U.S. Had 8th Warmest June, Wetter

2010 Climate Extremes Index: Six pct above average

U.S. Had Eighth Warmest June on Record, Above-Normal Precipitation: NOAA

June 2010 average temperature of 71.4ºF for the contiguous United States was 2.2 degrees F above the century (1901-2000) average of 69.2ºF. At 3.33 inches, the average precipitation for June was 0.44 inch higher than the long-term average.

Temperature: June 2010 Statewide Ranks. Source: NOAA. Click image to enlarge.

U.S. Temp Highlights

• The Southeast, South and Central regions saw their second, fifth and seventh warmest June on record, respectively.  But the Northwest temperature average was below normal for June.
  • Delaware: Record-warm June temperatures.
  • New Jersey and North Carolina: Average temperatures of 5 to 6 degrees F above the long-term mean.
  • Seventeen other states experienced 10 warmest temperatures.
  • Oregon and Washington:  Below normal average temperatures for June.
  • Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island have experienced their warmest January-June period on record.
  • Eight other states in the Northeast and Great Lakes had a top-10 warm January-June period.
  • Florida had its seventh-coolest year-to-date on record.

• April-June period was  much warmer than normal for 20 states, which experienced either their warmest, or second-warmest such period on record.
  • Northeast and Southeast Climate Regions.had their warmest April-June on record.

• Significant cool conditions persisted in the West and Northwest.
  • Oregon and Idaho had below normal temperatures for April-June.
  • Northwest Climate Region’s had 9th coolest such period.

U.S. Precipitation Highlights

• The prevailing high pressure that brought warmth to the South and Southeast also blocked many storm systems from entering the region, increasing the threat of drought. However, the active upper level pattern in the northern tier states alleviated drought conditions and produced record flooding in the High Plains.
  • Michigan: Wettest June on record,
  • Iowa: 2nd wettest
  • Nebraska and Illinois  3rd Wettest
  • Indiana:  4th
  • Wisconsin: 5th
  • Oregon 6th:
  • Ohio: 10th wettest on record.
  • Maryland and Virginia: Below average precipitation for June.

• Widespread precipitation for April-June period
  • Iowa and Washington each had its second wettest for April-June.
  • Oregon: Fourth wettest
  • Nebraska: ninth wettest w
• Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey saw their seventh, ninth and tenth driest such periods, respectively.

Precipitation: June 2010 Statewide Ranks. Source: NOAA. Click image to enlarge.

Other Highlights (Unedited from NOAA Website)

• Alex, the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since 1995, made landfall just south of the U.S.-Mexico border on June 30th, affecting portions of South Texas. Alex’s sustained winds of 105 mph made it June’s most intense Atlantic hurricane since Alma in 1966.
• NCDC’s Climate Extremes Index for the first half of 2010 was about six percent higher than the historical average. The CEI measures the occurrence of several types of climate extremes, like record or near-record warmth, dry spells, or rainy periods. The elevated 2010 value was driven by large footprints of: extreme wetness (more than three times the average footprint), warm minimum temperatures (“warm overnight lows”), and areas experiencing heavy one-day precipitation events.
• NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center tabulated 387 preliminary tornado reports during June. If confirmed, this will be the second most active June on record, behind 1992.
• NOAA’s Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index indicated June’s temperature-related energy demand for the contiguous U.S. was 11.9 percent above average. The unusual warmth in the highly populated South and Southeast resulted in the second highest June value in 116 years.
• Drought coverage decreased slightly in June. The U.S. Drought Monitor reported 8.5 percent of the United States was affected by drought on June 29. Slight improvements were seen in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes during June, while conditions deteriorated in Louisiana.

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Extreme Rain Events Devastate Large Parts of China

More than two months of extreme rain, flooding, landslides in China affect tens of millions of people

Hundreds, most probably thousands have been killed, millions of hectares of cropland destroyed, tens of millions of people have lost their homes and livelihoods.

Extreme Rain in China

Image created using data from the Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis at GSFC, which is  calibrated by the TRMM satellite, acquired July 6 – 12, 2010. Source: NASA E/O.  Click image to enlarge.

End of the Line!

Buses are blocked on a waterlogged street in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, July 13, 2010. (Xinhua/Chen Zhuo). Image may be subject to copyright. See fair use notice.

