Monday, April 30, 2007
A lot hotter. Click on for 24 hour loop.
Two satellite views are missing from the 24 hour loop, 12 AM and 3AM. The satellite shows temperatures over zero in several views, but, that is still high tropospheric heat as the surface reporting stations don't reflect that. But, in comparing the hemispheric satellite from last week to this there are large masses of air moving off the top ice and reflecting higher temperatures there.
The warmest area is:
Reporting time is 7:00 AM DAVT
Davis, Antarctica
Elevation :: 59 ft / 18 m
Temperatures :: 33 °F / 0 °C (The temperature is actually a hair bit warmer than freezing but it is only reflected on the Fahrenheit scale. It has not moved enough to make the temperature 1 degree above zero C.)
Conditions :: Partly Cloudy
Humidity:42%
Dew Point:19 °F / -7 °C
Wind:40 mph / 65 km/h / from the NE
Wind Gust:-
Pressure:29.10 in / 985 hPa (Rising)
Visibility:19.0 miles / 30.0 kilometers
UV:0 out of 16
Aviation
Flight Rule:VFR ()
Wind Speed:40 mph / 65 km/h /
Wind Dir:50° (NE)
Ceiling:100000 ft / 100000 m
The coldest areas are :
Dome C
Reporting time 10:00 GMT
University Wi Id 8904, Antarctica
Elevation :: 10761 ft / 3280 m
Temperature :: -76 °F / -60 °C
Wind :: 2 mph / 4 km/h /
Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)
Aviation
Flight Rule :: NA
Wind Speed :: 2 mph / 4 km/h /
Wind Dir :: ° ()
Ceiling :: -
Vostok, Antarctica
Reporting time 7:40 AM Vost
Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m
Temperature :: -56 °F / -49 °C
Humidity :: 40%
Dew Point :: -64 °F / -53 °C
Wind :: 8 mph / 13 km/h / from the SSW
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 8 mph / 13 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 200° (SSW)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m
Perhaps I'll revisit this tomorrow.
April 30, 2007
2309 gmt
West Pacific Satellite
This is the heat source for the equatorial heat mass that spawned those vortices into Antarctica. There is a heat mass crossing Australia and one north of New Zealand. The heat is building here because of the tropical nature of the islands. There is humidity there. Heat transfer requires clouds. Clouds require air particles and moisture to collect around them. On a dry planet the areas that still generate their own humidity will serve as an engine/conduit for heat transfer. Realizing this may be a pattern, the significance is that this pattern could repeat itself regardless of the sun's migration north. The equatorial islands may be the only area on the planet with enough humidity to generate these heat transfer systems, especially in the southern hemisphere.
May 1, 2007
0033 gmt
Pacific Global Satellite
The vortex approaching the peninsula can be noted at 6:00. There are two others each at 5 and 7:00. The equator is sparse of air masse because the current vortexes approaching Antarctica have broken away from the equator. The equatorial air will build again with each rotation of Earth. Also noted is the vortex now at the west coast of North America.
12 Hour Loop
April 30, 2007
9 PM
Winds of Antarctica
At 11:00 is the movement of frigid air from the continent. At 3 to 4:00 is the arrival of air from the Australian Pacific. The vortex from the Mid-Pacific east of the Indonesian Islands is approaching west of the peninsula. It will arrive within a day or two and cause high temperatures in the area of the ice sheets.
Still notable and larger in area is the southwest stagnation of wind over WAIS (the big blue spot). There is a 'settling' of increased temperatures. Overall the continent reporting stations are below zero C, but, the temperatures are lower than they have been. Vostok is down in the negative fifties.
April 30, 2007
6 PM
Antarctica Jet Stream
The peninsula is at 10 o'clock. It is across from the southern tip of South America. The water mass to the right is the Southern Atlantic. The frigid air from the Blue Ice is noted to be moving off the continent over the South Atlantic just east of the peninsula. Opposite that rush of air off the continent is the approaching vortex over the Pacific with air arriving to the ice continent from warmer origins. The wind patterns also reveal surface air moving in the same direction. It is safe to say the air distrubance in the Pacific is the cause of the change in air temperatures and climate conditions currently over Antarctica.
