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OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2013 – EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ____________________________________________
Fast-growing sunspot AR1875 has developed a ‘beta-gamma-delta’ magnetic field that harbors energy strong explosions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-class solar flares and a 5% chance of X-flares on Oct. 23rd.: M-4 CLASS FLARE, EXTREME UV FLASH & CME OCT 23 2013 SOLAR FLARE! Solar activity is high. On October 24th at 00:30 UT, Earth-facing sunspot AR1877 erupted, producing a powerful M9-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the blast:
M-9 CLASS FLARE & GEOEFFECTIVE CME OCT 24 2013 Instead of being a sequence of unrelated events, these flares and eruptions are likely connected by magnetic fields, which thread through the whole broad region. Like dominoes falling, one explosion triggers another as shock waves follow magnetic fields from blast site to blast site.
2 X-CLASS FLARES, UV FLASH & GEO-EFFECTIVE CME OCT 25 2013 100 MPH WINDS HIT UK COAST OCT 27 2013 HURRICANE FORCE WINDS CROSS NORTHERN EUROPE OCT 28 2013 LIGHTNING, HAIL & WILD WEATHER IN NEW SOUTH WALES OCT 29 2013 ____________________________________________ Consider it a parting shot. Just before sunspot AR1875 rotated over the sun’s western limb on Oct. 29th, it unleashed a powerful X2-class solar flare. NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion’s extreme ultraviolet flash:
X-1 CLASS FLARE, EXTREME UV FLASH & GEO-EFFECTIVE CME OCT 28 2013 X-2 CLASS FLARE EXTREME UV FLASH & CME OCT 30 2013 BRIGHT AURORAS OVER NORWAY OCT 30 2013 GEOMAGNETIC STORM & CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS OCT 31 2013 Quebec’s power utility asked for help from crews in neighboring Vermont and New Brunswick today after heavy winds swept through the province on Friday. About 51,000 Hydro-Quebec customers were still without electricity by late afternoon, compared with 350,000 on Friday. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER IN EASTERN CANADA NOV 1 2013 HIGH WINDS & FLASH FLOODING IN QUEENSLAND NOV 3 2013 Three tornadoes (at least) struck Holland on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, as a storm system swept through northwestern Europe. One tornado crossed Arnhem, while the other struck Wijk bij Duurstede in the Utrecht province. THREE TORNADOES HIT THE NETHERLANDS NOV 3 2013 ____________________________________________ Sunspot AR1884 is directly facing Earth, and it has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. On Nov. 1st at 1953 UT the active region unleashed a brief but intense M6-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:
M6-CLASS FLARE: NOV 5 2013
On Nov. 5th at 22:12 UT, the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR1890 erupted, producing a brief but intense X3-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash: X-3 CLASS FLARE & EXTREME UV FLASH NOV 5 2013
The western Pacific storm Haiyan has intensified without interruption since Sunday and is now a dangerous Category 5 super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds exceeding 160 mph. It is on a path due west, and landfall Friday in the central Philippines is inevitable. SUPER TYPHOON HAINAN HEADED FOR THE PHILIPPINES NOV 6 2013 ANOTHER X-FLARE: Big sunspot AR1890 is crackling with strong flares. The latest, which peaked on Nov. 8th at 04:32 UT, registered X1 on the Richter Scale of Flares.
X-1 CLASS FLARE, EXTREME UV FLASH & CME NOV 8 2013 Haiyan slammed into the east coast of Samar and Leyte with what may have been the highest recorded wind speed for a tropical cyclone at landfall. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center assigned Haiyan’s one-minute sustained winds at 170 knots (196 mph) when the storm first made landfall in eastern Samar.