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Typhoon CONSON Strikes The Philippines

Typhoon CONSON: The Rain Machine!

Typhoon CONSON with 165-km Winds Hits the Philippine Islands

CONSON struck the Philippine Islands as a Cat 2A hurricane on the FEWW New Hurricane Scale.

Typhoon CONSON - IR (NHC Enhancement) Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

CONSON Summary at 2:00UTC – July 13, 2010 [Estimated by Fire-Earth]

• Location: Near 14.3N, 124.4E
• Max Sustained Winds: 165 km/hr
• Wind Gusts: 195 km/hr
• Movement: West (270 degrees) at 30 km/hr
• Max Wave Heights: 7m (21 feet)

Typhoon CONSON – IR WV Difference Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

Typhoon CONSON – IR Satellite Image. Source: CIMSS. Click image to enlarge.

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Deadly Oil Continues to Gush in the Gulf – Satellite Images

Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster : Day 83

Oil from BP’s damaged Macondo oil well floats on  the Gulf of Mexico. MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on July 11, 2010. A particularly bright patch of oil is seen  appears southeast of the Mississippi Delta, close to the location of the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil  rig. Source: NASA E/O. Click image to enlarge. Download large image (4 MB, JPEG)

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Collapse Headlines – 12 July 2010

Rising sea forcing Panama islanders to evacuate

“Rising seas from global warming, coming after years of coral reef destruction, are forcing thousands of indigenous Panamanians to leave their ancestral homes on low-lying Caribbean islands.” —Report

Carti Sugdub an island in an archipelago off Panama’s northeastern coast, home to 32,000 semi-autonomous Kuna people, has become mostly uninhabitable as as rising sea, storms and high tides combine to submerge it in ankle-deep water for most of the year. More…

Deadly Oil Continues to Gush in the Gulf of Mexico

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Predictable and Preventable

Ominous Facts About the Gulf Oil Disaster

Since 2004 the blog Moderators, their colleagues and affiliates have warned about Earth’s Terminal Energy (ETE)

Have warned:

U.S., the world, stake the future on high-energy strategies. Energy models’ simulations show all such strategies ending in collapse. EDRO

Forecast the first wave of collapse

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities

And presaged the extinction of the Energy Dinosaurs:

• The 6th Great Extinction: Sooner Than Expected
• The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs

Our energy models have forecast with high degree of accuracy the rate and timeline of the collapse.

Gulf Oil Disaster: Ominous Facts

1. The Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster was Predictable and Preventable
2. It was UNNECESSARY.
3. The disaster could probably set the stage for the regional, national, international and ultimately global collapse.

Deadly Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Photo-like image of Gulf of Mexico was captured by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite on July 9, as oil floated across the region around the Mississippi River Delta. “Beyond the area where the Sun’s reflection would have appeared, however, oil may make the water surface look unusually dark rather than bright. The dark arc in the water east of Timbalier Bay may also be oil; it is consistent with oil locations identified with radar images of the area captured on July 8.“ Source: NASA E/O.  Click image to enlarge. Download large image (5 MB, JPEG)

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Disaster Forecast: The United States

Disaster Forecast for The United States through June 2011

Statistically, the United States could be hit by 14 to 20 separate major disasters,  or waves of disasters, and up to 3,500 citywide/countywide disasters between now and June 2011.

Distribution of the major disasters may be as follows:

• Climate-related Disasters: 8 to 12
• Energy-related Disasters: 3 to 4
• Other Disasters: 3 to 4

The worst disaster to befall the country may be directly related to energy production.

FEWW Definition of Major Disaster:

• Geographically covering 60 percent or more of a state, AND/OR
• Demographically involving at least 35 percent of the population in a state.

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• Energy Dinosaurs

“The antiphase will rapidly transform humans into vicious animals, fighting each other for water, food, fuel, land and all other dwindling natural resources. The fighting, in turn, enhances the positive feedbacks, accelerating the downward spiral.” —EDRO

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Landslides Claim More Lives in South China

Flooding and landslide disasters leave at least 27 dead, 6 missing and tens of thousands evacuated in south China

More rain-triggered landslides killed at least 27 people, with six others reported missing, and tens of thousands were evacuated in south China as roads and railway lines were out in south China, a report said.