April 30, 2007
1928 gmt
South Pole Satellite
There is an episodic heat shift over Antarctica. There has been a significant heat build up over the Pacific Islands and Indonesia. As a result there was still enough 'heat' below the equator to spawn a fairly significant vortex, seen in this image at 9:00 to 10:00. I believe this is one episode that will resolve over a few days. The question is, will the West Pacific continue to build these large heat systems.
Georgia Wildfire keeps Florida road closed
April 29, 2007
Jacksonville, Florida
Photographer states :: Headed to Waycross...At about 6pm, the ash had stopped falling, but the sky was dark with smoke
April 30, 2007 18:15 EDT
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- A combination of high wind gusts and no rain continues to make life miserable for firefighters battling a massive wildfire in southeast Georgia that has blackened 125 square miles over the past two weeks.The 16-mile stretch of Route One between Waycross and Jacksonville, Florida, remains closed. And ash from the fire has blanketed homes, cars and businesses as far away as Orlando, Florida.The Georgia Forestry Commission says 830 firefighters from Georgia and neighboring states are battling the blaze, which is nearly two-thirds contained. But the fire is expected to continue burning at an intense pace for much of the week.It was sparked on April 16th when a tree fell on a power line.
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- A combination of high wind gusts and no rain continues to make life miserable for firefighters battling a massive wildfire in southeast Georgia that has blackened 125 square miles over the past two weeks.The 16-mile stretch of Route One between Waycross and Jacksonville, Florida, remains closed. And ash from the fire has blanketed homes, cars and businesses as far away as Orlando, Florida.The Georgia Forestry Commission says 830 firefighters from Georgia and neighboring states are battling the blaze, which is nearly two-thirds contained. But the fire is expected to continue burning at an intense pace for much of the week.It was sparked on April 16th when a tree fell on a power line.
United States: Supreme Court Rejects EPA’s Position On CO2
How quickly they forget.
In a landmark decision regarding global warming and greenhouse gas emissions that likely will have significant impact on electricity generation facilities, on April 2, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-to-4 against Bush administration efforts to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
In 1999, a group of 19 private organizations (including many environmental groups) petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide ("CO2"), under the mobile source provisions of the federal Clean Air Act ("CAA"). EPA denied the petition and concluded that the CAA did not authorize the agency to issue mandatory regulations to address global climate change issues and – even if it had the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions – the agency stated it would be unwise to do so at that time because a causal link between greenhouse gas emissions and purported global climate change had not unequivocally been established.
These private organizations – joined by the State of Massachusetts and other state and local governments – appealed EPA’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the EPA’s decision to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
In a strong rebuke to the EPA, the sharply-divided Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases fall well within the CAA’s definition of air pollutants and held that EPA has the statutory authority to regulate emissions of such gases from new motor vehicles. The Court further held that EPA’s decision that it was unable to regulate greenhouse gases is contrary to the CAA. The Court stated that EPA’s ultimate decision to regulate greenhouse gases must relate to whether such gases cause or contribute to air pollution that might reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
The Court stated that, under the clear terms of the CAA, EPA can avoid taking further action regarding greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles only if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change or if the agency provides some reasonable explanation as to why it cannot or will not exercise its discretion to determine whether such gases do contribute to climate change. The Court found that EPA’s "laundry list" of reasons not to regulate had nothing to do with whether greenhouse gas emissions contributed to climate change and, further, if the scientific uncertainty of that causal effect is so profound that it precludes EPA from making a reasoned judgment, EPA must state so affirmatively.
