Back to Hurricane strength and growing as it heads into the warm waters near the east coast, Florence is shaping up to be the Harvey of 2018. The big high pressure dome that brought last week's sweltering heat is now parked north of Flo in the Atlantic and is blocking the storm from taking a turn to the north, jamming it into the the southeast coast. That set up, slow to move anywhere, is likely to be the real issue with this storm; parking it over the Virginia's and setting up Noachian rain for next weekend. This has shades of Camille and Agnes and if it does stall for several days could make those catostrophic storms seem like the good ole days. And, like during the summer of Camille(1969), it has been a very wet summer and saturated ground makes it tough for trees to remain standing in big wind. Might be a little runoff, too: flooding is what takes most lives in hurricanes.
There are a couple of other storms in the Atlantic, conditions for even more to form off Mexico and the eastern Atlantic is kicking up more Flo-like systems. The Pacific is cranking, too; Hawaii about to be hit again and the East Asian islands and coast are under the gun. The rain soaking the northeast US today is a low combined with the remnants of Gordon: it's hurricane season.
It's hard for me to pass up another obvious chance to take a jab at the global warming non-believers (as if the rowdy, warming planet cares what they believe...lol). Long term predictions back into the 1950's for a warming planet were for a dramatic increase in storm strength (remember, hurricanes are just a natural part of the water cycle on Earth and the water cycle is heat driven) if not number. Greater extremes were forecast decades ago, and here we are!
If this stalls over the Potomac highlands of the Virginia's, the swamp that was, and still is DeeCee, could be washed into the Chesapeake Bay and out into the Atlantic. Wonder how the Chump in "charge" will deal with another crisis? As usual, blame government workers and Obama before flying off to Florida to cheat at golf and chase bimbos?? Cruising the Egyptian river, DaNile, through America. "I'm so great, problems not my fault." Many canoes may swamp on DaNile this week.
Sky viewing chances will be limited around here this week; perhaps a peak Wed/Thurs before Flo arrives. If there is clearing, the thin waxing crescent moon will be above and right of Venus on Wednesday and then in a similar position with Jupiter Thursday. Take a peak before the deluge. For anyone in Canada or the northern US, a blast from the solar wind will likely trigger Auroras when it zaps the planet tomorrow. There's a comet out there, too: need at least binoculars and to be up early, it's in Auriga and is closer to Earth than it's been in millennium (don't worry, no collision coming). Check spaceweather.com for details and pix.
Another day with a 6+ quake - Australian/Pacific plate boundary - no real surprise and several in the mid to upper 5's scattered about other boundaries, and Oklahoma.
A large, wet, brown dog has just returned, ready for treats and a nap, no doubt. He's checking on bird seed under the feeders before wandering in...whoa, wet dog smell, Today On Earth.
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