Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Hot & Humid, Then Cool & Wet

Today on this part of Earth is shaping up to be HOT & HUMID!! Tomorrow: 20+ degrees cooler with rain; welcome to Fall. The cold front that will bring the big change will stall or drag through Va. overnight bringing in a wet Thursday before clearing the area and leaving us with a stretch of pleasant, cool and dry weather for the weekend and into next week.
With the warming going on with planet Earth these days, the heat is likely not going easily this year (or any upcoming years). It was a bit of a shock to see the sun yesterday and it's back today and cooking. High pressure to our south ahead of the cold front is the source of the hot, humid air today.
The still lingering recirculated aftermath of Flo is currently off NC today (it just won't go away) with more wind and rain to a region where many rivers have still not crested in their attempt to drain off all the rain that was dumped there last week, crazy. Worse than Harvey? Only time will tell for certain. A sign of things to come, only time will tell on that, too.
A happening day in earthquake land: and that land is the Australian/Pacific plates collision zone. Nothing as big as 6 but lots of 4's and 5's today. Very shaky. Southern Peru and northern Chile also have a cluster of quakes today as well as the northeast edge of the Caribbean plate. Even some lava moving quakes in Hawaii today. But, no quakes of 6 or larger in the last week; we all know that will change.
Volcano update comes out later today and we'll see what's up with the wild planet's exhaust system on tomorrow's TOE.
Yesterday (Universal Time - UT)was technically the full, Harvest moon, the full moon closest to the fall equinox, and was quiet bright here at the tirehouse (and I'm sure everywhere else, as well). Even though gibbous tonight, the moon will rise around sunset (normal months it would rise about 50 minutes past sunset), a result of the set up relative to the sun around the fall equinox. That's why it was so helpful for harvests in the past and no doubt for many thousands(millions?) still, we still have lots of humans out harvesting ripe crops this time of year, food doesn't come from the grocery store, still grown, on Earth.
My wild, wayward dog has not returned from his morning visit with his girlfriend next door, about time to get out and find him and sweat a little, hope you get out and wander your planet, today on Earth.

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