Doomwatch!… Severe weather in US Southeast; Cyclone to hit Australia midweek. Still watching Iceland. 10 Dec 2023 Lots going on: severe weather in the US, cyclone to hit Oz, Iceland eruption still possible to likely. Oh, and the world is on fire geopolitically ... There is a…
Tropical Cyclones Tropical storm to hit India 4 Dec 20234 Dec 2023 A tropical storm (Cyclone Michaung) is brushing the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India today, and looks to make landfall south of Vijayawada tomorrow (5 Dec 2023) ... click to enlarge.…
Uncategorized Philippines Earthquake today 2 Dec 2023 There was a strong and somewhat shallow (M7.6, 33km deep) earthquake just offshore from the Philippines about 9 am Eastern time (Midnight Sat/Sun in the Philippines) this morning ... While…
Foreign Policy A few quick thoughts on Kissinger 30 Nov 202330 Nov 2023 One of the towering figures in the history of US Foreign Policy has passed away. Whatever you think of him, there is no arguing that Henry Kissinger and, just as…
Climate… Winter is Coming! 28 Nov 202328 Nov 2023 Like Groundhog Day, it's back! Yes, Winter is Coming! Winter technically starts December 1st climatologically, but not until December 21st astronomically. That said, a cold front is sweeping through the…
Doomwatch!… Iceland eruption now unlikely under Grindavik 23 Nov 2023 Things have improved in Iceland over the last couple of days. Veðurstofa Íslands, the Icelandic Weather Service (who also has the the responsibility for geophysical hazard monitoring) updated the hazard…
Geophysics Iceland: hazard zones and winter storms 21 Nov 202321 Nov 2023 As if waiting for a volcano to erupt wasn't enough, a winter storm is approaching Iceland today, so if you're checking in on the web cameras watching Grindavik (link -…
Geophysics… PTC 22 no longer potential; still watching Iceland 18 Nov 2023 As the sun rises over the Atlantic ... the National Hurricane Center discontinued advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 last night. It never really had much potential, but I can…
Geophysics… Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 17 Nov 2023 TLDR: NHC started advisories on the potential system in the Caribbean. It may not become tropical, but will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Jamaica, Haiti, and the Turks…
Geophysics… Blobs of Doom, watching Iceland 16 Nov 202316 Nov 2023 TLDR: The two blobs of doom on NHC's maps are nothing too serious to worry about, although they are causing a lot of rain (and in some cases flooding). No…