“In the hardest-hit Chongqing Municipality, at least eight people had died, one remain missing and 27,000 were relocated, local authorities said late Friday.”

“The heaviest rain this summer started to batter Chongqing from Thursday night, with Huatian Township in Youyang County recording the largest rainfall of 241.6 mm. Water levels in most rivers in Chongqing have risen above warning levels.”

Fenshui and Sanzheng townships in Wanzhou District of Chongqing were left submerged in 1.2-meter deep floodwater. More…

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Deepwater Drilling OK: Court of Appeals

Judges Have Second Homes on Mars?

Or Simply More Concerned About Pleasing the Big Oil?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans has ruled 2-1 against the administration’s request to stay a lower court decision that lifted the 6-month drilling m moratorium, arguing the admin had failed to demonstrate “how it would be irreparably harmed if it were not granted,” a report said.

Meanwhile, the Interior Department confirmed that it was finally getting its act together and would issue a new order on deepwater drilling below 500 feet, but failed to say when the new ban would come into effect.

“Based on what we have learned since the BP oil spill, it has become increasingly clear that companies may not have adequate containment and response capabilities to respond to a spill and therefore, as the secretary has said previously, he will be issuing a new moratorium,” Interior Department spokesperson said. More …

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VolcanoWatch Weekly [9 July 2010]

Summary of Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

[Source: SI/USGS]

New Activity/Unrest (30 June – 6 July 2010)

• Ebeko, Paramushir Island  [Group J]
• Gorely, Southern Kamchatka (Russia) –  [Group J]
• Tiatia, Kunashir Island [Group J]
• Ulawun, New Britain [Group K]

NOTE: Based on Fire-Earth Model, more volcanic activity/unrest may be expected in areas/groups shown in red.

Map of Volcanoes. Background Map: University of Michigan. Designed and enhanced by Fire Earth Blog. Click image to enlarge.

Ongoing Activity:

• Arenal, Costa Rica
• Bagana, Bougainville
• Dukono, Halmahera
• Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
• Kilauea, Hawaii (USA)
• Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
• Miyake-jima, Izu Islands (Japan)
• Pagan, Mariana Islands (Central Pacific)
• Sakura-jima, Kyushu (Japan)
• Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
• Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
• Tungurahua, Ecuador

For additional information, see source.

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Weather Forecast – Flood Warning

Much of Oklahoma and Texas Threatened by Flooding

Weather Hazard Map. Source: NWS. Click image to enter portal.

Oklahoma

Parts of Tulsa flooded as heavy rain overwhelmed drainage systems flooding and high water in many areas of the city, a report said.

Texas

More rain is increasing flood risk throughout Texas. “More rain was expected for the already flooded Rio Grande basin Friday after a tropical depression replenished moisture left earlier from remnants of Hurricane Alex, according to the National Weather Service,” a report said.

“A flash flood warning was to continue for much of the state with the heaviest rain Friday expected in southern and western Texas and the Red River valley. High temperatures Friday were expected to hit the upper 80s and low 90s in the eastern half of the state and upper 70s and low 80s in the west. Winds will be easterly 5-10 mph, except for light and variable winds in north, central and east Texas.”

Additional heavy rains of up to 3 inches in NE TX and SE OK may cause flooding across vast areas, as Tropical Depression Two dumps more rain.

US Weather Forecast

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Mexico

Torrential rain has pummeled northern Mexico, triggering floods and forcing up to 200,000 people to evacuate their homes.

At least 40,000 homes, many roads and other infrastructure have so far been damaged or destroyed in the border states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, across from Texas.

The weather-related death toll since Hurricane Alex first struck the region stands at 15 in Nuevo Leon, as TD Two dumps more rain on the soaking terrain.

Mayor, 5 Others Killed Inspecting Flooding in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

“A border city mayor, a state official, and four other people died yesterday when an airplane crashed as they inspected widespread flooding that has forced tens of thousands of evacuations near the US border, ” a report said

Gulf of Mexico and TD Two – Satellite Image GOES 13 – July 8, 2010 at 23:45UTC

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Gulf Oil Disaster: BP Lied – Google Covered Up!

Google’s Deadly Cover-up Worked Against American People

Google Compounded the Harm Caused to the Gulf of Mexico by Blocking Information on the Extent of the Disaster

Crucial information about the dangers of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent incidents posted  on this blog have been filtered and selectively blocked/buried by Google to protect its corporate  partners and financial investments.

