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Month's Worth of Rain for Tokyo Already This April

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Accuweather.com - 4/06/13, Evan Duffy

A Tokyo subway system, flooded by heavy rains. (Photo Courtesy Twitter user @ubergenki)

April has started on an extremely wet note across Japan, with Tokyo already recording more than a month's worth of rain.

A storm on the 2nd and 3rd brought torrential rains to major cities in Japan. In the Kanto Plain, cities were inundated with rain.

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Hobart is running hot

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weatherzone Kim Westcott, Saturday April 6, 2013 - 16:10 EDT

Hobart has been exceeded average monthly temperatures, so far with a fifteen month streak.

The last time that Hobart recorded a below average temperature, was back in December 2011. In that month the temperature was only one tenth of a degree cooler than average. Fifteen months later, the monthly average daytime temperatures have all exceeded the long-term average.

In March 2013, the average monthly temperature was 2.8 degrees warmer, making last month the largest anomaly in the past fifteen months.

 

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Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Apr 2013: Etna, El Hierro

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Volcano Discovery Friday Apr 05, 2013 19:54 PM |

 

Distribution of the recent earthquakes under El Hierro (IGN) - note the distinct two layers at about 20 and 10 km depth

Distribution of the recent earthquakes under El Hierro (IGN) - note the distinct two layers at about 20 and 10 km depth

 

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Today is a very sad day for all free people who like Etna: Etna has become a "forbidden volcano".
Maybe intimidated by the recent lava fountains of Etna, the Prefecture of Catania has decided to take strict measures and published a strict ruleset what is allowed and what not, to protect us from the dangerous volcano:

Sea Ice Max 2013: An interesting year for Arctic sea ice

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The Watchers - 6 April 2013 - by Chillymanjaro

NASA Goddard Visualisation Studio released video about state of Arctic sea ice during first three months of 2013. After a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year. According to National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSDIC), Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year on March 15 at 15.13 million square kilometers (5.84 million square miles). This year’s maximum ice extent was the sixth lowest in the satellite record (the lowest maximum extent occurred in 2011). The ten lowest maximums in the satellite record...

NASA Goddard Visualisation Studio released video about state of Arctic sea ice during first three months of 2013. After a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year. According to National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSDIC), Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for the year on March 15 at 15.13 million square kilometers (5.84 million square miles). This year’s maximum ice extent was the sixth lowest in the satellite record (the lowest maximum extent occurred in 2011). The ten lowest maximums in the satellite record have occurred in the last ten years (2004 to 2013).

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