Poochie’s Weather

There is currently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for our area until 10pm. Storms are just starting to pop up in Frederick and Pennsylvania.

These thunderstorms are being caused by a cold front coming into our area, converging with the hot conditions we have currently. It is not that humid out right now, decreasing the chances of an extremely powerful storm affecting us. Nevertheless, watch out for lightning and gusty winds if a storm heads your way.

4:50

<>Storms are definitely getting fired up in our are now. There is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and extreme southwest Carroll Counties. The storm creating that warning is not the storm we should be worried about. I would concern yourself with the storms just beginning in southern Pennsylvania. I hope the atmosphere doesn’t have enough time to cool, before the actual front gets here. If it were to cool, the storms might dissipate a little. I will continue to update this radar.
<>***UPDATE*** 7:55

<>Well storms aren’t looking good for us. The big one past us, giving us just a little thunder. We got one more shot at a storm which is looking kind of weak. It is currently located in southern Pennsylvania, as seen on the radar. Severe Thunderstorm Watch is still in effect until 10:00 PM.

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(Note: The radar  updates automatically)

Check back for updates on the latest watches and warnings.

<>The next few days around here it’s going to be pretty hot. Temps in the upper 90s. It looks like they won’t get as hot as they thought it might. We will still have predominantly sunny weather.

Andres is dissapating quickly. It is currently a Tropical Depression and will probably be dead by tomorrow.

Russia’s Sarychev Peak volcano erupted on June 12th, and an astronaut had their camera ready to snap this amazing photo.

If you notice there is circular like shape of cloud around the plume of debris. Believe it or not, this circle was formed by a shockwave that the plume created. The plume of ash and water vapor actually penetrated through part of the atmosphere. And now lightning will likely follow in the plume.That’s all pretty nuts.

Is in the Pacific. Tropical Storm Andres is currently strengthening off the coast of Mexico. Over the next 24 hours it may develop into a weak Cat-1 hurricane, and brush the Western Coast of Mexico. Hurricane warnings are currently in effect from Cardenas to Punto San Telmo. There is a very small chance for landfall in this area, but it’s unlikely. Another area of concern is the Baja Peninsula. However these are the only two places Andres poses a threat to. By Friday Andres will be weakening greatly.

I’m still waiting for the first system in the Atlantic!!

This week is looking nice, with hot weather and predominant sunshine.

***Update***

Andres is now a Cat-1 Hurricane!

An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed in Southeast Baltimore on Saturday. It ripped up several trees, and damaged a couple houses.

The storm that produced this tornado was associated with a low pressure system that just hung out off the east coast. The same system gave New York over 2 inches of rain.

Weather for this week is looking really good, with a lot of sun.

Enjoy today, it is the longest day of the year, the solsitice, which also means its the first day of summer.

There is a huge line of stong thundestorms headed our way now. It looks like it will arrive hear around 4:40. We are currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, and Flash Flood Warning.

<> This thunderstorm will bring gusty winds, powerful lightning, massive downpours, and small hail. I think that hail is very possible, because there is a huge updraft with this line of storms. Cold front combining with a really humid and hot mass of air. Watch out for the massive downpour. Because we have gotten so much rain this week, and even a lot of rain this morning, the roads are very vunerable to flooding. Isolated power outages are also possible with this line of storms.

<> Stay safe and enjoy the lightning! I’m excited for this one. Strongest thunderstoms I’ve seen all year around here.

This weekend it’s going to be considerably less warm and sunny, than last weekend. Although, it will warm up Friday, don’t let that fool you.

Another front will come in this weekend along with thunderstorms and showers. Both Saturday and Sunday, there’s a chance of rain. Blehh.

Saturday: High-72 Low-53

Sunday: High- 63 Low-49.

Bummer.

Atleast the Sun provides entertainment. The video of the Coronal Mass Ejection that was posted last week, has a before video. This video is the motion the prominence made within just 17 minutes. A prominence iss simply a strand or eruption of high density gas, that lingers on the edge of the sun. This is what was ejected in the video that was posted last week. I have to admit this video isn’t as cool as the one from before, but check it out.

Hope you’ve had a great weekend, enjoying the warm weather.

Tomorrow and Tuesday temps will be in the upper 80’s, with a cool down on Wednesday and Thursday along with showers and thunderstorms.

The sunspot I mentioned on the last post caused 2 Coronal Mass Ejections (CME). If these CMEs were headed for earth they would surely cause havoc. Luckily they aren’t. Check out these cool videos of the actual ejection; movie, movie2.   

<>And the livins’ easy. This weekend will include your first glimpse at summer. Temperatures will rise rapidly between tomorrow and Saturday.

Thursday- 60 degrees.

Friday- 74 degrees.

Saturday- 80 degrees!!

Sunday- 83 degrees.

I look forward to a badmitton filled weekend.

<>In astronomy news…

A 25 day streak of no spots on the sun (on the side facing us) was ended yesterday. One tiny little spot formed and the upper right part of the sun, and now it is quickly fading away.

The reason astronomers keep such a watchful on sun spots is because they are the biggest cause of CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections). The CME is a plasma ejection consisting of electrons and protons. These electrons and protons if strong enough, and if in large quantities enough could really mess up every technological aspect of our life. Currently we are at the minimun of our Solar Cycle.

Tomorrow through Monday will be the best conditions since November.

It will get into the upper 50’s tomorrow, then the upper 60’s on Saturday, and 70’s Sunday. Bloody awesome time to enjoy the outdoors.

Although it may seem like great weather, we really need some rain. We are abnormally dry for this time, which can be seen on this site

This February was actually the driest February on record for Maryland. We recorded only .26″ of rain. Pretty crazy.

The first chance of rain will be next week, Tuesday or Wednesday. The original forecast was rain this weekend but the models lied.

In astronomical news, a moonlet was discovered in the G-Ring of Saturn. It was approximately 1/3 mile in diameter. Here is a picture taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

Check out this kool site that shows satellite images of the whole world.

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Click on “explore the earth”, then click on North America. Get it centered on the eastern seaboard, then zoom in. Such kool images of the snowfall.