A cold front, forecast to only have a slight chance of showers, much less wild storms, slid through last night, and those wild storms caused flooding in Waynesboro and snapping off trees in the west end of Richmond (but, no rain at the tirehouse) before stalling in the Carolinas. That ushered in another breath of drier, slightly cooler air and made for a nice Thursday in Va. Still warm, it is July, but a day with low humidity is always welcome. That drier air mass will linger for tomorrow before the High will shift east - keeping Hurricane Chris well offshore - and bringing the humidity back for the weekend. T'storm chances increase into next week.
Some mid 5 magnitude quakes today, another 5.3 mag. blast on Hawaii and the Big Island keeps on spewing lava, although it has dammed itself up and isn't making the ocean for the moment. Fuego is still quite rambunctious in Guatemala and Krakatoa is still belching ash in Indonesia. 14 other volcanoes are on the week's list - mostly the usual suspect all around the Ring O Fire.
Venus is still bright in the west with Jupiter high up in the south, with Saturn low in the east. Mars rises earlier and earlier as we catch up with the small, red world. The moon was New earlier today and close to Earth (perigee), so couple that with Chris and high tides should have been wild along the northeast coast today.
Hope you got out for a walk, run, ride or stroll, didn't watch the news, and had a most enjoyable day. I did a serious, deep woods wander trying to make sure loggers don't cut trees they shouldn't...will be keeping a wary, retired eye on them in the near future. But, for now, it's off to the Shenandoah Valley for the Red Wing Roots music festival; year six, under the watchful limestone towers at Natural Chimneys park. As always, get out and see your planet, Today On Earth.
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