HAIYAN TYPHOON WINDS HIGHEST RECORDED AT LANDFALL NOV 8 2013 ____________________________________________
CAPE TOWN FLASH FLOODING NOV 16 2013 FLASH FLOODING SIDNEY AUSTRALIA NOV 16 2013 MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS NOV 16-17 2013 24 TORNADOES DESTROY 2500 HOMES IN ILLINOIS NOV 17 2013 FLASH FLOODING RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA NOV 17 2013 FLASH FLOODING NEW SOUTH WALES NOV 17 2013 VIETNAM FLASH FLOODING DROWNS 30 NOV 17 2013 SARDINIA FLASH FLOODING STATE OF EMERGENCY NOV 18 2013 ____________________________________________ X-1 CLASS FLARE EXTREME UV FLASH & CME NOV 18 2013 FLASH FLOODING & LIGHTNING STORMS LASH AUSTRALIA NOV 21 2013 ____________________________________________ SEVERAL CMEs AS COMET ISON GRAZES THE SUN NOV 28-29 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN FOUR MALAYSIA STATES DEC 2-6 2013 10,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN 40 MINUTES IN AUSTRALIA DEC 3 2013 180 KPM WINDS & HIGHEST UK STORM SURGE SINCE 1953 DEC 5 2013 NORTH ATLANTIC JET STREAM DEC 5 2013 MONSTER ICE STORM AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXASDEC 6 2013 ____________________________________________ G-2 GEOMAGNETIC STORM & CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS DEC 7 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN BRAZIL DEC 7 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN FIJI DEC 9 2013 ARCTIC AIR MASS PUSHES SOUTH DEC 11 2013 BLIZZARDS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO DEC 12 2013 FIRST SNOW IN CAIRO IN 112 YEARS DEC 12 2013 KLANG VALLEY FLASH FLOODING IN MALAYSIA DEC 12 2013 PAIR OF ERUPTING FILAMENTS INDUCE 2 CMEs DEC 12 2013 1000 FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS BLIZZARDS HIT US NORTHEAST DEC 14 2013 SNOW IN VIETNAM & FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST CHINA DEC 15 2013 KENYAN FLASH FLOODING DROWNS TWELVE DEC 15-16 2013 HIGH SPEED GEOEFFECTIVE CME SEPT 30 2013 G2 CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM & AURORAS OCTOBER 2 2013 RECORD RAINFALL AND TORNADO IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST OCT 3 2013 TORNADOES HIT NEBRASKA IOWA & SOUTH DAKOTA OCT 4 2013 ____________________________________________ FARSIDE FLARE & CME OCT 5 2013 G1-CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM & AURORAS & AURORAS OCT 8 2013 TROPICAL CYCLONE PLOWS INTO INDIA OCT 12 2013 BLIZZARDS & FLOODING KILL CATTLE IN SOUTH DAKOTA OCT 13 2013 ____________________________________________ M CLASS GEOEFFECTIVE CME OCT 13 2013 CME IMPACT & AURORAS OCT 15 2013 BUSH FIRES BLAZE ACROSS NEW SOUTH WALES OCT 15-22 2013 TWO FEET OF RAIN IN EIGHT HOURS IN JAPAN OCT 16 2013 FLASH FLOODING ACROSS WALES, UK OCT 19 2013 ____________________________________________ M-3 CLASS LONG DURATION FLARE & GEOEFFECTIVE CME AUGUST 17 2013 COMET IMPACTS SUN INDUCING FULL HALO CME AUGUST 20 2013 AURORAS OVER FINLAND AUG 22 2013 30,000 STRIKES START 150 FIRES IN CALIFORNIA AUG 23 2013 ____________________________________________ SECOND COMET INDUCES EARTH DIRECTED CME AUGUST 23 2013 AURORAS OVER ALASKA AUGUST 25 2013 AURORAS OVER SWEDEN AUGUST 27 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IN CHINA AUG 31 2013 ____________________________________________ AURORAS AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE SEPT 1 & 2 2013 TORNADOES HIT JAPAN SEPT 2-4 2013 AURORAS OVER FINLAND SEPT 4 2013 BOULDER COLORADO DECLARED DISASTER AREA SEPT 12 2013 AURORAS AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE SEPT 13 2013 AURORAS AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE SEPT 14 2013 FLASH FLOODING STRANDS 40,000 IN ACAPULCO SEPT 14-18 2013 ____________________________________________ C-CLASS SOLAR FLARES LAUNCH GEOEFFECTIVE CME JUNE 