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Earthquake aftershocks continue to rattle SE Arizona

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Earthquake aftershocks of about magnitude (M) 3 continue to lightly rattle Duncan, Arizona and environs. The latest event, a M3.6 temblor, was felt 30 miles north in Morenci, Arizona. Aftershocks stem from the M5.2 earthquake that struck near Duncan, Arizona, (approximately 40 miles east of Safford) on the evening of June 28.

Since the M5.2 event, 14 felt aftershocks (from M2.8 to M3.9) have rattled the area around Duncan in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Like the main shock, these were shallow events occurring about 3 miles deep. The largest aftershock, at M3.9, occurred at 3:56 p.m. on July 3. Since yesterday, July 10, five felt earthquakes have been reported. The largest were M3.6 temblors at 2:59 p.m. on July 10, and 10:33 a.m. on July 11. Hundreds of smaller magnitude aftershocks - less than ~ M3.0 - have occurred since the onset of activity, and most went largely unfelt.

People in southeastern Arizona should be prepared for ongoing M3.0 to M4.0 earthquakes over the next weeks or even months. In the event of strong ground shaking, follow the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" convention used in earthquake-prone areas. For more information on what to do in the event of an earthquake, please visit the Great Arizona ShakeOut website.

Bizarro Earth

El Salvador's Chaparrastique volcano continues to show significant levels of internal seismic activity

The Chaparrastique volcano near San Miguel, El Salvador continues to show significant levels of internal seismic activity. Authorities are on a high level of preparedness should actions be needed. The activity since yesterday has been at the highest levels seen. The chart below shows activity during July -- the average, normal level is 50, and current levels are above 1100.
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This graphic shows the location of micro-quakes on the northern slopes of the volcano:
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Snowflake Cold

Coldest temperatures hit Australia's Sunshine Coast in over a century

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© Terry West, Southern Downs Weather and Stormchasing
Cows among the frost.
If you are lucky enough to be reading this from the comfort of your blankets, it might be best to stay there, as Brisbane has hit its coldest temperatures in 103 years. Not since July 28 1911 has Brisbane felt this cold, getting down to a brisk 2.6C at 6.41am.At 7am, it inched up to 3.3C.

Matt Bass, meteorologist from BOM, said the region was well below our average temperatures.
"If it felt cold, that's because it was, breaking that record is pretty phenomenal for Brisbane," Bass said. "The average for this time of year is 12C, so Brisbane was about 9C below average, it is pretty impressive really, to have the coldest morning in 103 years is a big record."

The coldest place across the state was Oakey which got down to -6.1C, which was the coldest temperature for the town since 2011. Brisbane wasn't the only town hitting landmark temperatures with Clermont breaking its coldest record two days in a row. "Clermont in the coal fields got down to -4.5 which is a new record for them, their previous record was -3.7, which was set yesterday, so they've re-broken their record two days in a row."


Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 4.1 - 43km WNW of Lordsburg, New Mexico

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© USGS
Event Time:
2014-07-12 02:48:58 UTC
2014-07-11 19:48:58 UTC-07:00 at epicenter

Location:
32.555°N 109.102°W depth=5.0km (3.1mi)

Nearby Cities:
43km (27mi) WNW of Lordsburg, New Mexico
80km (50mi) WSW of Silver City, New Mexico
130km (81mi) WNW of Deming, New Mexico
140km (87mi) NNE of Douglas, Arizona
294km (183mi) ESE of Phoenix, Arizona

Subsequent 3.0 aftershock

Scientific data

Comment: June 29, 2014: USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.2 - 89 miles NNE Douglas, Arizona


Windsock

Tropical storm Rammasun threatens Philippines; intensifying to typhoon by mid-week

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© Westernpacificweather.com
The Japan Meteorological Agency (Regional WMO) has designated the Tropical Depression Near Guam as the newest tropical storm in the western pacific for the 2014 Typhoon Season. This brings it up to nine named storms thus far this year.

