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Post by nautonnier on Nov 5, 2014 12:01:35 GMT
baering.github.io/This little gem of a site is quite geologically fascinating. On the RHS, there is a chart showing the time, depth and magnitude of Bardurbunga earthquakes. This includes a large number in the “unverified” category. I assume that local bad weather makes them hard to check, but a least a portion of them have to be real. Many of them, including some which are quite sizeable, are only just below the surface, bearing in mind that there is 300 metres of ice in the caldera. Separately, there is a graph showing the daily fall in the caldera, currently about 40 cms [say 2 feet for those using primitive imperial units] every day. The caldera size is about 70 sq kms. The cap over the magma chamber must be getting more and more stretched, or something else quite strange is happening. Incidentally, I don’t think the fissure eruption North-East of the caldera is directly connected. The lava from the latter already covers 65 sq kms. I have given up on trying to predict when the system is going to go KABOOM!, but this still seems the most likely outcome. It should send a chill down European spines. "Separately, there is a graph showing the daily fall in the caldera, currently about 40 cms [say 2 feet for those using primitive imperial units] every day. The caldera size is about 70 sq kms."
and "Incidentally, I don’t think the fissure eruption North-East of the caldera is directly connected. The lava from the latter already covers 65 sq kms."Seems like what is being removed through the fissure is coming from whatever supports the caldera. If the rate of lava from the fissure matches the volume drop of the caldera. Or is that too simplistic?
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Post by acidohm on Nov 5, 2014 16:44:40 GMT
Something about the composition of the lava suggests a deeper source then evolved lava that would come from a magma chamber.
Unverified quakes are a result of underfunded and tired scientists! They slack off at night and weekends, often leaving little ones.
Europe stepped in last month as the Icelandic budget was used up due to the huge volumes of data above normal being processed.
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Post by slh1234 on Nov 6, 2014 12:15:01 GMT
Adding an update from my part of the world ... I'm having to mix data sets a bit, but here on the southestern edge of Korea, we seem to be running about 2 - 4 degrees Celsius above normal daytime highs, and nighttime lows seem to be perhaps a bit more than that over normal. However; I caution that I'm mixing data sets, and I can't tell what stations the "normals" are being drawn from. (Normals: www.weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine,busan,South-Korea ; Current: www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/KO/Busan.html?) The location of the weather station would be significant. I live on the edge of the sea - less than 50 yards from the seawall. But if you get to my elder sister-in-law's house inland past the first set of mountains, the wind patterns are very different from our house, and the temperatures can certainly feel a lot different. It's all still Busan, too, as Busan winds through the valleys between the mountains on the edge of the peninsula here. In locations where I lived in the US, I was certain I was able to get historical data on Weather Underground and compare station to station. I can't seem to find graphs that make it easy to do that for their data on Busan. So I'm left doing what I did on this post. EDIT: Posting a map with current weather and a few trivia notes to help someone understand names on the map of Korea: www.wunderground.com/wundermap/When you look at a map of Korea, knowing these few words helps understand a lot in understanding the names: Nam (Pronounced Nahm) means south (That syllable can also mean "man" or "male," but on a map, it will mean "South") Buk (the U is long) means North ... and no, it never means "woman" Dong (The O is long) means East Seo (sounds very close to "so") means west. However, the "seo" in "Seoul" is another word - it is an exception Myeon means "Strip" San (pronounced: Sahn) means mountain Gang (pronounced "gahng") means "river" (So yes, Gangnam means "River South" and if you look, it is the area on the south side of the Han River in Seoul) Hae means "Sea" (This is a sino-Korean word based on the same Chinese character as the "hai" in "Shanghai") By the way, a few things to help understand Chinese names: Shanghai means "Above the sea" or "on the sea" Beijing means "North Capital" Nanjing means "South Capital" Szechuan means "four rivers" And that's what my mind dwells on after a good beer or two on a Friday night. EDIT 2: One more since I breached languages and Chinese characters already. I mentioned "North Capital" and "South Capital," but there is also an "East Capital." In Mandarin Chinese, it is pronounced "Dongjing" (The O is long), but most people know it better by its Japanese pronunciation: Tokyo. FWIW, Korean will write the name in Hanja using the Sino-characters, but instead of using the Korean pronunciation of those characters, In Korea, Tokyo is called by its Japanese pronunciation. Okay, I really am going to walk away from the computer, now.
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Post by duwayne on Nov 6, 2014 14:02:42 GMT
Sigurdur, you and others like me who have farming in their background might enjoy this video (it's a little long)showing how this years grain production went in Canada. They didn't let a little snow stop them at harvest time. link
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 6, 2014 17:12:31 GMT
Sigurdur, you and others like me who have farming in their background might enjoy this video (it's a little long)showing how this years grain production went in Canada. They didn't let a little snow stop them at harvest time. linkThat was a great video. Thanks for sharing Duwayne
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Post by scpg02 on Nov 8, 2014 2:44:39 GMT
should make for exciting Deadliest Catch shows.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 8, 2014 3:18:31 GMT
Winter watch is coming with a bang, similar to last year. One day it is 50F, and every day after that day is below freezing for highs. Looks very similar this year in the Upper Great Plains.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 8, 2014 18:21:09 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Nov 9, 2014 5:48:15 GMT
"An explosive storm surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is expected to reach Alaska's western Aleutian Islands over the weekend...which will give it the power to produce hurricane-force winds and waves 50 feet high....the storm potentially could be one of the most intensive to ever hit the North Pacific "seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2024972175_apxtyphoonnurialaska.html Let us know what happened Code.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 9, 2014 17:21:47 GMT
OH boy, black ice is so much fun.
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Post by Ratty on Nov 10, 2014 0:04:58 GMT
Thanks Code. BTW, there will be no black ice to worry POTUS when he is in my home town for the G20 meeting this weekend. Forecast Saturday temp is 34C (93.2F). Where is Al Gore when you need him? PS: Highest recorded November temp for Brisbane is 41.2C (106.2F) in 1913.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 10, 2014 1:40:12 GMT
Thanks Code. BTW, there will be no black ice to worry POTUS when he is in my home town for the G20 meeting this weekend. Forecast Saturday temp is 34C (93.2F). Where is Al Gore when you need him? PS: Highest recorded November temp for Brisbane is 41.2C (106.2F) in 1913. Ratty: One of two things will happen. It will either break the old high temp record, or more potentially, freeze hard...
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Post by glennkoks on Nov 10, 2014 1:42:13 GMT
Joe Bastardi over at Weather Bell has been forecasting this November to be similar to November 1976. For Southeast Texas, that winter is the one all others are measured against. I started splitting more firewood today.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 10, 2014 2:20:58 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 10, 2014 2:22:01 GMT
Joe Bastardi over at Weather Bell has been forecasting this November to be similar to November 1976. For Southeast Texas, that winter is the one all others are measured against. I started splitting more firewood today. You better not only split more, you had better GET more Glenn. This is the forecast for just a few miles NW of me. weather.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?mb-26&unit=i
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