28 2013 GEOMAGNETIC STORM HITS MAGNETOSPHERE JUNE 28-29 2013 M-CLASS GEOEFFECTIVE SOLAR FLARE JULY 3 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JULY 5 2013 POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO ERUPTS JULY 4 2013 RENO LIGHTNING AND FIRE STORMS JULY 4 2013 FLASH FLOODING CHINA JULY 4-5 2013 AURORAS JULY 5-6 2013 9,000 STRIKES IN WASHINGTON, OREGON & IDAHO JULY 8 2013 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN WISCONSIN JULY 9 2013 ____________________________________________ STRONG CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS JULY 9-11 2013 5000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN IDAHO JULY 10 2013 1500 STRIKES IN CORLORADO IN 24 HOURS JULY 11 2013 TORNADOES KILL SIX IN NORTH TEXAS JULY 11 2013 ____________________________________________ CME IMPACTS JULY 13 & AURORAS JULY 14-15 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN SASKATCHEWAN JULY 15 2013 REVENTINOR & TUNGURAHUA VOLCANOES ERUPT JULY 15 2013 8000 LIGHTNING STRIKES WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO JULY 17 2013 7500 STRIKES IN 4 HOURS; MAINE & NEW HAMPSHIRE JULY 17 2013 FLASH FLOODING MONTANA JULY 17 2013 PITTSBURGH FLASH FLOODING JULY 17 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS & FLASH FLOODING ACROSS UK JULY 23 2013 25,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN 4 HOURS IN ARKANSAW JULY 25 2013 M6 CLASS GEOEFFECTIVE SOLAR FLARE JUNE 7 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS IN OREGON JUNE 11 2013 6,000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN 24 HOURS IN CALIFORNIA JUNE 11 2013 16 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN ACROSS US MIDWEST JUNE 12 2013 EARLY MONSOON RAINS BEGIN IN NORTHERN INDIA JUNE 11 2018 CALGARY ALBERTA FLOODING JUNE 12-24 2013 ____________________________________________ C CLASS FLARE & GEOEFFECTIVE CME JUNE 28 2013 GEOMAGNETIC STORM HITS MAGNETOSPHERE JUNE 28-29 2013 M-CLASS GEOEFFECTIVE SOLAR FLARE JULY 3 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA JULY 5 2013 POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO ERUPTS JULY 4 2013 RENO LIGHTNING AND FIRE STORMS JULY 4 2013 FLASH FLOODING CHINA JULY 4-5 2013 ____________________________________________ AURORAS JULY 5-6 2013 9,000 STRIKES IN WASHINGTON, OREGON & IDAHO JULY 8 2013 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN WISCONSIN JULY 9 2013 ____________________________________________ STRONG CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS JULY 9-11 2013 5000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN IDAHO JULY 10 2013 1500 STRIKES IN CORLORADO IN 24 HOURS JULY 11 2013 TORNADOES KILL SIX IN NORTH TEXAS JULY 11 2013 ____________________________________________ CME IMPACTS JULY 13 & AURORAS JULY 14-15 2013 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN SASKATCHEWAN JULY 15 2013 REVENTINOR & TUNGURAHUA VOLCANOES ERUPT JULY 15 2013 8000 LIGHTNING STRIKES WASHINGTON OREGON IDAHO JULY 17 2013 7500 STRIKES IN 4 HOURS; MAINE & NEW HAMPSHIRE JULY 17 2013 FLASH FLOODING MONTANA JULY 17 2013 PITTSBURGH FLASH FLOODING JULY 17 2013 ____________________________________________ M5 CLASS SOLAR FLARE & GEOEFFECTIVE CME MAY 22 2013 CME CAUSES 3 GEOMAGNETIC STORMS MAY 24-25 ELECTRIFIED JET STREAM CROSSES EUROPEAN COAST MAY 27 2013 HIGH SPEED JET STREAM CROSSES PACIFIC COAST MAY 30 2013 TORNADOES TOUCH DOWN IN MITCHIGAN MAY 30 2013 TORNADOES HIT OKLAHOMA AGAIN KILLING NINE MAY 31 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA MAY 31 2013 FLASH FLOODING ACROSS US MIDWEST MAY 31 2013 AURORAS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA JUNE 1 2013 FLASH FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE MAY 31-JUNE 4 2013 ____________________________________________ SOLAR FLARE