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Tropical Storm Jangmi Kills 31 In Philippines

Posted: 12/30/2014 6:15 am EST Updated: 03/01/2015 5:59 am EST

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flash floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jangmi left at least 31 people dead and seven missing in the Philippines, including in areas still recovering from last year's Typhoon Haiyan, officials said Tuesday.
Jangmi, packing winds of 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour and gusts of 80 kph (50 mph), dumped heavy rains Monday on southern Mindanao Island, where floods destroyed bridges and highways, sending thousands of residents to evacuation centers. The storm then pushed its way through eastern and central islands, where most of the deaths occurred Tuesday.
The government weather bureau said that as of late Tuesday afternoon, the eye of the storm was 140 kilometers (87 miles) southwest of central Iloilo City, moving west at 19 kph (12 mph) toward western Palawan Island.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/tropical-storm-jangmi-philippines_n_6394724.html?utm_hp_ref=extreme-weather

flying in tornados vs flyng in a hurricane

“Thunderstorms are sort of the grandaddy of all aviation hazards because they sort of contain it all,” Dr. Bruce Carmichael, who runs the Aviation Applications Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, told Wired. “Turbulence, severe structural icing, engine icing, loss of visibility, lightning, wind shear, extreme updrafts and downdrafts. So virtually any hazard to aviation you can imagine.”
Hurricane flights, in contrast, are “fairly boring,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “They last 10 hours, there are clouds above you and clouds below -- so all you see is gray, and you don't feel the winds swirling around the hurricane.”
According to the Hurricane Hunters of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, aircrews that conducts flights into hurricanes to collect data, there are typically only a “few ‘exciting’ moments” during a hurricane flight -- and they occur when the plane enters the eye wall area of a hurricane, which is a donut-like ring of thunderstorms around the hurricane's calm eye where the most intense rainfall and damaging winds are found.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/18/fly-into-hurricane-thunderstorm-video_n_6702996.html?utm_hp_ref=extreme-weather

Cyclone Marcia

Cyclone Marcia has intensified to a powerful category five storm, with wind gusts up to 295km/h, as it continues to head towards the Queensland coast
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Cyclone Marcia is expected to hit the eastern coast of Queensland on Friday, with gusts of up to 295 km/h. Photograph: AP

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Thursday 19 February 2015 14.50 EST Last modified on Thursday 19 February 2015 16.11 EST

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Cyclone Marcia has intensified to a powerful category five storm, with wind gusts up to 295km/h, as it continues to head towards the Queensland coast.
The storm is expected to make landfall as a category five system, between St Lawrence and Hervey Bay around 10am AEST on Friday.
Marcia has not done as emergency services had hoped and come straight in on the central Queensland coast. Instead it has tracked south, allowing it to stay over the sea and continue to build in strength.
The power of the cyclone has even forced the closure of a cyclone shelter at St Lawrence, amid fears it would not withstand the storm.
About 90 residents who had been taking shelter there have moved north to take shelter at nearby Sarina.http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/19/cyclone-marcia-set-to-hit-queensland-as-a-category-five-storm

Chile's Villarrica Volcano Erupts; 3,500 People Evacuated

Early Tuesday morning, authorities evacuated thousands in southern Chile after volcano Villarrica erupted around 3 a.m. local time. The volcano created a fiery spectacle as streams of lava poured down the mountainside and heavy smoke belched in the air.

Villarrica, one of South America’s most active volcanoes, prompted the National Emergency Office to issue a red alert and order the early morning evacuations. Photos from local media surfaced, displaying captivating images of the monster mountain glowing in the darkness, lava streaming and heavy smoke clouding the air. No injuries have been reported, however authorities are worried melting snow may trigger mudslides and endanger nearby communities.

The small city of Pucon, population about 22,000 people, sits in the shadow of the 9,000-foot volcano in Chile’s central valley. The area is 400 miles south of Santiago. Tourists flock to the area around Villarrica for outdoor activities like kayaking, horseback riding, fishing and hiking around the volcano, which last had a major eruption in 1984. Dozens of tourists were among those evacuated. Officials said late Tuesday that about 15,000 people living in rural areas near the volcano were suffering water shortages after the eruption and kept the red alert for nearby areas.

Link:http://www.weather.com/news/news/chile-villarrica-volcano-erupts

30 years of above average temperatures means the climate has changed

If you’re younger than 30, you’ve never experienced a month in which the average surface temperature of the Earth was below average. Each month, the US National Climatic Data Center calculates Earth’s average surface temperature using temperature measurements that cover the Earth’s surface. Then, another average is calculated for each month of the year for the twentieth century, 1901-2000. For each month, this gives one number representative of the entire century. Subtract this overall 1900s monthly average – which for February is 53.9F (12.1C) – from each individual month’s temperature and you’ve got the anomaly: that is, the difference from the average.
The last month that was at or below that 1900s average was February 1985. Ronald Reagan had just started his second presidential term and Foreigner had the number one single with “I want to know what love is.”These temperature observations make it clear the new normal will be systematically rising temperatures, not the stability of the last 100 years. The traditional definition of climate is the 30-year average of weather. The fact that – once the official records are in for February 2015 – it will have been 30 years since a month was below average is an important measure that the climate has changed.
Link:http://www.wunderground.com/blog/RickyRood/comment.html?entrynum=329#commenttop

February Snow Record in Boulder

February 2015 set the record for snow fall in Boulder Colorado, with 42.7 inches of snow. The previous record in Boulder was 32.1 inches in 2012.


http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/02/25/boulder-continues-to-shatter-all-time-february-snow-record/

Hail in California

On Monday March 2nd a fast moving storm hit Huntington Beach California. According toThe NWS an inch of hail hit the beach.


Nothing really serious was caused by this rare weather, but it made a lot of kids excited.


http://abc7.com/weather/hail-turns-southern-california-beach-cities-white/540854/