In a landmark decision regarding global warming and greenhouse gas emissions that likely will have significant impact on electricity generation facilities, on April 2, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-to-4 against Bush administration efforts to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
In 1999, a group of 19 private organizations (including many environmental groups) petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide ("CO2"), under the mobile source provisions of the federal Clean Air Act ("CAA"). EPA denied the petition and concluded that the CAA did not authorize the agency to issue mandatory regulations to address global climate change issues and – even if it had the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions – the agency stated it would be unwise to do so at that time because a causal link between greenhouse gas emissions and purported global climate change had not unequivocally been established.
These private organizations – joined by the State of Massachusetts and other state and local governments – appealed EPA’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the EPA’s decision to avoid regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
In a strong rebuke to the EPA, the sharply-divided Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases fall well within the CAA’s definition of air pollutants and held that EPA has the statutory authority to regulate emissions of such gases from new motor vehicles. The Court further held that EPA’s decision that it was unable to regulate greenhouse gases is contrary to the CAA. The Court stated that EPA’s ultimate decision to regulate greenhouse gases must relate to whether such gases cause or contribute to air pollution that might reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
The Court stated that, under the clear terms of the CAA, EPA can avoid taking further action regarding greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles only if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change or if the agency provides some reasonable explanation as to why it cannot or will not exercise its discretion to determine whether such gases do contribute to climate change. The Court found that EPA’s "laundry list" of reasons not to regulate had nothing to do with whether greenhouse gas emissions contributed to climate change and, further, if the scientific uncertainty of that causal effect is so profound that it precludes EPA from making a reasoned judgment, EPA must state so affirmatively.
Day after tomorrow
April 30, 2007
22:53:55 gmt
This is the view looking northwest from Glacier Bay toward Canada. Well, no one said there would be snow, ice and glaciers from any view of Glacier Bay National Park, did they? That is something fairy tales are made of. Don't tell the kids but their chance of seeing real glaciers at their national park is long since gone !
U.S., China oppose climate report - JOKING !
April 30, 2007
22:57:35 gmt (Alaska is about 10 hours behind GMT) So that is about 2:00 PM in the afternoon. This is a current picture from Glacier Bay looking southeast toward the lower 48 states.
The weather at Glacial Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is freezing ????????
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m
Temperature :: 50 °F / 10 °C
Conditions :: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity :: 47%
Dew Point :: 30 °F / -1 °C
Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the SSE
Pressure :: 29.97 in / 1015 hPa (Falling)
Windchill :: 46 °F / 8 °C
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 3 out of 16
Clouds :: Mostly Cloudy 8000 ft / 2438 m
(Above Ground Level)
Aviation
Flight Rule:
VFR (PAGS)
Wind Speed :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s
Wind Dir :: 150° (SSE)
Ceiling :: 8000 ft / 2438 m
Temperature :: 50 °F / 10 °C
Conditions :: Mostly Cloudy
Humidity :: 47%
Dew Point :: 30 °F / -1 °C
Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the SSE
Pressure :: 29.97 in / 1015 hPa (Falling)
Windchill :: 46 °F / 8 °C
Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV :: 3 out of 16
Clouds :: Mostly Cloudy 8000 ft / 2438 m
(Above Ground Level)
Aviation
Flight Rule:
VFR (PAGS)
Wind Speed :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s
Wind Dir :: 150° (SSE)
Ceiling :: 8000 ft / 2438 m
Sunday, April 29, 2007
tornado near Ft.Davis Texas...
April 29, 2007
Ft. Davis, Texas
Photographer states above and continues : ...a tornado sited April 29,2007 approx. 11:45am south of town(Ft. Davis) across from the tomato farm! A VERY RARE SITE!!
KINDLY NOTE !!!
Tornado warning didn't air in Eagle Pass, officials say
4/29/2007 2:51 PM
By: Associated Press
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Did they get enough warning?(CLICK ON)
That's the question some are asking after the discovery that a tornado warning for the Eagle Pass area never aired on two primary media outlets.
The tornadoes killed seven people and injured 80 near the South Texas border town of Eagle Pass on Tuesday.