EJECTS CME BEHIND SUN MAY 1 2013 M5 CLASS FROM FLARE ON NORTH EAST LIMB MAY 3 2013 CLEVELAND VOLCANO ERUPTS IN ALASKA MAY 5 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IN NEW ZEALAND MAY 5 2013 INTENSE CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS MAY 7 2013 MOUNT MAYON VOLCANO ERUPTS IN PHILIPPINES MAY 7 2013 POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO ERUPTS IN MEXICO MAY 8 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS IN NEW ZEALAND MAY 10 2013 ELECTRIFIED WEATHER SYSTEM OFF PACIFIC COAST OF US MAY 10 2013 FLASH FLOODING AFFECT 3.5 MILLION IN SOUTH CHINA MAY 13-16 2013 ____________________________________________ FOUR X CLASS SOLAR FLARES IN 24 HOURS MAY 13-15 2013 SECOND ALASKA VOLCANO ERUPTS MAY 15 2013 MID PACIFIC 150 KNOT JETSTREAM TOWARD US COAST MAY 15 2013 TORNADOES HIT TEXAS MAY 17 2013 ____________________________________________ M3 CLASS SOLAR FLARE LAUNCHES GEOEFFECTIVE CME MAY 17 2013 CME GENERATES G CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM MAY 18 2013 DEVASTATING TORNADO HITS OKLAHOMA CITY MAY 20 2013 ____________________________________________ M6 CLASS SOLAR FLARE LAUNCHES CME TOWARD EARTH APRIL 11 2013 CME IMPACTS THE MAGNETOSPHERE APRIL 13 2013 AURORAS APRIL 14-15 2013 ELECTRIFIED AIR MASS PUSHES INTO US MIDWEST APRIL 18 2013 TORNADOS FLASH FLOODING AND BLIZZARDS; US MIDWEST APRIL 18 2013 STROMBOLIAN TREMORS & MT ELNA ERUPTS APRIL 18 2013 ____________________________________________ AURORAS APRIL 1-2 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN ARGENTINA APRIL 2 2013 FLASH FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA APRIL 2 2013 LIGHTNING STORMS IN HUSTON TEXAS APRIL 3 2013 AURORASAPRIL 6 2013 ELECTRIFIED AIR MASS CROSSING THE US MIDWESTAPRIL 7 2013 SEVERE STORMS RANSACK EASTERN US APRIL 11 2013 TORNADOS LASH US MIDWEST APRIL 12 2013 POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO ERUPTS IN PAPAU NEW GUINEA APRIL 16 2013 ____________________________________________________ M1 CLASS SOLAR FLARE & CME HEADED FOR EARTH MAR 15 2013 INTENSE AURORAS AS FAR SOUTH AS COLORADO MAR 17 2013 LIGHTNING STRIKES 13 CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA MAR 18 2013 TWO TORNADOES IN ALABAMA MAR 20 2013 CENTRAL CHINA TORNADOS MAR 20 2013 AUSTRALIA TORNADOES NEAR VICTORIA MAR 21 2013 HEAVY SNOW AND DRIVING WINDS ACROSS THE UK MAR 23 2013 ____________________________________________ SOLAR FLARE AND CMEFEB 27 2013 CORONAL HOLE OPENS TOWARD EARTH FEB 28 2013 AURORAS AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE MAR 1 2013 AURORA OVER NORWAY MAR 3 2013 SOLAR FLARES MARCH 5 2013 AURORAS MAR 7 2013 BLIZZARD HITS NORTHEAST US MAR 8 2013 SAND STORMS IN CHINA MARCH 8 2013 COLD WEATHER AND SNOW DELAYS SPRING IN UK MAR 8 2013 ____________________________________________ TWO CMES LAUNCHED FROM SUN JAN 23 2013 QUEENSLAND TORNADOES AND FLASH FLOODING JAN 27 2013 TORNADOES ACROSS FOUR US STATES JAN 29 2013 ____________________________________________ GIANT SUNSPOT GOES GEOEFFECTIVE JAN 13 2013 AURORAS JAN 13 2013 FLASH FLOODING NEW ZEALAND JAN 15 2013 TORNADOES IN QUEENSLAND JAN 15 2013 AURORAS JAN 15 2013 BLIZZARD HITS MOSCOW JAN 18 2013 CME HITS AND INDUCES AURORAS JAN 19 2013 QUEENSLAND LIGHTNING STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING JAN 19 2013 SNOW GROUNDS FLIGHTS IN NORTHERN CHINA JAN 20 2013 FLIGHTS CANCELLED ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE JAN 21 2013 NORTHERN AUSTRALIA FLASH FLOODING JAN 22 2013 ____________________________________________ SOLAR FLARE JAN 05 2013 AURORAS JAN 5 2013 TASMANIAN LIGHTNING STORMS START BUSHFIRES JAN 6 2013 AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES LEAVE PATH OF DESTRUCTION JAN 8 2013
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