Good evening atmospheric audience! Welcome to meteorological summer and also the first day of the hurricane season. It certainly doesn’t feel like summer out there does it? Who’s tired of rainy weekends?
We certainly have had a cooler and wetter month of May especially the 2nd half of the month (see anomaly maps below).
WeatherReMarks headquarters received 8.38″ inches of rain! And while it was the 1st day of June how’s this for summer weather on the Summit of Mount Washington??
Today we’re gonna cover a myriad of meteorological, magnitude, magnetic and muggy missives. This will include the week ahead, a tropical system off the SE coast this week, a SolarReMarks update with a severe geomagnetic storm last night which could produce low latitude auroras tonight (details below) and finally a QuakeReMarks update on forecasted spots hit, plus what’s next. But let’s start with the weather first.
At the end of my post, find a city near you on the 15 day temp (high/low) forecast. For the Northeast, looks like we get a break from rain through at least Thursday. The reign of cooler than normal temps ends come Wednesday with triple H’s (hazy hot and humid) back.
Temps spike into the 80s Wed, near 90°F Thursday across the Tri-state (near 80 in New England), and same on Friday.
It’ll also feel like summer as humidity spikes and hazy skies due to the Canadian wildfires originating in Manitoba (see the 5 day smoke forecast below).
Showers are possible across New England Thursday, and later Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, yes another wet Saturday is on tap. A shortwave trough system forms off the Carolina coast later in the week, rides up the coast and combines with a cold front leading to a soaker on Saturday.
Sunday into Monday looks like a classic summer day with our next possible soaking Nor’easter next Tuesday the 10th. I’ll be tracking of course.
SolarReMarks Update:
The Sun burped yesterday and produced a strong M class long duration Earth facing solar flare. This sent a strong CME (coronal mass ejection) creating a severe G4 level storm (see below different categories similar to hurricanes and tornados).
There’s a chance of Auroras later tonight. Skies appear to be clear tonight so look near the horizon. Try to find an open field with no light pollution. Cameras may be able to pick up auroras if not able to see with the naked eye.
While not an X class flare, which is the strongest and typically needed to create Auroras, a long duration and strong M class flare can have the same effect especially now that our magnetic field is rapidly weakening. More thoughts on this on another post.
QuakeReMarks Update
Per my last post on 5/19, 3 of my 4 forecast spots actually hit. Up to 6 north of New Zealand (see below):
Between a 5 and 6 in the Aleuthian Islands off of Alaska:
And between a 5-7 near Peru (see below):
Regarding my mega quake off of Japan, the chance of this happening within the next 6 months is increasing. A few foreshocks just hit in the past few days, a 6.0 off the NE coast of Japan and north of New Zealand. The plate is starting to move. A larger quake up to 7-8 could hit off the NE coast of Australia next. If you missed my last post on 5/19, here’s the link below. Scroll down down to the bottom of the post to review my Japan Mega Quake forecast here:
That’s it for now. Have a good week ahead and remember weather never sleeps.
