Redoubt Stuff

Well, Spaceweather once again "takes the cake" for the most educational and entertaining coverage of the Mt. Redoubt eruption saga. Today, there is a link to a truly great article from the folks at NASA. If that isn't enough, the NASA article links off to an incredible website maintained by somebody with WAAAAAY too much time on their hands. Luckily, their scientific mindset combines with the available time to create a "can't miss" website. You've just go to go there to check it out. I guess the explosion tally is now at 19 and counting. Redoubt is showing no signs of letting up.

Meanwhile, as you all know, the weather in the Lower 48 continues to amaze. If anything, it's getting weirder and wilder rather than tamer. A casual glance out into the crystal ball of the Pacific shows more great gobs of water vapor heading our way. The jetstream is freaked out and flipping every which way but zonal.

A very interesting sea surface temperature pattern is evolving, too. Gee, now along comes Polly Redoubt, too. What's next? A landing of Happy Aliens dropping out of the Huge Spaceship shown above? No, that's not a spaceship--it's lightning in a cloud above Redoubt at night! That volcano is putting on quite a show and, thankfully, someone is paying attention and getting us some awesome photography, too!