Earth & Space Weather

In Parts of Plains, Drought Fears Nag in 3rd Year

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Weather.com - 5/05/13, AP

Still Dry at Year 3

Still Dry at Year 3

Kent Walker, who farms and ranches, walks through a drought-stricken pond in one of his pastures in Frederick, Okla. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
 

FREDERICK, Okla. — When Kent Walker walked through his dusty fields one morning this spring, the ominous signs were right there at his feet. 

His wheat crop that should have been thick, dark green and thigh-high was thin, brown and barely covered the top of his shoes. It looked like the start of an ugly rerun.

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~ Space Weather Update~ M Class Flares and M5 SOLAR TORNADO

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ETA AQUARID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on May 5th and 6th with as many as 55 meteors per hour in the southern hemisphere and half that number in the north. The best time to look is during the dark hours before local sunrise. [photo gallery]

 

M5 SOLAR TORNADO: Sunspot group AR1739, just now emerging over the sun's northeastern limb, erupted on May 3rd, producing an M5-class solar flare and a "solar tornado." Click on the image and watch the plasma twist:

Arkansas' First Ever Occurrence of Snow in May

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It was a tale of two seasons across Arkansas on Friday as snow-covered spring flowers, creating a scene similar to this photo by Photos.com.

 

Since record-keeping began in 1819, Arkansas never had snow fall in May; that was until Friday.

Arkansas joined the list of places the recent rare May snowstorm made history, and restarted the climate change debate in the process.

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Flooding Worries Become Reality in Southeast

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Weather.com - 5/04/13

Saturday was just the beginning of the rainy weather for parts of the Southeast, but for some areas, one day of rain was all it took to flood roads, creeks and ditches. Northeastern Florida reported flooding in several towns, and in Georgia, Atlanta recorded a new daily record for rainfall. It's expected to continue through the weekend, so these issues may become worse.

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Mid-Level Solar Flare Emitted By The Sun

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REdOrbit - May 4, 2013

 

Image Caption: A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. This image combines three images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured on May 3, 2013, at 1:45 pm EDT, just as an M-class solar flare from the same region was subsiding. The images include light from the 131-, 171- and 304-angstrom wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA

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