Lots going on … first, Typhoon Fung Wong is headed towards The Philippines, and could potentially cause extensive damage to Luzon (including the Manila area) with both high winds and storm surge in addition to the 15″ of rain it is likely to dump in the already rain-soaked nation.
Tracking and forecasts are pretty tight, so this doesn’t look good …
Have heard back from some sources in Jamaica, early estimates are damage is on the order of 30% GDP ($6 to 7 Billion USD) . It’s going to be a hard recovery, but the Jamaican people are pretty resilient.
The sun has been very active lately. Here’s the view for the last couple of days, looking at Helium 303 Angstrom band …
Looking at x-rays, we have had a few bursts over the last 24 hours …
The Space Weather Center is expecting us to be side-swiped with a coronal mass ejection today and tomorrow – here’s their quick review, only minor impacts expected:
I’m working on an article on space weather, hope to get it posted next week some time.
A pulse of cold air will descend from the north across the US this weekend, just like it tends to start doing this time of year. Monday night/Tuesday morning will be cold, near freezing to within a few miles of the coast in the Frogmore Metroplex.
Naturally our biggest concern is for Florida’s iguana population, with terrifying headlines gracing The Palm Beach Post like “‘Gobsmacking’ cold front to sweep Florida with freezes in the north, paralyzed iguanas in the south“.
On that note, have a good weekend!
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Just curious… has there ever been a hurricane season where no hurricanes made US landfall?
quite a few, 2015 was the most recent but 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 didn’t either.