A warning from the National Weather Service apparently didn't interrupt programming on the area's cable television provider or its largest Spanish-language radio station.
Supercell over Texas. 12 hour loop. Tornado conditions are being noted again.
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a* Tornado Warning for
... Crane County in West Texas
... extreme north central Pecos County in southwest Texas
... * until 745 PM CDT* at 648 PM CDT
... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated asevere thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near cordonalake
... or 16 miles southwest of Crane
... moving northeast at 20 mph.
* The tornado will affect the following locations
... Tubbs Corner
... cordona lake
... Crane.
.. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT Sunday evening forsouthwestern Texas.A tornado may form at any time
... take cover now. Abandon Mobilehomes and vehicles for more substantial shelter. Avoid windows.To report severe weather only
... call the National Weather Serviceforecast office in Midland at 1 800 597 3220.
Lat... Lon 3129 10272 3108 10261 3115 10230 3165 10231 3166 10254
Saturday, April 28, 2007
The point is this...
... out of a struggle from oppression came a movement that splintered from it's understanding as it still today didn't resolve the problems that beset it.
The Islamic groups of South Africa are now a problem. For many reasons, the least of which is that Muslim faith, when out of context, lends itself to violence. In the USA, The Nation of Islam was able to empower it's members to overcome oppression. It would seem in Africa there is still unrest ...
... YET ...
... still a very strong drive to become a brotherhood. All members of all radical organization came to a man's funeral. It didn't make front page headlines, but, it did get noticed.
The challenge to all governments, including those of South Africa, is to recognize the needs of these people while still unorganized and struggling before violence kills unnecessarily. Mother Teresa did it in Calcutta. She found a mission and the world took notice.
Civil War has it's heros and it's violence, it's inflammatory nature and it's ridicule, but, events such as this which lends itself to the development of terrorist networks is resulted directly from oppression and struggle. In the case of South Africa, nation building caused Apartheid.
The natural analogy I will make here is that the nation building pursued by the Bush Executive Branch of the USA government has caused the same if not worse radicalism.
There is a civil war in Iraq. The USA is occupying that nation for it's own purposes while Iraq is of no threat to it.
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
The USA is oppressing the natural progression of developments in Iraq. Without us there would still be a civil war but with the inflow of arms and chronic confrontation of Iran, it would stop and there would be a government in place to settle the issues of sharing the wealth and providing provisional authority. The chance is that once the USA is out of Iraq it will find itself dividing into independant nations. I don't see that is bad so much as the people of that nation find their way to stability and self governance.
The people of South Africa want a nation of prestige they can find safety and life style. They have yet to achieve it but it appears they are well on their way. We need to offer the same chance to the people of Iraq. The course the Bush Administration is on now won't ever resolve the violence there.
The Islamic groups of South Africa are now a problem. For many reasons, the least of which is that Muslim faith, when out of context, lends itself to violence. In the USA, The Nation of Islam was able to empower it's members to overcome oppression. It would seem in Africa there is still unrest ...
... YET ...
... still a very strong drive to become a brotherhood. All members of all radical organization came to a man's funeral. It didn't make front page headlines, but, it did get noticed.
The challenge to all governments, including those of South Africa, is to recognize the needs of these people while still unorganized and struggling before violence kills unnecessarily. Mother Teresa did it in Calcutta. She found a mission and the world took notice.
Civil War has it's heros and it's violence, it's inflammatory nature and it's ridicule, but, events such as this which lends itself to the development of terrorist networks is resulted directly from oppression and struggle. In the case of South Africa, nation building caused Apartheid.
The natural analogy I will make here is that the nation building pursued by the Bush Executive Branch of the USA government has caused the same if not worse radicalism.
There is a civil war in Iraq. The USA is occupying that nation for it's own purposes while Iraq is of no threat to it.
