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!

Leave it to Spaceweather!

Hi, it's April Fool but this is NOT an April Fool post here. I came onboard to post up about the West Pacific water vapor patterns. While I was on the blog site I decided to look around at the link and so forth. I visited Spaceweather. And wouldn't you know it--they are the ones who finally have a map of the sulphur gas dispersal from Redoubt. They couldn't care less about weather impacts, they are only looking for spectacular sunsets. Whatever. Visit Spaceweather for some awesome reporting on both ash and gas. In the above GIF-clip, it's the red pixels that are sulphur gas. I tried to copy their animated GIF of this gig but I couldn't. You will have to visit Spaceweather to find it. Good luck--it really shows what's happening as redoubt huffs and puffs and spits earth guts into the sky. This is cool stuff! (Like, REALLY!)

Check the West Pacific Water vapor!

WOW, Sports Fans, this is pretty impressive--it's a stacked deck heading east--ain't no way it's gonna miss the You Ess of Eh! I'm thinking the legacy of those volcanoes is really starting to pay some "add on" dividends now. When the Redoubt deposit kicks in, it sure could be a wet and cold summer season. Forest Fires? Fuggetaboutit!