Winter Storm Achilles: Historic May Snow

Weather.com - 5/04/13

Winter Storm Achilles delivered historic amounts of snow for the month of May to the Midwest and even parts of the South.

On May 2, Achilles dumped over a foot of snow from north-central Iowa to southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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Earth & Space Weather

Volcanic activity worldwide 3 May 2013: Fuego, Popocatépetl, Tungurahua, Sakurajima, Nevado del Ruiz

Volcano Discovery Friday May 03, 2013 16:51 PM

Seismic signal from Ruiz this morning (OLL station, INGEOMINAS)

Current seismic signal from RETU station (IG)

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New: Wild Weather Wreaks Havoc in Middle East

Accuweather.com - Eric Leister, 5.02.13

A recent stretch of unsettled weather across the Middle East is expected to continue into the upcoming weekend.

The wild weather ranged from strong thunderstorms in Afghanistan to flooding in southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula to hail storms across northern Saudi Arabia.

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Heavy Rain Brings Floods, Evacuations in Deep South

Weather.com - 5/02/13

This is Pascagoula :/ pic.twitter.com/vrMqUkXUlv. Matt West

Parts of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama were pounded with thunderstorms Wednesday night into early Thursday, and numerous showers and thunderstorms could result in excessive rainfall and possible flash flooding again today.

The Jackson County Emergency Management operations office in Pascagoula, Miss., has opened and officials have evacuated residents from rising floodwaters in Moss Point, Pascagoula and Gautier, according to Jackson County EMA Director Earl Etheridge.

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Volcanic activity worldwide 2 May 2013: Stromboli, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Reventador, Tungura...

Volcano Discovery Thursday May 02, 2013 14:33 PM

Thermal webcam image of the crater area of Stromboli (INGV)

NASA Earth Observatory image of Heard Island on 20 April 2013 by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon

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Winter Storm Achilles: 10 Amazing Facts

Weather.com - Chris Dolce and Jon Erdman, 5/03/13

Winter Storm Achilles is an historic, record-breaking May snowstorm for the Midwest.

We have a look at 10 of the most amazing aspects of this storm ranging from extreme temperatures to where we've seen record snowfall. We begin with a city that went from feeling summer heat to shivering like it was the heart of winter.

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Earth & Space Weather

Massive hurricane-like storm on Saturn

The Watchers - May 3, 2013 - by Chiffre

The international Cassini spacecraft has found a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole, surrounded by the curious rotating hexagonal band of clouds. This storm has been churning since at least 2006.

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4MIN News May 3, 2013: Saturn, GOES-R, Spaceweather

Source: YouTube.com

By: Suspicious0bservers

Published on May 3, 2013

Earth & Space Weather

~ Space Weather Update~ M1 Class Flare

CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters have raised the odds of an M-class solar flare today to 45%. There are at least two sunspots capable of producing such an eruption: AR1730 and AR1731. Sunspot AR1731 is located near the center of the solar disk, so any eruptions from that one will be Earth-directed. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

MOOOO-VING UP--EDGE OF SPACE ADVERTISING: To fund space weather experiments in the stratosphere, science students in Bishop, California, have started a new business: Edge of Space Advertising. For a fee, they'll fly ad banners, shoes, US presidents--you name it!--to the edge of space. On April 22nd (Earth Day), they launched a cow: