metro Manila. As the project ends on 30 June 2017, he acknowledged the strong partnership and collaboration with the EU-SWITCH PSC that came to the point where it forwarded the quest of improving the air quality through improved rules and regulations.
DENR Assistant Secretary Abesamis delivers the welcome remarks
EU Ambassador Franz Jessen said that the EU is proud to support the Philippines on the implementation of the Clean Air Act. Ambassador Jessen took time to explain the current situation of air pollution; and the connection between air quality and economic progress. He stated that despite continued efforts to reduce emissions of harmful air pollutants, air pollution remains a worldwide concern. Improving air quality while keeping the climate hospitable is a complex process which requires a thorough understanding of what is causing air pollution and climate change, what can be done to tackle both, and a prioritization of measures to preserve a life-friendly atmosphere everywhere on earth. He stressed that environmental degradation including climate change can upset economic progress. This means that economic development should go hand and hand with protection of the environment, the air we breathe, and the climate in general. Environmental sustainability including a stable climate is indispensable to sustainable development particularly to the poorest members of the society.
EU Ambassador Jessen during his speech
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Present in the event were NAMRIA Administrator Peter N. Tiangco, Deputy Administrator Jose C. Cabanayan, Jr., and other NAMRIA and EU-SWITCH PSC officers and personnel. Members of different media and television stations were also present during the event.
Administrator Tiangco during the media briefing
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The chaos of winter weather is expected to make cross-country running
A large storm system that could bring several feet of snow to the West and blizzard conditions to the Northern Plains approached the West Coast Friday night, the start of a slow journey across the country that lasted all week and into next weekend, forecasters said Saturday.
The storm system moved across the North Pacific on Friday and will push into California over the weekend, forecasters at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center predicted said on Saturday. The storm will continue to bring mountain snow and rain along the coast to the west.
Wintry precipitation will extend from the Great Lakes region to the northeast on Sunday. Heavy rain and thunderstorms may reach the south.
Computer modeling has given forecasters confidence in predicting the types of risks that will occur early in the week as the storm sweeps across the central United States. Here’s what forecasters think will happen.
Extreme wintry impacts are very likely across the West this weekend.
The storm system began moving ashore Friday evening, bringing strong winds to the California coast. Heavy rain in low-lying areas may cause flooding.
In the mountains, however, this moisture began to fall as heavy snow.
“Impacts will be widespread from north to south with multiple winter weather advisories in effect,” The Weather Forecast Center said on Saturdayadding that “the heaviest snowfall is expected for the Sierra Nevada,” with several feet expected.
Forecasters predicted “extreme impacts” — the weather service’s most severe warning winter storm force scale — through the Sierra Nevada this weekend.
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In the Sierra Mountain region, snow was falling at a rate of six inches per hour as of Saturday afternoon, according to the California Department of Transportation. “Travel is difficult to impossible in daylight conditions,” the department announced on Twitter.
A portion of Interstate 80 near the Sierra Nevada was closed Saturday afternoon due to drifting snow that created “near zero visibility” on the roads, the Department of Transportation said on Twitter. After the reports of “multiple vehicle spinouts,” the department said drivers were being asked to detour and that there was no estimate of when the highway would reopen.
More than five feet of snow is expected in parts of the Sierra Nevada, write forecasters from the Center for Predictions.
As this low-pressure system moves toward the coast, it will flow into an atmospheric river—an area of moisture that flows through the sky like a river at the level of the atmosphere near where airplanes fly. The combination will allow snowfall totals to reach one to three feet across much of the higher terrain.
Forecasters believe blizzards will occur in the plains.
“We are increasingly confident that we will be dealing with a fairly significant blizzard in the Northern Plains next week,” said Greg Carbin, chief of forecast operations for the Weather Prediction Center.
The system will move out of the Rockies and begin to strengthen, increasing the chance for heavy snow and very strong winds by Wednesday across the Northern Plains. A winter blast is possible from Colorado, including Denver, and northeast across the Northern Plains. On the other side of the Dakotas, at least a foot is likely, Mr. Carbin said.
“The potential is there for some really impressive amounts,” he added, as he expects this storm system will likely slow down.
Snow in the mountains of the Central Rockies and Arizona could reach a foot by Sunday night.
