"The system is the most powerful system in this region in many years, which will bury Chicago in two feet of snowfall by the time it is over", warned TWS Meteorologist Kevin Martin. "The system is not to be taken lightly and if you are in the affected areas you need to prepare for this".
The snow should begin accumulating Tuesday afternoon, fall at a rate of 3 inches per hour and end by early Wednesday, according to National Weather Service metrologist Richard Castro.
“We will have blowing and drifting, causing blizzard or white-out conditions for a time,” Castro said.
“We will have blowing and drifting, causing blizzard or white-out conditions for a time,” Castro said.
By Wednesday afternoon, northerly winds will continue that could prolong the snow over northwest Indiana, causing some “potentially significant” lake-effect snow, Castro said.
The snowfall record for this area remains the 23 inches that fell during the “infamous storm” in January 1967, he said.
See also:
http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-1_30_2011_Midwest.html
Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for these links
http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-1_30_2011_Midwest.html
Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for these links
Heavy rain causes bridge collapse in Singapore
January 31, 2011 – SINGAPORE – Bridge under construction at Punggol The Waterway collapses. A partially completed bridge at the construction site opposite his house collapsed under the weight of rainwater on Sunday morning, reported The Straits Times Reader Simon Low who took and sent in a picture from his flat in Block 638b Punggol Drive. In an email report to The Straits Times website, Mr Low wrote: ‘This morning, I noticed part of the bridge had collapsed due to the heavy rain. ‘I believe the bridge also acted as a dam, but the water overflowed (from the right side) the partially built bridge, and pushed the bridge away. ‘The banks of the waterway on the right side of the bridge overflowed due to this morning’s heavy rain. I wonder whether it will happen again once the waterway is fully completed.’ -The Strait Times
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Magnetosphere band pattern comparison during 4 hour interval
January 31, 2011 – Left to Right spectral band comparison of magnetosphere during a 4 hour interval when solar wind proton density increased to 8.7 cm3
What’s distorting and twisting the planet’s magnetic field?
January 31, 2011 – The frenzied and disorganized spectral patterns we’ve seen in the planet’s magnetosphere continues today with this current snapshot of a cork-screw effect.
3-D simulation of how Earth’s magnetic field should look – Jean Ahmad
High winds topple 25-story skyscraper in Brazil
January 30, 2011 – BRAZIL - “A skyscraper in the city of Belem in Para State, Brazil, collapsed on Sunday, injuring several people and trapping three beneath piles of rubble. The incident occurred just as four construction workers had left the site. The collapsed building was in the process of construction and was due for release in December this year. The three trapped workers had been completing their shift, according to union representatives. According to a report filed by Reuters, the building tower collapsed after swaying dramatically in high winds and rain. It is unknown whether the building caused damage to surrounding structures as it fell, but police have cleared surrounding buildings while inspections are carried out. Emergency services in the city had been dispatched to the scene to find the trapped men, said Para state Health Minister Helio Franco, although it unknown if they survived. The collapse reduced the building to a pile of rubble. -Malaysian Sun
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Victoria bakes in unprecedented heatwave
January 30, 2011 – “Melbourne is preparing for a scorching day, with the weather bureau forecasting the first day of 40 degree weather for the year. It is expected to be even hotter in the north-west with 42 degrees expected in Mildura and Swan Hill, where many residents are continuing preparations for a peak in floodwaters. Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Dean Stewart says a cool change should sweep through Melbourne at around 6:00pm or 7:00pm. “There will be southerly winds, initially fairly gusty, but they should settle down and temperatures by around eight o’clock this evening should be around 25 to 30 degrees,” he said. He says an unprecedented heatwave in Central Australia has contributed to today’s extreme forecast for the state. “With a high pressure system in the Tasman Sea we’re likely to see the northerly winds develop over south-east Australia and bring some of that very hot air from the inland down over Victoria,” he said.”We’re expecting a lot of centres to get over the 40 degree mark, even as high as 42 up in the north-west of the state.” -ABC News.net
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Seismic anomalies north of New Zealand: volcanic stress building?
January 30, 2011 - KERMANDEC ISLANDS – For more than a month now we’ve been noticing some very unusual seismic and magnetic anomalies under the Kermandec Islands, north of New Zealand and near the island of Tonga. The islands are part of a volcanic arc that includes some of the largest underwater volcanoes known to exist in the South Pacific. The extraordinary eruption of the underwater volcano off the coast of Tonga in 2009 and the more than 4000 tremors that have rocked the North Island of New Zealand area following the 7.1 Christchurch earthquake on September 4, 2010 could be an omen of escalating actitivity in the region. Canterbury University geology professor Mark Quigley said the Christchurch quake produced what “looked to us could be a new fault” which had ripped across the earth and pushed some surface areas up about three feet (a meter). The quake was caused by the ongoing collision between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates, he said. “One side of the earth has lurched to the right … up to 11 feet (3.5 meters) and in some places been thrust up,” Quigley told National Radio. 1
The Kermandec Islands are part of a very violent and rapidly morphing volcanic arc in the South Pacific which has been stirred tempestuously by an increasing number of planetary tremors that have jostled tectonic plates across the globe. A volcanic arc is formed from the subduction of an oceanic tectonic plate under another tectonic plate. The friction from the geological upheaval produces magma at depths under the overriding plate. The magma ascends to form an arc of volcanoes parallel to the subduction zone. The Taupo super-volcano on the North Island of New Zealand began experiencing unusual seismic anomalies as early as 2010. There is fear that the growing seismic unrest in the South Pacific may awaken Taupo and volcanoes under the Kermandec Islands and Tonga. See graphs below
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