Rammasun has already brought cause for alarm in Guam on Thursday and Friday where it passed as a Tropical depression. The Guam NWS did issue Tropical storm warnings as it passed by dropping all the warnings by Saturday morning.

Where to Next?
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© Westernpacificweather.com
When and Where?

According to the JMA and the US military the Rammasun will continue to intensify in to a Strong Typhoon by mid-week as it tracks west along the southern periphery of the sub-tropical ridge to the north. Given the strength of the ridge now stretched across Okinawa and the southern Japanese islands a re-curving storm seems unlikely at this time. Instead those in Luzon a should be preparing for a possible landfall by Wednesday.

Bizarro Earth

Costa Rica's 'extinct' Chata volcano being re-examined for activity

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Volcanologists of the National Seismological Network (RSN) have begun early research on the Chato volcano, located southeast of Poas volcano, to find out information such as its last eruption. RSN volcanologist, Gino Gonzalez, said that measurements of the temperature of the lagoon taken by sonar instrumentation, determining that the surface of the lake is about 19°C and approximately 6 meters deeper the temperature of the lagoon varies drastically.

"It's a volcano which very little is known about its historical activity, so we have seismic stations for periodic sampling and we are starting a campaign to closely monitor it every six months," Gonzalez said. Chato is considered an extinct volcano according to the authorities who made the first sampling to verify the behavior and activity.

According to volcanologist at greater depths there is an increase in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake, which could be due to a strong photosynthetic activity, consistent with high turbidity or gas accumulation at deeper levels. The maximum depth of the lake is around 18 meters, averaging 15 meters.

Cloud Lightning

Severe storms, flooding, high winds to threaten mid-Atlantic, Northeast U.S.

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Starting on Sunday, the Northeast and mid-Atlantic will be faced with severe thunderstorms and flooding downpours on multiple days before the new week ends on a more refreshing note.

A quiet start to the weekend will give way to the adverse weather threat that will span Sunday through at least Tuesday.

That is the last thing those still cleaning up after last Tuesday's deadly severe weather wants to hear.

Severe weather will return to upstate New York, northern and western Pennsylvania and back through the lower Midwest states as soon as Sunday, mainly in the afternoon and evening, as a cold front slices into the steamy air.

Cloud Precipitation

Heavy hailstorm pelts beachgoers in Novosibirsk


Large hail on the city beach in Novosibirsk.

Snowflake Cold

But it's summer? Return of polar vortex to trigger midwest storms, chill

Rounds of thunderstorms, including severe weather, will affect the Midwest this weekend into Monday, ahead of a push of unseasonably cool air.See video here

While the effect of the July sun and warm landscape will cancel some of the cool air, it will become surprisingly cool during what is typically the hottest time of the year.

According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Carl Erickson, "The pattern is reminiscent of a major polar plunge that occurred this past winter, which was referred to as the Polar Vortex."
summer polar vortex
© Accuweather
A piece of the Polar Vortex, and a summertime version at that will break off from the Arctic and drop southward this coming week.

The pattern will not bring snow or sub-zero cold but it will bring angry clouds, cool air and the risk of waterspouts over the warmer portions of Great Lakes.

Comment: Can we now finally put the whole global warming nonsense to rest? This is going to be a summer without summer. Look for even higher food prices as crops fail all over the midwest.


Snowflake

French Alps hit by some very unseasonal July snowfalls

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© Webcam
The French Alps looked more like a winter wonderland this week as the rotten summer weather continued in France.
Holidaymakers in the Alps in recent days would have been forgiven for thinking they had come in the wrong season after the region was hit by some very unseasonal snowfalls. There was bad news for sunseekers too with the sun set to stay away for much of July.

Parts of the Alps looked like a winter wonderland on Thursday as summer snow continued to fall, disrupting the usual holiday activities.

The regional newspaper Dauphiné Libere reported that tourists in the town of La Rosière were asking shopkeepers for toboggans so they could go sledging on the slopes.

At the resorts of Tignes and Val d'Isere, the snowfall ruined the chances of activities such as flyboarding and mountain biking.

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The resort of La Rosiere