Severe storms, possibly with tornadoes, are expected in parts of the south.
Strong storms, possibly capable of producing tornadoes, appear very likely to develop Tuesday in an area from east Texas through Arkansas, Louisiana and much of Mississippi, said Bill Bunting, chief of forecast operations at the Storm Prediction Center.
“Most fall and winter severe weather events tend to have several common features, including a low pressure system near or north of the affected area, a southerly flow of increasingly moist air from the Gulf of Mexico moving north ahead of the event, and a cold front, moving east towards the area,” Mr Bunting explained.
“A similar setup is expected early next week,” he said, “which gives us confidence in the potential for a focused area of severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes.”
Tornadoes are not uncommon this time of year, but they are less likely than in the spring and early summer.
“On average, we have about four days in December per year with at least one EF1” — an estimate of scale from 0 to 5 tornado damage — “or a stronger tornado,” said Harold Brooks, senior scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “There are about 100 days with an EF1 or stronger tornado during the year.”
Severe winter storms like the one forecast next week can be more dangerous than those that form during the peak severe weather season in May and June.
“Because the days are shorter,” Mr. Brooks explained, “they’re more likely to occur after dark,” he said of the storms. That “makes them more dangerous” because people in danger can’t spot them when they get close, he said.
“They are also more likely to occur in the mid-South and southeastern parts of the United States, which have a higher rural population density than the Plains and have a higher proportion of manufactured housing and poverty,” he added. “That way, the impacts can be bigger.”
Snow is expected in the northeast.
Some snow is expected Sunday for southern New England, the interior Northeast and the central Appalachians, forecasters said Saturday.
“Moderate amounts of snow between 3-4 inches are possible inland for higher elevation locations such as the Berkshires and Catskills, and 1-2 inches are possible further south in central Pennsylvania,” the forecast said.
Rain and snow are expected across inland northeastern New Jersey, the lower Hudson Valley and southern Connecticut through Sunday evening. New York could see snow on Thursday.
April Rubin and Edward Medina contributed reporting.
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The Beauty of Weather Channel Sidebar Gadget
The normal weather gadget that most people have does not have further details about weather. Of course the temperature can be seen but all you can see the temperature and nothing more. You won’t have any other idea what are the other factors that are affecting the weather condition.
Another drawback of some weather gadgets is the fact that it can only provide forecast for today. All you can see is the temperature for today and you don’t have any idea what’s going to happen tomorrow. Will it rain? Do we have to expect weather disturbance? What’s the sky’s going to look like? These are valid questions that can be answered more or less accurately if you have a weather gadget that can forecast not just for today but for the next couple of days.
One most important feature is that a weather gadget must be interactive. Meaning the user can engage with the gadget. You can like go to the configuration panel and make necessary changes in the settings or designs or even on information being provided by the gadget.
The Weather Channel Sidebar Gadget is very colorful weather gadget. The thing with this gadget is that it has totally different layout. The layout of most weather gadget is square but this one deviates from that model. The information you need are presented in such a way that they are easily grasped.
Details like the location name, current temperature and the predicted low temperature are shown. The beauty of this gadget is that it available in wide variety of colors. You can choose black, green and colors in earth tone.
The extended mode provides more details like the weather forecast for the next day. The forecast for the next day is presented with the possible high temperature during the day and the possible temperature during the night. That is the main difference of this gadget because the weather in the day and night are predicted. In the extended mode you can access the hour-by-hour forecast. You just need to click the button below. Next to it is the button for the 10-day forecast. Aside from getting the current temperature today you can access longer forecast. This feature will enable you to make out plans ahead of time based on the forecast.
Moreover, you can witness for yourself the weather in motion. Also there is a map readily available for you if you want to look for the location. It is also resizable. You can enlarge the map to change the perspective.
The Weather Channel Sidebar Gadget allows you to make some changes. You have control over physical appearance of the app because you can choose to change the skin color. Just click the downward arrow beside the search filed provided. The list of colors will show up down the line and then you just have to click the color you want. You can also set the location on your own. There is also an option for units of temperature between Fahrenheit and Celsius. This is a great gadget for your desktop.


