Canada and US wildfire smoke crosses the Atlantic Ocean

The Watchers, 7/4/13, Chillymanjaro

Smoke lofted above the part of the atmosphere closest to the ground (the boundary layer), where topography has a significant impact on winds, is spreading farther than smoke that remains trapped near the surface. Intense fires in Canada produced towering pyrocumulus clouds that injected smoke high into the atmosphere. Upper-level winds then dispersed it across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Heat Wave Persists in West as Flooding Threatens East

Bloomberg, 6/2/13, Brian K. Sullivan

Temperatures in the U.S. West will reach as much as 20 degrees above normal today while heavy rain threatens the East Coast, the National Weather Service said.

The high may be 111 Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) in Bakersfield, California, and 103 in Sacramento as another day of baking heat takes hold in the West, the agency said.

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4MIN News July 4, 2013: Electromagnetic Force is Inconstant

Suspicious Observers, 7/4/13

Published on Jul 4, 2013

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Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Jul 2013: Etna, Pavlov

volcanodiscovery-July3,2013

Location of recent quakes under Etna volcano

Etna (Sicily, Italy): A small swarm of earthquakes has occurred yesterday under the volcano's eastern flank near the town of Milo. INGV Catania has recorded several quakes around magnitude 0.7-1.3 at depths between 5-9 km.

Pavlov (Alaska Peninsula, USA): Over the past two days, the eruptive activity at Pavlof has greatly declined and AVO reduced the Aviation Color Code back to Yellow and the Volcano Alert Level to Advisory.
Seismic tremor and small discrete explosions are no longer detected in seismic and pressure sensor data. Satellite observations show no evidence of elevated surface temperatures, volcanic gas, or ash emissions. There have been no visual observations from pilots or from webcam images of any eruptive activity since June 26.

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Volcano Activity Summary for 3 Jul 2013:

volcanodiscovery-July 3,2013

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~ Space Weather Update~ M1 Class Flare

M-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Big sunspot AR1785 near the sun's southeastern limb poses a growing threat for solar flares. This morning, July 3rd at 0706 UT, it produced an M1.5-class solar flare and hurled a CME into space (not Earth-directed).

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare's extreme ultraviolet flash:

The latest NOAA forecast calls for a 10% chance of M-class flares today. Based on the growth and activity of AR1785, however, the odds might be higher than that. Stay tuned for action. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

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Wildfire Update - Western U.S.

Link : Nifc.gov - 7/2/13

Wildfire in Eastern Oregon

July 2, 2013

Due to hot temperatures, dry conditions and thunderstorms, fire activity picked up in the West. Nine new large fires were reported: two in Idaho, three in Nevada and four in Oregon. Firefighters contained the Mill Fire in California at 534 acres as well as the West Hollister Fire in Idaho and the Moores Fire in Utah.

Four MAFFS C-130 aircraft and support personnel from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado Springs (U.S. Air Force Reserve), and the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands (California Air National Guard) are supporting wildland fire suppression operations out of Colorado Springs, CO.