For the east coast, July of 2014 has been quite fine; lots of cool, dry northern air has made it deep into the south and while the west coast cooks and burns the east has had enough rain to keep things green and growing. The heat and humidity will build back in for the weekend and early August will feel more like August usually does by next week. The potential for tropical system #2, Bertha, stirs in the mid-Atlantic but there is not rotation yet and forecasts are not showing much hope for development.
The waxing, larger each day, crescent moon is sneaking up on Mars and then Saturn as the planets themselves dance closer and closer, well less than a degree of sky apart on the evening of the 18th. The moon will be between the two planets on the evening of August 3rd. Clouds and a chance of showers will make catching that an iffy endeavor but you won't know unless you get out and look!
It has been a fairly quiet earthquake week worldwide but central Virginia got a little reminder of our location in a fault zone with a 2.1 quake last Friday. Oklahoma continues to shake and shift as oil companies continue to blow up shale formations with their fracking, but, hey! gas prices are low!!
The volcano list is short this week with nothing but the usual crowd: 4 on Kamchatka, 3 in Guatemala and actually more on the eastern side of the Ring O Fire than the western.
Another lovely day to get out and enjoy before the reality of heat and humidity and afternoon showers return, today on Earth.
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