The carbon footprint is a measure of the impact of human activity on the environment and in particular on climate change. The carbon footprint is an indirect indicator of the consumption of energy, products and services. It measures the amount of greenhouse gases that correspond to a particular activity or product. The carbon footprint can be determined at different levels - national, urban, individual, or enterprise and product level. In our case it is 1 passenger-kilometer traveled by various means of transport.
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IMD says the monsoon is expected to be below normal due to El Nino effect
Delayed by four days, the southwest monsoon set in over Kerala on Friday, marking its entry into the Indian sub-continent amid projections of below-normal monsoon this year.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General L.S. Rathore said in New Delhi that “southwest monsoon has arrived” after the weather officials studied the rain pattern in Kerala over the last two days.
Mr. Rathore said there was “sluggish march” in the onset phase.
“We have 13 stations in Kerala and one in Karnataka that have recorded more than 2.5 mm of rainfall over the past two days — one of the most important criteria to declare its arrival,” said Mr. Rathore.
Continuous rain for over 48 hours with a westerly wind-speed of 15 to 20 knots is among two critical parameters for declaring the arrival of monsoon, which is crucial for the country and its agro-based economy.
After four years of normal and above-normal monsoon, India is expected to have below-normal monsoon this year with rainfall projected to be 95 per cent, which will be disappointing for the farming community.
Officials in the weather department had said the monsoon is expected to be below normal because of El Nino effect, which is generally associated with the warming of ocean water.
Isolated rainfall occurred over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Coastal and South interior Karnataka in the last 48 hours.
The South west monsoon, which brings good rainfall to most parts of the country, is a crucial component for agriculture and also for power generation.
Kerala, which depends heavily on hydel power, has been facing severe shortfall in electricity generation, forcing the power board to impose 45-minute load-shedding for domestic consumers since last week.
An IMD bulletin in Thiruvananthapuram said rain occurred at many places in Kerala and Lakshadweep.
Vyttiri and Pookot in Wayanad district received the highest rainfall — 6 cm each — follwed by Vaikom in Kottayam district (4 cm) and Alappuzha, Ernakulam South, Kudlu (Kasaragod district), Peermade (Idukki district) and Kollam (3 cm each), it said.
Heavy rain or thundershowers would occur at most places in Kerala and Lakshadweep till June 9 morning, it said.
Fishermen have been warned of strong onshore winds from westerly direction, speed occasionally reaching 45-55 kmph, likely off the Kerala coast and over Lakshadweep area during the next 24 hours, the bulletin adds.
According to IMD, last year Kerala received 2570.3 mm rainfall during the southwest Monsoon season (June 1 to Sept 30) against the normal rainfall of 2039.6 mm, which was 26 per cent excess.