Fire Earth was the first blog to

• Doubt Obama Team’s sanity for issuing deepwater drilling licenses in Gulf of Mexico.
• Question BP’s statement about the rate of leak from Macondo oil well.

YET, Google suppressed all of the above information when it mattered most.

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Strong Earthquake Jolts SoCal – July 7

Earthquake Measuring up to 5.8Mw Hits S. California

The quake was preceded by a foreshock and followed by about a dozen aftershocks.

One of the aftershocks struck the LA area, but the details were later removed from the USGS/EHP website. The quake and its aftershocks may have caused some structural damage near the epicenter of the mainshock.

As an expression of protest against Google for censoring with impunity information posted on this Blog, Fire Earth has abandoned its research into California earthquakes.

The following details were released by USGS/EHP.

10-degree Map Centered at 35°N,115°W

Earthquake Location Map. Source: USGS/EHP

Earthquake Details

• Magnitude: 5.4 [See below for source]
• Date-Time: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 at 23:53:33 UTC [Wednesday, July 07, 2010 at 04:53:33 PM at epicenter]
• Location: 33.417°N, 116.483°W
• Depth: 11.7 km (7.3 miles)
• Region: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• Distances:
  • 20 km (15 miles) NNW of Borrego Springs, California
  • 40 km (25 miles) SW of Indio, California
  • 45 km (30 miles) S of Palm Springs, California
  • 730 km (455 miles) SE of SACRAMENTO, California
• Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
• Source: California Integrated Seismic Net – USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
• Event ID: ci10736069

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Earth: Wounded and Feverish

103-degrees in Central Park, LaGuardia, Newark

Fire-Earth forecast last month:

June 2010 could also prove be the warmest on record, by a large margin

Max Temperature Forecast

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Daily Map of the Earth Temperatures

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National Weather Service (Warnings and Advisories)

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Record-Breaking Heat Hits NYC and NJ

Central Park hit a scorching 103 degrees, breaking a record set in 1999. Newark reached 103, a new all-time high.  Record highs were also set at Newark (103 degrees), LaGuardia (103 degress) and JFK (101 degrees) airports.

Heat Reaches Dangerous Levels in Salem County, NJ

Heatwave grips Salem County, NJ, as Temperature soars above 100 degrees

• Dangerous heat tightened its grip on Salem County today as the mercury soared to the century mark here.

13 FDNY Injuries In Battle Against Stifling Temps

Thirteen firefighters suffered heat related injuries including dehydration and exhaustion as soaring temperatures made their work more difficult. More…

Heatwave Along East Coast kills One

“A heatwave along America’s East Coast has left one person dead and sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits, creating dangerous conditions from North Carolina to Boston.” More …

• Heat wave maintains grip on Louisville, Indiana
• Soaring Temperature May Press Utility Companies In Eastern U.S

Weather Forecast

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103 degrees in Central Virginia: “Too darn hot to make hay”

The 103-degree recorded at McCormick Observatory is  “a harbinger of weather to come,” officials said.

“The last time we saw a temperature that high at McCormick was Aug. 1, 1999, when it was 105 degrees,” said Jerry Stenger, director of the University of Virginia’s climatology office. “It’s not a day to be in the roofing trade, that’s for sure. It may not reach that high, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see much relief from above-average temperatures for awhile.”

That’s bad news for farmers across the state who have been hard hit by the heat, Virginia Farm Bureau officials said.

“One more week without rainfall and we will be in an extremely critical situation. All crops have stopped growing and are in survival mode. This includes all row crops, alfalfa and grass hay,” said Jon Repair, of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Agency in Rockbridge County. More…

Large part of China gripped by soaring heat

“In Wenzhou City, in east China’s Zhejiang Province, residents are also suffering from the hot weather, with temperatures climbing up to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8ºF).” More…

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Gulf of Mexico: Different Shades of Crude Oil

Could it Get any Worse?

Yes, it probably could!

Growing Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Oil from BP’s damaged Macondo oil well (Deepwater Horizon platform) swamps the Mississippi Delta on July 4, 2010. Natural-color image captured by MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite. Source: NASA E/O.  Click image to enlarge. Download large image (4 MB, JPEG)

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