Saturday, April 20, 2013

Wild Storms and the Cool Side of Spring

An above average temperatures week ends with a wild band of T'storms rolling through the Old Dominion. Heavy rain, some hail, wild straight line winds and a tornado in Mecklenburg County accompany a cold front pushing the warm air out of the way and set up a lovely, sunny, but cool weekend. Temps down to 43 Saturday morning and likely only in the low 60's today with overnight lows into the 30's in some spots. Sunday and Monday will be cooler still. Just like spring should be, warm, hot, cold, repeat and shuffle.
A very shaky week on the big planet with lots of quakes above 6 and the quake list jam-packed every day this week. No shockers on the volcano list: Indonesia, Kamchatka, Hawaii, Italy and Colombia dominate the list.
The waxing gibbous moon brightens the night sky with bright Jupiter setting earlier and earlier and Saturn rising opposite it across the dome of the sky. The bright stars of the winter constellations set early with Jupiter leaving the patterns of spring, and later in the evening of summer, to take over. Young leaves here in the forest make the skies harder and harder to see, hope you have a clear look at the space around you, today on Earth.

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