Observations will be scheduled on Tuesday-Thursday afternoons or evenings. Check back for updates, or check out our social media pages for the most recent news.
Scheduled observations are subject to weather conditions, at the directors discretion. Check the clear sky chart below to see predicted conditions. For cloud cover, transparency, and seeing, blue and dark blue mean good.
We aim to observe under these conditions:
- Ground Temperature between 20-85 degrees F (Not dark blue or bright red)
- Cloud cover <30% (Dark blue)
- Chance of rain: 0 - 30%, Humidity: 0 - 30% (Low humidity is blue, if it is red it might be raining)
- At least good seeing (Blue-Dark blue)


Meg McNamara Has Your Evening Weather ForecastMeg McNamara has your Friday night forecast.
Marty Bass Has Your Weekend ForecastIt looks like a beautiful trend of weather for the holiday weekend.
Marty Bass Friday Morning First Warning WeatherA mild weekend is ahead with temperatures in the 50s.
Tim Williams Has Your Overnight ForecastTim Williams has your Thursday overnight forecast.
Marty Bass Has Your Thanksgiving Day And Weekend ForecastMarty says we have a really nice weather pattern ahead, with sunshine and highs in the mid to high 50s.
Marty Bass Thursday Morning First Warning WeatherClear skies for Thanksgiving, but it'll be a colder day with temperatures in the 40s.
Meg McNamara Has Your Overnight Weather ForecastMeg McNamara has your Friday overnight forecast.
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Early Monday morning, February 27th, the Storm Prediction Center reported more than 100 storm reports for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
There are currently 87 reports of high winds, 13 hail storm reports, and two active tornadoes. One of the tornadoes running over Oklahoma will likely increase the number of storm forecasts.
The storms have caused several power lines to go down in Oklahoma City, leaving more than 75,000 customers across the state without power.
In Shawnee, Oklahoma, a patch of at least 5 kilometers has been observed with damage following severe weather in the area. On the other hand, tornadoes have caused multiple power outages and downed power lines, confirmed Chad Larman, director of the Pottawatomie County Department of Emergency Management.
For its part, the Norman Police Department reported that there are currently multiple roads closed to traffic, due to downed power lines and debris that go from the south to the east of Norman County, Oklahoma.
The Department is expected to release a list of impacts soon, though the first message asks its residents to avoid the area if possible.


Wildfires Are Fueling a Toxic Combo of Air Pollutants
Updated: Feb 19, 2022
SCIENTIFIC AMERICA - POLLUTION
The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone.
By Chelsea Harvey, E&E News on January 6, 2022
Smoke fills the air over homes in Oakland, California, in September 2020. Credit: Michael Short/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
Unseen dangers accompanied deadly flames in the record-breaking wildfire season that raged across the U.S. West in 2020.
In addition to the millions of acres burned by the blazes, the thousands of structures they destroyed and the dozens of people they killed, the 2020 fires brought some of the worst air quality conditions ever observed across the region.
A dangerous combination of both fine particulate matter and toxic surface-level ozone—both forms of air pollution that can be produced or worsened by wildfires—built up in the air and spread across the Western states.
Studies suggest that the population exposure to these combined pollutants was the highest observed since scientists started keeping tabs on them 20 years ago.
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The Subsurface Gas (SSG) monitoring program for SWMC was established to monitor the effectiveness of landfilling operations, particularly waste encapsulation and containment methods. This includes, but is not limited to, the clay capping and revegetation of completed landfill cells.
Landfill gas is the end product of the decomposition of biodegradable waste. Methane, a core component of landfill gas, is a highly potent greenhouse gas having between 21 and 25 times greater global warming potential effect than that of carbon dioxide. It is an odourless, flammable gas at normal atmospheric temperatures and pressures. Carbon dioxide forms the second major component of landfill gas. It is a well-known greenhouse gas, and is an odourless, non-flammable gas normally present in the atmosphere.
SWMC's Environmental Protection Licence requires monitoring of one SSG sampling location. SWMC has several SSG sampling locations which can be viewed on the Environmental Monitoring Location Map.
Subsurface gas monitoring results


Air Quality Monitoring
Current air quality data for Pend Oreille County locations are based on modeling from a stations located in the Spokane, WA area. To provide a more local air quality monitoring option, the Pend Oreille Conservation District has purchased and installed a Purple Air Quality monitoring unit in downtown Newport, WA. Readings from this unit are produced live and available to the public on the purple air map - linked HERE.
In addition to providing the Newport, WA area with a local reading, we hope to expand on this network of air quality monitoring units county-wide by partnering with private, non-profit, tribal and government entities to install more monitoring units, in more places throughout our landscape. To learn more or even host a unit, review this program page and reach out to our natural resource staff.
Current Sponsored Monitoring Stations List
Newport, WA - Pend Oreille Conservation District
Cusick, WA - Kalispel Tribe Natural Resource Dept.
Metaline, WA - Town of Metaline


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Today is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high of 88 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 76 degrees Fahrenheit. There is a 20% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. The humidity will be high, so it will feel muggy outside.
The wind will be blowing from the south at 10-15 miles per hour. The visibility will be good.
If you are planning on being outdoors today, be sure to drink plenty of fluids and wear sunscreen.
Here are some specific things to keep in mind for today:
If you are going to be spending time outdoors in the afternoon, be sure to be aware of the thunderstorms and take shelter if necessary.
The humidity will be high, so it is important to stay hydrated and avoid strenuous activity during the hottest part of the day.
The wind will be blowing from the south, so if you are sensitive to pollen, be sure to take precautions.
That's all for the weather forecast today. Thank you for listening to the Weather in Austin and please make sure you subscribe to never miss a beat.


