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Record rainfall in season's first big storm

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The Seattle Times - Lynn Thompson, 11/19/12

Colin Diltz - The Seattle Times

The first big storm of the season brought record rainfall, street flooding, high winds in some areas and cautions about crossing Washington's mountain passes. In Oregon, a man from Seattle was killed when a tree fell across his tent.

The season's first severe storm Monday flooded roads and highways, triggered mudslides and killed a Seattle hunter when a tree fell on his tent in heavy winds near the Oregon coast.

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A Cyclone Named Medusa is Forming in the Mediterranean

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Rain is forecast from Sunday in Liguria, spreading to the rest of the northeast and across the Alps from Monday. Sano' issued a warning though. From mid-week, the weather in Europe will be rocked by an Arctic cold front which will whip up Medusa, the last mediterranean cyclone of the Autumn before the winter weather sets in.

 

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Massive Pileup on I-10 in Texas; Multiple Fatalities

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Weather.com - AP, 11/22/12

BEAUMONT, Texas -- Two people died and dozens were hurt Thursday when at least 100 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage.

The collision occurred in extremely foggy conditions at about 8 a.m. Thanksgiving Day on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80 miles east of Houston.

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~Space Weather Update~ Harboring X Class~ Chance of Storms, We are HOT

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CHANCE OF STORMS: NOAA forecasters estimate a 65% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Nov. 23rd when a pair of CMEs is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. The incoming clouds were propelled toward Earth by the recent eruptions of sunspot AR1618. Black Friday might be tinged red and green by the glow of high-latitude auroras. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

BIG SUNSPOT AR1618: The magnetic canopy of sunspot AR1618 is crackling with M-class solar flares, and NOAA forecasters say an X-flare could be in the offing. AR1618 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for the strongest eruptions. Any flares today would likely be Earth-directed as the sunspot is directly facing our planet. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

Sunspot AR1618 is so large (10 times wider than Earth) that Jett Aguilar was able to see it this morning when the sun came up over Marikina City, the Philippines:


Photo details: Canon 100-400 mm EFL lens, Canon 2x Extender and a Canon 7D DSLR (1/8000 sec, f/81, ISO 100).

M-class solar flares erupts from volatile region on the Sun

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 11/22/12

 

November 21, 2012 – SUN - The magnetic canopy of big sunspot AR1618 is crackling with M-class solar flares. This image taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the extreme ultraviolet flash from one of them, an M1.6-class flare on Nov. 20th at 1928 UT: This eruption, and another one like it about 7 hours earlier, might have propelled faint coronal mass ejections (CMEs) toward Earth. If so, the impacts would likely commence on Nov. 23rd, with a chance of high-latitude geomagnetic storms following their arrival. –Space Weather

~ Space Weather Update~ 4 M Class Flares in a ROW~ Incoming Energy

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SOLAR WIND: A medium-speed (~425 km/s) stream of solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field. The solar wind is not blowing hard enough to ignite a full-fledged geomagnetic storm, but it is stirring up some beautiful auroras around the Arctic Circle. Check the realtime aurora gallery for latest images.

M-CLASS SOLAR FLARES: The magnetic canopy of big sunspot AR1618 is crackling with M-class solar flares. This image taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the extreme ultraviolet flash from one of them, an M1.6-class flare on Nov. 20th at 1928 UT:

This eruption, and another one like it about 7 hours earlier, might have propelled faint coronal mass ejections (CMEs) toward Earth. If so, the impacts would likely commence on Nov. 23rd, with a chance of high-latitude geomagnetic storms following their arrival. Stay tuned for updates. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

Record Rain, Wind in Pacific Northwest Storm

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Weather.com - 11/21/12

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Seattle, Washington -High water flowing from the storm drains at S. 26th and Pacific Ave. blows off a locking utility cover, forcing the closure of Pacific Ave. Monday afternoon Nov. 19, 2012. Residents in Washington state and Oregon are braced for more of the same Tuesday after a fierce storm that swamped streets, toppled trees and large trucks and cut power

SEATTLE - The heavy winds and rain that pummeled the Pacific Northwest, flooding roads and highways and leaving at least one person dead, eased on Tuesday though showers remained in the forecast for much of the Thanksgiving holiday week.

Rain and wind pounded Washington and Oregon on Monday, flooding streets, toppling large trucks and cutting power to more than 20,000 people.

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M1.4 solar flare with Earth directed CME erupted from Region 1618 – G1 geomagnetic storm predicted

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Source: The Watchers - 11/21/12, By Adonai

 
Another moderate solar flare erupted from Active Region 1618. The event started at 06:45 UTC, peaked at 06:56 UTC at M1.4, November 21, 2012 and ended at 07:08 UTC. Region 1618 still has Beta-Gamma classification, harbors energy for strong solar flares and is Earth directed. Two eruption filaments were observed, both were Earth facing. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is expected to impact the Earth sometime November 23 and may spark a G1 or G2 class Geomagnetic Storm. A Type II and Type IV Radio Emissions were reported indicating a strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME): Space Weather Message Code: ALTTP2 Serial Number: 830 Issue Time: 2012 Nov...

Another moderate solar flare erupted from Active Region 1618. The event started at 06:45 UTC, peaked at 06:56 UTC at M1.4, November 21, 2012 and ended at 07:08 UTC. Region 1618 still has Beta-Gamma classification, harbors energy for strong solar flares and is Earth directed.

 

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