Massive heat wave coming to North Conway area

[DougPaul]

I also follow the weather much more than I did in 8th grade along with Volcanic activity. https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/05/26/year-without-a-summer-1816-mount-tambora/84855694/

I have heard of that - while the snow would be fun, it might be a net-negative if it happened again.

More recent smaller eruptions have also had noticeable effects--for instance, the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in 1991 caused a cooling of ~1 deg F in the northern hemisphere (~.7 deg F global) with effects lasting up to three years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo#Global_environmental_effects

I was in Hawaii about a month after the eruption--the sunsets were spectacular (due to the airborne particulates). Didn't check the summit snowpack on Mauna Loa...

Doug

 

[Tom Rankin]

I was in Hawaii about a month after the eruption--the sunsets were spectacular (due to the airborne particulates). Didn't check the summit snowpack on Mauna Loa...

So was I! The sunset colors were spectacular. Eclipse?

 

[DougPaul]

So was I! The sunset colors were spectacular. Eclipse?

Yep!
Watch out for the vog.... <ominous music plays in the background>

We slept out in a field* with a statistically good chance of clear skies (just NW of Mauna Kea) and got skunked by a bubble of cloud that lasted less than an hour.

* Totality was ~7am, IIRC.

Ironically, they saw it back at the hotel just S of Kona...

Doug


PS: Vog (volcanic fog) was the local name for the volcanic haze. It came with cooling and acid rain.

 

[TJsName]

So was I! The sunset colors were spectacular. Eclipse?

There is another eclipse coming this summer (8/21 - Monday). http://www.space.com/33797-total-solar-eclipse-2017-guide.html and http://www.space.com/36388-total-solar-eclipse-2017-duration.html give some good information!

 

[DougPaul]

There is another eclipse coming this summer (8/31 - Thursday).

Typo? It's on Aug 21 (Monday).

Doug

 

[TJsName]

Typo? It's on Aug 21 (Monday).

Doug

Yup! Points for getting the wrong day and date together at least?

 

[DougPaul]

Yup! Points for getting the wrong day and date together at least?

If you miss this one the next is Apr 8, 2024 (another Monday if you are concerned...)

It passes a lot closer to most of us than the 2017 eclipse.
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2024Apr08T.GIF

For those who haven't looked at the path of this year's eclipse, here is one source:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2017Aug21T.GIF

Doug

 

[Tom Rankin]

If you miss this one the next is Apr 8, 2024 (another Monday if you are concerned...)

It passes a lot closer to most of us than the 2017 eclipse.
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2024Apr08T.GIF

Doug

That appears to pass over Katahdin! But April 8th, hmmmm...

And yes, I'm ready for the 2017 Eclipse, Jackson Hole here we come!