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This is crazy, hazy and stinky day!
NewsChannel 19 Tennessee Valley Forecast
The air quality will be greatly affected by the smoke from the Georgia wildfires. If you have a breathing problem, it will be best to stay indoors today. The haze will also reduce our visibility to around four miles. Expect temperatures to climb to around 87 this afternoon. The next several days will by dry. By the weekend, the weather pattern will change allowing scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms to develop.


The United Nations announced yesterday that it had taken a significant step towards trying to fill a key gap in the fight against climate change: standardised, real-time tracking of greenhouse gases.
The UN's World Meteorological Organization has come up with a new Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure that aims to provide better ways of measuring planet-warming pollution and help inform policy choices.
The WMO's new platform will integrate space-based and surface-based observing systems, and seek to clarify uncertainties about where greenhouse gas emissions end up.
It should result in much faster and sharper data on how the planet's atmosphere is changing.
"We know from our measurements that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record high," WMO chief Petteri Taalas said.
The three major greenhouses gases are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Of those, CO2 accounts for around 66 percent of the warming effect on the climate.
"The increase in CO2 levels from 2020 to 2021 was higher than the average growth rate over the past decade, and methane saw the biggest year-on-year jump," Taalas said.
The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree to cap global warming at "well below" two degrees Celsius above levels measured between 1850 and 1900 -- and 1.5C if possible. WMO said there needed to be stronger underpinnings of climate change mitigation actions taken under the agreement.


Description: This app lesson will develop middle school students’ understanding of graphing data and regional weather patterns.
Instructional Objective: Students will apply math concepts with real-world data, graphing weather information for a particular region.
Step 1: Students will pick an area of the world they know nothing about using Google Earth.
Step 2: Next, students will investigate this area’s weather patterns –precipitation, temperature, wind, etc.—using the Weather Channel app.
Step 3: Then, students will chart this data over a month using the Vizable app.
Step 4: Finally, students will write a report including what they thought the annual temperatures, rainfall, etc. were going to be before investigating the region, and what their data concluded using the Word app. Students will include graphs from their Vizable data.


Winter Storm Warning for major southeast Michigan cities17 February 2022 ❤ 1
The winter storm warningissued early this morning has been upgraded for some areas, meaning the likelihood of heavy snow is increasing.
Winter storm warning criteria at this time of mid-winter is six inches or more of snow is likely, or slightly lesser snow and some freezing rain ice accumulation. The winter storm warning area could have either of those weather situations. Right now one-tenth to two-tenths of an inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain is possible in the heavy snow area. If the ice accumulation does occur, it will be at the expense of a couple of inches of snow.
Either way the weather goes, there are going to bedangerous driving conditions eventually on Thursday.
As noted on the snow and freezing rain forecast, the main period of heavy winter precipitation is slower than yesterdays thought. The winter storm warning now goes into effect at 3 p.m. Thursday, showing the expected later timing of the most significant snow. The winter storm warning now also expires a little later at 3 a.m. Friday.
The winter storm warning is in effect from the southwest Michigan border counties to Battle Creek, Jackson, Hillsdale, Coldwater, Adrian, Ann Arbor, the entire Detroit area, Oakland County and St. Clair County.
The official snow forecast from the National Weather Service is four to eight inches of snow in the winter storm warning area. The warning area also can expect one-tenth to two-tenths of an inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain and sleet. A few of the best computer chartsshow six to seven inches of snow will be common. An isolated nine inch amount is also likely.