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
The USA is oppressing the natural progression of developments in Iraq. Without us there would still be a civil war but with the inflow of arms and chronic confrontation of Iran, it would stop and there would be a government in place to settle the issues of sharing the wealth and providing provisional authority. The chance is that once the USA is out of Iraq it will find itself dividing into independant nations. I don't see that is bad so much as the people of that nation find their way to stability and self governance.
The people of South Africa want a nation of prestige they can find safety and life style. They have yet to achieve it but it appears they are well on their way. We need to offer the same chance to the people of Iraq. The course the Bush Administration is on now won't ever resolve the violence there.
There was a concern voiced by a blogger about the violence that manifested at the funeral.
The most alarming statements were these:
By 2000, PAGAD was thought to be officially dead. The behavior at Saturday's funeral raises further doubts about the real disappearance of the group.
On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were warnings made by South Africa's Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils that al-Qaeda was believed to be trying to set up networks in the country.
He said: "There are groups in Africa that claim to be part of al-Qaeda and other structures, and here in southern Africa they have been discovered seeking refuge and quite possible attempting to set up networks. There is nothing to stop terrorists attacking a maritime target in Africa, along our busy sea lanes or in our harbors.... We must also note the potential for terrorist groups to use the sea.. Africa is not immune to this."
"The challenge to us is to develop our maritime power, our naval power, to a level where this continent will no longer be an easy target ... and to discourage adventures by foreign actors, be they states or non-state groups such as international terrorists, narcotics smugglers or mercenaries."
By 2000, PAGAD was thought to be officially dead. The behavior at Saturday's funeral raises further doubts about the real disappearance of the group.
On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were warnings made by South Africa's Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils that al-Qaeda was believed to be trying to set up networks in the country.
He said: "There are groups in Africa that claim to be part of al-Qaeda and other structures, and here in southern Africa they have been discovered seeking refuge and quite possible attempting to set up networks. There is nothing to stop terrorists attacking a maritime target in Africa, along our busy sea lanes or in our harbors.... We must also note the potential for terrorist groups to use the sea.. Africa is not immune to this."
"The challenge to us is to develop our maritime power, our naval power, to a level where this continent will no longer be an easy target ... and to discourage adventures by foreign actors, be they states or non-state groups such as international terrorists, narcotics smugglers or mercenaries."
The PAGAD was lead by a man now in prison for five years (click on).
Qibla's alliance with PAGAD highlighted its terrorist potential. PAGAD had a militant activist wing, called the G-Force. PAGAD emerged from an alliance of Muslims and local neighborhood watch groups, but turned to direct actions of vigilantism and eventually full-blown terrorist attacks. It was notorious for its killing of Rashaad Staggie on August 4, 1996 (pictured left).
There were some very violent characters at the funeral. What was so curious was they all laid claim to this man's cry for unity.
At Abrahams' funeral on Saturday, members of PAGAD (People Against Gangsterism and Drugs) were in attendance, along with some wearing Hizbollah sweaters, some with Hamas bandanas, and others with ANC and Qibla T-shirts.
April 27, 2007 in South Africa a local hero died
Ismail Abrahams, better known as "Boeta Mylie from Bonteheuwel", died on Friday after a long battle with cancer.
His dying wish was to unite radical Muslim factions with his fellow comrades from the fight against apartheid - such as Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Rasool, whom he saw "as his son", his family said.
The Islamic people of South Africa were also involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. We all know that pressure from a world boycott was necessary to bring about the change long fought for by South Africans, but, that only makes the struggle all the more sweet.
The followers of Ismail Abrahams were among the groups involved in the Anti-Apartheid struggle.
What has come of them?
His dying wish was to unite radical Muslim factions with his fellow comrades from the fight against apartheid - such as Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Rasool, whom he saw "as his son", his family said.
The Islamic people of South Africa were also involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. We all know that pressure from a world boycott was necessary to bring about the change long fought for by South Africans, but, that only makes the struggle all the more sweet.
The followers of Ismail Abrahams were among the groups involved in the Anti-Apartheid struggle.
What has come of them?
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