Atmospheric and volume rendering improvements
Recently the Indigo users Yonosoy and CTZn have been pushing the limits of Indigo in terms of procedural terrains and clouds, all rendered with Indigo's powerful and accurate atmospheric simulation.
(See the forum threads here: http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12050&start=30 and here: http://www.indigorenderer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=125277#p125277)
Something I find remarkable is that the scene file that produces the image above is just 17KB, and contains only about 40 lines of Indigo Shader Language code. Yet a very lifelike and complex image is produced.
Their work has inspired me to improve Indigo's support for volumetrics and atmosphere rendering even more.
As a result Indigo's next version will be able to render extremely complex volumes faster and more accurately than before.
As an example, this image is a test of something called pyroclastic noise, which can be used for rendering volcanoes, explosions, and cumulus clouds among other things:
This pyroclastic noise should be useful for rendering clouds. These were rendered with another technique:
Indigo renders such images in a completely unbiased way, with multiple scattering etc..
I've improved the accuracy of the atmospheric simulation in Indigo by adding ozone absorption, which lends a nice blue colour to the sky around dawn and dusk. In this render the sun is directly behind the camera. You can actually see the shadow of the earth (the dark band above the horizon). The ozone in the atmosphere preferentially absorbs the longer wavelength visible light, giving the higher elevation sky the bluish colour.
Note that all the colours in the images above come directly from the laws of physics, and from the measured scattering and absorption profiles of atmospheric gases and particles. None of them were 'put in by hand'.
These improvements will make their way into a new Indigo beta soon, I'm looking forward to what the talented Indigo users can do with them.


Air Quality Index (AQI) Basics
The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air. EPA calculates the AQI for five major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particle pollution (also known as particulate matter), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. For each of these pollutants, EPA has established national air quality standards to protect public health .Ground-level ozone and airborne particles are the two pollutants that pose the greatest threat to human health in this country.
Think of the AQI as a yardstick that runs from 0 to 500. The higher the AQI value, the greater the level of air pollution and the greater the health concern. For example, an AQI value of 50 represents good air quality with little potential to affect public health, while an AQI value over 300 represents hazardous air quality.
An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality standard for the pollutant, which is the level EPA has set to protect public health. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy-at first for certain sensitive groups of people, then for everyone as AQI values get higher.
The purpose of the AQI is to help you understand what local air quality means to your health. To make it easier to understand, the AQI is divided into six categories.
Each category corresponds to a different level of health concern. The six levels of health concern and what they mean are:
EPA has assigned a specific color to each AQI category to make it easier for people to understand quickly whether air pollution is reaching unhealthy levels in their communities. For example, the color orange means that conditions are "unhealthy for sensitive groups," while red means that conditions may be "unhealthy for everyone," and so on.
|Air Quality Index Levels of Health Concern||Numerical
|Good||0 to 50||Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.|
|Moderate||51 to 100||Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.|
|Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups||101 to 150||Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.|
|Unhealthy||151 to 200||Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.|
|Very Unhealthy||201 to 300||Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.|
|Hazardous||301 to 500||Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.|
Note: Values above 500 are considered Beyond the AQI. Follow recommendations for the "Hazardous category." Additional information on reducing exposure to extremely high levels of particle pollution is available here.
Find information on reducing health effects of wildfire smoke from Oregon Health Authority.
Public health guidance for schools https://apps.state.or.us/Forms/Served/le8815h.pdf


a drop in the ocean.
Meteorologists in Canberra have today stated that Australia is about to face a massive dry spell, with dramatic shifts in the ocean temperatures altering future weather conditions.
The last two years has seen the nation’s wettest seasons on record, giving much needed relief from decades worth of drought, but Senior Meteorologist Tom Saunders says the country should be concerned.
“A positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) has now firmly developed off Australia’s west coast. A positive IOD refers to a pattern of colder waters off the west coast of Indonesia and warmer waters off the east coast of Africa. This reduces the amount of evaporation and moisture carried from the tropical oceans into the atmosphere over Australia, and this reduction in moisture eventually reduces rainfall through the country,” Saunders told The Herald Sun this morning.
The abnormal ocean temperatures are already being felt and are forcing weather experts to predict that the nation will hit a severe wave of dryness, come summer.
“When you combine the positive IOD with an emerging El Niño we are very confident rain will be below average over most of the country through the remainder of 2012, particularly through south-eastern states.”
Source: The Herald Sun